- a 2 Page Craft (all the pieces you need for one student on 2 pages)
- a Quick Craft (no gluing, all in one piece to cut)
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I've also added a little digital activity option. You could use this as part of your lesson introduction or a mini lesson to review words in the at-family a few days later!
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Here on the blog I will share with you a no-prep listening game that you can integrate into your week. Students will listen to you say words and differentiate between -at and -it words. Here is a list of words if you'd like to create a display like mine.
As well you can integrate:
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Here on the blog I will share with you a no-prep listening game that you can integrate into your week. Students will listen to you say words and differentiate between -at and -it words. Here is a list of words if you'd like to create a display like mine.
As well you can integrate:
- awareness of hard and soft c (cat/city)
- rhyming words
- onset and rime
- past / present tense
- tell students that cat sat on the mat and show the hand movement of lacing your fingers to make a mat
- tell students that kitty went to the city and show them how to stretch their arms into the air like a tall city building (the words on our board look like tall buildings with windows too)
- ask them to listen to the words you say and make the movement (and repeat the word) to distinguish if it has a medial a or i (make a mat for a, a city building for i)
- say words at random and support your students where necessary
- you may need to emphasize the medial short vowel, or stretch the words out to begin with as they get used to the actions and format of the listening game
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Please note that the words on our display are only in boxes to look like buildings, doors and windows. This is a listening game.
I hope you and your students have fun with the Cat on the Mat and the Kitty in the City!