State and Model the Objective
The children will pretend to be part of a cart and then will read and write words that end with -art, such as part, chart, dart, and mart.
 
Literacy Activities
Make a wheel with parts

• Show the children a picture of a go-cart and point out that a wheel is a part of a go-cart, and that part and go-cart both end with -art.
• Let the children make a go-cart wheel by standing in a circle and stretching one arm toward the middle to make the spokes.
• Comment that each child is a part of the go-cart wheel.

 
Fix a cart that won't start

• Read the A Cart Won't Start target text to the children. 
• Have the children act out the story.

 
More Practice 
Read target words in texts

• Engage the children in reading the A Cart Won’t Start target text with you. 
• Have the children make a list of the -art words in the text.
• Invite the children to read the text again, fading support.

 
Build -art words from parts

• Read the Words Have Parts target text to the children and show how you can build words with the word-building cards and the -art sign.
• Have the children read the text as they build the words in the text using the word-building cards and the -art sign.

 
Write about the activity using target words

• Have the children write words as you say them: tart, cart, part, chart, dart, mart, smart, and start.
• Ask the children to write about the go-cart that won’t start (e.g., “My go-cart did not start. I got a part for the go-cart. The part made the go-cart start.”).