State and Model the Objective
Tell the children that they will go for the gold stars while listening for words that begin with the hard g (/g/) sound, such as got, get, and gold.
 

Literacy Activities
Grab the gold stars

• Attach the stars to the wall and divide the children into two teams. Give each team a G box. 
•  Have a child from each team run and grab a gold star from the wall, then run back, and place the gold star in their team’s G box. 
• Repeat the process until all the gold stars are gathered.
• Encourage the children to say, “Go for the Gold!’” every time a new person runs to grab a gold star. 
• When all the gold stars are gone, count how many are in each gold gift box and declare the team that has the most gold stars the winners!
• Review with the children all of the hard g words they can think of from the activity (i.e., gold, get, go, gather, grab, gone). Have them emphasize the hard-g sound by saying, “/g/ /g/ /g/” before each word.

Do G actions

• Help the children write the letter G on their gold stars. 
• Model the following actions with a G gold star.
  • Grab: grab a star
  • Gather: have the children gather together with their gold stars
  • Give and get: pass the gold stars around
  • Greet: wave “hi” to another child’s gold star
  • Glide: pretend to make your gold star glide
  • Guide: pretend to guide your gold star through a maze
  • Go: walk around holding your gold star
• Let the children choose /g/ actions to do with the gold stars.

Identify the target sound 

• Say a series of words (e.g., gold, glitter, cat, go, get) and have the children raise their stars in the air when they hear a word beginning with a hard /g

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