Bright Night

Lesson Plan
Target Words:
- light
- night
- sight
- tight
- bright
- fright
- fight
Materials:
- Flashlight
- Day's Light sentence strips*
- Night Light sentence strips*
- Bright Light target text*
- Things I Do in the Light target text*
- Pretend It Is Night target text*
*Items included below.
State and Model the Objective
The children will play a game with a light and will read and write words with the long i sound spelling -igh: light, night, bright, right, fright, flight, and sight.
Literacy Activities
See in the day’s light and the night’s light
- Explain that the day’s light comes from sunlight and the night’s light comes from moonlight.
- Help the children read the sentences on the Day’s Light sentence strips (see below).
- Turn off the lights and pretend that it is night.
- Shine a flashlight on the Night’s Light sentence strips (see below) and help the children read the sentences.
Make Light and Night signs
- Have the children make signs saying Light and Night.
- Let children hold up the Night sign while you turn off the light in the room.
- Have the children hold up the Light sign and turn on the light.
Create a bright night
- Read the target text Bright Light (see below) and allow the children to act out the story:
- Turn off the light.
- Close eyes and pretend it is night.
- Turn on a flashlight.
- Open eyes to see the light.
- Shine a flashlight around the room to see the sights.
- Make a frightening face.
- Turn on a bright light.
- Open eyes wide to see the bright light.
- Look around the room to see nice sights.
- Comment that, in the light, we don’t see any sights that give us fright.
- Close eyes tight and pretend to sleep.
- Have the children make a list of the words that are spelled with -igh (e.g., tight, night, light, flashlight, fright, sight, bright).
More Practice
Read target words in texts
- Engage the children in reading Things I Do in the Light (see below) together with the group.
- Read the text again, fading support.
- Read Pretend It Is Night with the children and fade support.
Write about the activity using target words and patterns
- Create a word wall with the words tight, night, light, flashlight, fright, sight, bright, flight, and might.
- Have the children write about what they see or feel at night and in bright light.
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SEEL Target Texts
Things I Do in the Light
There are lots of things I can do in the light!
I can do some things in the day’s light,
and I can do some things in the night’s light.
In day’s light, I can see a bird in flight.
In day’s light, I can see the sun shine bright.
In night’s light, I can see a firefly in flight.
In night’s light, I can see the moon's silver light.
I can do some things in the day’s light,
and I can do some things in the night’s light.
In day’s light, I can see a bird in flight.
In day’s light, I can see the sun shine bright.
In night’s light, I can see a firefly in flight.
In night’s light, I can see the moon's silver light.
Bright Light
We can play a game with our eyes shut tight.
Let’s shut our eyes tight.
Now it is night.
Night! Night! There is no light.
We open our eyes and see a flashlight.
We make a face that can give a fright.
What a sight!
Turn on a bright light.
Bright! Bright! It is bright.
Here and there we see a nice sight.
But with a bright light we do not see a fright.
Now we can shut our eyes tight and sleep through the night.
Let’s shut our eyes tight.
Now it is night.
Night! Night! There is no light.
We open our eyes and see a flashlight.
We make a face that can give a fright.
What a sight!
Turn on a bright light.
Bright! Bright! It is bright.
Here and there we see a nice sight.
But with a bright light we do not see a fright.
Now we can shut our eyes tight and sleep through the night.
Pretend it is Night
We can use our eyes to . . .
pretend it is night,
see a flashlight,
see a frightful sight.
see a bright light.
see a nice sight,
sleep tight at night.
pretend it is night,
see a flashlight,
see a frightful sight.
see a bright light.
see a nice sight,
sleep tight at night.
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Standards
SEEL lessons align with Common Core Standards. Please see the standards page for the code(s) associated with this lesson.

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Bright Night