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Phonological Awareness: Rhyme, Rhyme Closed Sort ActivityPhonological Awareness: Rhyme, Rhyme Closed Sort Activity
Publisher
Florida Center for Reading Research
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Grade
K - 1st
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Resource Type
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For Teacher Use
Duration
30 mins
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Collaborative Learning
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Year
2005
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Phonological Awareness: Rhyme, Rhyme Closed Sort

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A rhyming activity challenges scholars to sort picture cards according to their rhyme. Four picture cards line up across the top of a pocket chart. Learners take turns choosing from a face-down stack of picture cards and sort them beneath the word with which they rhyme. Pupils practice this skill further by saying each picture's rhyming word already in that column. 

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

rhymes, phonemic awareness, phonemes, phonics, sorting & categorizing

Additional Tags

phonics, phonological awareness, rhyme, categorize, sort, reading pictures, first sound, english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • While this is most easily organized in a pocket chart, it can also be done on any flat surface
  • Work with class members independently, in a small group, or in a whole group

Classroom Considerations

  • Requires copies and prepping cards—laminate them to permit reuse

Pros

  • The activity appeals to both visual and kinesthetic learners
  • There are ideas and materials here for extensions

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RF.K.2.a

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