State and Model the Objective
Tell the children that today they are going to break up the brown bread and then brush it up with a broom as they practice the /br/ blend in words such as break, brown and bread.

Literacy Activities
Break Bread

• Toast or dry the bread, to make it easier to break up.
• Give each group of children a piece of brown bread.
• Have the children break it up and drop the crumbs on the table.
• Let the children brush the crumbs up with a real broom or a cut-out paper broom (see below).
• Throughout the activity emphasize words and phrases containing the target /br/ blend.

Read target words

• Ask the children if they hear the /br/ blend in various words (e.g., brisk, clasp, bracket, bracelet).
• Have the children make a list of words that begin with the br blend, supporting as necessary.

Write about the activity using target words/patterns

• In 2-3 sentences, have the children write what they did (e.g., “Today, we broke brown bread. Then we used a broom to brush it up.”).