Overview
The children will get a pet wet or into a net as they read and write words that end in -et such as wet, pet, net, get, let, and set.

Literacy Activities
Let a pet get wet or get a pet in a net

• Explain to the children that a "pet" is an animal you love and take care of such as a dog, cat, or fish.
• Read the Which Pet Likes to Get Wet? target text.
• Let the children choose a toy pet or laminated pet graphic.
• Have the children decide if their pet likes to get wet or if their pet does not like to get wet.
• Set up a bowl or container of water opposite the children and hold a net over the water.
• If a child's pet likes to get wet, let them try to get their pet wet by tossing the pet into the water.
• If a child's pet does not like to get wet, let them try to toss their pet in the net.
• Have the other children say “Get ready! Get set! Get the pet wet!” or “Get ready! Get Set! Get the pet in the net!” when a child tosses a pet.

Get -et words from a net and get the words wet

• Cut out word part cards and put the letter cards in a net and the -et endings on a table or board.
• Let children pick out a letter from the net and put it together with the -et ending.
• Read and blend the word part cards with the children to make a word.
• Let children trade their words with other children.
  • Have children ask for another child's letter card to trade. For example, have children ask, "Will you let me get a pet?" and have the other child respond, "I will let you get a pet. Will you let me get a net?

More Practice
Identify, blend and segment sounds in words

• With word blending cards, have the children make new words by changing the vowel or either of the consonants:
  • wet → pet; get → set; net → bet; met → let
  • get → got; set → sat; let → lit; net → nut; pet → pot
  • let → led; pet → peg; bet → bed; net → ten

Read target words/patterns introduced in the activity

• Read the We Let a Pet Get Wet target text together with the children.
• Read the text again fading support.
• Have the children underline the words that end in –et.
• Repeat with the Get the Pet Wet target text.

Write about the activity using target words/patterns

• Give the children paper and pencil and have them write words from dictation that they heard in the activity, such as pet, get, net and wet.
• Play a “pass the pet” game with the children.
  • Have the children sit in a circle and pass the net around the circle.
  • As children get the net, have them say the word "net" and then turn the word "net" into another -et word by changing the initial consonant (e.g., net → wet).
  • Have the children take turns writing their word on the board.