Cover that Cat

Objective
Blend beginning consonants with the endings -at and -an to make words such as pan, fan, hat, and cat.
Lesson Plan
Target Words:
- cat
- hat
- pan
- fan
- can
- bat
Materials:
- Game boards
- Word cards
- Bowl
Overview
Cover that cat
- Put one set of word cards in a bowl, and give each child one game board and one set of word cards.
- Have the children cut out the word cards and practice reading them as they cut them out.
- Pull a word card out of a bowl and read it to the children.
- Have the children identify which picture on their game board matches the word card.
- Help them cover the picture on their game board with the correct word card from the set.
- Each time they cover a picture, have them say, "Cover that ___!," inserting the name of the picture (e.g., "Cover that cat!").
- Once all of the children have covered three pictures in a row (horizontally, vertically, or diagonally is okay), have the whole class chant the three words together.
- Repeat the activity until the children are familiar with the -at and -an words or until they have covered their whole board.
More Practice
Identify, blend, and manipulate sounds
- Have the children perform different actions as they hear different segments in the -an and -at words:
- For example, for the word can,
- Segment sounds: /c/ (march right), /an/ (march left).
- Blend sounds: jump with both feet and say "can."
- For example, for the word can,
- Repeat with the other -an and -at words (e.g., man, fan, pan, cat, mat, and bat).
- As you change words, help the children identify which sound is different in each word.
Write about the activity using target words and phrases
- Choose a child to come up to the classroom whiteboard and write one of the target words.
- Help the students take turns coming up to the board to change either the beginning consonant or ending consonant to make a new word:
- Change the beginning consonant: can→ fan→ man→ tan→ ran→ pan→ van (or pat→ rat→ cat→ mat→ sat→ bat).
- Change the ending consonant: pan→ pat; ran→ rat; can→ cat; man→ mat.
- Have the children write a simple sentence using words that end with -an and -at (e.g., "The cat and man ran.").
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Standards
SEEL lessons align with Common Core Standards. Please see the standards page for the code(s) associated with this lesson.

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Cover that Cat