State and Model the Objective
Tell the children that they will learn how to pop popcorn as they read and write short-o words that end in -ot and -op, such as pop, shop, pot, lot, got, and slot. 
 
Literacy Activities
Introduce target words

• Display a list of target words. 
• Show the children that all the words have a short-o sound.
• Help the children read the words. 

Hop to a shop and pop pop-corn

• Display the Pop-Corn Shop sign and have the children hop to the shop. 
• Put some popped popcorn or crumpled paper in a pot and cover it with a top that has a slot (see example below). 
• Let the children drop popcorn kernels into the pot through the slot.
• Shake the pot and tell the children that the kernels can hop and pop. 
• Take the top off and show the children the popped popcorn. 

Read Pop a Lot of Pop-corn

• Engage the children in reading Pop a Lot of Pop-corn.
• Have the children find words in the text that end with -op and underline them. 
• Repeat, having the children find words that end with -ot and underline them in a different color. 
• Read the text with the children again, fading support. 

Segment words with the short o vowel sound

• Say a word and then segment it into sounds, having the children hop once for each sound and once for the word (e.g. “Hop. H + o + p. Hop”).
• Ask the children what sounds they hear.