State the Objective

Tell the children that they will use a net to get a pet at a pet store as they read and write words that end with et, such as wet, pet, net, get, let, set, and jet.

Literacy Activities

Introduce target words

Read the target words with the children: wet, pet, net, get, let, set, and jet.

Get a Pet Fish at a Pet store

• Put up the pet store sign (see below) and place a toy or a laminated fish image (see below) in a bowl of water.
• Set up an area to be "home" with another bowl of water.
• Read the Instructions: Get a Pet Fish at the Pet Store sign (see below).
• Let children get a pet fish with the net and put it in a bag with water.
• Put the fish in the bowl at "home" and tell the children that the pet must stay wet.

Read target words

• Read the mini book My Wet Pet (see below) together. 
• Have the children underline words that end in et.
• Repeat with the text Did You Get a Wet Pet?

Identify, blend and manipulate sounds

With word-building cards (see below), have the children make new words by changing a consonant or the vowel.

• Change the beginning consonant: wet → pet, get→ set, net → bet
• Change the vowel: get → got, set → sat, bet → bat
• Change the ending consonant: let → led, pet → pen, bet → bed

Write about the activity using target words/patterns

• Play a “pass the pet” game.
• Have the children take turns passing a picture of a fish (see below).
• As each child gets the pet, have them say a new word that ends in et. 
• Have the children write -et words from dictation: pet, get, set, wet, jet, bet, let, yet.