State and Model the Objective
The children will take a path to a bath and will read and write words spelled with th, such as path, bath, thing, thump, and thud. 

Literacy Activities
Follow a path to the bath

• Point out that the letters th together make the /th/ sound.
• Label a bucket or bowl with the Bath sign (found below).
• Make a path using the th letter cards (found below) and allow the children to follow the path to the bath.
• Invite the children to produce the /th/ sound as they step on the letter cards.
• Have the children collect the letter cards and put them in the bath. 

Take a path away from the bath

• Have the children read the cards with th words (found below) along a path that leads away from the bath. 
• Let the children say “Thump!” as they step on the word cards

More Practice
Read target words in texts

• Display the A Path to a Bath target text (found below) and read it to the children.
• Invite the children to read the text with you as you gradually fade support.
• Help the children find and underline th in the text and then hold up their thumbs.
• Repeat with Find Things on the Path and Thump Down a Path to a Bath (both found below).

Write about the activity 

• Create a word wall of words from the activity that contain th: path, bath, cloth, thing, thumb, thud, thump, and throw.
• Let the children write a sentence or two about taking a path to a bath using the words from the word wall.