State the Objective

Tell the children that they will look for bugs to hug and add sounds to the ug ending to make words such as rug, jug, bug, hug and mug.  

Literacy Activities

Introduce target words

Read the target words with the children: bug, hug, rug, snug, mug, jug, tug.

Hide a bug

• Read Hug a Bug by Eileen Spinelli (optional). 
• Let the children take turns hiding and finding bug images (see below) under -ug objects (see below).
• Chant, "Bug, bug, bug. Where are you, bug?" together as the children look for bugs.
• Have the children say, "I found a bug! Bug hug!" as they find the hidden bugs and then give the bugs a big hug.

Read and write -ug words

• Using the word-blending cards (see below), hold up a beginning consonant with the -ug ending and ask the children to read the word. 
• Continue to switch the beginning consonants.
• Have the children write a sentence using each word.

Identify, blend and manipulate sounds, and write target words

• With word-building cards (see below), have the children make new words by changing a consonant or the vowel.
  • Change the beginning consonant: tug → bug, bug → rug, rug → dug, dug → slug
  • Change the vowel:  bug → big, bug → bag, rug → rag, dug → dog
  • Change the ending consonant: bug → bud, tug → tub, mug → mud
• Let the children write words from dictation, changing one or two letters each time to make a new word.
  • mug → bug → bud → bid → big → dig → dug → dog → fog