State and Model the Objective
Tell the children that they will tug bugs and slugs in mugs and jugs to a rug and read and write words ending with -ug, such as bug, rug, mug, jug, snug, tug, and lug.
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Literacy Activities
Tug bugs and slugs in mugs and jugs

• Tie a string on the mugs and the jugs.
• Have the children put a bug (found below) in the mug and make it snug with a tissue.
• Then have them tape a slug (found below) on the jug.
• Let the children tug a bug in a mug and a slug on a jug to the rug.
• Have the children get the bugs and slugs snug in the mug and on the rug. 

Let bugs lug mugs and jugs

• Pretend to be a bug and lug a mug or jug on your shoulder to a rug.
• Let the children do the same thing. 

Identify, blend, and manipulate sounds 

• Let the children make new words from the word tug. 
• Change the beginning sound(s): tug → bug; mug → jug; bug → rug 
• Change the vowel sound: tug → tag; jug → jog; bug → big 
• Change the ending sound(s): rug → run; bug → bus; mug → mud

Read target words in a text 

• Read the text A Bug in a Mug and Slugs in a Jug (found below) with the children.
• Read again, fading support.
• Repeat with the text A Bug and a Slug Tug a Mug and a Jug (found below).

Write about the activity using target words and phrases 

• Display target words on a word wall (e.g., bug, rug, mug, jug, snug, lug). 
• Have the children write a sentence or two expressing ideas from the activity or target text (e.g., “The bugs were snug in a mug”).