State and Model the Objective
Tell the children that they will play with a night light and will read and write words with the long i spelling pattern -igh, such as night, light, bright, right, and tonight.
 
Literacy Activities
Kinds of light

• Brainstorm sources of light: lamp light, night light, sunlight, moonlight, flashlight, and starlight.
• Turn off the lights, shine a flashlight on the -ight word cards (see below), and read the words with the children.
• Turn on the lights and show the children the pictures of light sources (see below).
• Have the children write the kinds of light (e.g., sunlight, street light, lamp light, flashlight, night light, and lighthouse). 

Night light

• Tell the children that they will decide on the right light to pretend to sleep with.
• Comment on how it is easier to sleep when the light is not bright.
• Have the children make signs saying Just right light and Too bright light.
• Show the children the pictures of light sources and ask “Is this light right?”
• Hold up the signs to indicate if each light is just right or too bright to sleep with at night.
• Turn off the lights and show children the light of a night light or lamp (optional).
• Pretend to go to sleep with just a night light and wake up when you turn the lights back on.

More Practice
Read target words in texts

• Engage the children in shared reading of the target text I Need a Night Light (see below).
• Have the children make a list of the words with igh: night, light, right, tonight, bright, night light, sight, might, and fright.
• Read the text again, fading support.
• Repeat with The Light Is Too Bright (see below).

Write about the activity using target words and patterns

• Create a word wall with night, light, right, tonight, sight, bright, sunlight, street light, lamp light, flashlight, night light, might, and fright.
• Have the children write about kinds of light.