King Tut
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Objective

Read and write words that end with –ut.

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Lesson Plan

Target Words:

  • tut
  • nut
  • but
  • cut
  • hut

Materials:

  • Dice
  • A box labeled “King Tut Hut”
  • Word cards
  • King Tut crowns
  • Game pieces
  • King Tut game board
  • Letter cards
  • King Tut target text

Overview  
The children will read and write words ending with -ut, like tut, nut, but, cut and hut.  

Literacy Activities
Collect -ut words from the King Tut hut

  • Divide the children into groups of two to six and give each group a game board.
  • Give each of the children an -ut game piece and have them each color their piece a different color.
  • Explain and demonstrate how to play the game:
    • Roll the die and move your game piece the specified number of spaces.
    • If you land on an –ut word, take an –ut word card from the King Tut hut and read it out loud.
    • The person with the most word cards at the end of the game gets to wear the King Tut crown for the next round. (In the case of a tie, have several crowns available.)    
  • Repeat the game as desired.
  • Ask the children what words in the game ended in -ut

More Practice
Identify, blend and manipulate sounds 

  • Let the children make a target word (e.g. tut) from letter cards and then let them make different words by changing either of the consonants or the vowel. 
    • Change the beginning sound(s): tut hut; nut  but; hut cut 
    • Change the vowel sound(s): but  bat; hut hit; nut net
    • Change the ending sound(s): but bun; cut cup; nut nun
  • For each of the words the children make, have them produce the sounds for each letter and then blend those sounds back into the word. 

Read target words in a text

  • Have the children underline the words that end in -ut in the King Tut target text. 
  • Read the King Tut text to the children. 
  • Engage the children in reading the King Tut text simultaneously with you. 
  • Read the King Tut text again, fading support. 

Write about the activity using target words and phrases 

  • Display target words on a word wall (i.e., tut, nut, but
  • Refer the children to the word wall and have them write a sentence or two expressing ideas from a lesson activity or target text (e.g., King Tut lives in a hut).  
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SEEL Target Texts

King Tut

King Tut lives in a hut.
His hut is full of words like nut.
 
Roll the die
And pick a word 
Like tut, but, or hut.
 
King Tut lives in a hut.
His hut is full of words like rut
 
Roll the die
And pick a word like cut, nut or shut.
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Objective
Read and write words that end with -ut.

Materials

  • Dice
  • A box labeled "King Tut Hut"
  • King Tut game board
  • Game pieces 
  • King Tut crowns
  • Word cards

Activity: King Tut

  • Give each of the children an -ut game piece and have them each choose a different color to color their piece.
  • Take turns rolling the die and moving your game piece.
  • If they land on an -ut word, take an -ut word card from the King Tut Hut box and read it.
  • The person with the most word cards at the end of the game is the winner and can wear the King Tut crown.
  • Help your child read the -ut word cards and underline the -ut ending.
  • Help your child write a letter to King Tut telling him about all the words that were found in his hut.
  • The activity can be repeated several times.-ut-game-pieces
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Standards

SEEL lessons align with Common Core Standards. Please see the standards page for the code(s) associated with this lesson.

http://education.byu.edu/seel/library/