Everyone likes a poem about a cat, especially when it includes other rhyming words that end with -at! Kids read the lines and then respond to three reading comprehension questions.

Concepts

-at words, rhyming, rhyming words, reading comprehension, spelling patterns, spelling, phonics

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Read the poem aloud and then have kids repeat after you to practice pronouncing -at words
• Assign the page as a warm-up or for homework
• Use this in a teacher-led center; children can practice the concepts in other ways at the other centers
• Ask kids to highlight the lines in the poem where they found the answers to the questions

Classroom Considerations

• The clipart chosen for this worksheet is a bit odd, but the images do represent all the -at words (cat, rat, hat, mat, sat)
• There isn't a lot to this resource, so you will likely use it as a supplementary material

Pros

• The poem is short and to-the-point and includes many -at words for students to practice reading and saying
• The handwriting lines provide a support for class members as they learn how to write correctly

Cons

• Answers are not included, but should be relatively easy to determine

Common Core

RL.1.1 RI.1.1 RF.1.4.a