State the Objective

Tell the children that they will drip paint as they will read and write words that end with –ip, such as dip, drip, rip, tip, strip, grip, and snip.

Literacy Activities

Making Drip Art 

• Cover a table with newspaper or a tablecloth that can get stained.
• Distribute paint, paper plates, paper, and scissors.
• Allow the children to wear an apron (optional).
• Read Tips for Making Drip Art target text (see below) with the children.
• Have the children underline the words in the text that end with –ip.
• and have the children follow the steps in the text to create their art:
  
  • Help the children squirt a little paint onto each of the paper plates.
  • Ask the children to tear a strip off of a piece of paper.
  • Have them cut off the tip of one side of the strip of paper (if possible, cut the strip at an angle so that there is a point at the end).
  • Invite the children to dip the tip of their paper strip into their paint.
  • Allow the children to make drip art by holding the tip of the paper strip over a sheet of paper so that the paint drips onto the sheet 
  • Have the children say, “Drip! Drip! Drip!” each time they let paint drip onto their paper.

Practice with word cards

• Help the children read the word cards (see below), and allow them to create drip art on the cards.
• Have the children write the target words and allow them to drip paint on their words (optional).

Identify, blend and manipulate sounds

• With word blending cards (see below), have the children make new words by changing the vowel or either of the consonants:
  
  • Change the beginning sound: dip → tip; sip → rip; lip → hip
  • Change the ending sound: dip → did; sip → sit; rip → rib
  • Change the middle sound: sip → sap; rip → rap; tip → tap