Rhyming Words for Kindergarten

Kindergarten Reading

by Natalie Chari July 9, 2015

It's no crime to learn how to rhyme on a dime. This delightful reading lesson teaches kids about rhyming words
and where they can be found.

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to identify rhyming words.

Materials and preparation Key terms

Hop on Pop by Dr. Seuss rhyming words

Book of nursery rhymes
Rhyming words flashcards
Class set of the My Rhyming Book: -Ee
worksheet
Class set of the My Rhyming Book: -Ock
worksheet
Class set of the My Word Family Book: "At"
Words worksheet
Colored pencils
Scissors
Stapler
Pencils
Paper

Attachments

My Rhyming Book (2) (PDF)

My Rhyming Book: -Ee (PDF)
My Rhyming Book: -Ock (PDF)
My Word Family Book: "At" Words (PDF)

Introduction (15 minutes)

Introduce the concept of rhyming words to your students. Explain that rhyming words are words that
have the same ending sounds. For example, "cat" and "hat" are rhyming words.
Read aloud some entries from your book of nursery rhymes, and emphasize the rhyming words as you go
along.
After each rhyme, ask students to tell you what rhyming words they noticed.

Explicit Instruction/Teacher modeling (30 minutes)

Read aloud Hop on Pop by Dr. Seuss. As you did with the book of nursery rhymes, emphasize whatever
rhyming words you come across.
Pause occasionally, and ask students to identify any rhyming words they've noticed.

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Guided Practice (15 minutes)

Bring out the cards from the flashcard set, and mix them up.
Have students assist you in looking through the cards and pairing up rhyming words.

Independent working time (20 minutes)

Distribute different My Rhyming Book worksheets to each student.

Have students work on completing their pages and cutting them out. After each student finishes
assembling his pages, staple them together for him and hand him a different worksheet.

Differentiation

Enrichment: Advanced students can be given an extra assignment. Have them read Hop on Pop on their own
and write down all of the rhyming words in the book.

Support: Have one-on-one review sessions with struggling students. Go over different pairs of rhyming words
with them to make sure they understand the concept of end rhymes.

Assessment (10 minutes)

Distribute pencils and sheets of paper to the class.

Ask each student to write down three pairs of rhyming words on his sheet.
Then, ask students to write down as many examples of rhyming words from Hop on Pop as they can.
Collect the sheets and look over them after the lesson to assess each student's understanding of the
material.

Review and closing (5 minutes)

Remind students of the definition of rhyming words: words that have the same ending sounds.
Tell them that most songs, nursery rhymes, and poems have rhyming words.
Advise them to keep their eyes and ears open for rhyming words whenever they listen to songs or read
poetry.

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 My Rhyming Book
Color in the pictures and fill in the blank spaces.
Then, have an adult help you cut out the pages and staple your book together.

‘s
Rhyming
Book 1. nake 3.

ake 2. ake 4.
 My Rhyming Book
Color in the pictures and fill in the blank spaces.
Then, have an adult help you cut out the pages and staple your book together.

‘s
Rhyming
Book ree

3
1. 3.

ee 2. hree 4.

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 My Rhyming Book
Color in the pictures and fill in the blank spaces.
Then, have an adult help you cut out the pages and staple your book together.

‘s
Rhyming
Book 1. ock 3.

K R
ock 2. lock 4.

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Name: Date: Color in the pictures and fill in the
blank spaces. Then, have an adult
help you cut out the pages and
My Word Family Book staple your book together.

‘s
Word Family
Book 1. at 3.

at 2. at 4.

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