dollar store

State and Model the Objective
Tell the children that they will look for a dollar in a yellow wallet and they will read and write words spelled with the double letter combination –ll : yellow, wallet, dollar, gallon, pillow, balloon.

Literacy Activities
Dollar Store

• Set up a pretend dollar store with a cash register and cardboard storefront (optional).
• Place the picture cards and Dollar Store sign in the pretend store.
• Give the children the pretend dollar bills.
• Allow the children to pretend to buy an item from the dollar store with their dollar bill.
• Help the children read the word on each picture card and point to the double letter combination –ll in the middle of the word.
• Help the children make a list of the items in the dollar store.

More Practice
Read target words in a text

• Read the text I Found a Dollar to the children.
• Engage the children in reading the text simultaneously with you.
• Read the I Found a Dollar 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 (i.e., yellow, dollar, wallet, pillow, balloon, pillar, marshmallow, roller skates) .
• Have the children write a sentence or two expressing ideas from the lesson using words from the word wall (e.g., I can get a balloon at the dollar store).