A Packet to Make a Rocket

A Packet to Make a Rocket

A Packet to Make a Rocket
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Target text

Objective

Read and write two-syllable words that end with et.

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Lesson Plan

Target Words:

  • rocket
  • packet
  • bucket
  • racket
  • ticket
  • blanket

Materials:

  • Toilet paper roll
  • Triangular pieces of cardstock
  • Semicircle piece of paper
  • Bucket or picture of a bucket*
  • Basket or picture of a basket*
  • Blanket or picture of a blanket*
  • Make a Rocket target text*
  • Let a Rocket Take off target text*

*Items included below.

State the Objective 
Tell the children that they will make a rocket and that they will read and write two-syllable words that end with et, such as rocket, packet, bucket, racket, ticket, and blanket

Literacy Activities 
Introduce target words

  • Display -et target words (e.g., rocket, packet, bucket, racket, ticket, blanket).
  • Read the words with the children.

Make a rocket

  • Read the Make a Rocket target text (see below) with the children.
  • Have the children make a rocket.
    • Tape a semicircle piece of paper to make a cone shape.
    • Tape the cone to the top of a toilet paper roll.
    • Tape cardstock triangles to the bottom of the toilet paper roll to create fins.
  • Read the Let a Rocket Take off target text (see below) with the children.
  • Let the children toss their rockets into/onto the items or pictures of items (see below) listed in the text.

Recognize the -et ending

  • Have the children read the Make a Rocket target text (see below) and underline words with the -et ending.
  • Repeat using the Let a Rocket Take off target text (see below).

Write target words

  • Have the children fill in the blanks with -et target words.
    • We made a ____ (rocket).
    • We used a packet to make a ____ (rocket).
    • The packet to make a rocket was in my ____ (pocket).
    • We tried to get the rocket to land in/on a ____ (bucket/basket/pocket/blanket).
  • Have the children write -et words from dictation (e.g., rocket, packet, bucket, racket, ticket, blanket).
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SEEL Target Texts

Make a Rocket

Want to make a rocket?
I got a packet from a pocket in my jacket.
In the packet, we have things to make a rocket.

Make a cone for the nose of the rocket.
Tape the nose on the rocket.
Tape fins on the rocket.

We made a rocket from the things in the packet!
Now our rocket can take off.

Let a Rocket Take off

Make a rocket take off.
A rocket can make a racket when it takes off.

See where the rocket will land.
Can you get the rocket to land in a bucket?
Can you get it to land in a basket?
Can you get it to land in your pocket?
Let the rocket land on a soft blanket.

Want to see a rocket take off?
You may need a ticket to watch the rocket take off.
You can sit on a blanket and watch the rocket take off.

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Standards

SEEL lessons align with Common Core Standards. Please see the standards page for the code(s) associated with this lesson.

http://education.byu.edu/seel/library/