UNLOCKING THE MYSTERY OF RHYME

Julie Weeks

EXC 7390

LESSON PLAN

OBJECTIVE: Students will identify rhyming words in context

PROCEDURE: Students will listen to the teacher read Is Your Mama a Llama?. The teacher will guide the students in identifying rhyming

words throughout the story.

The teacher will use the following strategies to explore the concept of rhyming:

1. Auditory discrimination between rhyming and non-rhyming words

2. Substitution of initial sounds to form new rhyming words3. Selection of words that rhyme as displayed through

pictures and print4. Independent practice: “Find the Rhyme” worksheet

MATERIALS: The book: Is Your Mama a Llama?Computer with presenter boxT.V.Power Point presentation: “Rhyming Words”Worksheets: “Find the Rhyme” and “Matching Pairs”

EVALUATION: Students will be able to independently complete the worksheet, “Matching Pairs”, with 80% accuracy.

              

  

What is rhyme?

rhyme When one word shares the same ending

sound as another word

Poetry or verse

Is Your Mama a Llama?

“Is your mama a llama?” I asked my friend Dave. “No, she is not,” is the answer Dave gave.

“She hangs by her feet, and she lives in a cave.I do not believe that’s how llamas behave.”

“Oh,” I said. “You are right about that. I think that your mama sounds more like a bat!”

“Is your mama a llama?” I asked my friend Fred.“No, she is not,” is what Freddy said.

“She has a long neck and white feathers and wings.I don’t think a llama has all of those things.”

Let’s Look at the Word Endings:

DAVE

CAVE

THAT

WINGS

GAVE

BEHAVE

BAT

THINGS

Listen carefully: I am going to say two words. Tell me if you think they rhyme or do NOT rhyme.

YOU can make words rhyme by changing the first sound and leaving the last sound the same!

B + OY = BOY

BOYT + OY = TOY

TOYJ + OY = JOY

JOYCan you think of a word that would rhyme with CAT?

CAT CAT FAT HAT MAT PAT RAT SAT BAT

Look at the following pictures to see if you can find the rhyming words!

FROG FROG LOG

LOG

CAT

CAT

FR + OG = FROG

&

L + OG = LOG

CAR CAR TRUCK

TRUCK

JAR JAR

C + AR = CAR

&

J + AR = JAR

CHAIR CHAIR BRAIN

BRAINTRAIN

TRAIN

B + RAIN = BRAIN

&

T + RAIN = TRAIN

DOLL DOLL MOUSE

MOUSEHOUSE

HOUSE

M + OUSE = MOUSE

&

H + OUSE = HOUSE

“FIND THE RHYME”

Now, let’s check your answers!

1. A dog can wag his tail.

2. The U.S. flag is red, white, and blue.

3. We clean with a rag.

4. A fun game to play is tag.

5. At Halloween, we get a trick-or-treat bag.

Now, let’s show what you know!

“MATCHING PAIRS”