State and Model the Objective
Tell the children that they will drip and drop paint to make dots and spots on paper and read and write words that end in -op, -ot, and -ip, such as drip, drop, and dot.

Literacy Activities
Read target words in a text

• Read Let’s Make Lots of Dots and Spots text (see below) with the children, fading support as appropriate
• Have the children underline the short-o words and circle short-i words

Make art with lots of dots and spots and drips and drops

• Show the children how to make dots and spots
  • Dip a cotton swab or stick into paint and/or water and let it drip onto paper
  • Paint spots using paint brushes
• Let the children drip drops of water and paint spots on paper

Identify, blend and manipulate sounds –ot, -op, -ip

• With word blending cards (see below), have the children make new words by changing the vowel or either of the consonants:
  • top → tip, hop → hip, drip → drop, spot → dot, hop → top, tip → hip, cot → cop, hip → hop