rag doll in a rag bag
Rag Doll in a Rag Bag
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Lesson Plan
Target Words:
- rag
- tag
- wag
- drag
- snag
- bag
Materials:
- Scraps of old (clean) cloth to tear into rags (e.g. pieces of cloth, towels, or handkerchiefs)
- Make a Rag Doll:
- Rag Doll Instructions
- Flat rag doll pattern
- Rags, markers, and rubber bands
- Bag(s) (plastic, cloth, etc.)
- Tag graphics
- Rag Doll in a Rag Bag target text
- Word cards
- Word blending cards
Overview
The children will find the rag doll in a rag bag, and that they will read and write words ending in –ag: rag, bag, tag, wag, drag.
Literacy Activities
Find a rag doll in a rag bag
- Make a rag doll (pick one of two options):
- Make a rag doll by tracing the rag doll pattern onto a scrap of cloth and drawing on a face.
- Make a rag doll by using a scrap of cloth and rubber bands to tie off a head, arms, and legs.
- Put the rag doll in a bag.
- Read the target text Rag Doll in a Rag Bag to the children then reread the text, acting out the story:
- Make rags for the rag bag by tearing scraps of cloth into strips.
- Write “rag bag” on a tag and attach it to the bag.
- Put rags in the rag bag.
- Let the rag doll pop out of the rag bag.
- Write “rag doll” on a tag for the rag doll.
- Let the rag doll play with the rags in the rag bag.
Play Rag Doll Tag game (similar to Duck, Duck, Goose)
- Have the children sit in a circle, choose one child to be the tagger and give him/her a rag doll.
- Have the tagger walk around the circle, gently tapping each child on the shoulder and waiting for that child to read their -ag word aloud.
- When a child reads the word rag, the tagger drops the rag doll behind that child and starts running around the circle.
- The child picks up the rag doll and chases the tagger around the circle, trying to tag him/her before he/she sits down in the open seat.
- Invite the children in the circle to pass their word card 3 times to their right, let the new child be the tagger with the rag doll, and repeat the game.
- Play as many rounds of the game as desired.
More Practice
Identify, blend and manipulate sounds
- With word blending cards, have the children make new words by changing either of the consonants or the vowel:
- rag → tag, wag → lag, bag → sag, drag → flag, tag → snag
- drag → drab, tag → tab, rag → ran, bag → bat
- rag → rug, jag → jog, bag → big, lag → leg
Read target words in texts
- Read the target text Rag Doll in a Rag Bag together as a class/group.
- Read the target text again fading support.
- Have the children underline the words that end in –ag.
Write about the activity using target words/patterns
- Give the children whiteboards and have them write words from dictation, changing one or two letters each time to make a new word: rag, rug, tug, tub, tab, tag, wag, wig, win, bin, big, beg, bag, sag, sad, lad, lag, leg, log, dog, dot, jot, jog.
- Engage the children in interactive writing about their experience.
- Review target words and phrases from the activities, then present sentence completion prompts incorporating those words and phrases (provide support as needed).
- Examples of sentence completion prompts:
- I made a _____ (tag) for a _____ (rag) _____ (bag).
- I like to make rags for a _____ (rag) _____ (bag).
- I saw a rag doll in the _____ (rag) _____ (bag).
- I played _____ (tag) with the _____ (rag) doll.
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SEEL Target Texts
Rag Doll in a Rag Bag
We made rags and put them in a rag bag.
We put a tag on the bag that said, “rag bag!”
When we went to get a rag, out came a rag doll!
We took the rag doll out of the bag.
We put a tag on the doll that said, “rag doll.”
We let the rag doll play with the rags.
We put a tag on the bag that said, “rag bag!”
When we went to get a rag, out came a rag doll!
We took the rag doll out of the bag.
We put a tag on the doll that said, “rag doll.”
We let the rag doll play with the rags.
Rag Doll Instructions
Flat rag doll:
Use the rag doll pattern (see below) to trace an outline of a doll on a scrap of cloth.
Cut out the rag doll.
Draw a face and clothes on the rag doll.
Use the rag doll pattern (see below) to trace an outline of a doll on a scrap of cloth.
Cut out the rag doll.
Draw a face and clothes on the rag doll.
Folded rag doll:
Take a large scrap of cloth and fold it in half.
Bunch the cloth into a ball at the center of the fold and put tissue in the ball to make a head. Wrap a rubber band around the ‘head’ to secure it.
Bunch the cloth at both sides of the head to make arms and secure with rubber bands.
Trim excess cloth.
Cut a slit at the bottom of the doll then bunch the cloth into two sections for feet and secure with rubber bands.
Draw a face on the rag doll.
Take a large scrap of cloth and fold it in half.
Bunch the cloth into a ball at the center of the fold and put tissue in the ball to make a head. Wrap a rubber band around the ‘head’ to secure it.
Bunch the cloth at both sides of the head to make arms and secure with rubber bands.
Trim excess cloth.
Cut a slit at the bottom of the doll then bunch the cloth into two sections for feet and secure with rubber bands.
Draw a face on the rag doll.
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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.
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