State and model the objective

Tell the children that they will pretend to hoe a row in a garden and will read and write words with different long o spellings: go, so, no, row, low, grow, sow, hoe, toe.

Literacy activity
Go to hoe and sow seeds

• Have the children use the hoe picture (see below) to pretend to hoe a row. 
• Let the children sow seed word cards (see below) in the rows and read the words as they sow the seeds in the rows.
• Instruct the children to gather the word cards and sort them according to spelling pattern: –o (i.e., no, so, go), –ow (i.e., row, grow, low, sow), –oe (i.e., hoe, toe).

Tell the crow to go away

• Say, “Oh no! Here comes a crow. Crows like to eat seeds.”
• Show the scarecrow picture (see below) and tell the crow to go away from the rows of seeds.
• Have the children write, “Go away, crow!”.
• Point out the words on the seed graphics with different long o spellings (i.e., go, crow).

Make flowers grow

• Show the Flowers Grow picture (see below).
• Invite the children to slowly unfold the paper flowers to make them grow.

Read target words in texts

• Engage the children in reading the target text Go and Hoe a Row (see below).
• Have the children make a chart listing the words from the text with long o spellings: –o (i.e., no, go), –ow (i.e., row, sow, crow, slowly, grow, low), –oe (i.e., hoe, toe).
• Read the text again fading support.

Write about the activity using target words/patterns

• Make a word wall with long o words: –o (i.e., no, so, go), –ow (i.e., row, grow, sow, slow, low, crow, show), –oe (i.e., hoe, toe).
• Let the children write about how they can hoe, sow, and help plants grow (e.g., I can hoe a row and sow seeds. I can tell a crow to go away. I can watch a flower grow).