Rhyming

Topic: Rhyming

Objectives & Outcomes

• Students will be able to identify and use rhyming words in spoken and written language.

Materials

• Examples of poems that use rhyming words (e.g. Dr. Seuss)
• Writing paper
• Pencils

Warm-up

• Ask students to name some words that rhyme. Write their responses on the board.
• Ask students to give an example of a rhyming pair, such as cat and hat.

Direct Instruction

• Introduce the concept of rhyming to the students.
• Explain that rhyming means saying words that sound the same at the end of two or more words.
• Show the students some examples of rhyming pairs on the board. Ask them to repeat the pairs after you.
• Ask the students to think of more rhyming pairs on their own. Write their responses on the board.

Guided Practice

• Give each student a set of rhyming cards.
• Have the students sort the cards into piles of words that rhyme and words that do not rhyme.
• Have the students share their sorted cards with a partner and discuss why each word is considered to rhyme.

Independent Practice

• Have the students choose a topic to write a poem about.
• Have the students use the rhyming cards to help them rhyme the words in their poem.
• Have the students share their poems with the class.

Closure

• Review the steps for writing a poem.
• Ask the students to share any new words they learned in the lesson.

Assessment

• Observe the students during independent practice and give feedback on their poems.