State and Model the Objective
Tell the children they will catch and match eggs and read and write words that end in -tch, such as fetch, catch, batch, match, patch, and hatch.
Literacy Activities
Let eggs hatch

• Display a list of words ending in tch and read them with the children (e.g., catch, batch, match, patch, hatch, snatch, fetch, scratch, itch, clutch, switch, sketch, pitch).
• Put -tch words inside plastic eggs and allow the children to hatch the eggs and read the words.

Fetch, pitch, catch, and match a batch of eggs

• Set up an assembly line and designate children to engage in the following:
  • Fetch an egg.
  • Snatch it from the batch.
  • Pitch the egg and have another child catch the egg. 
  • Hatch the egg to find a word that ends in tch.
  • Match eggs of the same color.
• Build words
  • Have children try out different beginning consonants or consonant clusters (ma-, ca-, sna-, pi-, ba-, ha-, la-, fe-, ske-, scra-, clu-, swi-) with the tch ending.
  • Have the children write the words and place them in eggs.
  • Let the children hatch the batch of eggs and read the words inside.

Patch -tch words

• Let the children cut the egg pieces (found below) into two parts.
• Mix up the egg puzzle pieces.
• Match the pieces and then patch them together.
• Invite the children to read the words created by matching the eggs.

Make new words

• With word blending cards, have the children make new words by changing the vowel or the beginning consonant:
  • catch→ batch; batch→ patch; hatch→ match
  • patch→ pitch; hatch→ hitch; snatch→ snitch

Read target words in texts

• Engage the children in reading the Catch and Match target text with you (found below).
• Have the children make a list of the -tch words from the text.

Write about the activity using target words/patterns

• Let the children write words from dictation: catch, batch, match, patch, snatch, hatch.
• Have the children write or complete sentences that incorporate the -tch words:
  • Eggs ______ (hatch) from a ______ (batch) of eggs.
  • We can _____ (snatch) and _____ (catch) eggs.
  • We can _____ (match) the _____ (batch) of eggs.
  • We can write words like _____ (batch, catch, match) and _____ (latch, patch).