State and Model the Objective
Tell the children that they will read and write words that end with -it, such as bit, sit, fit, and pit.

Literacy Activities
Break an item into bits to make it fit

• Engage the children in reading the Bit by Bit text (see below).
• Repeat, fading support.
• Have the children try to put a big item into a small box.
• Let the children try to hit and sit on the thing to make it fit.
• Instruct the children to rip or break the item into bits to make it fit in the small box.
• Help the children write -it words on bits of paper (e.g., bit, fit, sit, hit, pit).

Write about the activity using target words/patterns

• Have the children write words from dictation: bit, fit, fin, fan, fat, sit, hit, pit.
• For each word, have the children produce the sounds and blend those sounds into the word (e.g., bit: b-i-t, bit).
• Let the children fill words in sentence frames (e.g., I fit a ___ in the ___). 

Fit word cards in a slit

• Cut a slit in the Fit it in the Slit worksheet (see below).
• For each word, have the children produce each of the sounds and blend them into the word.
• Let the children fold or rip the word cards so they fit in the slit.