Awareness material or experiences

• Read, Tog the Dog,by Hawkins & Hawkins, (Putnam, 1986)

Instructional material

• After reading the awareness selection, together with the students, generate a list of words that end with "og".
• Each student takes the initial consonant from their name and uses it as an onset for the rime "og". For example, Jennifer would generate "jog".

Practice material

• Odd word out. Say a group of three words (i.e. dog, map, log) and the student repeats the word that does not belong because it doesn’t end in "og".
• Make a spinner with the consonant letters that make a word with the rime "og". The student spins and identifies the word with "og".
• The teacher gives a definition and the student writes/finds/states the "og" word.
• Teacher: a slow run
  Student: jog
  Teacher: an early morning mist
  Student: fog

Whole Language Application

• Help each student make a book to take home and read to his or her family. Make a patterned book using the one sheet book.   Use sentences with the rime "og". The students can write the words or the teacher can photocopy the sentences and the students can cut and paste them. Draw pictures to go with the words. For example, you can use: