State the Objective

Tell the children that they will zip and clip and that they will read and write words ending in ip such as zip, clip, snip, rip, flip, skip, and trip. 

Literacy Activities

Introduce target words

• Show the children the target words zip, rip, clip, snip, and grip.
• Read the words with the children.

Zip, snip, clip, rip, and fix paper zippers

• Read the Zip and Rip a Paper Zipper target texts (see below) with the children.
• Pass out the paper zippers and ask the children if the paper zippers can zip.
• Have the children write zip on each zipper image (see below).
• Let the children snip, clip, or rip the paper zipper to zip it down (or to unzip the zipper).
• Ask the children to “zip up” the zipper that they just snipped or ripped using tape or have the children grip a clip and use it to clip the paper zipper together.

Zip a real zipper up and down

• Read the Zip a Zipper Up and Down and Some Zippers Can Zip target text (see below) with the children.
• Have the children grip a real zipper and zip it up and down. 
• Write zip and unzip on the board or on a large piece of paper.
• Point to zip to have children zip the zipper up or to unzip to have them zip the zipper down.

Identify, blend and manipulate sounds, and write target words

• With word-building cards (see below), have the children make new words by changing a consonant or the vowel.
  • Change the beginning consonant: clip → snip, zip → rip, lip → slip, dip → hip
  • Change the vowel:  rip → rap, flip → flop, nip → nap
  • Change the ending consonant: dip → did; sip → sit; rip → rib
• Let the children write words from dictation, changing one or two letters each time to make a new word
  • zip → sip → rip → dip → snip → snap → nap → lap → lab → lad