A rhyming activity challenges scholars to sort picture cards according to their rhyme. Four picture cards line up across the top of a pocket chart. Learners take turns choosing from a face-down stack of picture cards and sort them beneath the word with which they rhyme. Pupils practice this skill further by saying each picture's rhyming word already in that column. 

Concepts

rhymes, phonemic awareness, phonemes, phonics, sorting & categorizing

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Additional Tags

phonics, phonological awareness, rhyme, categorize, sort, reading pictures, first sound, english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• While this is most easily organized in a pocket chart, it can also be done on any flat surface
• Work with class members independently, in a small group, or in a whole group

Classroom Considerations

• Requires copies and prepping cards—laminate them to permit reuse

Pros

• The activity appeals to both visual and kinesthetic learners
• There are ideas and materials here for extensions
  

Cons

• None

Common Core

RF.K.2.a