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).