State and Model the Objective
The children will tap and slap caps as they read words that end in -ap, such as cap, tap, lap, slap, and clap.
Literacy Activities
Tap and slap on caps

• Read the book Caps for Sale (optional) and point out that the man had to slap a lot of caps on his head to sell.
• Let the children turn paper circles into caps by cutting a slit in the middle, making a flap by overlapping the parts, and stapling the flap. 
• Dictate words that end in -ap for the children to write on their caps.  
• Have the children read their -ap words aloud, slap their caps onto their heads, and tap their caps.

Slap on caps and tap the caps

• Blow up a balloon and draw a man’s face on it.
• Have the children read the words on their caps and then gently slap and tap the caps on the man’s head.
• Read the target text Slap on a Cap. 

Nap with caps 

• Have the children do the actions below as you and the children read the target text A Man with a Cap Naps:
  • Place two paper legs under the balloon man to be his lap.
  • Pretend the man is taking a nap.  
  • Let some children pretend to take a nap. 
  • Have the other children stack caps in the man’s lap and in the children’s laps.

Build -ap words

• Lay out two paper legs as before.
• Put a pile of initial consonants (t, c, m, l, n, z, y) on the left pant leg.
• Place a pile of the -ap rhyme ending on the right pant leg.
• Let the children take initial consonants and -ap endings to create words.