State and model the objective
Tell the children they will play the Hot or Not Hot game and read and write words that end with -ot, such as spot, trot, hot, dot, got, and robot.

Practice the skill within an activity

Play the “Hot or Not Hot’ game

• Tell the children they will play a game with the robot (see below), write robot on the board, and point out that it ends with -ot.
• Select a child to be the ‘finder’ and send him or her out of the room.
• Have another child find a spot to hide the picture of the robot. 
• Bring the ‘finder’ back into the room and let him or her search for the robot.
  • Have the children say, “getting hot!” when the child is getting close to the hidden robot spot.
  • Have the children chant, “Not hot! Not hot!” when the child gets further away from the robot.
• Repeat as desired with other children hiding and searching for the robot.   

Apply the skill

Read target words in a text

• Have the children underline the words that end in -ot in the A Robot Trots Dot to Dot target text (see below).
• Read the text to the children. 
• Engage the children in reading the text simultaneously with you. 
• Read the text again, fading support.

Identify, blend and manipulate sounds.

• Let the children make different words (e.g. hot) from letter cards (see below) by changing either of the consonants or the vowel.
  • Change the beginning sound(s): hot → dot; got → lot; not → pot
  • Change the vowel sound: hot → hat; got → get; lot → lit
  • Change the ending sound(s): hot → hog; dot → dog; pot → pop
• For each of the words the children make, have them produce the sounds for each letter and then blend those sounds back into a word.  

Write about the activity using target words and phrases

• Create an -ot word wall by asking the children to tell you words that end in -ot, supporting as needed.
• Have the children use the word wall to help them write 2-3 simple sentences using words that end with -ot (e.g., "The dot is hot," "Go dot to dot").