State the Objective 

Tell the children that they will find a slot in a parking lot as they read and write words that end with ot, such as dot, lot, got, and not. 

Literacy Activities

Rhyme with lot for a spot in the lot 

• Draw lines or use sticks to make slots in a parking lot (see example below).
• Let the children place a pretend car in a slot each time they rhyme with lot.
• Give the children examples of words that rhyme with lot (e.g., slot, not, got, hot).
• Help the children think of a word that rhymes with lot:
  
  • “Cot ends with ot.”
  • “What about dot? Dot rhymes with lot.”
  • “Does spot rhyme with lot?” 

Make a dot in the lot

• Tell the children that they will put dots in slots in the lot.
• List -ot words (e.g., lot, dot, slot, spot, got, hot, not, cot, rot) and point out that they all end in ot.
• Help the children read the list of words. 
• Read the Find a Slot in the Lot target text (see below) with the children.
• Let the children put a dot in a slot each time they hear an -ot word in the text. 
• Make comments such as, “You got a spot in the lot!”  

Segment -ot words 

• Segment -ot words into their initial sound and ending, and have children blend them into words:
  
  •  l + ot = lot
  • d + ot = dot
  • h + ot = hot
  • g + ot = got
• Have the children blend individual sounds to make a word: 
  
  • l + o + t = lot    
  • d + o + t = dot
  • h + o + t = hot 
  • g + o + t = got 

Write -ot words

• Fill in the initial letter
  
  • Write -ot with a space in front of it.
  • Tell the children to put an L in front of -ot to make lot.
  • Repeat with other -ot words (e.g., got, not, dot, pot). 
• Write words from dictation 
  
  • Show the children the parking lot.
  • Have the children write -ot words from dictation in each of the lot’s slots (e.g., pot, rot, cot, lot, slot, dot, hot).