Overview
The children will look for bugs to hug and add sounds to the -ug ending to make words such as rug, jug, bug, and mug.  
 
Literacy Activities 

• Read Hug a Bug by Eileen Spinelli (optional). 
• Choose one child to leave the room. 
• Have another child hide a toy bug (or a bug graphic) somewhere in the room, and have the whole class pretend that the bug is lost.
  • Encourage the child hiding the bug to hide it near an object that ends in -ug, such as a mug, rug, or jug.
  • While the child hides the bug, ask the class, “Will ___ hide the bug near the mug? Near the jug?”
• Have the first child return to the room and search for the “lost” bug. 
  • As the child searches, have the rest of the children chant, “-ug, -ug, -ug!” getting louder as the child gets closer to the bug and softer as the child gets further away from the bug. 
• When the bug is found, have everyone shout, “Hug a bug!” and then allow each student to give the bug a hug.
  • Help the children use phrases with the -ug ending (e.g., “The bug likes your hug!” “Will the bug want a hug?” “That is a snug bug on a rug.”).

More Practice 
Read and write about the experience

• Using the word-blending cards, 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 each word on their whiteboards or papers.
• Read the Meet My Bug target text together and then have the children take turns underlining the -ug words.