K.2.A.i
The Standard
identifying and producing rhyming words
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for English Language Arts and Reading · The student develops word structure knowledge through phonological awareness, print concepts, phonics, and morphology to communicate, decode, and spell.
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students listen for words that have the same ending sound. They identify rhyming pairs and produce another word that rhymes with a given word.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can pick two rhyming words from a small set of spoken words or pictures. The student can also give a real or made-up rhyme for a familiar word.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may match words by first sound, such as sun and sock, instead of by ending sound. They may think words must be spelled alike to rhyme. Some may reject made-up words even when the ending sounds match.
How to Assess It
- Show picture cards for dog, log, and sun, then ask which picture rhymes with dog. Ask the student to say another word that rhymes with dog.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs picture cards, such as cat and hat, then have students find their matching rhyme partner and say both words aloud.
Ask, "What do you hear at the end of cake and snake, and how do you know they rhyme?"
Play rhyme toss by saying a word, tossing a beanbag, and having the catcher say a rhyming word before tossing again.
Read a short rhyming song or nursery rhyme, then let students supply each missing rhyme as the class chants together.
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