State and Model the Objective 
Tell the children that they will get to pretend to be a pup and jump up as they practice recognizing and producing words that rhyme with pup. 
Literacy Activities
Pretend to be a pup who does "up" tricks  

• Show the children the picture of a puppy (found below) and explain that sometimes we call a puppy a "pup."
• Tell the children that they get to pretend to be a pup then let them explore barking, walking on all fours, wagging their tail, etc.  
• Ask the "pups" to listen for words that rhyme with pup as you teach them tricks. 
• Say, "Sit up pup!" and let the children pretend to be a pup who "sits up."
• Continue teaching the children "up" tricks like, "Speak up, pup!" (have the children bark) "Stand up, pup!" and "Jump up, pup!"
• Ask the children what words they heard in the activity that rhyme with pup (e.g., up).
• Repeat the activity if desired, allowing each child to get the "pups" (the other children) to do one of the tricks.

Feed the pup from a cup

• Show the children a small stuffed dog (optional). 
• Tell the children that the pup is hungry, and they need to feed the pup from a cup.
• Engage the children in pretending to feed the pup from a cup (e.g., "Pick up the pup food and pour it in the cup for the pup," "Eat up, pup!" "Time to clean up!" "Wash the pup's cup!").
• Ask the children to share the words they heard that rhyme with pup (e.g., up, cup).

Make more words that rhyme with pup 

• Review the things the children did as they played with words that rhyme with pup (e.g., "We got to pretend to be a pup, feed the pup from a cup, teach the pup 'up' tricks").
• Remind the children of the words they heard that rhyme with pup (e.g., up, cup).
• Have the children think of or make up other words that rhyme with pup (e.g., yup, sup, gup, hup).

Read a text to the children 

• Allow the children to attach a puppy head picture to a straw and poke a hole in the bottom of a cup to lower the straw through to make a puppet.
• Display the Up Pup! target text large enough for the children to easily see.
• Read the text to the children, pointing to each word in left-to-right sequence and showing the teacher's part and the children's part.
• Read the text again and have the children point to each word in left-to-right sequence and say their part, “Up pup! Out of the cup!” with you. 
• Read the Up Pup! story to the children again, allowing them to push their pup up and say, "Up pup! Out of the cup!" when they hear the word "pup."
• After completing reading the text, help the children recognize which words rhyme with pup (e.g., up, cup).
• Help the children think of or make up words that rhyme with pup (e.g., gup, hup, yup, bup).