RIC-6277 I can dance the Barramundi

PET CAT
Preparation
• If the stories listed in the additional activities are shared with the class, pictures of each type of
animal could be collected to show the students.
Presentation
• Say the rhyme with the actions for the class.
• The class claps the beat while saying the rhyme.
• The class says the rhyme with the actions.
Additional activities/information
• Share the following stories with the students
to stimulate discussion about pets.
The pet cat in the rhyme is a very independent cat.
She likes to do things for herself. Her owner knew
she didn’t like having to meow for the door to be
opened each time she wanted to stroll in and out,
so he made her a special cat door. He cut out a
square hole in the bottom of an outside door and
put a fl ap on it so she could push it open. This
makes pet cat very happy. She loves her special
door.
What special things do you do/could people
do to make pets happy?
Justa was a bush brumby. One day, she came
in from the bush to a paddock to eat the green
grass. Then she found she could not get out of the
paddock and wandered around and around. Jack,
the farmer’s 12-year-old son, saw the little black
mare, caught her and took her up to the house
paddock. He broke her in to a bridle and saddle and
rode her happily along the bush tracks near his
home. Because she was small and not very strong,
he called her ‘Justa’ as a friendly joke, meaning she
was just a horse.
Jack called his special pet ‘Justa’. What
special pet would you like? What special
name would you give it?
Rat the rat belongs to Christopher. Rat lives in his
cage in Christopher’s bedroom. When Christopher
comes home from school, he and Rat play in the
garden. Rat keeps away from Horse the cat and
Bella the border collie puppy and spends a lot of
his time curled up on Christopher’s shoulder. Rat’s
face is all black, except for a white stripe from the
top of his head down his nose to his chin. He has
a black body and a long, pale, hairless tail. He eats
rat pellets.
Which unusual pet would you like to have?
Why?
Minnie is a Jack Russell dog. When Minnie was a
puppy, she had a very sad life. Her owner wanted
a big, well-behaved, quiet dog. Minnie was small,
naughty and noisy. When her owner gave her to
Carolyn, everyone was happy. Carolyn had always
wanted a Jack Russell dog. Minnie gets hysterical
in a thunderstorm, bossy when her blankets are
not tucked properly into her basket, cheeky when
she meets a bigger dog in the park, ecstatic when
she catches a cockroach and crazy when she
chases a soccer ball!
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Minnie lived happily ever after. Make up a
story about another pet that lives happily
ever after.
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