find a slot in the parking lot

Find a Slot in the Parking Lot

Find a Slot in the Parking Lot
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Target text

Objective

Read and write words that end in ot.

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Lesson Plan

Target Words:

  • lot
  • dot
  • not
  • hot
  • got
  • slot

Materials:

  • Six-sided die
  • Paper car game pieces*
  • Paper dot game pieces*
  • Parking lot game board*
  • Blank game board*
  • Find a Slot in the Lot target text*

*Items included below.

State the Objective

Tell the children that they will look for a slot in a parking lot and read and write words ending in ot, such as lot, slot, dot, got, hot, and not. 

Literacy Activities

Introduce target words

  • Show the children the words: lot, dot, slot, spot, got, hot, and not.
  • Read the words with the children.
  • Read the Find a Slot in the Lot target text (see below) with the children.

Find a slot in the lot

  • Divide the children into groups; give each group a parking lot game board and a die. 
  • Give each child a paper car and have them color it. 
  • Tell the children to roll the die to see how many spots they can move.
  • If a child lands on a slot with a word, they read the word and get a dot. 
  • If a child lands on a slot with a dot, the child does not get a dot. 
  • Explain to the children that whoever gets five dots first wins the game.

Identify, blend and manipulate sounds

With word-building cards (see below), have the children make new words by changing a consonant or the vowel.

  • Change the beginning consonant: lot → dot; got → hot; not → slot
  • Change the vowel: lot → lit; hot → hat; not → net
  • Change the ending consonant: dot → dog; hot → hop; not → nod

Write about this activity using target words and phrases

Play “pass the parking lot”: 

  • Have the children sit in small groups and take turns writing words that end in -ot in the slots on the blank game board (see below). 
  • Let the children write sentences using the target pattern (e.g., The lot got hot. The slot had a dot. I got a slot in the lot).
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SEEL Target Texts

Find a Slot in a Parking Lot

A parking lot has a lot of slots. 
Some slots in the parking lot have dots or spots. 
And some slots do not have spots or dots. 
Can you get a slot that does not have a spot or a dot? 

Did you get a slot? 
Did you get a slot with a dot or a spot? 
Did you get a slot that did not have a spot or a dot? 
Slip your car into a slot in the parking lot.

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Objective
Read and write words that end with -ot.

Materials

  • One number die
  • Parking lot game board
  • Dot and car game pieces

Activity: Find a Spot in the Parking Lot

  • Give your child a car game piece to color and use for the game.
  • Tell your child to roll the die to determine how many slots he or she can advance his or her car.
  • Have your child read the word on the parking slot. 
    • If your child lands on a slot with a word, they read the word, get a dot, and leave their car in that slot. 
    • If you child lands on a slot with a dot, have him or her leave their car in that slot but not get a dot. 
  • Keep playing until one person has 5 dots.
  • Help your child make a sign informing drivers which spots they can park on in the parking lot.
  • The activity can be repeated several times.car-dot-pieces
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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.

http://education.byu.edu/seel/library/