State the Objective

Tell the children that they will play with different balls and that they will read and write words with -all, such as ball, wall, call, and fall.

Literacy Activities

Introduce target words

• Show the children the target words.
• Comment on the sound that the letter A makes when followed by the /l/  sound, as in call, fall, ball, and wall.
• Read the words with the children.
• Read the Small Balls target text (see below) and watch the video (optional) with the children.

Call for a ball

• Read the Hit a Wall with a Ball target text (see below) with the children. 
• Each time the line Call for a ball is read, allow the children to take turns taking a ping pong ball from a bag.
• Let the children take turns bouncing a ping pong ball against a wall.

Identify, blend, and manipulate sounds

• With word-building cards (see below), have the children make new words by changing a consonant or the vowel.
  • Change the beginning consonant(s): cup → pup; hit→ lit; call → wall
  • Change the vowel: cup→ cap; hit→ hat; ball→ bill
  • Change the ending consonant: ball→ bat; hit→ hip; cup→ cut

Identify vowel sounds

• Say target words (e.g., ball, wall, call), stretching out your arms and lengthening the vowel (e.g., Ball. b aaaa ll. Ball).
• Ask the children what sounds they hear. 
• Have the children to count the letters and sounds in each word.

Write words with -all from dictation

• Read -all words with the children.
• Ask the children to write words with -all from dictation.