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READING & WRITING. August 2005. MotherGooseCaboose.comPreK through 2 nd Grade. Story Poem – The Big Cat And The LittleCat. Directions. Print out. Read the story poem. Use it to do the activities.p. 1.NAME _________________________________Line The Big Cat And The Little Cat1 The big cat slept by the fire.2 The little cat sat down beside her.3 The big cat stretched out her paws.4 The little cat gave them her claws.5 The big cat gave a big stare.6 The little cat continued to dare.7 The big cat boxed her away.8 The little cat wanted to stay.9 The little cat pulled in her claws.10 The big cat stretched out her paws.11 The big cat slept by the fire.12 The little cat slept right beside her.END.

READING & WRITING. August 2005. MotherGooseCaboose.comPreK through 2 nd Grade. Story Poem – The Big Cat And The LittleCat. Directions. Print out. Write in the missing word/words/number. p. 2.NAME ______________________________________________1. There are _______________ lines in the story poem?2. The big cat sat by the ________. (Line 1)____________________________________________________3. The little cat sat down _______ _______. (Line 2)________________________________________________________________________________________________________4. The big cat stretched out her _______. (Line 3)____________________________________________________

READING & WRITING. August 2005. MotherGooseCaboose.comPreK through 2 nd Grade. Story Poem – The Big Cat And The LittleCat. Directions. Print out. Write in the missing word/words. p. 4.NAME ______________________________________________9. The little cat wanted to _________. (Line 8)____________________________________________________10. The little cat pulled in her __________. (Line 9)____________________________________________________11. The big cat stretched out her __________. (Line 10)____________________________________________________12. The big cat slept by the _________. (Line 11)____________________________________________________

READING & WRITING. August 2005. MotherGooseCaboose.comPreK through 2 nd Grade. Story Poem – The Big Cat And The LittleCat. Directions. Print out. Write in the missing word/words/number. p. 5.NAME ______________________________________________13. The little cat slept right beside _______. (Line 12)____________________________________________________14. The title of the story poem is “The ______ Cat And The_______ Cat.________________________________________________________________________________________________________15. The word “big” is mentioned in _____________ lines.16. The word “little” is mentioned in _____________ lines.

READING & WRITING. August 2005. MotherGooseCaboose.comPreK through 2 nd Grade. Story Poem – The Big Cat And The LittleCat. Rhyming Words. Directions. Print out. Draw a line from the words incolumn A to their rhyming words in column B. p. 6.For example: cat and sat.NAME ______________________________________________ABcatclawsfiredarepawsstaystaresatawaybeside her

READING & WRITING. August 2005. MotherGooseCaboose.comPreK through 2 nd Grade. Story Poem – The Big Cat And The LittleCat. Initial Consonants/Vowels. Directions. Print out. Write in themissing letter using the letter key list below. Cross out the letters you use.p. 7.______ a t______ a t______ a w s______l a w s______ ______ a r e______ a r e______ w a y______ ______ a y______ i r e ______ e s I d e ______ e rLETTER KEY LIST:a f c h s t sb d p c

READING & WRITING. August 2005. MotherGooseCaboose.comPreK through 2 nd Grade. Story Poem – The Big Cat And The LittleCat. Directions. Print out. Write in the missing word/words using the keyword list. Cross out the words you use after you write them. p. 8.NAME ___________________________________KEY WORD LIST: boxed continued gave gavepulled sat slept slept slept stretchedstretchedwanted.1. The big cat _______ by the fire. (Line 1)____________________________________________________2. The little cat ________ down beside her. (Line 2)____________________________________________________

READING & WRITING. August 2005. MotherGooseCaboose.comPreK through 2 nd Grade. Story Poem – The Big Cat And The LittleCat. Directions. Print out. Write in the missing word/words using the keyword list. Cross out the words you use after you write them. p. 9.NAME _________________________________3. The big cat ________ out her paws. (Line 3)_________________________________________________________________________________________4. The little cat __________ them her claws. (Line 4)____________________________________________________5. The big cat _________ a big stare. (Line 5)____________________________________________________

READING & WRITING. August 2005. MotherGooseCaboose.comPreK through 2 nd Grade. Story Poem – The Big Cat And The LittleCat. Directions. Print out. Write in the missing word/words using the keyword list. Cross out the words you use after you write them. p. 10.NAME _________________________________6. The little cat _________ to dare. (Line 6)________________________________________________________________________________________________________7. The big cat _________ her away. (Line 7)____________________________________________________8. The little cat ___________ to stay. (Line 8)____________________________________________________

READING & WRITING. August 2005. MotherGooseCaboose.comPreK through 2 nd Grade. Story Poem – The Big Cat And The LittleCat. Directions. Print out. Write in the missing word/words using the keyword list. Cross out the words you use after you write them. p. 11.NAME _________________________________9. The little cat _________ in her claws. (Line 9)____________________________________________________10. The big cat ____________ out her paws. (Line 10)________________________________________________________________________________________________________11. The big cat _________ by the fire. (Line 11)____________________________________________________

READING & WRITING. August 2005. MotherGooseCaboose.comPreK through 2 nd Grade. Story Poem – The Big Cat And The LittleCat. Directions. Print out. Write in the missing word/words using the keyword list. Cross out the words you use after you write them. p. 12.NAME _________________________________12. The little cat __________ right beside her. (Line 12)____________________________________________________13. The title of the story poem is “The ______ ______ AndThe ______ ______.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

READING & WRITING. August 2005. MotherGooseCaboose.comPreK through 2 nd Grade. Story Poem – The Big Cat And The LittleCat. Directions. Print out. Try to read as many words as you can. p. 13.NAME _________________________________Vocabulary words: (29 words.)A a awayB beside big boxed byC cat claws continuedD dare downF fireG gaveH herI inL littleO outP paws pulledR rightS sat slept stare stay stretchedT the them toW wanted

READING & WRITING. August 2005. MotherGooseCaboose.comPreK through 2 nd Grade. Story Poem – The Big Cat And The LittleCat. Directions. Print out. Read all the rhyming words. p. 14.NAME _________________________________Rhyming words: Every two lines rhyme in the story poem. Examples:cat, sat (lines 1 & 2); fire, beside her (lines 1 & 2); paws, claws (lines 3 &4); stare, dare (lines 5 & 6); away, stay (lines ( 7 & 8); claws, paws (lines9 & 10); fire, beside her (lines 11 & 12)._____________________________________catsat______________________________________________firebeside her______________________________________________pawsclaws______________________________________________staredare______________________________________________awaystay______________________________________________

READING & WRITING. August 2005. MotherGooseCaboose.comPreK through 2 nd Grade. Story Poem – The Big Cat And The LittleCat. Patterns. Directions. Print out. Look at the patterns in the storypoem. Answer the questions. p. 15.NAME _________________________________Patterns:The first 8 lines begin by alternating the words, “The big cat, Thelittle cat.” Then, the pattern changes on lines 9 &10 to begin thesentence with “The little cat, The big cat.” On lines 11 & 12, theprevious pattern returns to “The big cat, The little cat.” Thischange goes with the change in the story and the favorableoutcome. Words are repeated throughout the story poem.1. Which lines repeat the word “slept”?Lines __________, __________ and __________.________________________________________2. Which lines repeat the word “stretched”?Lines __________ and __________.

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READING & WRITING. August 2005. MotherGooseCaboose.comPreK through 2 nd Grade. Story Poem – The Big Cat And The LittleCat. Directions. Print out. Look at the patterns in the story poem. Answerthe questions. p. 16.NAME _________________________________3. Which lines repeat the word “gave”?Lines __________ and __________.____________________________________________________4. Which lines repeat the word “big”?Lines __________, __________, __________,__________, __________, and __________.____________________________________________________5. Which lines repeat the word “little”?Lines __________, __________, __________,__________, __________, and __________.____________________________________________________

READING & WRITING. August 2005. MotherGooseCaboose.comPreK through 2 nd Grade. Story Poem – The Big Cat And The LittleCat. Directions. Print out. Look at the patterns in the story poem. Answerthe questions. p. 17.NAME _________________________________6. Which lines repeat the words “the” and “cat”?Lines __________, __________, __________,__________, __________, __________,__________, __________, __________,__________, __________, and __________.__________________________________________________________

READING & WRITING. August 2005. MotherGooseCaboose.comPreK through 2 nd Grade. Story Poem – The Big Cat And The LittleCat. Directions. Print out as many pages as you need. Write your ownstory poem using the forms on pages 18-20. p. 18.NAME _________________________________TITLE __________________________________DRAW A PICTURE BELOW.

PreK through 2 nd Grade. Story Poem – The Big Cat And The LittleCat. Directions. Print out as many pages as you need. Write your ownstory poem using the forms on pages 18-20. p. 19.Page Number ____________.NAME _________________________________DRAW A PICTURE AND WRITE ABOUT IT.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

PreK through 2 nd Grade. Story Poem – The Big Cat And The LittleCat. Directions. Print out as many pages as you need. Write your ownstory poem using the forms on pages 18-20. p. 20.Page Number ____________.NAME _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________