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The Fat Rat

0 Sound
How to Make the Sound /at/
0 Open your mouth wide!

e Say /a/ (as in cat).

C, Stop the air. Touch the top of your mouth with

your tongue (just behind your top front teeth).
C, Let some air escape. Say /t/ (unvoiced).
0 Now put it together. Say /at/.

Did You Know?

This vowel sound is also
known as /ae/ or short A.

/a/ /ti

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Phonics Stories

0 Spelling
A. Common Words
Listen and spell these words.

0 e

0 0

13. Spelling Variations

at att
as in cat as in Matt
(common) (common)

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0 Story
Read the story out loud.
Circle the words with the /at/ sound.

The Fat Rat

Matt and Pat saw a

rat. The rat was fat.
The rat sat on a
mat. Pat got her
bat.
"Run," said Matt to the rat.
The rat ran under the mat.
Pat's cat saw the rat.
Pat put away her bat.
"Good cat," said Pat.
"Poor rat," said Matt.

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C, Listening
A. Fill in the Blanks 13. Questions
Listen to the story. Fill in the blanks. Now answer the questions.

Matt and
1.
saw a rat. 0 What is on the mat?

C, What does Matt do?

The ---- was fat.
2. 0 What does Pat do?
The rat on a mat. C, What does the cat do?
3.

Pat got her _

"Run," said totherat.

5.

The rat ran under the mat.

Pat's ---- saw the rat.

6.

Pat put away her _

7.

"Good cat"
' said ----
8.

"Poor ,"said Matt.

9.