Rhyming words
Recognise and produce rhyming words; join in with predictable phrases and rhymes in stories and poems; learn to appreciate and recite poems by heart
What a learner can do afterwards
- Identify which words rhyme from a set (e.g. cat, bat, dog)
- Generate a word that rhymes with a given target
- Join in with repeated refrains and rhyming patterns during shared reading
1 · Read
Say words aloud to hear a rhyme. Ask someone to read unfamiliar words with you. Cat and hat have matching vowel and ending sounds: at. Cat and coat both end with /t/, but their vowel sounds differ. Words do not rhyme just because they start alike or mean similar things.
To find a rhyme, listen to a word's ending. Think of another word, then say both to check. In 'The fox sits on a box', fox and box rhyme. Longer words can rhyme too. Silly and chilly share illy, from the strong beat to the end. Silly and happy both end in an ee sound, but illy and appy differ.
Some poems have rhymes at the ends of lines. Others do not rhyme. Listen: 'Here is my bug. He sits on a rug.' Bug and rug rhyme. To finish a rhyming line, find a word that rhymes and fits the sentence. For a longer choice, check its last word.
A refrain is a line that comes again. Listen as a helper reads: 'Step through the snow. Here we go. Walk very slow. Here we go.' Join in each time you hear 'Here we go'. To learn a short poem by heart, hear it, repeat its lines together, then try saying it without looking. Your helper can check the words and order.
Rhymes have matching vowel and ending sounds. Say the words aloud to check.
Original lesson, practice and oral activities written for this dataset. Question q21 includes words from the traditional rhyme 'Rain, rain, go away'.
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