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Nat’s Cat

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Nat’s Cat

Written by Wayne Miller

Illustrated by Angela Kamstra-Jacobson

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 ELEMENTS USED IN THIS BOOK Notes
Phonograms -ap, -at
Phonogram words cap, lap, tap, cat, fat, mat,
Nat, pat, rat, sat
Reviewed phonic elements n, a, p, m, s, t, o, e, h, f, g,
i, c, r, l
Story word after
New high-frequency words saw, would
Reviewed high-frequency words a, and, do, he, her, his, is,
like, my, put, run, said, stop,
the, they, this, to, want,
was, with
Special considerations possessive ’s;
inflectional ending -ed

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 Nat liked to sit on the mat
with his fat cat.
The rat and the cat The fat cat liked to nap
had a nap. on Nat’s lap.
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If the fat cat wanted Nat sat on the mat
a pat, he would tap with the cat in his lap.
on Nat. The fat cat looked at
Nat would pat him. the rat.
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Meg sat on a mat.
The rat got in a cap. Nat was on the mat
The rat sat in the cap with his cat.
on Meg’s lap. They saw a rat in a cap.
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“ Get the rat,” Nat said to “Stop it, cat!” said Meg.
his cat. “ Do not run after my rat.
The fat cat ran at the rat. This rat is my pet.”
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