This song is available on Hap Palmer's Two Little Sounds: Fun with Phonics And Numbers.
Subjects:
• ‘At’ word family
• Letter sounds C, R, H, S, B, T, and
SC blend
Vocabulary:
Cat, rat, hat, sat, bat, tat-a-tat,
pat, scat (jazz singing with nonsense syllables)
Teacher Note:
As an introduction, place the
letters ‘at’ on board. Have the children think
of all the words they can make with this word
ending. Circle the words that will be used in
this song.
Activity:
Let’s start with the word ‘cat’. In each
verse, we will drop the first letter and replace
it with another. During the pause, the challenge
is to call out the new word before you
hear it on the recording. You can also act out
this story in movement. Motions you can do
in a seated or standing position are suggested
in italics with the lyrics below.
‘C-A-T’, my ramblin’ cat,
drop the ‘C’ and use an ‘R’
(pat legs quickly)
My cat ran off and chased a rat
‘R-A-T’, chased rat, drop the ‘R’
and use an ‘H’
While chasin’ my cat I lost my hat
(pump arms, tap feet, pantomime hat flying off)
‘H-A-T’, lost my hat, drop the ‘H’
and use an ‘S’
I slumped on a bench and there I sat
(slump in seat with a sad face)
‘S-A-T’, there I sat, drop the ‘S’
and use a ‘B’
I saw some friends with a ball and bat
(sit up tall with a happy face)
‘B-A-T’, I swung that bat:
Strike 1 . . . strike 2 . . . home run!
(pantomime swinging bat)
‘B-A-T’, I swung that bat,
drop the ‘B’ and use a ‘T’
The ball hit a trash can tat-a-tat-tat
(slap sides of legs quickly)
‘T-A-T’, tat-a-tat-tat, drop the ‘T’ and use ‘S’ ‘C’
My cat jumped out singing scat
(repeat or echo each phrase)
Shooby doo, Shooby doo
Doo dah dat, Doo dah dat
Meeow wow wow, Meeow wow wow
Pitter pat pat, Pitter pat pat
Purrrrrr, Purrrrrr
Shooby doo bop doo dah dat,
Shooby doo bop doo dah dat
My ramblin’ cat can scat like that,
My Ramblin’ cat can scat like that
Meeeooow, Meeeooow
Follow-up:
Name all the words you can recall
from this song that use the ending ‘at’. Can
you think of words that end with ‘at’ that were
not used in this song?
Examples: flat, chat, fat, mat, gnat, vat.
Book Suggestions for this Song:
See more of our Grammar, Spelling & Punctuation Songs and Phonological Awareness Songs.
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