State and Model the Objective
Tell the children that they will spill spools while they read and write words that start with /sp/: spool, spill, spot, space, sparkles, sprinkles.

Literacy Activities
Make special spools

• Give each child a spool.
• Tell the children that their spool is special, because they get to decorate it and make it spectacular.
• Have they children decorate their spools with spots, sprinkles, or sparkles (glitter).
• Have the children write a sentence about what they put on their spool (e.g., I put spots on my spool. I put sprinkles and sparkles on my spool).
• Throughout the activity make comments such as: “Your spotted spool is splendid!” “What a spectacular spool!” “Look at the sparkles on your special spool!”

Spill the spools

• Decorate a container beforehand with cut-out spots with space between each spot.
• Have the children spill spools into the container and have them watch to see if the spools spill on spots or spaces.
• Have the children write “spot” if their spool landed on a spot or “space” if it landed on a space.
• Let the child spin the spools on spots and spaces.
• Repeat the activity, letting the children spill and spin spools on the table or floor area set up with spots.

More Practice
Read target words in texts 

• Engage the children in reading the text Spill the Spools together as a class/group.
  • Read the text again, fading support.
  • Have the children make a list of the words beginning with the /sp/ blend.

Write about the activity using target words/patterns

• Engage the children in interactive writing about their experience by reviewing target words and phrases from the activities.
• Present sentence frame, sentence completion, gestural, or question prompts incorporating target words and phrases.
• Provide verbal or written options if needed.
• Example of an interactive text:
  • • We decorated ________(spools).
    • Our ______ (spools) were ______(special).
    • We put _______(sparkles/spots/sprinkles) on our _______(spools).
    • Some ______(spools) landed on _______(spots) and some______(spools) landed on _______(spaces) .
    • We had fun ______(spilling) lots of _______(spools).