Author: Andrea Earle

Teacher Tips

Weekly Work

September 29, 2014
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Mrs. Allaby
Mrs. Earle
Mrs. Kingston
Mrs. White
Mrs. Walsh

The ability to recognize and produce rhyming words is an important phonological awareness skill. Research indicates there is a correlation between phonological awareness and reading ability.
This week’s Teacher Tips is focused on producing rhyming words. If your child needs more practice with last week’s activities, keep working on them, a few moments at a time.
It is important to remember that rhyming is a developmental skill that will emerge over time. Be patient with your child as s/he learns this skill. If s/he has persistent difficulty with rhyming or other phonemic awareness skills, consider having his/her hearing screened. You can also make an appointment with your child’s teacher to share your concerns.

Production of Rhyming Words has 3 levels. Can your child...
Generate a rhyming word when you give them a beginning sound?
“Tell me a word that rhymes with __ and begins with ___ (say the sound not the letter)” no and begins with /s/ (so) me and begins with /k/ (key) juice and begins with /m/ (moose)
2. Generate a rhyming word to complete a sentence?
”Complete the sentence using a rhyming word.” A big dog’s paw...is what I ___. (saw) The silly goat...is wearing a ___. (coat) The fox...was sitting in a ___. (box)
Generate two to five rhyming words when given a target word?
“Tell me some words that rhyme with ________”. say, go, base, feel, zoom.
The Ship is Loaded with…..
To begin this game, you say, “The ship is loaded with cheese”. Then have your child produce a rhyme (e.g. “The ship is loaded with peas”) and then you produce another rhyme (“The ship is loaded with fleas”). Continue this game until you both run out of rhymes. Play the game again with new cargo.
The ship is loaded with cheese. (peas, fleas, trees, keys, bees, etc.)
The ship is loaded with logs. (dogs, hogs, frogs, etc.)
The ship is loaded with mats. (cats, rats, bats, hats, etc.)
The ship is loaded with stars. (cars, bars, jars, etc.)
Note: If your child is having difficulty with this activity, review possible rhyme families with your child prior to beginning this game.
On the reverse of this page, you will find another suggested activity to help your child learn how to produce rhymes.

Connections

This week’s edition of Teacher Tips highlights outcomes for Reading and Writing. Appropriate Achievement means the child is able to...
Understand basic concepts of print including directionality, word, space, letter and sound (includes rhyming).
Use letters to represent the predominate sounds in words.

B.I.B. Friday Draw a rhyme monster.
This activity is level 2 of rhyme production. If your child is not quite ready to do this on their own, please help them. On Friday, your child will share their unique drawing.