2nd Grade Rhyming Words In Nursery Rhymes, Poems, Songs Heard Lesson Plan Example (English)

Topic:Recognize rhyming words in nursery rhymes, poems, songs heard

Objectives & Outcomes

• Be able to recognize rhyming words in nursery rhymes, poems, and songs heard.

Materials

• Nursery rhymes, poems, and songs containing rhyming words
• Writing paper and pencils or pens

Warm-up

• Begin the lesson by asking the students if they have heard any nursery rhymes, poems, or songs that rhyme.
• Listen as the students share their examples and write them on the board.
• Ask the students if they know what rhyming means and what it means when words rhyme.

Direct Instruction

• Explain to the students that words that rhyme are words that sound the same at the end and that have the same vowel sound.
• For example, the words ``hat'' and ``bat'' rhyme because they have the same vowel sound and the final sound is the same.
• As another example, the words ``cat'' and ``hat'' don't rhyme because they don't have the same vowel sound and the final sound is different.
• Have the students repeat the definition of rhyming after you.

Guided Practice

• Choose a short poem, song, or rhyme that the students are familiar with and that contains many rhyming words.
• Go through the poem, song, or rhyme together, and have the students point out the rhyming words.
• Encourage the students to guess whether or not pairs of words are rhyming even if they aren't sure.

Independent Practice

• Ask the students to choose a short poem, song, or rhyme that they are familiar with, and write down all the -rhyming words they can find in it.
• Have the students use their findings to create a rhyming dictionary where they write the word on one side of the page and its rhyming partner on the other.
• Have the students present their rhyming dictionaries to the class, and have their classmates try to guess the word from the partner word.

Closure

• Review the concept of rhyming words with the students, and ask them to share something they learned about rhyming during the lesson.

Assessment

• Observe the students during the sorting and independent practice activity to assess their understanding of rhyming words. --Collect and review the students' written work to assess their ability to rhyme words in sentences.}}-Closure
• Conclude the lesson by discussing the importance of using rhyming words in poetry and songs and review any new terms or concepts introduced during the lesson.