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What can
I do?
Dad, what can I do?
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You can zig. You can
zag.
4
You can run laps.
You can play tag.
5
You can put on a cap.
6
You can hit balls with
a bat.
7
You can play jazz on
a sax.
8
You can rap to the
max.
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You can fix yams from
a can.
10
You can fix ham in a
pan.
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You can sit on a mat.
12
You can pat a fat cat.
13
What can
you do?
I can nap!
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Decodable Words
bat in rap
can jazz run
cap laps San
cat mat sax
Dad max sit
fat nap tag
fix on yams
ham pan zag
hit pat zig
Sight Words Challenge
Word
a the
do to balls
from what
I with
play you
put
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Extension Activities
Discussion Questions
• What do you like to do when you are by yourself?
• What do you like to do with an adult? With your friends?
• Look at the picture on page 14. How do you think San feels
about Dad’s nap?
Exploring the Story
• Choose one of the following short a words: bat, can, cap,
cat, Dad, ham, mat, pan, rap, sax, tag.
Give clues to the word, such as “I’m thinking of a word. It
is a thing. This thing is made of wood or aluminum. It is
used during a game. It hits a ball.” Remember that the
answer will always have the short a sound.
• Patapan is a word that stands for the sound of a drum in a
French song. Say the word three times in a row and then
pause: patapan, patapan, patapan (pause).
Create variations by substituting other letters to make
new nonsense words: batapan, batapan, batapan (pause).
Each time you add a new word, start from the beginning
with patapan and chant each line cumulatively. Suggested
variations include: catapan, datapan, fatapan, hatapan,
matapan, ratapan, satapan.
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