State and model the objective
Tell the children that today they will play a game while they read and write words ending in both –at (cat, bat, mat) and –an (pan, man, van).

Practice the skill within an activity
–at and –an game

• Put one set of the word cards (see below) in a bowl. Give each child a game board and a set of word cards.
• Pull a word card out of the bowl and tell the whole class what it says.
• Have the children put the word card that matches the word you just told them on top of its corresponding picture on their game board. 
• Once all of the children have covered three pictures in a row, have the whole class chant the three words together. 
• Repeat the activity until the children are familiar with the –at and –an words. 

Apply the skill
Identify, blend and manipulate sounds

• Have the children march and say the beginning and ending sounds of the word can:
  • Segment sounds: say /c/ (march right), say /an/ (march left)
  • Blend sounds: jump with both feet and say can to blend the sounds into the whole word
• Repeat with other –an and –at words (e.g. man, fan, pan, cat, mat, bat, etc.)
• Ask the children which sound differs in each word as compared to the other words.

Write about the activity using target words and phrases  

• Have the children use a whiteboard to write a target word and then change one letter at a time to make new words: e.g., can → fan → man → mat → cat → sat → rat → ran → tan → van → pan → pat.
• Let the children write a simple sentence using words that end with –an and/or –at (e.g., The cat and man ran).