South Dakota ELA K.RF.2.c

ELAKindergartenReading Foundational Skills

The Standard

Recognize, generate, and categorize rhymes.

South Dakota English Language Arts Standards (2025)

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students hear when spoken words rhyme. They say a new rhyming word and sort picture cards into rhyme groups.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student says that cat and hat rhyme, but cat and cup do not. They add bat to the cat group and sort dog with log.
Common Misconceptions: Students may pair cat and cup because both start with the same sound. They may pair dog and cat because both are animals, rather than listening for rhyme.
How to Assess It: Say, “Do cat and hat rhyme? Do cat and cup rhyme? Tell me another word that rhymes with cat.” Then show pictures of a cat, hat, dog, and log and ask students to make rhyme pairs.

Lesson moves

Give students picture cards of cat, hat, dog, and log to place in two rhyming piles.
Ask, “Why do cat and hat rhyme, but cat and cup do not?” Have partners say the word endings aloud.
Play rhyme bingo: say “log,” and students cover a dog or frog picture, then say another rhyme.
Show a birthday card that says, “Birthday cheer, your day is here,” read it aloud, and ask which words rhyme.

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