In this language arts activity, students practice using synonyms by deciphering references to well-known fairy tales and nursery rhymes. Example: Unique Individual Mortally Injured in Fall (Humpty Dumpty Sat on a Wall.)

In this recognizing words that have rhyming patterns worksheet, students observe nine illustrated words and write three words that rhyme with each of them. Students write 27 answers.

Students match rhyming picture cards. They use a musical timer and each student has the opportunity to show his or her card to the class. They must match them and show them to the teacher.

Pupils listen to the poem "Shapes" by Shel Silverstein in order to accurately and specifically describe shapes' rules/traits in their journals. They illustrate the poem and take turns reading during a creative shared reading session.

Students copy a memorized nursery rhyme on to writing paper. They illustrate their writing and the finished piece is posted for conferences or Back-to-School night.

Pupils listen to a variety of stories and identify rhyming words. They sequence events in the story and generate rhymes of their own. They sort words by rhyming families and write rhymes of their own.

Students investigate the games that children used to play to nursery rhymes. They explore the role of illustrators and illustrate their own book of rhymes in this unit.

In this rhyme worksheet, students read the sentences and underline the words that rhyme. Students draw a picture to go with the sentences.

In this rhyme creation activity, students learn to make a rhyme. Students point to each word and say it aloud. Students then say a word that rhymes and write it on the line. Parents or guardians must sign the activity.

In this language arts worksheet, 1st graders think of words that rhyme with each underlined word. Then they write as many as they can on the lines provide for each of the four words.

In this English Language children's rhymes instructional activity, student enhance their vocabulary and speaking skills by practicing the rhymes '10 Little Monkeys' and 'Jack Be Nimble.'

In this English Language children's rhymes worksheet, student enhance their vocabulary and speaking skills by practicing the rhymes 'Little Boy Blue' and 'Jack and Jill.'

In this identifying words that rhyme worksheet, students read groups of three words, circle the word that does not rhyme, change one letter to make that word also rhyme, and write the word. Students write 30 answers.

For this arthropods worksheet, learners read rhymes about arthropods and use the science terms they have learned to answer the question following the rhyme. This worksheet has 12 fill in the blank questions.

In this rhyming learning exercise, students match a picture on the left to a picture on the right that rhymes. Rhyming picture pairs include: box/fox, tree/bee, moon/spoon, house/mouse.

In this language arts board game worksheet, students play a game with one or more classmates. Each space landed on requires students to say a word that rhymes with, begins with, ends with, or is the opposite of a given word or letter.

Break this presentation into two or three days so as not to overwhelm your kids. Fifty-four slides is a lot of slides, but the PowerShow is well-organized, and terms are defined clearly and illustrated in examples provided. A general...

Consisting of a thorough and straightforward list of poetry terminology, the first part of this presentation would be a good introduction to a poetry unit, or a review for an upcoming poetry project. The list of terms is quite extensive,...

Add some fun to rhyming using a word puzzle worksheet. First, learners match up single-syllable rhyming words. Then, they find all the words in a word search. This beginning reading activity only has words spelled horizontally from left...

Second graders write a poem using words from a list and practice poetic forms. In this instructional activity on writing a peace poem, 2nd graders brainstorm words or phrases associated with "peace." Students choose a poetic form to...

Prepare your learners to identify figurative language in poetry. Tips for reading poetry and what to look for are listed on these slides. Rhetorical devices are defined and plenty of examples are given. 

Does any word rhyme with orange? Young poets try their hand at crafting a Shakespearean sonnet by first creating list of rhyming words. They then examine the use of unstressed and stressed syllables in iambic pentameter and the rhyme...

A six-week unit takes high schoolers through various works of African-American literature, including poems, plays, and short stories. The lesson plan format includes a week-by-week description of activities, goals, materials, and...

Do your language arts students love to draw? Use this lesson plan to reinforce poetic techniques with illustration. After drawing what they think poem would look like with no words, middle and high schoolers work on several different...