State and Model the Objective
Tell the children that they will pretend to be pigs and mop up slop and that they will play with words that rhyme with mop, such as hop, top, slop, plop, drop, and stop.

Literacy Activities
Pretend to be a pig

• Have the children pretend to be pigs while they perform the actions below.

• Use -op target words to remind the children what they did while pretending to be pigs (e.g., they got to hop to the slop, hop and stomp on top of slop, mop up the slop).

Mop -op words

• Spread out picture cards (see below) on the floor.
• Tell the children that some of the words rhyme with slop and some don’t.
• Have the children pretend to mop words that rhyme with slop.
• Help the children read the -op words (e.g., slop, plop, drop).

Produce and recognize -op rhyming words

• List -op words and point out the -op endings.
• Remind the children of words that rhyme with mop (e.g., hop, slop, stop).
• Ask the children to think of words that rhyme with mop.
• Ask the children if two words rhyme.
• If the words rhyme (e.g., mop and top), nod and say, "Mop and top rhyme,” but if the words don’t rhyme (e.g., mop and table), say, “Mop and table don’t rhyme!”

Blend and segment rhyme words

• Segment -op rhyme words into initial consonant + ending (e.g., m + op) and ask, “What did I say?”.
• Segment words into phonemes (e.g., m + o + p) and ask, “What word did I say?”
• Review -op words and their sounds (e.g., Look at the word hop. The first sound is /h/, the final sound is /p/, and the vowel sound in the middle is /o/.).
• Have the children say each sound with you, then say the word.