Find a Slot in the Parking Lot

Lesson Plan
Target Words:
- lot
- slot
- dot
- got
- hot
- not
Materials:
- Number die
- Paper car game pieces
- Paper dot game pieces
- Parking lot game board
- Blank game board
- Find a Slot in the Lot target text
Overview
The children will look for a parking slot in a parking lot and read and write words ending with -ot, such as lot, slot, dot, got, hot, and not.
Literacy Activities
Find a slot in the lot
- Divide the children into groups and give each group a parking lot game board and a number die.
- Give each child in a group a paper car and have them color their car a different color from the others in the group.
- Tell the children to roll the die and explain that the number they roll is how many parking spots they can move.
- Have the children move their car to a slot in the parking lot.
- If a child lands on a slot with a word, they read the word, get a dot, and leave their car in that slot.
- If a child lands on a slot with a dot, the child leaves the car in that slot and does not get a dot.
- Explain to the children that whoever gets five dots first wins the game.
- Repeat the game as desired.
More Practice
Identify, blend and manipulate sounds
- Let the children make different words (e.g. lot, dot, got) from letter cards by changing either of the consonants or the vowel.
- Change the beginning sound(s): lot → dot; got → hot; not → slot
- Change the vowel: lot → lit; hot → hat; not → net
- Change the ending sound(s): dot → dog; hot → hop; not → now
Read target words in a text
- Have the children underline the words that end in -ot in the A Spot in the Lot target text.
- Read the text to the children.
- Engage the children in reading the text with you and then in reading it together again but with faded support.
Write about this activity using target words and phrases
- Play “pass the parking lot” with the children:
- Create a word wall with words that end in -ot.
- Have the children sit in small groups and take turns writing words that end in -ot in the slots on the game board.
- Allow the children to write sentences about a car in a lot that use -ot words, such as spot, got, not and hot (e.g., “The car in the lot got hot.”).
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SEEL Target Texts
Find a Slot in a Parking Lot
A parking lot has lots of slots.
Some slots in a parking lot have dots.
And some slots in a parking lot have spots.
But some slots do not have spots or dots.
Try to get a slot that does not have a spot or a dot.
Some slots in a parking lot have dots.
And some slots in a parking lot have spots.
But some slots do not have spots or dots.
Try to 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 a parking lot.
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 a 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.
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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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Find a Slot in the Parking Lot