RHYMING
Stage
Procedure
Distribute flashcards or pictures of rhyming words- number depending
on the age. These are my examples: hen, pen, duck, truck, car, star,
Lead in
mouse, house, pail, whale, cat, hat, balloon, spoon, chair, bear, frog, log,
bone, cone, tree, bee, block, and clock.
Sts divide the images into categories- animals and things. They can
then mount the pictures on the wall.
Elicit names of the TL, do it in their rhyming pairs, have the sts repeat,
blue tac to the board. After a few examples ask if the sts noticed
Presentation
anything- while eliciting rhyming pairs point to your ear- ‘listen’.
Continue drilling the words. Next nominate sts to come up to the
(meaning, form &
board and arrange the pictures and words into rhyming pairs. Every
pronunciation)
time they find a pair they have to say the words.
Ask concept check questions: ‘Is this a hat or a rat?’ (point to the
image), ‘Point to the tree’, ‘Where is the bee?’
1.Here are examples of rhyming worksheets, you can make your own or
download existing ones. These are from www.enchantedlearning.com
Sts colour in and label rhyming words.
Do a lot of chorus reading; mumble drills (where sts read quietly
mumbling the words to themselves), group and individual reading.
Practice
2.Running dictation- place the rhyming words and pictures on a
(controlled)
wall - Sts work in small groups and take turns to run, look at a word,
remember, run back and ‘dictate’ to their group. You can differentiate
the activity depending on the ability of your sts- you could have a
picture ‘dictation’ for lower level sts- arrange a number of pictures
outside on the wall, and have the runners ‘dictate’ the name of the
object- the other members of the group arrange their set of pictures
in order. For more able sts - you could prepare simple sentences to
dictate.
Produce a rhyming word/image poster- use scissors, glue, magazines,
Production
pictures/ flashcards. Pairs/small groups to present their work to the
(freer)
class.