State the Objective

Tell the children that they will make some metal rings ding and sing as they read and write words ending in ing, such as ping, string, swing, and ding.

Literacy Activities

Introduce target words

• Show the children the target words.
• Read the words with the children.

Make rings ding

• Teach the children the Ding-a-Ling Rings target text (see below) and sing it together. 
• Demonstrate how to put the rings on the string to make them ding. 
• Have one child stand opposite you and hold one end of the string so it is tight. 
• Strike the rings with the spoon or swing the string (like a jump-rope) to make the rings ding.
• Sing the Ding-a-Ling Rings song again and have the children hit the rings with the spoon each time they sing a word ending with –ing. 

Identify, blend, and manipulate sounds

With word-building cards, have the children make new words by changing either a consonant or the vowel.

• Change the beginning consonant: ding → sing; ring → ping; string → swing
• Change the vowel: sing → sang; ring → rung; ding → dong
• Change the ending consonant: sing → sink; swing → swim; ding → dig

Write target words

• Make a list of -ing words from the song on the board.
• Choose a well-known tune and write new words to it about how rings go ding-a-ling, using ing words from your list.