State and Model the Objective
Tell the children that they use salt to make ice melt while they read and write words with the /lt/ blend such as salt, halt, melt, felt, wilt, and belt.

Literacy Activities
Watch salt make ice melt

• Ask the children if they have ever noticed that people put salt on icy roads.
• Explain that pouring salt on ice makes the ice melt.
• Tilt the salt container to pour salt on some ice and watch it melt.
• Engage the children in a reader’s theater using the text Salt Will Make a Snowman Melt.
• Emphasize the words in the text with the /lt/ blend.

See how salt makes a flower wilt

• Explain that salt can hurt things like plants and snails. Tell the children that salt can cause a snail to melt and can cause flowers to wilt.
• Show the children a flower that has been standing in a container or vase of salt water.
• Note how the flower stands at a tilt and tends to wilt. Explain that this is because the salt makes it difficult for the flower to absorb water and other nutrients.
• Engage the children in a reader’s theater using the text Don’t Melt snails with Salt.
• Emphasize the words in the text with the –lt blend.

More Practice
Write about the activity using target words/patterns

• Have the children write words from the activity with the /lt/ blend with a permanent marker. Let the children paint around the words using watercolors then sprinkle salt on the paper. Comment how the salt leaves white spots on the paper because it soaks up the water and paint.
• Give each child a paper and pencil and let them write about what they did when they watched the salt melt ice and cause a flower to wilt. Have them include some of these words: salt, melt, result, wilt, or tilt.