State and Model the Objective
Tell the children that they will make a kite from a kit as they read short- and long-vowel words, such as kit and kite, tap and tape, and hop and hope.

Literacy Activities
Differentiate between short-vowel and long-vowel words

• Write short- and long-vowel word pairs in a T-chart, and read the words with the children.
• Point out that the long-vowel words have a silent e at the end.
• Change short-vowel words into long-vowel words by adding silent e.

Make a kite using a kit

• Show the children the items in the kite kit (e.g., paper, sticks, string, tape).
• Have the children read the How to Make a Kite from a Kit target text (see below).
• Help the children make a kite from the materials in the kit.

Make short- or long-vowel words

• Let the children use the word-building cards to change short-vowel words into long-vowel words by placing a silent e at the end.
• Turn the word kit to kite and mad→ made, tap→ tape, cap→ cape, pal→ pale, mat→ mate, cut→ cute, rip→ ripe, sit→ site, bit→ bite, hid→ hide, slid→ slide, dim→ dime, fin→ fine, gap→ gape, hop→ hope, and plan→ plane

Read and recognize short- and long-vowel words

• Read the Fly a Kite Made from a Kit target text (see below) with the children.
• Ask the children to sort short- from long-vowel word cards (see below).
• Have the children write directions for making a kite from dictation or suggestions (e.g., cut or rip paper; cut paper in the shape of a kite; tape on a little stick; tape on a big stick; snip or cut a bit of string; tape the string on the stick).