State and Model the Objective
The children will take care of a doll’s hair and then read and write words spelled with -air or -are, such as air, hair, chair, share, and care.
 
Literacy Activities 
Make and take care of hair 

• Make hair for a doll 
  • Wrap the yarn around a child’s flat hand.
  • Slide the yarn off the child’s hand, and tie it in the middle with a piece of yarn.
  • Cut the yarn loops on either side of the middle tie.
• Have the children follow these instructions:
  • Sit the paper doll without hair in a chair.
  • Let a child place the hair on the doll. 
  • Let a child pretend to brush the doll's hair as a way to care for it. 
• Put a little water on the doll’s hair.
  • Let a child wave the doll in the air to make the doll’s hair fly in the air.

Dry hair with air

• Put hair made out of yarn on the paper doll’s head.
• Let the children dab a little water on the doll's hair.
• Let a child dry the hair by fanning some air on the hair.
• Let a child shake the doll’s hair in the air to dry the hair.
• Let a child blow air on the hair.
• Let a child dry the hair with hot air from a blow-dryer. 
• Comment on the many ways to dry hair with air.

Draw and write words

• Have the children draw a chair, some stairs, and hair on a piece of paper.
• Ask the children to write the words chair, stair, and hair on their drawings.
• Sprinkle a little water on the words and wave the paper in the air to dry the words.

Read Air Dries Hair

• Read the Air Dries Hair target text to the children. 
• Engage the children in reading the Air Dries Hair target text with you.
• Read the text with the children again, fading support.

More Practice
Read target words in texts

• Read the Care for Hair target text to the children.
• Engage the children in reading the Care for Hair target text with you. 
• Have the children make a list of the words spelled with -air or -are.
• Read the text again, fading support.
• Repeat with the Clair Needs Hair target text.

Write about the activity using target words

• Let the children write words as you say them: hair, air, chair, fair, stair, pair.
• Have the children write about taking care of the doll’s hair and letting the hair dry with air.