Grade 2 – Literacy – Rhyming

Lesson Title: Rhyming 

Teacher: Alannah Uliski and Sheena Wolfer

Total Lesson Time: 45 minutes

Stage 1: Identify Desired Results

CR2.3 – Listen and retell (with support from the text) the key literal and inferential ideas (messages) and important details heard in small- and large-group activities, and follow oral directions and demonstrations.

c) Understand and apply the appropriate cues and conventions (pragmatic, textual, syntactical, semantic/lexical/morphological, graphophonic, and other) to construct and confirm meaning when listening.

I can decide if two words given to me rhyme.

I can look at a group of words and pick out the ones that rhyme.

What does it mean for words to rhyme with eachother?

Students should already have a basic understanding of why/how words to rhyme.

-Visual Hook – Starting with an engaging video to get attention

-Whole group instruction

-Use of a children’s book – Development activity

Stage 2: Determine Evidence for Assessing Learning

-Video “Lets Rhyme! Rhyming Games for Kids” check for understanding by asking students to give a thumbs up or down if the words rhyme

-Story “Pig the Winner” check for understanding by asking the students if they can find the rhyming words and if they can think of other words that rhyme 

-Rhyming cards will be handed out to each student and will check the students understanding of words that rhyme as they search on their own for the matching word that rhymes

Stage 3: Build Learning Plan

Introduce the lesson by telling the students we are going to be practising our rhyming.

We will watch the video “Let’s Rhyme! Rhyming Game For Kids” posted on Youtube by Twinkl Learning Resources  (link in the materials section).

The video has a game component that asks the kids to pick which words rhyme. Pause the video and get the kids to answer by putting up their hands and choosing a student. Then continue the video and repeat for each question the video asks. 

Development: 20 minutes

Read “Pig the Winner” together as a class. Either have a read aloud version on youtube or use a document camera so everybody can see all the words on the board.

Option 1: Read the book stanza by stanza. After each stanza stop and pick out the rhyming words from that stanza. Underline or circle on the board so students can see and understand better. 

Option 2: Read the entire book together as a class, then flip back to a couple of different pages and pick out the rhyming words on those pages. Do 1 to 3 pages. 

Learning Closure: 15 Minutes

Once we are done the book we will hand each student a card with a picture and a word on it (link to cards in the materials section). *Make sure you have the right amount of cards and are using pathe pairs of cards so each student will have a card that matches with someone*

Once all students have a card they will be instructed to find someone who has a card with a word that rhymes with the word on their own card. Once a student has found their partner. They need to find a teacher to see if their match is right. When the partners come to you ask them what makes their words rhyme. 

Once the student has found their partner and verified that it is correct with a teacher they will be instructed to go sit in their desks until everyone has found their partners.

If there is time we will hand the cards out again trying to give the students different cards and repeat the activity for extra practise.

Let’s Rhyme! Rhyming Game for Kids | Learn to Rhyme | Twinkl

Pig the Winner (Aaron Blabey) – Daily Read Aloud

Rhyming Cards

Possible Adaptations/ Differentiation:

– Rhyming Cards will have the word and a picture for students 

– Book will visible on the projector so the kids will hear and see the words to identify the rhyming words

Management Strategies:

– Having students put their hand up when they want to answer the questions we are asking them.

– Having a way to get the classes attention for example: teacher will say “macaroni and cheese” students say “everybody freeze” 

Safety Considerations:

– Make sure students are walking around the classroom and not running during the Rhyming card activity