State and Model the Objective
Tell the children that they will crack and crush crackers as they read and write words spelled with /cr/ such as crack, crush, crunch, cram, crinkle, and crumb.

Literacy Activities
Cram crackers into a crackly bag

• Allow the children to cram, crack, and crush crackers in a crate or crinkly, crackly bag.
• Ask the children to write the letters /cr/ from dictation. 
• Read the Cram Crackers in Bags text (see below) 
• With the children’s help, list words that start with /cr/.
• Comment on how cracked and crushed crackers leave crumbs in a crackly, crinkly bag or crate.

Cram words into crackly bags

• Read the word cards (see below) with the children.
• Let the children crinkle the word cards and cram them into crackly bags.
• Have the children use crayons to write the words cram, crack, crush, crunch, crinkle and crumb.
• Invite the children to crinkle and cram the papers into the crate or crackly bag.

Read target words in texts

• Engage the children in reading the Crunch and Crack text (see 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.
• Repeat with Crunch Crackers (see below).

Write about the activity using target words/patterns

• Assist the children in making a word wall of /cr/ words.
• Review the words on the word wall.
• Invite the children to write about what they did with the crackly bags using words from the word wall.