State the Objective

Tell the children that they will get a sip to drink and read and write short vowel words such as get, let, sip, can, and drink.

Literacy Activities

Introduce target words

• Show the children the words:  tip, sip, get, let, can, drink, bit, big.
• Read the target words with the children.
• Read the A Little Bit of a Sip target text and the Get a Bit of a Sip or a Big Drink target text (see below) with the children. 

Make name tags

• Give each child a blank name tag (see below).
• Let the children label the name tags kid, cat, and dog.
• If the children pick the tag that says ‘kid’, let them pretend to take a sip of a drink like a kid.
• If the children wear a tag that says ‘dog’ or ‘cat’, let them pretend to lap up water 

Let kids get a bit of a drink

• Give the children a cap or a cup.
• Ask if the children want to get a little sip from a cap or if they want a big sip from a cup.
• Let the children take little sips from the caps and big sips from the cups.
• Make comments such as “Get a big drink from a cup!” and “Cats can drink little sips from a cap.”

Write sentences using target words and phrases

Tell the children to write short sentences about taking a bit of a sip or a big sip from a cup or cap .

• I’ll let you get a ___ (drink).
• Take a drink from a ____ (cap).
• Let the cat get a ____ (sip).
• Do you want a ____ (big) drink?
• You can get a big drink from a ___ (cup).
• Did you get a sip from a ___ (cap)?