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Phonological Awareness and Rhyming
Students listen to a story and chime whenever they hear rhyming word pairs. Students generate other rhyming words that rhyme with each pair from the story. Students draw and/or paint illustrations to go along with a rhyming song given....
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Dr. Seuss Rhyming
Students complete activities with the book Green Eggs and Ham. In this rhyming lesson, students read the book and focus on the rhyming words. They try teacher made green eggs and ham and write a rhyme describing where they would or would...
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Making Poetry
A hearing impaired student identifies rhyming words. In this rhyming word lesson for the hearing impaired, 2nd graders read and write poetry correctly using rhyming words.
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Sorting Words
Students investigate rhyming words. In this word study lesson, students are introduced to rhyming words and then sort out the words that rhyme and group them. A worksheet is provided.
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Writing Poetry About the Meadow
In this writing poetry about the meadow worksheet, learners, after completing a lesson on meadow habitats, read the poem "Over in the Meadow" and then write additional stanzas using rhyming words and facts from the habitat lesson.
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Words Ending With -un
In this recognizing words that end with -un learning exercise, students read the illustrated words bun, run, and sun and write them on the primary lined paper. Students read practice writing 3 words.
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Rhyming Fruits and Vegetables
Students describe fruits and vegetables using rhyming verses. They discuss the Five Fruits and Vegetables a Day campaign and rhyming words, and create a rhyming riddle using the "Rhyming Riddles" worksheet.
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The ee and ie Sounds
Put to use the old saying, "When two vowels go a walking, the first one does the talking." Scholars focus on the /ee/ and /ie/ sounds and spelling patterns that create them. First, they label four pictures with the ea...
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How to Write an Alliteration Poem
Learners follow five steps to compose an alliteration poem. They choose one consonant and brainstorm as many nouns, verbs, and adjectives they can think of to create rhyming sentences that come together in a poetic fashion.
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School-Home Links: Rhyming
In this school home links rhyming learning exercise, students write 5 words that rhyme with the 5 listed words. In addition, students read the rhyming pairs aloud.
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Homophones and Rhyming Words
First graders explore homophones. For this spelling pattern lesson, 1st graders are led through a discussion on homophones and words that rhyme with homophones. The teacher leads the class in sorting these rhyming words based upon their...
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Rhyming Activity
In this rhyming words worksheet, 1st graders use the word bank to spell a word that rhymes with the picture. Students write five words.
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Write a Rap Song
Students compose lyrics for a rap song. In this music instructional activity, students choose a topic, such as "Our School," and use rhyming words to compose a rap song. Students perform the song for their classmates.
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Make a Word _et
In this Language Arts activity, students read and form four words ending in -et. Students also write a sentence using one of the words.
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Make a Word _an
In this language arts activity, students form four words ending in -an. Students also write a sentence using one of the words and draw a picture.
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"An" Word Family Word Jumble
In this "an" word family worksheet, students unscramble the letters in 9 words to spell "an" words. Students write the words on the lines. There is a word bank.
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"-ine" Word Family: Unscramble the Words
In this "-ine" words worksheet, students unscramble the letters in 12 words that have the "-ine" spelling pattern. Students write the words on the lines.
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"Ock" Word Family Words- Word Jumbles
In this "-ock" words learning exercise, students unscramble the letters in 10 words that have the "ock" spelling pattern. Students write the words on the lines.
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"Uck" Word Family Words- Word Jumble
For this "uck" words worksheet, students unscramble the letters to spell ten words with the "uck" spelling pattern. Students write the words on the lines.
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Scrambled Eggs Super!
Students study rhythm and rhyme. In this rhyming lesson, students read Scrambled Eggs Super! by Dr. Seuss. Students explore the rhythm of rhyming words found in the book. The students decorate eggs and place rhyming words inside to use...
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The Cleverest Thief
First graders read The Cleverest Thief and participate in various activities across the curriculum areas. For this story lesson, 1st graders arrange an anagram of the word monastery. Students complete worksheets to alphabetize and...
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Poetry Portfolios: Using Poetry to Teach Reading
Over the course of five periods, scholars create a poetry portfolio. They begin with a reading of the poem, Firefly. With a focus on vocabulary, learners reread the poem then look for sight words and other skills.
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Red is the Word!
Through the use of stories, artwork, and the KidPix program, youngsters explore the color word red, and engage in activities around the word. Teaching kindergartners about the color words can be so much fun. This could be adapted for any...
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You've Got a Wocket Where?
Students identify rhyming word pairs, apply generalizations about the principle of onsets and "rimes," and create and classify multiple lists of words, both real and nonsense, based on given rhymes.