State and Model the Objective
Tell the children that they will pretend to buy things with a dollar from a dollar store as they read and write words spelled with -ll, such as yellow, wallet, dollar, ball, and balloon.  

Literacy Activities
Dollar Store

• Set up a pretend dollar store.
• Place the picture cards (found below) and Dollar Store sign (found below) in the pretend store.
• Give the children the pictures of dollar bills (found below).
• Post a list of the items the store sells and have the children read the items to decide what they will buy.
• Allow the children to pretend to buy an item (picture card) from the dollar store with their dollar bill. 

Read target words in a text

• Engage the children in reading the target text I Found a Dollar (found below). 
• Read the text again, fading support.
• Have the children list the words from the text spelled with -ll.

Write about the activity using target words

• Introduce a word wall displaying target words from the lesson (e.g., yellow, dollar, wallet, balloon, roller skates, doll, ball).
• Have the children write about buying items at a dollar store with a dollar (e.g., "I can buy a balloon at the dollar store").