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Objective

Read and write words ending with –it.

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Lesson Plan

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Target Words:

  • sit
  • pit
  • fit
  • lit
  • bit
  • it

Materials:

  • Chairs
  • Music
  • Sign labeled “Pit”
  • Word cards
  • Letter cards
  • Sit on It target text

Overview
The children will sit on words that end with -it as they will read and write words ending with -it, such as sit, pit, fit, lit, bit and it.  

Literacy Activities
Sit on It

  • Before starting the activity, set chairs up in a circle with seats facing out and tape a word card to each chair; place the sign labeled “Pit” in an area separate from the circle.
  • Tell the children to find a chair in the circle to sit on.
  • Start the music and have the children stand up and walk around the circle while it’s playing.
  • Stop the music and have the children sit on the chair closest to them as they shout, “Sit on It!”
  • Have the children take turns reading the word card on the back of their chair aloud.
    • If it’s a word that ends with –it, they can carry on with the game.
    • If the word does not end with –it, they will have to sit in the pit.
  • Remove the same number of chairs as children who had to sit in the pit, being sure to take out both -it and non -it chairs so the game can continue.
  • Start the music again and repeat until all of the words that do not end with -it are eliminated.

More Practice
Identify, blend and manipulate sounds

  • Let the children make a target word (e.g. sit) from letter cards and then let them make different words by changing either of the consonants or the vowel.    
    • Change the beginning sound(s): pit → sit; fit → lit; kit → hit
    • Change the vowel sound: sit → sat; pit → pet; lit → lot
    • Change the ending sound(s): bit → big; fit → fin; hit → him
  • For each of the words the children make, have them produce the sounds for each letter and then blend those sounds back into the word.

Read target words in a text

  • Have the children underline the words that end in -it in the Sit on It  target text. Read the text to the children.
  • Engage the children in reading the text simultaneously with you.
  • Read the text again, fading support.

Write about the activity using target words and phrases

  • Display target words on a word wall (i.e., sit, pit, fit, lit, bit, it) and then engage the children in one of the following:
    • Re-read the target text and permit the children to write their own version of the text.
    • Have the children write a sentence or two expressing ideas from a lesson activity or target text (e.g., We had to sit in the pit). 

SEEL Target Texts

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Sit on It

You can sit on a word that ends in -it.
The word lit ends in -it, so you can sit on it!
The word big does not end in -it, so you do not sit on it.
Instead, you get to sit in the pit.  
 
You can sit on a word that ends in -it.
The word kit ends with -it, so you can sit on it!
The word fit ends with -it, so you can sit on it!
Don’t quit!
You can sit on all the words that end in -it.
And you can sit in the pit if a word does not end in -it.

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Objective 
Read and write words that end with -it.

Materials

  • Word cards 
  • A bowl or container to use as a "pit"

Activity: Match the -it words

Match the -it words

  • Shuffle the word cards and lay them face down in rows.
  • Take turns turning over two of the cards and reading the words on each card. 
  • If the cards match, keep them. 
  • If they don't match, turn them both back over. 
  • When the game is over, read the -it cards together and have your child write a list of the words. 

Get it in the pit

  • Divide the word cards into two stacks and take turns reading the cards aloud then trying to toss them into a "pit" (a bowl or container) which is set a reasonably challenging distance away.
  • Cheer each other on by saying, "Get it in the pit!" and see who can get the most cards in the pit.
  • The activity can be repeated several times.Word-Cards

Standards

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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.K.3.B: Associate the long and short sounds with the common spellings (graphemes) for the five major vowels.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.K.2.D: Isolate and pronounce the initial, medial vowel, and final sounds (phonemes) in three-phoneme (consonant-vowel-consonant, or CVC) words. (This does not include CVCs ending with /l/, /r/, or /x/.)

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