State and Model the Objective
Tell the children that they will play a game with a doodad and read and write words that end in -ad such as had, glad, sad, and mad.

Literacy Activities
Play the “Who Had the Doodad?” game:

• Choose three children to be Brad, Chad, and Tad, and have each wear the appropriate name tag (see below).
• Have “Brad,” “Chad,” and “Tad” step out into the hall and secretly decide which of them will hide the doodad behind his or her back, then have all of them return to the room with their hands behind their back. 
• The other children will take turns guessing who has the doodad by choosing a name and saying, “____ (e.g., Brad) has the doodad.”).
• Brad will then show the children if he or she has the doodad; if Brad doesn’t have it, have another child guess.
• When the doodad has been discovered, everybody will shout: “____ (e.g., Tad) had the doodad!”
• The person who guessed correctly will replace the person who had the doodad and wear the name tag.
• Repeat the game as many times as desired.

Read and write target words in a list

• Have the children help make a list on a chart or whiteboard of ad words from the activity, such as had, sad, mad, glad, Chad, Brad, Tad, and doodad.
• Read the list together several times.
• Have the children copy words from the list to make their own list of -ad words.

Read target words in a text

• Read the Chad is Sad target text (see below) to the children.
• Engage the children in reading the text simultaneously with you.
• Read the text again, fading support.
• Have the children underline the words that end in -ad in the ​​text.