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[ucfvgirl]

Hey Everyone,

I have been working with rhyming words during the summer vacation and I would like to continue for this week, but I have run out of ideas. Does anyone have any? My students are at the middle school level and are average/below average ability.

We have done some nursery rhymes and played a few games, but I have run out of my 'main idea' content. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

[SeniorEnglish]

Poems with words that rhyme.
Have you tried matching?
Or rhyme jeopardy.( a word that is a color and rhymes with head)

[Hotpants]

If you're really exhausted of ideas, do you think it might be time for a change of theme? If not, perhaps you can look at my website (link below) for resources - look under 'P' for 'Poetry' and you can find the site which offers ideas such as this:

SAMPLE SAUSAGE POEM -- WITH MATCHING SOUNDS

Dad drives Zara and Della around Dallas.


There's also a link under the 'Song' section which will lead you to this:

http://officediversions.com/discover/modules/mylinks/visit.php?cid=2&lid=55

On this site, you can get the computer to literally sing your rhyming poems - quite fun...

How about Dr Seuss? Phonics approach? (Many phonics workbooks have rhyming activities).[/url]

[buster brown]

Don't forget about using Dr. Seuss. Loads of stuff you can do if you have access to his books.

[ajuma]

Rhyming is more important than many people think it is. After teaching rhyming words, I've found that student's comprehension goes up a LOT! The Korean language doesn't use rhymes, so students are usually unaware of them. They listen mostly for the beginning sounds, not the end sounds.

Robert Louis Stevenson has some great poems. Check out http://www.bartleby.com/188/index2.html. "The Swing" and "Bed in Summer" are two that I use. They both have very strong rhythm and rhyme.

When I teach rhyming, I play a game. I write a word on the board (I use pot, bed and new). Taking turns by team, the students have to come up with words that rhyme with the "target" word. I use a different color marker or chalk for each team, then count how many words they found.

I use them in this order because there are no different spelling for "ot" words: hot, cot, lot, allot, trot, but there are a few for "ed", such as head, red/read, said...

There are around 50 words that rhyme with "new": knew, shoe, blue, too, to, two, who...

If it's a small class, you could do a "memory match" type game.

[ucfvgirl]

I am glad that people are willing to share teaching ideas....I am going to try some of the suggested ideas out. I know there at a ton of things I can do, but considering I am going home to Canada for a vacation in 5 days, my brain is not focused on lesson planning. Thanks so much for the help.

[justagirl]

I made up my own "memory" game, though it wasn't the same word they were looking for, but rhyming words. They really liked that.