State and model the objective 
Tell the children they will make a fat bat while they practice blending beginning sounds with the -at words to spell new words (e.g., bat, fat, sat, flat). 

Practice the skill within an activity

• Make the flat bat balloon fat 
  • Introduce the children to your flat balloon.
  • Draw a bat on your balloon.
  • Read the Fat Bat Activity Text (see below) and have the children help you act out the text using the balloon and paper hat.
  • Read the Fat Bat's Story (see below) and have the children help you act out the story using the paper bat (see instructions below).
  • Read the Fat Bat's Story again and have the children clap out each sound in the words ending in -at (e.g., clap three times for the sounds /f/ /a/ /t/ in fat).
  • Have the children change the /b/ in bat to /s/ then have them blend the new sound with the -at ending to make the word sat. Repeat with other words.
    • bat --> sat --> pat --> hat --> mat --> cat --> rat

Apply the skill (Choose from the following)

• Cut words into sounds
  • Write or print out target words (see below) ending in -at: bat, fat, mat, sat, pat, hat.
  • Cut each word into individual sounds, saying each sound separately.
• Read target words in a text (see below)
  • Read the target text A Fat Bat together with the group. 
  • Have the children underline the words that end in -at.
  • Read the text again fading support.
  • Repeat with the target text Bats, Bats, Bats! or the target text Flat Bats.
• Write about the activity using target words/patterns
  • Give each child a whiteboard and have them write words from dictation, changing one or two letters each time to make a new word: fat--> pat --> pan --> fan --> man--> mad --> bad --> bat --> sat --> hat.