Mix a Bit of Drink Mix
Lesson Plan
Target Words:
- mix
- bit
- sip
- rip
- tip
- fit
- sit
Materials:
- Drink mix (e.g., Tang, powdered lemonade, etc.)
- Zip-close bags (or folded paper)
- Cups filled with water
- Craft sticks
- Letter Cards*
- Mix a Bit of Drink Mix text*
*Items included below.
State and Model the Objective
Tell the children that they will mix and sip a bit of drink mix as they practice reading and writing words that contain the short i sounds, such as tip, drip, chip, flip, sip, and lip.
Literacy Activities
Mix a drink
- Make individual packets of drink mix in folded paper or a Ziploc bag.
- Have the children label packets of drink mix with the word mix.
- Help the children rip, snip, or, clip open a packet of drink mix and slip or tip a little mix into a cup.
- Remind the children to not let the mix slip, drip, or spill.
- Let the children mix the drink mix with a craft stick.
- Tell the children to sit and sip some of the drink mix, then let them lick their lips.
Read target words in a text
- Engage the children in reading the text Mix a Bit of Drink Mix.
- Have the children underline words with the short i sound.
- Read the text again, fading support.
Mix up words
- Give the children letter cards and have them make new words by mixing up the beginning or ending sounds:
- Change the beginning sound: zip → tip → rip; bit → fit → sit; mix → fix → six
- Change the ending sound: lid → lit → lip; hip → hit → hid; pin → pit → pig
Write target words
- Have the children write a target word and then change one letter at a time to make new words: sip → snip → rip → rap → tap → tip → zip → lip → lick → lock → lot → lit → bit → bin → tin → tan → fan → fin → fix → mix.
- Let the children write a simple sentence using words with the short i sound (e.g., I mix the drink with a stick).
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SEEL Target Texts
Mix and Sip a Bit of Drink Mix
Let’s mix up a drink from a drink mix.
Rip or snip open a packet of mix.
Tip the mix into a cup.
Rip or snip open a packet of mix.
Tip the mix into a cup.
Mix the drink mix in with a stick.
Sit down to take a sip.
Lick your lips!
Sit down to take a sip.
Lick your lips!
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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/
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Mix a Bit of Drink Mix