Splat can’t wait to try out his brand-new roller skates! But when it starts to rain, will Splat’s fun day be ruined? Beginning readers will love the wordplay in this Splat story.
This repetitive weather book can be used in speech therapy to address the topic of finding beauty in things. It is also great for sequencing, predicting and for targeting a variety of adjectives and verbs! Discover more of the speech and language teaching concepts for using Splat the Cat: The Rain is a Pain therapy below:
Frequent Speech Sounds:
/p/ initial
/r/ initial
/spl/ initial
Themes:
weather
Book Details:
Diverse Characters: N/A
Age Recommendation: Early Childhood, Elementary
Splat the Cat: The Rain is a Pain
By Rob Scotton
Key Teaching Concepts
Narrative Structure:
complete episode
Narrative Concepts:
vocabulary
character analysis
sequencing
predicting
adjectives
verbs (regular past tense)
verbs (irregular past tense)
prepositional phrases
repetitive text
Sequencing:
order of mishaps as Splat wears his skates inside
Vocabulary:
brand new, complained, frosting, stain, followed, jiggled, radio, paw, gaining, fur, vain
Character Analysis:
Splat tries to come to terms with the rain as his family keeps telling him to go back outside. In the end, he learns to see the beauty in the rain.
Figurative Language:
idiom (is a pain)
Grammar:
adjectives
verbs (regular past tense)
verbs (irregular past tense)
prepositional phrases
Text Features:
repetitive text
Predicting:
What do you think will happen when the cloud comes closer and darker?
What do you think Splat will try to do?
What do you think Splat will do when he gets home?
What do you think will happen with his racetrack?
What will his mom say when she sees how messy he is?
What do you think will happen when he starts to sing and dance?
What will his sister tell him to do?
Where will he go next?
What do you think dad will say?
How will Splat respond to dad?
What do you think will happen when Splat rounds the corner?
What did they all say at the end?
If you are interested in using Splat the Cat: The Rain is Pain and other weather- themed books in speech therapy, then check out these print-&-go cheat sheets. Perfect for when you don’t need a full book companion.
If you are interested in seeing other weather books to use in therapy, then check out the Themed Key Teaching Points Book List for a printable copy.