State and Model the Objective
Tell the children that today they are going to find some creepy crawly creatures around the room as they practice the /cr/ blend.

Literacy Activities
Play a variation of a hot and cold game

• Choose one child to be “it”, and have him or her wait in the hall.
• Choose another child to hide a small plastic toy or a picture of a creepy crawly creature in a crack or a crevice, and make sure all the children know where it is hidden.
• Invite the first child back into the room to find the picture.
• Have the entire class help the first child find the picture or toy by saying /kr/, /kr/, /kr/ loudly if he or she is close to it or softly if the child is far away from it.
  • Optional variation: Have the child finding the picture creep or crawl as they look for the hidden picture or toy.
• Repeat as often as desired.

More Practice
Read target words

• Write the following text on the board:
  • Finding creepy crawly creatures is fun.
  • I can creep and crawl.
• Read the text together as a class, emphasizing each /cr/ blend.
• Choose different children to circle each /cr/ blend in the text.

Write about the activity

• Help the children create a word wall of words that begin with the /cr/ blend.
• Give each child a Creepy Crawly Creature Worksheet.
• Instruct the children to write a sentence in each box of the worksheet using at least 1 /cr/ word per sentence.