Bat Cat Rat! The -at Family!

Kindergarten Reading, Writing

by Sharon Schellenberg August 1, 2015

Meet the “-at family” with music, movement, and simple worksheet activities! In this lesson, your students will
practice their reading skills with rhymes.

Learning Objectives

Student will be able to read and write words in the -at family.

Materials and preparation Key terms

Dry erase boards (1 per student) word family

Markers
Meet the -at Family worksheets
Word search worksheets (optional)
Word Family Book worksheet (optional)
-at Star worksheet (optional)
Interactive whiteboard
Chart Paper
Alphabet chart
Early Readers -at Song
Early Reading -at Song
Word Family -at Song Learning Video for Kids
and Toddlers

Attachments

Visual Guide Worksheets (PDF)

Introduction (5 minutes)

Tell the students you are thinking of some mystery words.

Invite the students to raise their hands if they can think of the words when you pose the following clues:
an animal that says “meow” (cat), an animal that flies at night (bat), a rug to wipe your feet on (mat), an
animal that eats cheese (rat), and something you wear on your head (hat).
Ask your students to think of some more words that end with the letters -at.
Load the first "-at song" link on your interactive whiteboard. Encourage your students to stand and move
to the music.
Load the second "-at song" link and repeat above.

Explicit Instruction/Teacher modeling (10 minutes)

Display a sheet of large chart paper where everyone can see.

Draw a large outline of a simple house with a triangle top and square bottom.
Write -AT in big letters in the top triangle portion of the house.
Tell your students that all of the words in this family must end with the letters -at. This makes a word
family.

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 On the alphabet chart, point to the letter B.
Ask your students what sound the letter makes.
Invite your students to blend the B sound with -at.
Write the word “bat” in the square portion of the house.
Proceed in this way as you progress through the letters of the alphabet.
Have your students decide if the words are real or nonsense. For example, when you get to the letter D,
the students should be able to tell you that “dat” is not a real word, so it does not belong in the -at
family.

Guided Practice (15 minutes)

Pass out individual boards and markers to each student.

Tell your students to write “at” on their boards and hold up their work for you to check.
Look for correct letter formation.
Tell the students to write “bat” under “at” on their boards. Remind them to show, not tell, what letters to
use.
Again, tell your students to hold up their work.
Proceed in this way with the following words: cat, fat, hat, mat, pat, rat, sat, and that.

Independent working time (10 minutes)

Pass out the Meet the -at Family worksheets.

Demonstrate how to fill in the letter blank for one of the words.
Direct your students to complete the worksheets.

Differentiation

Enrichment: Give your students additional worksheets, such as the word searches or the word family
book. Have your students compose a short poem using words from the -at family.
Support: Give simple clues and encouragement during guided and independent practice. Have your
students practice saying the words aloud without writing them down.

Assessment (5 minutes)

Look for students who are following directions and participating.

Observe the students as they work. Your students should be able to write the correct letter to create the
word that matches the pictures.

Review and closing (5 minutes)

Ask the students to look at the chart paper house you made during explicit instruction.
Invite the class to call out the words at you point to them in random order.

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 -AT
bat cat fat
hat mat pat
rat sat that
 Meet the “at” Family
Look at the pictures and fill in the missing letter to
complete each word.

___ a t

___ a t

___ a t
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 Meet the “at” Family
Look at the pictures and fill in the missing letter to
complete each word.

___ a t

___ a t

___ a t
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 My Word Family Book
Color in the pictures and fill in the blank spaces.
Then, have an adult help you cut out the pages and staple your book together.

‘s
Word Family
Book 1. at 3.

at 2. at 4.

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 at
Read the story and fill in the missing “at” words from the word bank.

Pat cat fat rats

This is .

This is his pet .

His cat is very and

loves to eat .
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