Blended Learning Lesson Plan

Lesson Title: Let’s Make Time To Learn About Rhymes!

Objectives:
Students will be able to… Identify what makes a word rhyme and words that rhyme
Students will be able to… Analyze a sentence to see what words rhyme together
State Standards:

Standard 2: Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds.

2.1 Recognize and produce rhyming words.

Context:
This lesson is being taught in order to further develop the reading comprehension and analysis of
the children as they begin to sharpen their reading skills. At this point in the curriculum, this
lesson is coming after the end of standard one which included recognizing all of the lower and
uppercase letters in the alphabet. Though the students will not have much experience with word
structures, they should bring in a knowledge of using the sounds of letters or pronounce words in
order to identify which words rhyme together. After this portion of the lesson standards topics,
students will be learning how to count, pronounce, blend, and segment syllables in spoken
words. To prepare them for this, we will be mainly focusing on the pronunciation of these
rhyming words to identify what sounds in the words make them rhyme.
Data:
The class will be broken down into three groups based on reading comprehension pretest scores
that were taken down at the end of unit/standard 1. During this verbal test, the students were
given a small list of about 10-12 words that they had to read back to me. This resulted in giving
give the instructor a gage as to where the student is at when it comes to sounding out words and
pronouncing them. As far as futures lessons go the hope would be that there will slowly be
people moving out of the lower and middle groups to the point where we can make a 2-group
system.
Materials:
Parts of Lesson Materials needed
Introduction  The book “Green eggs and ham” by: Dr. Seuss
Teacher Directed  Computer & Smart Board to watch and analyze
“Rhyming For Kids” video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVuWKBFkZcU
  Big note pad & colored markers
Collaborative Station  “Rhyming words for kindergartners” song on iPad
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuAjgo6NSVM
 Worksheet (picture provided below)

Independent Digital  Wonster Words Learning Games app on iPads

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wonster-words-
learning-games/id881119321

Closure  The Rhyming Words Game Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Cc1TL-0bXo

 End of lesson exit slip (worksheet)

Detailed paragraphs from here on down.

Procedures:
Introduction (20 minutes):
This will take place at the start of the day after the kids come into class and get situated
with bag drop off and eating breakfast. When the final bell sounds and announcement have
finished, we will begin the lesson. To grab the student’s attention, I will give them the task to
imagine a world where the only things that could be said are things that have the same end
sounds such as can and ran. While the students think of this concept, I will transition into the
reading of “Green Eggs and Ham” By: Dr Suess. Before the reading, I will ask the students to try
to listen for any of the words that sounds similar and try to remember their favorite two words by
the end of the story. At the end of the story, I will select a few students to share their favorite.
We will then ask the class is they agree or disagree if the two words rhyme then come to
conclusion as a class. After a few have shared it is time for stations, the groups will be written
out on the board, and the stations will then be explained before the kids are dismissed from the
carpet.

Teacher Directed (15 minutes):

This will be the first station during this lesson, and it will include a short video on basic
rhyming. For this station, I want to make sure to focus on pronunciation of words as we say
them. This was it ensures that the students have a fundamental understanding about how similar
sounding words should sound in a sentence. That way, the students will then begin to learn about
the overall concept of rhyming in writing. The student will watch this short video which should
take about 5 minutes. Then we will discuss the words in the video that rhymed and write them on
the big note pad of paper. For each set of words given we will underline the sound that makes
these words sound the same. Giving the students another form of visual aid to process the
structure of rhyming words and how they should sound. This will take the remainder of the
station and students will then rotate to the next station.

Collaborative (15 minutes):

At this station students will work in their small groups and watch “Rhyming Words for
Kindergarteners” video on YouTube. This video will show them a series of basic words in the
form of an easy to learn song. The hope from this activity is to continue the fundamental
understanding of rhyming principals, and the proper pronunciation of these basic rhyming words.
At the end of the video, students then work on a worksheet to circle every picture on the
worksheet that rhymes. This activity will allow the groups to work together to collaborate on
ideas in order to finish the worksheet. These worksheets will then be collected from each group
member to keep track on how everyone in the groups are doing.

Independent Digital (15 minutes):

For this station, the students will be working independently on their iPads while spread
out in spaces in the back of the classroom in the reading area. The students will each be using the
app “Wonster Words Learning Games” and will be completely activities in the “Rhymes” tab.
Hopefully, this activity will act as a processing period for the information given before we head
back to a group setting for our closing activity. As well as still provide the children with a chance
to sharpen their skills when it comes to identifying and pronouncing rhyming words. As they
move through the activities their progress will be saved as they go in case of technical difficulty
during this activity period.

Closure (20 minutes):

For the final section of this lesson; the students will regroup on the rug and we will begin
going over the stations and how everyone enjoys or did not enjoy them. While we go over this, I
will begin to put the exit sheet out on the student’s tables. After getting some feedback for the
first 5-7 minutes, I will ask students to stand up and get ready to sing and dance as we watch an
interactive video about rhyming words. I will then play the “Rhyming Words Game” video as an
interactive way to get students moving and active while still focusing on the lesson. After this 3-
minute video, the students will go back to their seats and I will quickly go over what they should
do on their exit slip before the lesson is over. The exit sheet will be a set of words in two
columns, the students will draw a line to each matching word on the set. Then they will hand it in
as they are finishing up. This will allow me to gage where each group is a whole, and also see
where the areas are that we need to improve on.

Rationale:
“Rhyming for Kids” YouTube Video
I chose to use this multimedia because this was exactly the slow-paced breakdown of the
topic that I wanted to start of the lesson. This video the supports student standards by showing in
fact how to identify rhyming words. As well as shows how to properly identify them in a
sentence by the ending sound of the words around it. I know this a high-quality piece of
multimedia due to the fact that it lines up perfectly with the learning goals of lesson. In addition,
it shows a high-quality demonstration of an interactive experience for the viewer to enjoy as well
as participate in. This multimedia appeals to all learners because of its visual aide for visual
learners through the use of colors for different words on the screen. This also supports audio
learners by being able to hear the sounds out loud of words that sounds similar in order to
process what differentiates those words from any other word in the sentence.

“Rhyming words for kindergartners” song

I chose this multimedia because of its simplicity yet efficientcy to explain the concept of
the lesson. This is the perfect tool to allow children to retain information that they can put into a
catchy song to sing whenever they want to. Making it the perfect tool to insert into the lesson as
we begin to go more in depth with the topic. This supports both the student standards and
objectives, as well as student learning, but giving the student a variety of rhyming words explain
why they are considered rhyming words, and how to pronounce them properly. This can be
considered a high-quality form of multimedia because of its learning goal alignment; as well as
the reusability, and standards compliance to the song. This appeals to all different types of
learners for a variety of reasons. For example, the song allows visual aide because of the
corresponding pictures to the words on the screen. This support audio learners by creating a
catchy tune that they can hear and retain during the lesson. Finally, the song would benefit
interactive hands on works because it is also something, they can sing along to in order to
remember the information given.

Wonster Words Learning Games app

This multimedia was in my opinion on the easiest to use all-purpose Early ELA apps I
have seen. This supports student learning objectives and standards by showing students how to
identify rhyming words from non-rhyming words properly in a sequence or words. This is a
high-quality form of multimedia media because of its direct learning goal alignment by actually
going over the concept of rhyming words for the children to understand. Also, the reusability of
the app is useful to kids of all early elementary ages, making this a tool that can be used for a
variety of lessons. The interaction usability of this app makes it an easy to use, fun experience
that children can feel as though they are really learning the content on their own. Finally, the
presentation design of this is extremely fit for the target audience of the app; making it all the
more fitting to be used in the lesson from color and easy to look at design. This multimedia can
be useful for all learning styles because of its all-around user experience. For auditory learners,
the app and pronounces reads words aloud as much as you would like in order to maximize
retention for these types of learnings. For visual learners, the app shows words to choose from on
the screen as well as sometimes a corresponding picture to said word, giving the student two
forms of aide within the same exercise to ensure for retention of the content. Finally, this is
useful for interactive hands on learns because of the apps ability to have the user do all the
choice their own answers through the touch screen; giving the student full immersion into the
content.

The Rhyming Words Game Video

I chose this multimedia since it would play a great role in the lesson in any closing
activity for a lesson. This is because it gets all the remaining energy out from of the class after
stations, while still being able to review the content in a way that will show who is understand it
and who is not. This game show 3 words on the screen, two that rhyme, and one that either will
rhyme with the other two or be a completely different sounding word. The students must identify
if the words sound the same and remain standing. Or sit down if the third word does not rhyme
with the other two words given. This supports the student learning objectives and standards by
demonstrating how to properly identify rhyming words in a set of words, as well as how to
properly pronounce them. The video can be considered high quality learning content due to the
fact that the presentation design is exactly the type of style that would retain in the minds of
young students. As well as the learning goal alignments that the video has to offer. Finally, this
gives motivation to the students in a lightly completive manner driving them to want to learn the
content to win the game. This can be used for all different styles of learning for a number of
reasons. One being that for interactive learners, this is the perfect tool to get you fully involved
in the concept that you are learning in order to make the students understand the information
better. For audio learners, the host of the game does a great job pouncing the words in a way that
is meant for first time listeners of these words, making this an easy to use tool for kids of
younger age groups. Finally, for visual learners, all the words in the video are displayed on the
screen as they are being said, again showing multiple forms of visual aide to ensure students will
understand the content given.