Third graders develop basic narratives. They retell a focused story and create a basic publication using available resources (e.g., pictures, colors, computer, copier). They experiment with different forms of creative writing (e.g.,...

Students demonstrate proper hand washing techniques. In this personal hygiene activity, students listen to included rhymes about cleanliness and identify the rhyming words. Students share situations where hand washing is essential.

Sing along to with this Hip Hop Humpty Dumpty song. This Nursery rhyme just got an update with a Hip Hop twist, animation, and bright colors. Updated rhymes like this one could insight early literacy and interest in reading. Tip: Have...

Young learners sing the song "I Know an Old Who Swallowed a Fly." They learn to track the words on a pocket chart and identify rhymes in the song as they are learning. Using illustrations, a flip chart, and the song, the teacher will...

Students explore the poetry of Langston Hughes and its structure. In groups, they read poems and identify the rhyme, rhythm meter, and alliteration in each poem. Students create and illustrate their own poem, using Langston Hughes methods.

See the effects of puns, letter play, alliteration, and rhyme in newspaper headlines. Writers use such language effects to have their headline stand out. Examples are given with a slide prompting practice at the end. Use in a journalism...

Supplement your nursery rhyme unit. Learners follow a boy named Jack as he experiences a series of adventures through this rhyming story. It provides your class with a phonics and reading review. Teachers can use this format to present a...

Rhyming words are good for young readers to explore. Just ask Dr. Seuss! This basic presentation shows learners 12 pairs of simple words that rhyme such as: two and blue. Pupils practice reading each of the rhyming words as they appear...

In this number rhyming instructional activity, students cut out the cards which contain a number (1-10), a phrase that rhymes with that number and then a picture of the phrase. One example would be "2 new shoes". Teachers can use the...

In this Humpty Dumpty worksheet, students read the nursery rhyme and use word cards to identify the rhyming words. Black-and-white and color cut-outs are provided to tell the nursery rhyme.

Kindergartners listen to a nursery rhyme and then tell the story in their own words (without rhyming). They practice as a class using Jack and Jill and then try Three Blind Mice on their own. The activity includes a worksheet for the...

In this bear erase-a-rhyme worksheet, students read about a bear hunt and fill in the blanks in the story with the appropriate rhyming words. Three bear templates are included.

Young literary analysts compare two poems by the same author. Readers look for slant rhyme, observe the beat and rhythm of each, and search for repeated vowel sounds. After re-reading, they observe the lack of punctuation and the stanza...

Preschoolers and kindergartners can identify the pictures that do not rhyme with the lead image. They say each of the four words and then find the image that doesn't belong. In addition, they trace the words ball and wall.

Students engage in a instructional activity that is concerned with the concept of rhyming and recognize them in different pieces of literature that includes songs, speech, and poetry. They also listen to music to make an auditory...

In this animal activity worksheet, students use their language skills to solve 14 rhyme riddles that are related to different animals.

In this space word activity worksheet, students use their language skills to solve 12 rhyme riddles that are related to space.

For this nursery rhyme coloring page, students read the rhyme Hey, Diddle, Diddle. They color the pictures of a cow jumping over the moon, the cat with the fiddle, and dishing running away with the spoon.

In this number rhyme worksheet set, student read the rhyme, "Five Current Buns." They count the pictures of current buns and pennies at the bottom of each page which go from 5 down to 1.

In this words that rhyme with "new" instructional activity, students look at five pictures on the page and circle the ones that rhyme with the word "new".

Students work in groups to create their own rhymes and songs for an entire family of math facts. They record their math facts creations using an iPod and a voice recorder for future use.

Students explore language arts by reading Dr. Seuss stories in class. In this word play instructional activity, students identify the rhymes in both Dr. Seuss and Nursery Rhyme stories. Students utilize flash cards with rhymes written on...

Second graders examine a "Gregory Griggs" poster and related vocabulary. They listen to the nursery rhyme to discover how many wigs Gregory Griggs owns and play listening and rhyming games. Afterward, they pretend they are Gregory...

Students list rhyming words. In this rhyming lesson, students look at a groups of pictures, name them and identify which one doesn't rhyme with the rest. Students make their own rhyming strips.