Hear a rhyme

Supplied materials

• Paper and pencil, or a browser text area. All named people/events/records are fictional learning inputs.
• Worked case: Target: hat. Long word: rabbit. Short word: jam. Change pat: replace /p/ with /s/.
• Primary check: Target: run. Long word: banana. Short word: pen. Change tin: replace /t/ with /p/.
• An adult may read every direction and answer choice aloud; learners may respond by speaking, pointing or drawing.

Learn the idea

Rhyming words share the vowel sound and the sounds after it, even when their first sounds differ.

Say the target and each choice aloud. Listen to the end of each word, rather than looking only at the first letter.

Example to read or listen to: Target: hat. Long word: rabbit. Short word: jam. Change pat: replace /p/ with /s/. The answer is cat. Hat and cat both end with /at/. A matching first sound alone is not a rhyme.

1. Read or listen to the worked example. Say what the reading or writing task asks you to find. An adult can help with unfamiliar words.
2. Say the target and each choice aloud. Listen to the end of each word, rather than looking only at the first letter.
3. Check the worked solution: cat. Hat and cat both end with /at/. A matching first sound alone is not a rhyme.
4. Try the question and the practice questions. Point to the words that helped you choose before checking the feedback.

Check your reasoning

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Take it further

Optional extra practice: With adult help, say two words that rhyme with bed, clap the beats in picnic, say the last sound in cup, and replace /b/ in bat with /k/. Expected: examples red and fed; two beats; /p/; cat. Practice this lesson’s skill as you complete the task. Use this idea to check your work: Rhyming words share the vowel sound and the sounds after it, even when their first sounds differ.

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