Curated OER
Sound Blending Lesson Plan
Mr. Snowman wants to help emerging readers understand compound words, so he segments some familiar words to help them see that they are made of two distinct words. Learners repeat the words, both segmented and blended, and observe them...
August House
The Clever Monkey Rides Again
Use a West African folktale to practice several different skills in your first grade classroom. Learners read The Clever Monkey Rides Again and focus on rhyming words, reading comprehension, measurement, art, movement, and word order.
August House
Anansi Goes To Lunch - First Grade
Greed is the theme of this collection of multidisciplinary activities. As a class, read The West African folktale, Anansi Goes to Lunch by Bobby Norfolk, and take part in a grand discussion about it's plot and theme. Reinforce the theme...
Pyro Innovations
Phonemic Awareness
What was the sound that letter made? The letter S is the phoneme of today's lesson plan and it is ready to make an appearance. Little ones discuss the sound S makes, then they hold up S cards every time they hear words containing the...
Curated OER
Rhyming Objects
Students explore language arts by reading Dr. Seuss stories in class. In this word play lesson, students identify the rhymes in both Dr. Seuss and Nursery Rhyme stories. Students utilize flash cards with rhymes written on them to play a...
National Council of Teachers of English
Writing Poetry with Rebus and Rhyme
Young scholars write rhyming poems using rebus. With pictures instead of words, authors create original work about things they love.
Read Write Think
Poetry Portfolios: Using Poetry to Teach Reading
Over the course of five periods, scholars create a poetry portfolio. They begin with a reading of the poem, Firefly. With a focus on vocabulary, learners reread the poem then look for sight words and other skills.
Curated OER
No Title
Students listen to rhyming words from the story "Peanut Butter and Jam" by Angela Shelf Medearis and create their own peanut butter and jelly sandwiches with a partner. They match a series of four rhyming words with a key that's provided...
Curated OER
Oddity Rhyming Strips
Learners practice identification of rhyming words. Students compare/contrast pictures by identifying rhyming sounds in them. Learners place strips on the pictures. Students share comparisons with each other.
Curated OER
Words That Rhyme
Students identify rhyming words. In this word study activity, students review the concept of rhyming by following examples written on the board. Students circle the words that rhyme in each group. A worksheet is included as a follow-up...
Curated OER
Word Families
First graders listen as they are read a book containing exmaples of word families, they listen for rhyming words. They focus on word families, words that have rhyming sounds and share the same spelling patterns. Pupils work in small...
Curated OER
Identify and Generating Rhyming Words, Bingo
Students play a bingo card game to to build accuracy with rhyming words. In this rhyming words activity, students identify rhyming words with a picture card. Students continue to practice game until there is a winner.
Curated OER
Rhyming With Pictures and Words
Students investigate rhyming words. In this literacy lesson, students evaluate word pairs to discover rhymes. Students use a picture deck to rhyme words supplied by the teacher.
Curated OER
Word Families: A Kindergarten Experience
Students study rhyming words. In this language arts lesson, students participate in several activities in which they practice rhyming words. Students match onsets and rhymes and practice spelling words.
Curated OER
Five Little Squirrels Rhyme
Students recite a chant that has rhyming words in it having to do with squirrels. In this rhyming words lesson, students also practice saying ordinal numbers with this chant.
Curated OER
Rhyme Rally
Students are introduced to rhyming words and practice identifying them in a story or poem. In this rhyming words lesson, students listen to a story while paying listening for rhyming words in the story. Students then replace rhyming...
Curated OER
Say and Spell Consonant Digraph Board Game
Students download from a website to learn about digraphs. In this digraphs lesson, students download a digraphs game to practice digraphs.
Curated OER
Making Poetry
A hearing impaired student identifies rhyming words. In this rhyming word lesson plan for the hearing impaired, 2nd graders read and write poetry correctly using rhyming words.
Curated OER
Rhyming
Students learn about rhyming. In this rhyming lesson plan, students talk about, sing about, and practice finding rhymes. A rhyming song is included.
Poetry4kids
Alliteration and Assonance Lesson Plan
Scholars analyze the poem My Puppy Punched Me in the Eye by Ken Nesbitt in order to locate examples of alliteration and assonance. After reading the poem, alliterative words are underlined and assonant words are circled.
Curated OER
Rhyme Brainstormers
Students identify words that rhyme and realize that this literacy skill is engaging. Then they prepare their own language game props. Students also monitor each other in following rules, erasing duplicate words, and scorekeeping....
Curated OER
Come Fly with Me
Students identify rhyming words from the book A Fly Went By by matching words written on index card with same endings, eliciting word when prompted by teacher, and by identifying rhyming words in the text.
Curated OER
Go Far in a Car
Pupils listen to the song, The Wheels on the Bus. They are shown the book, This is the Way We Go to School. Afterward, they learn the phonetic principle of rhyming words.