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Learning Objectives

• Students will be able to: Identify pairs of rhyming words with 80% accuracy.
• Students will be able to: Orally produce a rhyming word for a given word with 70% accuracy.

IV. Materials and Resources

• Picture cards of rhyming pairs (e.g., cat/hat, dog/log, sun/run, bee/tree, pig/wig).
• Individual whiteboards or paper and markers/crayons.
• Technology: Interactive whiteboard or projector, educational rhyming games or songs (e.g., Starfall, YouTube rhyming songs).
• Manipulatives: Small objects that can represent words (e.g., blocks, counters).
• Chart paper or whiteboard for shared writing.

V. Multiple Means of Representation (Instructional Strategies and Resources)

• Visual Supports: Use picture cards to clearly represent the words being discussed, making the connection between the spoken word and its visual form.
• Auditory Supports: Emphasize the sounds in the words, stretching them out and highlighting the ending sounds that are the same in rhyming words. Utilize rhyming songs and poems to provide auditory models.
• Kinesthetic Supports: Use manipulatives to represent words. For example, students can move a block for each sound in a word and then compare the ending sounds of two words.
• Interactive Technology: Employ interactive whiteboard activities or rhyming games on tablets where students can visually and auditorily match rhyming words.
• Varied Pacing: Present information at a pace that allows all students to process. Offer opportunities for repetition and review as needed.
• Clear and Explicit Instruction: Define rhyming clearly and provide multiple examples. Use consistent language and visual cues (e.g., pointing to the ending of words).

VI. Multiple Means of Engagement (Meaningful and Engaging Learning Opportunities)

• Games and Activities: Incorporate rhyming games like “Rhyme Time Bingo,” “Go Fish for Rhymes,” or “Silly Rhyme Chains” to make learning fun and interactive.
• Movement and Music: Use songs and actions to reinforce rhyming patterns (e.g., clapping or stomping on the rhyming part of the word).
• Choice and Autonomy: Offer students choices in some activities, such as selecting which rhyming pairs to work with or which rhyming game to play.
• Collaborative Learning: Encourage students to work in pairs or small groups to identify and produce rhyming words, fostering peer interaction and support.
• Real-World Connections: Relate rhyming to familiar songs, stories, and nursery rhymes that students already know.
• Technology Integration: Use interactive rhyming apps or websites that provide immediate feedback and adapt to student progress, increasing engagement and motivation.

VII. Multiple Means of Expression (Assessments Aligned to Standards)

• Formative Assessment:
  • Observation: Observe students during rhyming games and activities, noting their ability to identify and produce rhymes.
  • Think-Pair-Share: Pose a question (e.g., “What rhymes with ‘blue’?”) and have students think individually, discuss with a partner, and then share with the class.
  • Quick Write/Draw: Ask students to draw a picture of two rhyming words or write down a rhyming word for a given word on their whiteboards or paper.
• Summative Assessment:
  • Rhyming Word Identification Task: Present students with a series of picture cards and ask them to identify the rhyming pair within a set of three cards.
  • Rhyming Word Production Task: Give students a target word orally and ask them to say or write a word that rhymes with it.
  • Rhyme Matching Activity (Technology-Based): Use an interactive platform where students drag and drop rhyming words or pictures to match them.

VIII. Extension Activity/Homework

• Home Environment:
  • Rhyme Hunt: Encourage families to go on a “rhyme hunt” at home, identifying objects that have rhyming names (e.g., mat/cat, book/cook). Students can draw pictures or list the rhyming pairs they find.
  • Rhyming Story Creation: With family support, students can try to create a short, silly story using rhyming words.
  • Listen and Learn: Suggest listening to rhyming songs and poems together as a family.
• Classroom Extension:
  • Rhyming Word Sort: Provide students with a collection of picture cards and have them sort them into groups of rhyming words.
  • Creating Rhyming Sentences: Challenge students to create simple sentences using rhyming words (e.g., “The cat sat on the mat.”).
  • Advanced Rhyming: For students who grasp the concept quickly, introduce more complex rhyming patterns or multisyllabic rhymes.

This detailed lesson plan incorporates multiple means of representation, engagement, and expression, along with appropriate extension activities for the home environment and classroom. Remember to adapt this plan based on the specific needs and interests of your students and the resources available to you. Good luck with your instructional planning!