Today's Classroom Activities :

Rhyming

Remembering Rhymes
Language Often when it is important to remember something, rhyming can be a great help. Here is a poem to help your students remember the steps in the writing process. Next, have your students write poems using other topics they are trying to remember right now.

The Writing Process

by Elizabeth Smalligan

First, you need to think, think, think
Of all the ideas you can pen in ink.

Then it's time to write, write, write.
That rough draft gets the thoughts in sight.

Change, change, change is the next thing to do.
Revise your paper 'til it looks like new.

Correct, correct, correct is next on the list.
Check for grammar you might have missed.

Finally, it's time to share, share, share
Your finished paper with people who care.

Play with Words: Rhyme & Verse
In this lesson, students will use their senses to experience poetry. Students will listen to poems and rhymes, clap out syllables, and sing along with familiar tunes. They will also use puppets and crafts to help recall and retell favorite poems. Finally, students will experience the joy of crafting their own original poems.

Sheep in a Jeep Lesson
This lesson uses Sheep in a Jeep by Nancy Shaw to focus on rhyming words.

A-Hunting We Will Go: Teaching Rhyming Through Musical Verse
This lesson is most appropriate for second graders, but it could be adapted for kindergarten or first graders. Students first learn to sing the song "A-Hunting We Will Go" with its original verses and several new verses that support rhyming concepts. Then they brainstorm pairs of rhyming words and create their own verses for the song. As a follow-up activity, students can create original verses using other simple rhyming songs as a framework.

Pre Reading (Word Families)(Rhyming)
Each student will be introduced to rhyming sounds by using poetry.

Phonological Awareness/Rhyming
Students will recognizes basic patterns of language (such as rhyming and word families).

About the Humpty Dumpty—Identifying Rhyming Words Lesson
The children will be able to identify rhyming words and create simple verses.