Nat’s Cat
Written by Wayne Miller Illustrated by Angela Kamstra-Jacobson
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ELEMENTS USED IN THIS BOOK Phonograms
-ap, -at
Phonogram words cap, lap, map, nap, tap, bat, cat, fat, mat, Nat, pat, rat, sat Reviewed phonic elements n, a, p, m, s, t, o, d, e, h, f, g, i, b, c, r, l Story words none New high-frequency words saw, would Reviewed high-frequency words a, and, do, he, her, his, is, like, my, put, said, she, stop, the, they, this, to, want, was, with Special considerations possessive ‘s; inflected ending -ed
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Nat liked to sit on the mat with his fat cat. The fat cat liked to nap on Nat’s lap. 3
If the fat cat wanted a pat, he would tap, tap, tap on Nat. Nat would pat him. 4
Nat was on the mat with his cat. They saw a rat in a cap. 5
“Get the rat,” Nat said to his cat. “The fat cat ran at the rat. 6
The rat ran to the map. The cat ran to the map. 7
The rat ran to the bat. The cat ran to the bat. The cat wanted to tap the rat. 8
“Stop, cat!” said Meg. “Do not tap the rat. “This is my pet rat.” 9
Meg put the rat in the cap. She sat on the mat with her rat in the cap. 10
Nat sat on the mat with his cat. The fat cat sat on Nat’s lap. 11
The rat and the cat had a nap. 12