State and Model the Objective
The children will pretend to fix a sputtering car and then read and write words spelled with the tt letter combination, such as clatter, clutter, little, chatter, and better.
 
Literacy Activities
Sputtering, rattling car

• Show the children the broken-down car graphic, and explain that the car is sputtering and rattling because of the damaged parts.
• Write the words sputter and rattle on the board, and point out that both words have the tt letter combination in the middle.
• One by one, allow the children to “change out” the parts listed below by placing a new part on top of the old parts.
  • tires
  • windows
  • door
  • hood
• Tell the children that, as they replace the parts, the sputtering and rattling will get better.

Find a putter among the clutter

• Hide the putter graphic among some clutter.
• Explain to the children that you are looking for your putter (a special golf club) and you need their help to clean up the clutter in order to find it. 
• Have the children clear the clutter by placing things back in their spots.
• Repeat activity if desired. 

 More Practice 
Read and identify target words

• Display the A Sputtering, Puttering Old Car target text for all the children to see.
• Read the target text to the children
• Engage the children in reading the target text with you.
• Invite the children to make a list of the tt words in the target text.

Identify the target word 

• Put the children into groups of two, and then give each pair a storyboard and a car graphic.
• Demonstrate that the storyboard matches the events from the A Sputtering, Puttering Old Car target text.
• Have one child hold the storyboard while the other child moves the car graphic along the storyboard as the target text is read to the class again.
• Let the children switch roles and repeat the activity.
• Invite the children to take turns underlining the tt combination in the words on the storyboard.

Write about the activity

• Read the My Cluttered Bedroom target text to the children and have them make a list of the tt words in the text.
• Have the children use their lists to write about the old car or the cluttered place with as many tt words as possible (e.g., My room has clutter and critters).