State and Model the Objective
Tell the children that they will choose foods to chew and chomp as they practice saying the /ch/ sound in words that start with the letters ch, such as chips, Cheerios, cherries, and cheese.

Literacy Activities
Help Charlie chomp and chew 

• Assemble the Charlie puppet.
• Teach the children the Chomp and Chew chant.
• Explain that we use our teeth to chomp and chew things like chips and cheese. 
  • Emphasize the /ch/ sound by repeating it a few times before each ch word. 
• Introduce Charlie the puppet to the children and explain that Charlie only likes to chomp and chew foods that start with the /ch/ sound.
• Let the children choose a food picture to feed to Charlie, then help the children decide whether the picture begins with the /ch/ sound.
  • If the food begins with /ch/, have the children pretend to feed it to Charlie to chomp and chew it.
  • If the food does not begin with /ch/, set the picture in a discard pile.
• Have the children repeat the Chomp and Chew chant as they feed Charlie.
• Let the children write the letters ch on a sticky note and label each picture that starts with the /ch/ sound.

Chomp and chew foods that begin with /ch/ (optional)

• Let each child choose a real food (or picture card) that starts with ch by saying, “I choose to chomp and chew ___ (e.g., chips, Cheerios, cherries, cheese)."

More Practice
Identify the target sound

• Display the Chomp and Chew chant for the children.
• Read the text together as a group.
• Have the children circle the letters ch throughout the text, saying the /ch/ sound each time.
• Read the text again slowly and have the children pretend to chomp each time they hear a word that begins with the /ch/ sound.

Write the target letter

• Have the children write the letters ch at the beginning of the words on the word cards.
• Help the children read the words, emphasizing the /ch/ sound at the beginning of each word (e.g., /ch/, /ch/, chip).