SEEL Library | BYU McKay School of Education

Target Words:

cat
fat
pat
bat
sat
flat
splat

Materials:

Craft sticks
Small bowl of water
Story pictures*
"Before" and "After" photos of the cat*
A Fat Cat's Story*
A Fat Cat Went Splat target text*

*Items included below.

State and Model the Objective
Tell the children that they will read a true story about a fat cat that did not like to get wet, and that they will write words that end in at, such as fat, cat, pat, and sat.
Literacy Activities
Tell A Fat Cat's Story

Attach the story pictures (found below) to craft sticks as puppets.
Tell A Fat Cat's Story to the children using the puppets and suggested actions.

A Fat Cat's Story

The Story	The Actions
My friend’s cat is named Pat. Pat is a fat cat.	Hold up the fat cat puppet. Show the real "Before" picture of the cat.
One day, Pat, the fat cat, sat by a swimming pool. But the fat cat did not want to get wet.	Show the picture of a pool. Let Pat sit by the pool.
Suddenly a bat swooped down.	Hold the bat puppet over the pool.
Pat, the fat cat, wanted the bat to scat. The cat wanted to bat at the bat.	Have the children chant, "Scat, bat, scat!" Make the cat jump up and bat at the bat.
Pat, the fat cat, jumped up to swat at the bat.	Swat at the bat saying, "Scat, bat!"
But the cat fell into the water. Splat!	Let the cat fall in the water.
The fat cat got mad! Pat, the fat cat, was mad!	Make mad faces.
Pat, the fat cat, got out of the water fast.	Get the paper cat out of the water.
Pat, the fat cat, went pat, pat, pat to his dish. His feet went pat, pat, pat.	Pretend hands are paws that go pat, pat, pat.
And the wet cat dripped -- drip, drop, drip, drop. Splat, splat, splat!	Make a water dripping gesture (open and close fingers in a flicking motion).
Pat sat and ate and ate! And just like that he forgot about the bat.	Have the children rub their tummies. Show the "after" photo of the wet cat eating from the dish.
Let's pet the fat cat. Give the cat a pat.	Make a gesture as if petting the cat.

Read the A Fat Cat Went Splat story

Provide cat puppets to the children.
Read the A Fat Cat Went Splat story (found below) to and with the children, providing support as needed.
Let the children act out the story.