Wag and Drag a Rag

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Objective

Read and write words that end in -ag.

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Lesson Plan

Target Words:

bag
rag
wag
drag
tag

Materials:

Old fabric to rip into rags
Bags (e.g., paper lunch sacks)
Word-building cards*
Let's Make a Rag Bag target text*
Wag and Drag a Rag to Dust target text*
A Rag Bag target text*

*Items included below.

State and Model the Objective
Tell the children that they will make a rag bag and read and write words ending in -ag, such as rag, bag, tag, wag, and drag.

Literacy Activities
Make a rag bag

Engage the children in reading Let’s Make a Rag Bag text (see below).
Have the children follow the instructions in the text to make a rag bag:
- Rip an old cloth into pieces to make rags.
- Write rag on a tag for each rag.
- Put the rags in a bag.
- Write Rag Bag on a tag (slip of paper) and attach the tag to the bag.

Wag and drag a rag to dust

Explain that the rags in the bag are used for cleaning.
Engage the children in reading Wag and Drag a Rag to Dust (see below).
Have the children get a rag from the rag bag and act out the text.

Identify, blend, and manipulate sounds

With word-building cards (see below), have the children make new words by changing the vowel or either of the consonants:
- rag→ drag, tag→ sag, bag→ lag, wag→ nag
- rag→ ran→ rat, tag→ tap→ tan, bag→ bat→ bad
- tag→ tug, rag→ rug→ rig, lag→ log→ leg, bag→ big→ bug→ beg

Read target words in target texts

Read the text A Rag Bag (see below) with the children.
Have the children find the words that end in -ag.
Repeat with the texts Let’s Make a Rag Bag and Wag and Drag a Rag to Dust.

Wag and Drag a Rag to Dust

We can use rags to dust.
We wag and drag a rag to dust.
We get a rag bag—a bag with rags.
We get a rag from the rag bag.
We wag the rag to dust the bed.
We wag the rag to dust the lamp.
We wag the rag to dust the desk.
We wag the rag to dust the shelf.
We drag the rag back to the bag.
All done!

Let's Make a Rag Bag

Let’s make a rag bag.
Rip a cloth into rags.
Make a tag for the rags.
Make the tags say, Rag.
Put the rags in a bag.
Make a tag for the bag.
Make the tag say, Rag Bag.

A Rag Bag

We got a rag.
We got a bag.
We got a tag.
We put the rag in the bag.
We put a tag on the bag.
The tag said, Rag Bag.
We made a rag bag.
The rag bag has a tag.

Word Blending Cards

SEEL At Home

Objective

Read and write words that end with -ag.

Materials

A bag with a rags inside
Rags or cloth to rip into rags
Wag and Drag a Rag to Dust target text (below)

Activity: Wag and Drag a Rag

Rip cloth to make rags (optional)
Help your child read the text Wag and Drag a Rag to Dust.
Place rags in a bag to create a “rag bag.”
Get a rag out of the bag then wag and drag the rag to dust.
Read the text Wag and Drag a Rag to Dust again and have your child find the words ending in -ag.
Write a list of -ag words.

wag and drag a rag to dust text