State the Objective

Tell the children that they will pack a black sack as they recognize and produce words that rhyme with sack, such as pack, black, and snack. 

Literacy Activities

Make a sack

• Show the children how to make a “sack” by folding a paper in thirds lengthwise and folding the bottom up to the top (see photos below).
• Unfold the sack and let the children re-fold it.
• Make a black mark on the sack or find something black to put inside it (optional).
• Write black on the sack and tell the children you have a black sack.
• Point out how black and sack rhyme.
• Tell the children that you can pack snacks in the sack.

Write -ack words on the sack

• Decide which side of the paper sack is the back.
• Write the word back on the back of the sack.
• Write the words pack and sack on the sack.

Crack pretend snacks

• Tell the children that you have a pretend cracker, a type of snack.
• Pretend to crack the snack into two pieces.
• Say crack, extending the /kr/ and emphasizing the -ack.

Pack a black sack with snacks  

• Explain that some snacks can crack, and give examples (e.g., chips, cookies, crackers).
• Say, "Pack the sack with a snack that cracks.”
• Have the children pretend to pack the sack with real or pretend snacks that crack (see example below). 
• Find something black to put in the sack and say, “Pack the snack sack with something black.”  

Rhyme with pack

• Tell the children that you can think of a word that rhymes with snack: black!
• Ask the children if different words rhyme with snack (e.g., pack, track, tack, sack, rack). 
• Help the children think of a word that rhymes with pack.