State and Model the Objective
Tell the children that they will mix a bit of dip and read and write words ending in -ip such as tip, drip, chip, flip, and sip. 

Literacy Activities
Mix a bit of dip

• Let the children help snip and clip or rip a condiment packet and let it drip into a bowl.
• Repeat with a different condiment if available and have the children mix the dips.
• Let the children dip the tip of a chip into the dip.
• Make comments such as the following throughout the activity to emphasize the -ip words:
  • Don’t let the dip drip.
  • Let some of the dip drip off the chip.
  • Drip some dip on your lip.

Identify, blend and manipulate sounds

• With word blending cards, have the children make new words by changing the vowel or either of the consonants:
  • chip → ship, rip → lip, grip → trip, clip → flip
  • flip → flop, ship → shop, tip → tap, strip → strap
  • chip → chin, rip → rig, tip → tin

Read target words in a text

• Read the target text Mix a Bit of Dip and Let It Drip as a class.
• Allow the children to underline the words ending in -ip in the text.
• Read the text again, fading support.
• Repeat with the text Dip a Chip.

Write about the activity using target words/patterns

• Engage the children in interactive writing about their experience.
• Example of an interactive text:
  • We mix _____ (dip) for chips.
  • We _____ (snip) and _____ (clip) bags of ketchup.
  • We let the ketchup _____ (drip) into a dish.
  • We _____ (drip) mayonnaise into a dish and mix the _____ (dip).
  • We _____ (dip) the _____ (tip) of the _____ (chip) into the dip.
  • We try not to let the _____ (dip) _____ (drip) on our _____ (lip).
  • We love to mix _____ (dip) and eat _____ (chips) with the _____ (dip).