Overview
The children will guess what three, thirteen, thirty, and a thousand things look like and associate the th digraph with the /th/ sound.  

Literacy Activities
Think of a number

• Display the words three, thirteen, thirty, and thousand.
• Tell the children that you will think of one of those numbers.
• Let the children guess the number you are thinking of.

Tell three from thirteen, thirty, and a thousand objects

• Say, “I know of numbers that begin with the /th/ sound: three, thirteen, thirty, and thousand.”
• Ask the children to think about what three, thirteen, thirty, and a thousand things (e.g., thimbles, thumbtacks, thorns) would look like.
• Display the pictures of three, thirteen, thirty, and a thousand th things (see below). 
• Ask the children which of the pictures depict three, thirteen, thirty, or a thousand things.

 
Think of things

• Ask children to guess if they would need three, thirteen, thirty, or a thousand things in the following situations:  
  • pieces of candy to share with the children in the class.
  • chairs that are in the school.
  • cars that are in the school parking lot.
  • computers that are in our classroom.
  • books that are in the classroom.
  • books that are in the school.  
• Read the Think of That target text (found below) to the children.
• Display the picture cards with the /th/ words (found below) on the board.
• Invite one child to think of one of the things and say, “I am thinking of a thing.” 
• Have the other children guess the thing the child is thinking of.
• Place a check next to the name of the things they guessed.

More Practice  
Identify th by touch 

• Place the th picture cards out in a row.
• Give the commands, 
  • “Touch the th on each picture card.”
  • “Touch the th picture card that you see when it thunders.”
  • “Touch the th picture card that is used to sew clothes.”
  • “Touch the th picture card that you have on your hands.”
  • “Touch the third thing in the row.”
  • “Touch the three thumbs.”
  • “Touch the third thumb.”
  • “Touch three thumbtacks.”
  • “Touch the third thumbtack.”
  • “Touch three thorns.”
  • “Touch the third thorn.”
• Continue to create more commands if desired.

Make a path with three, thirteen, thirty, and a thousand

• Display the text Three, Thirteen, Thirty, and a Thousand (found below) so all the children can see and read the target text to them.
• Make a path with the printed numerals of three, thirteen, thirty, and a thousand (found below) along with the written th digraph.
• Have the children follow the path and have them say what numbers they pass along the path.
• Read Think of That again, this time emphasizing the /th/ sound.
• Invite the children to find /th/ words in the target text.   

Read and write about thoughtful things 

• Read Thankful for a Thing (found below) to the children.
• Help the children think of things that start with /th/.