Students explore rhyming and why different words rhyme. Students learn the purpose of phonemes in words and specific sounds of vowels and consonances together to form sounds that rhyme. Students also practice and demonstrate rhyming through developing and creating new words that rhyme using substitution of letters in one-syllabic words.
Rhyming words is understood through phonemes and creating new words that rhyme starting with substituting the first letter.
What is a rhyming word?
Why do words rhyme?
What is the same between these two words?
What do you see that is similar?
How do the words sound?
How can you create a different word that rhymes with this word?
Key vocabulary from the standard include: develop, create, syllable, phonics, and substitute rhyming words by the end of the lesson unit.
Key vocabulary for students include: rhyme, ending, phoneme, and syllable.
Prior to Implementation
During Implementation
After Implementation
The setting is a 6:1:1 special education classroom. There are 6 students (5 boys and 1 girl), one classroom teacher, one teacher assistant, and one supplementary aide in the room. Every student in the class is diagnosed with a disability and have an Individualized Education Plan (IEP). The students are primarily on a 1st grade level in ELA, math, and science; the students’ abilities range drastically. One student in particular in the classroom is low academically functioning. He cannot read, write, count, or recognize letters in the alphabet. Another student in the classroom is higher academically and has the ability to read on a 2nd grade level and he is working on multiplication of one-digit numbers. The other students in the class are in general standings academically; the students are able to read on a late 1st grade level as well as do one and two digit addition without regrouping. The students in this setting receive many services including: occupational therapy (OT), physical therapy (PT), speech therapy, and counseling. The students are constantly being pulled at different times for these services, making it rare to have all six students present in the classroom at the same time. Throughout this Learning Experience the regular classroom rules, policies, and procedures were used; similar to those in the Appendix. The classroom layout is also included in the Appendix with digital pictures attached.