Overview
The children will play a game with a can as they read and write words that end in –an such as man, can, ran, and fan.  

Literacy Activities
In the tan can

• Hold up the pictures or items and ask the children, “Can a ____ go in the tan can?”
• Have the children respond, “Yes, a  _an can go in the tan can,” while putting the item in the can or, “No, a  ____ can’t go in the tan can,” while setting the item aside.

More Practice
Identify, blend, and manipulate sounds

• With word blending cards, have the children make new words by changing either of the consonants or the vowel:
  • man → pan; tan → ran; can → fan
  • fan → fun; tan → ten; man → men
  • man → mat; tan → tap; can → car

Read target words in a text

• Display the text to The Tan Can.
• Read the text together as a group.
• Read again, fading support.
• Allow the children to underline the –an words present in the text.

Write target words

• Give each child a copy of The Tan Can with missing letters target text.
• Have the children fill in the –an ending for the words in The Tan Can missing letters text.
• Support the children as they write the missing letters.