Lesson Plan

A Bag For Rags

ObjectiveRead and write words that end in –ag. Change the initial consonant in –ag words to make new words (e.g., change the r inrag to a b to make bag).

Target Words:

bagragtagwagdrag

Materials:

Rags (fabric scraps pre-snipped at the top to beeasily be ripped intostrips, or paper to rip intopretend rags)Flags (rags or smallcolored paper scrapsstapled to popsicle sticksor straws)Tags for children to label–ag objects (seegraphics below)Tape or stapler to attachtags to bagsRag Bag mini book (seebelow) Bags (e.g., plasticgrocery bag, paper lunchsack, etc.)-ag picture cards Word blending cards (seebelow)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 arag, or it could be a bag that holds a rag.  Tell the children they will read and write words endingin –ag: rag, bag, tag, wag, drag. 

Practice the skill within an activity

Make rags, �ags, and tagsLet 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 bagDisplay the mini book Rag Bag (see below) large enough for the children to see andread 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 bagMake 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 soundsWith word blending cards (see below), have the children make new words bychanging the vowel or either of the consonants:

rag --> brag; tag --> lag; bag --> wag; sag --> nagrag --> rap --> rat; tag --> tab --> tad; bag --> ban --> bamrag--> 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).

SEEL Target Texts

Printouts

Write about the activity using target words/patternsHave the children write “This is a tag for a rag bag” on a tag (see below).Play a “pass the bag” game with children (similar to the game hot potato).

Have the children sit in a circle and take turns passing a paper bag while music plays.As each child gets the bag, have him or her say a new word that ends in –ag.Write each new word on the board.When the music stops, the child with the bag has to say all the –ag words in the list.Repeat the game, but this time, have the children write each word on a piece of paper then drop each new word in the bag. When the music stops, the child with the chip bag has to read all the –ag words in the bag.

Give the children whiteboards and have them write words from dictation, changing one or two letters each time to make a newword: tag, tug, bug, big, bag, bat, bit, sit, sat, sag, lag, leg, log, jog, jig, jag, rag.Engage the children in interactive writing about their experience. Review target words and phrases from the activities thenpresent sentence frame, sentence completion, gestural, or question prompts incorporating target words and phrases. Provideverbal or written options if needed.Example of an interactive text:

We made a  _____ (rag) _____ (bag).We got a _____ (rag).We got a _____ (bag).We got a _____ (tag).We put the _____ (rag) in the _____ (bag).We put a _____ (tag) on the _____ (bag) that said _____ (rag) _____ (bag).That is how we made a _____ (rag) _____ (bag).

Examples of sentence completion prompts: I can make_____ (a rag bag, a tag).I like to _____ (wag a rag) to dust and clean.I put a _____ (rag in a rag bag, tag on a rag bag).

The Rag Bag

This is my bag. It is my bag with a tag. The tag on my bag says Rag Bag. Do you see a rag? Drag the rag into my bag. Any rag can go in my bag. I see a flag in my bag. A flag is not a rag. A flag cannot go in my rag bag. A flag is a thing to wag. Wag the flag! 

SEEL At Home

Standards

(Standards)

http://education.byu.edu/seel/library/A-Bag-for-Rags