State the Objective

Tell the children that they will swap sweaters and that they will read and write words that begin with /sw/.

Literacy Activities

Introduce target words

• Show the children the target words.
• Read the words with the children.

Swap sweaters

• Read the Sweater Swap target text (see below) with the children.
• Tell the children to choose a sweater or sweater image (see below).
• Let the children swap sweaters with one another.
• Have the children choose a sweater word card (see below) and read the word on the card.
• Ask the children to swap word cards and tell them to read the new word.

Swat sweaters

• Spread the sweater word cards (see below) face up on a table or the floor.
• Read a word from one of the sweater word cards (i.e., swat, swap, swim, switch, swoop, sweet).
• Have the children swat the correct word card using their hand or a fly swatter.

Identify, blend, and manipulate sounds

• With word-building cards (see below), have the children make new words by changing a consonant or the vowel(s).
  • Change the vowel(s): swim→ swam; swing→ swung; swoop→  sweep
  • Change the ending consonant(s): swap→  swat; sweet→  sweep; swim→  switch

Write about the activity using target words

• Tell the children to write short sentences using target words.
  • We can ___ (swap) our sweaters.
  • My ____ (sweater) has a swirl.
  • That sweater has holes like ____ (swiss) cheese.
  • Will you ____ (switch) sweaters with me?