State and Model the Objective
The children will help a turtle surf and then read and write words spelled with -ur, such as turtle, surf, blur, hurt, and curl.
 
Literacy Activities
Learn to surf

• Make waves in an ocean by moving a slack piece of blue paper or cloth up and down. 
• Explain that to surf means to ride on a wave with a surfboard.
• Ask the children if they have seen a surfer, then show them how to surf and let the children pretend to surf.

Help the turtle surf

• Attach the surfboard graphic to the turtle and tell the children that they will help the turtle surf.
• Let the children make a wave and move the turtle to make it surf.
• Have the children read the A Turtle Can Surf target text and enact the story with the cutouts. 
• Move the paper turtle so fast that it is a blur.

 
More Practice
Read target words in a text

• Read The Turtle Likes to Surf target text to the children.
• Engage the children in reading the target text with you.
• Have the children circle words spelled with -ur.
• Read the text again, fading support.

Word charades: write about the activity using target words/patterns

• Put the children in groups of four and give two word cards to each group.
• Have one child act out their word while the other children guess the word.
• Tell the children to pass the word card to the next group when it is finished so that the next group can act out the word.
• Ask if any groups would like to act out one of their words for the class to guess.
• Let the children write words as you say them: turtle, surf, blur, hurt, churn, turn, curl, hurl.
• Have the children write about the surfing turtle (e.g., “A turtle surfs. The waves curl and churn.”).