Phonological Awareness

Topic: Phonological Awareness

Objectives & Outcomes

• By the end of this lesson, students will be able to identify and produce rhyming words.

Materials

• Word cards with a variety of words on them (at least 10 pairs of rhyming words)
• Chart paper and markers

Warm-up

• Begin by asking the students if they know what it means to rhyme. Ask them to give examples of words that rhyme.
• Then, show the students the word cards and ask them to point out any words that rhyme. Write their answers on the chart paper.

Direct Instruction

• Explain to the students that words that rhyme are words that sound the same at the end (or sometimes in the middle) when they are said out loud.
• Give the students more word cards and ask them to identify which words rhyme. Use the chart paper to record their answers.
• As the students come up with rhyming words, encourage them to say the words out loud and listen for the sounds that match.

Guided Practice

• Pass out the blue and red construction paper and have the students cut out small squares.
• Give the students some more word cards and have them sort the words into blue and red piles based on whether they rhyme or not.
• Have the students use the blue and red markers to create a picture next to each word card that shows whether the word rhymes or not.
• Go through the word cards as a group and discuss the pictures that the students have created.

Independent Practice

• Have the students work in pairs and take turns coming up with word pairs that rhyme.
• Have the students write down their word pairs and share them with the class.
• Go through the word pairs as a group and discuss whether they actually rhyme or not.

Closure

• Ask the students to think of a few words that rhyme with a given word.
• Have the students share their words with the class and explain why they rhyme.
• Go through as many word pairs as time allows.

Assessment

• Observe the students during independent practice to see if they are able to identify and produce rhyming words.
• Collect and review the students' pairs of rhyming words to evaluate their phonological awareness.