State and Model the Objective
The children will read long-i-silent-e words such as time, lime, fine, line, slice, nice, and price, as they pretend to sell a slice of lime for a dime. 
Literacy Activities
Stand in line

• Let the children stand in line and read some -ine words, such as fine, line, dine, vine, and mine.
• Let the children pretend to slice a real, pretend, or picture of a lime (found below) and pay a price—a dime (found below) for a slice of lime.

 
Wipe grime and slime from a lime

• Show a paper towel with grime (optional) and explain that "grime" means "dirt."
• Wipe the lime to see if there is grime or slime on the lime.
• Slice a lime and comment on how the lime feels like slime.
• Ask the children, “Do you have a dime to buy a slice of lime? What price will you pay for a slice of lime? Will you pay a dime for a slice of lime?”
• Tell the children to chime in with the chant: “I’ll give a dime for a slice of lime.”
• Have the children stand in line to buy a slice of lime with their dime.

 
More Practice

• With word-building cards (found below), have the children make new words by changing either the beginning or ending consonants:
  • Change the beginning consonant(s): slime→ grime; time→ lime; fine→ mine; price→ twice
  • Change the ending consonant: line→ lime; dine→ dime; vine→ vice; dice→ dime; nice→ nine

Read target words

• Read the texts A Dime for a Slice of Lime, Do you Want a Slice of Lime? and It's Time to Dine on a Slice of Lime (all found below) together as a class or group.
• Read the texts again, fading support.
• Have the children underline the words with a long-i silent-e.

Write about the activity 

• Display the following words: time, dime, slime, grime, lime, fine, line, vine, mine, ice, price, twice, slice, nice, chime, wipe, and ice.
• Have the children write about why they want to stand in line, pay a dime, or slice and dine on a lime.
  • "A dime is a nice price for . . ."
  • "It's time to dine on . . ." 
  • "I would stand in line and pay a dime to . . ."