State and Model the Objective
Tell the children that they will make crinkle and crackle sounds and they will read and write words spelled with /cr/: crinkle, crackle, crush, crack, crunch.

Literacy Activities
Identify crackly objects

• Explain that the letters c and r together make the /cr/ sound.
• Set up a few paper bags with items that are crackly (e.g., cereal bag, chip bag, styrofoam) or not crackly (e.g., fabric, tennis ball, playdough), placing a different item in each paper bag.
• Explain that when something is crackly it makes a sharp sound when it moves.
• Invite the children to reach into the bags and decide whether the item in it is crackly or not crackly.
• Remove the items from the bags once children have determined whether or not they are crackly.
• Have the children label the items with the Crackly/Not Crackly labels (see below).

Crinkle, crackle, crunch, crush, and crack

• Make a word wall of words that begin with the /cr/ blend: crinkle, crackle, crush, crunch, crack.
• Have the children write the words on bags (e.g., grocery bag, paper bag, cereal box liner) and on flat Styrofoam (e.g., containers, trays, packaging materials).
• Allow the children to crinkle, crackle, crunch, crush, and crack the bags and Styrofoam.

More Practice
Read target words in texts

• Engage the children in reading Crinkle and Crackle (see text below) together with the group.
• Have the children make a list of the words from the text spelled with /cr/.
• Read the text again, fading support.

Write about the activity using target words/patterns

• Review the words on the word wall and emphasize that all of the words start with /cr/.
• Invite the children to write about what they did with the crackly bags using words from the word wall.