What Are Rhyming Words Still Sound The Same?

Say: Yesterday I gave you all a definition of rhyming words. Does anyone remember it and can share it with us? (Wait for answer that is variation of: words that sound the same at the end).

Say: I noticed yesterday that some people were not sure how much of the word needs to sound the same for it to be a rhyme. When we are listening to words, you want to listen for everything after the vowel sound to sound the same. If you are looking at it written down, the vowel and letters that follow the vowel should be the same between the words. Just having the same last letter is not enough. Does anyone have any questions? (students might respond with “What if they aren’t spelled the same but still sound the same?” I would answer that, “while the main

If you would like to have a sheet with the examples I am going to do and the examples that we are going to do together on your desk, please raise your hand. (Pass out accommodating sheet) If I have to words Tell, Bell, and Ball, the two rhyming words are tell and bell. (Write words on the board as I say them.) Notice that the vowel is the same in tell and bell, but not in ball even though they end in an l sound. (Point to the vowel of the words written on the board)

Say: Now I was given the three words pot, pit, and fit, (Write words on board). I need to figure out which two of these three words rhyme. If I look at the very last sound in each of these, they all ends in a t, which is a t. Oh right, I need to look at the vowel sound too. Pot has an ah, pit as an ih, and fit has an ih. It seem like pit and fit are my

I would like you to do this activity in pairs, but if you would like to do it by yourself, that is okay. I am going to hand out a deck of cards that has ten cards in it. This deck has five rhyming pairs on the cards. I want you to decide if you want the cards with the pictures on them to help you read the words or if you want to try it without pictures. You will tell me which you would prefer when I hand them out. When you get the cards, you are going to place them face-down on your work space, all spread out. You are then going to flip over the cards in pairs, looking for the rhyming sets. If you are doing this with a partner, you are not trying to compete with each other. I want you to help each other out, so if you are not sure, just ask your partner. If you are doing this by yourself, I will be coming around to make sure it is going well. I will also be asking everyone questions about how they decided to make those pairs. When I ask you about a pair, this does not mean that you got the pair wrong. I just want to make sure that it is making sense. When you are all done, you need to leave the pairs on your workspace so that I can look at them. I will be writing down how many pairs you correctly matched (my formative assessment data). When you get done, you have a couple of options. If you did not finish the math practice during math time, it