Rock by the Sock
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Lesson Plan
Target Words:
- sock
- block
- rock
- clock
- lock
Materials:
- –ock Picture Block (cut out and assemble)
- Picture cards
- Small rocks
- Tally Sheet
- Word blending cards
- Rock on a Sock target text
Overview
The children will play a game where they roll a block and toss a rock while they read and write words ending in –ock such as block, lock, sock, and rock.
Literacy Activities
Roll a block and toss a rock
- Set the pictures in a 2X2 grid on the floor and have the children sit around them.
- Choose 1 child to roll the block and read the –ock word it landed on, then have all of children mark a tally under that word on their Tally Sheets.
- Choose 4 or 5 children to toss a small rock onto the corresponding image on the floor. The person who gets the rock the closest wins.
- Repeat, choosing different children to roll the block and toss a rock each time.
More Practice
Identify, blend, and manipulate sounds
- With word blending cards, have the children make new words by changing either of the consonants or the vowel:
- sock → flock; clock → block; lock → rock
- sock → sack; clock → cluck; lock → lick
- lock → lot; flock → floss; rock → rod
Read and write target words
- Read the Rock on a Sock target text to the class, and have the children clap each time they hear a word that ends in –ock.
- Make a list of –ock words from the target text on the board.
- Read the list together as a class.
- Ask the children what letters are the same in every word on the list.
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SEEL Target Texts
Rock on a Sock
I have a rock.
I put my rock on a sock.
I have a rock.
I put my rock on a lock.
I have a rock.
I put my rock on a block.
I have a rock.
I put my rock on a clock.
I cannot see a sock, lock, block, or clock.
They are under a rock!
I put my rock on a sock.
I have a rock.
I put my rock on a lock.
I have a rock.
I put my rock on a block.
I have a rock.
I put my rock on a clock.
I cannot see a sock, lock, block, or clock.
They are under a rock!
Activity: Have a sheet with different -ock words and other previously introduced target words written on it. Give each student a small rock. Call out an -ock word and have a student find the word and place their rock on it.
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Objective
Read and write words ending in -ock.
Materials
- -ock Word Block
- Picture cards
- Tally sheet and pencil
- Small rocks (one for each player)
Activity: Rock by the Sock
- Place the picture cards in a 2X2 grid on the floor.
- Take turns rolling the block and saying the name of the picture it landed on.
- Have all players try to throw their rock to land on the same picture on the floor. The person whose rock gets closest wins that round and gets to make a tally on the Rock by the Sock Tally Sheet in the correct column.
- Repeat as many times as desired.
- Underneath the tally marks, help your child write sentences about the game (e.g.; A sock was on the block 5 times).
- Have your child circle the -ock words in their sentences and read the -ock words to you.
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Standards
SEEL lessons align with Common Core Standards. Please see the standards page for the code(s) associated with this lesson.
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