State and Model the Objective
Tell the children that they will pretend to be Ned, Ted, and Fred and spread red on bread as they read and write words with the two short e spellings -ea and -e, such as bread, spread, and red.  
Literacy Activities
Let Ned or Fred or Ted spread some spread on bread

• Give Ned, Ted, or Fred name tags (see below) to children.
• Have Ned, Ted, and Fred complete the following actions:
  • Cut the bread with red thread (slip thread under the bread, cross over the ends, and pull tight)
  • Shred some cheese on bread (cut the picture of cheese)
  • Spread red spread on bread (red spread picture, red paint, or jam)

Identify, blend, and manipulate sounds

• Have the children make new words by changing the consonants:
  • thread → spread, dread → bread, head → dead, dead → dread
  • red → fed, led → fled, Fred → shred, Ned → Ted

Read target words in texts 

• Read the target text Some Spread on Bread (see below) together as a group. 
• Read the text again, fading support.
• Have the children underline the words with the -ead or -ed ending.
• Repeat with the target text Ned, Ted, and Fred (see below).

Write about the activity using target words and patterns

• Have the children write target words from dictation: 
  • bread, spread, thread, read (past tense), dread, head, dead.
• Engage the children in interactive writing about their experience by having the children fill in target words and phrases.
  • "Ted can ___ (shred cheese on bread, spread red spread on bread)."
  • "I read how to ___ (cut bread with thread, spread bread with red spread)."