Lesson Plan A Bag For Rags Objective Read and write words that end in –ag. Change the initial consonant in –ag words to make new words (e.g., change the r in rag to a b to make bag). Target Words: bag rag tag wag drag Materials: Rags (fabric scraps pre- snipped at the top to be easily be ripped into strips, or paper to rip into pretend rags) Flags (rags or small colored paper scraps stapled to popsicle sticks or straws) Tags for children to label –ag objects (see graphics below) Tape or stapler to attach tags to bags Rag Bag mini book (see below) Bags (e.g., plastic grocery bag, paper lunch sack, etc.) -ag picture cards Word blending cards (see below) The Rag Bag target text (see below) State and model the objective Tell the children they will make a rag bag. Explain that a rag bag could be a bag made out of a rag, or it could be a bag that holds a rag. Tell the children they will read and write words ending in –ag: rag, bag, tag, wag, drag. Practice the skill within an activity Make rags, ags, and tags Let the children snag (or pick up) a big rag and rip it to make lots of rags. Let the children make ags by attaching the rags to popsicle sticks or straws. Make tags to label the rags and ags. Make a rag bag Display the mini book Rag Bag (see below) large enough for the children to see and read the text together as a group. Have the children act out the mini book: Get a bag. Label a tag “rag bag." Attach the tag to the bag. Drag a rag into the bag. Snag a ag out of the bag. Wag the ag. Make an –ag bag Make a tag labeled –ag and attach it to a bag. Label each picture card by writing the word under the picture (i.e., rag, tag, bag, wag, ag, zigzag; cat, bat, net, jet, pig, wig). Sort the pictures by word families then put the picture cards that end with –ag in the –ag bag. Apply the skill Identify, blend and manipulate sounds With word blending cards (see below), have the children make new words by changing the vowel or either of the consonants: rag --> brag; tag --> lag; bag --> wag; sag --> nag rag --> rap --> rat; tag --> tab --> tad; bag --> ban --> bam rag--> rug --> rig; lag --> log --> leg; bag --> big --> beg Read target words in target texts (see below) Read the mini book Rag Bag together with the children. Read the mini book again fading support. Have the students underline the words that end in –ag. Repeat with the target text The Rag Bag (see below).