by Teach for Life | May 25, 2017
Angela Rusk | Colvin Elementary | Wichita, Kansas To help students learn to find rhyming words, the teacher says three words. Only two of them rhyme. The students identify the two words that...
by Teach for Life | May 25, 2017
Arta Quam | Wichita Public Schools | Wichita, Kansas The teacher leads an activity that helps students recognize rhyming words by listening for words that end with the same sound. The teacher says two words. If the words rhyme, the students indicate with a thumbs up....
by Teach for Life | May 23, 2017
Arta Quam | Wichita Public Schools | Wichita, Kansas The teacher leads oral activities that give students the opportunity to generate rhyming words. Each activity increases the students’ skill level for making their own...
by Educator Partner | Mar 10, 2017
In this lesson, the teacher says a word and asks students to come up with five words that rhyme with it. She gives the students “think time” — she says a word, then lets the students think about their answers for a few seconds, and then asks for...
by Teach for Life | Mar 3, 2017
Noel Lucero | Kensler Elementary | Wichita, Kansas A rhyming lesson that uses objects and a pretend “monster.” The teacher says the monster wants to eat something, using a nonsense word that rhymes with one of the objects. The students then name the object...
by Educator Partner | Mar 3, 2017
Have fun learning about rhymes with Poochie, Stinkitty cat and Tails the mouse as they discover words that rhyme with cheese in Poochie’s pizza...
by Teach for Life | Feb 24, 2017
Cindy Johnson | Wichita Collegiate School | Wichita, Kansas This active game called “Rhyme for a Dime” makes practicing rhyming words fun for young students. The whole class sings a song with clapping and motions, then the teacher says a word and asks a...
by Teach for Life | Feb 23, 2017
P.J. Auchterlonie | Caldwell Elementary | Wichita, Kansas In this activity, the students decide whether two words rhyme and use the characters of Smiley Wiley and Sad Sarah to indicate their choice of yes or no. Sometimes the teacher gives them two words and other...
by Teach for Life | Feb 23, 2017
Dana Barrientos | Harry Street Elementary | Wichita, Kansas In this lesson, a teacher and students play a rhyming game called “Silly Simon Says.” The teacher says a nonsense word that rhymes with a part of the body, and the students say the name of the...
by Amanda Leger | Feb 23, 2017
Amanda Leger | Wichita Collegiate School | Wichita, Kansas In this lesson, the teacher and students learn to create rhymes by breaking up a word into sounds. After sounding out the word, the teacher asks the students to change the beginning sound in order to create a...
by Teach for Life | Feb 22, 2017
Noel Lucero | Early Childhood Educator | Wichita, Kansas A lesson that uses a game to teach rhyming words. The teacher points to a place on their body and instead of the correct word, uses a silly or nonsense word that rhymes. Students then replace the nonsense word...
by Teach for Life | Feb 7, 2017
Dana Barrientos | Harry Street Elementary | Wichita, Kansas This activity helps students learn to recognize whether words rhyme or not. The teacher reads pairs of words, and the students show a “thumbs up” if the words rhyme or a “thumbs down”...
by Teach for Life | Jan 17, 2017
Angela Rusk | Colvin Elementary | Wichita, Kansas This lesson uses a game to teach rhyming skills. The teacher pulls an item out of their mystery bag and, after repeating the word for the object, has students create real or nonsense words that rhyme with...
by Teach for Life | Oct 21, 2015
P.J. Auchterlonie | Caldwell Elementary | Wichita, Kansas This simple chant activity and a copycat game can help reinforce rhyming knowledge and get the entire class involved together. Read transcript Rhyming is very, very important because that’s a skill where...
