State and model the objective
Tell the children that they will make sounds like clang, bang, ding, and dong, and then read and write words that end in -ng, such as clang, bang, ding, ping, dong, and song.

Literacy Activities
Put things that go ding or ring on a string

• Write the words ring, ding, and song on the board and point out the -ng.
• Let the children bring you items to ring and ding after reading the instructions on the board:
  • Bring me a string. 
  • Bring me a ring on a string.
  • Bring me a thing.
  • Bring me a thing that you can ring.
  • Bring me a thing that goes ding.
  • Bring me a thing on a string.

Create an orchestra with -ng words

• List musical instructions on the board:
  • Bong a gong (a metal object)
  • Ring a bell (optional)
  • Clang spoons
  • Sing ding-dong 
  • Make rings go ping and ting
  • Make a can go ting
  • Sing clang-bang 
• Assign children to various “instruments” or roles.
• Point to the instructions to indicate when the children should play their part. 
• Vary the volume and tempo of the song.

Sing the Ding, Ding, Dong Song

• Sing the Ding, Ding, Dong Song (found below) to the tune of Frere Jacques (Frere Jacques Music https://kids.niehs.nih.gov/games/songs/childrens/frere/index.htm).
• Have the children write ng words from the song from dictation (e.g., ring, string, ping, ting, ping-a-ling, ting-a-ling, ding, dong). 

Explore rhythm and tempo using –ng words

• Have the children sit in a ring (circle) with the teacher in the middle.
• Clap, tap, or stomp out the rhythm of -ng words while the children echo the pattern a line or word at a time:
  • ting-a-ling, ping-pong, gong, sing-song, clang, bang, ding-dong.

Read target words in texts

• Engage the children in reading the target text How to Make Music with Rings (found below) together.
• Read the text again, fading support.
• Help the children make a list of the -ng words on the board.

Blend and analyze words by making a flipbook on string

• Cut out the word-building cards (found below) and punch holes in the tops.
• Stack the cards into a beginning sounds pile and an ending sounds pile.
• Staple each pile together to make a book.
• String both the beginning and ending sounds books on a string. 
• Flip through the pages of the beginning and ending sounds books to make words:
  • r + ing, s + ing, d + ing, t + ing, p + ing
  • b + ang, cl + ang, s + ang
  • b + ong, s + ong, l + ong

Write a chant, rhythm, or song

• Make a list of musical words that end in -ng: sing, ding, ring, bong, song, clang, bang, and sang.
• Let the children write their own song, rhythm, or chant.