This teacher lesson plan is based on the children's book I'll Teach My Dog a Lot of Words by Michael Frith and provides lesson ideas and teaching activities for improving oral language skills. Worksheets for developing fluency in rhyming words, verb usage, and identifying opposites are included.
Teacher Lesson Plans for Rhyming Words Overview and Objectives
This lesson plan is age appropriate for early elementary students. Students learn and develop literacy skills using verbs, rhyming words, and opposites. This grammar lesson plan can be used as presented here, used in conjunction with other language arts lesson plans on action verbs and synonyms, or modified to suit specific curricula. It is designed for children who can read and write short sentences independently.
The teaching objectives for this lesson are:
- Increasing vocabulary and fluency
- Identifying and writing rhyming words
- Developing phonemic awareness
- Developing reading and writing skills
- Teaching opposites
This lesson plan builds on prior lessons about rhyming words and identifying opposites, as well as phonemic skills and abilities.
Here is a supply list for this fluency lesson plan:
- I’ll Teach My Dog a Lot of Words, Michael Frith, [First Random House Bright and Early Board Book Edition, 1999]
- Teacher worksheet for learning activities
- Flash cards for the following sight words: a, and , big, blue, my, red, run, the, to, all, are, do, there, him, some, then, think, walk, first, green, never
Teachers note: inexpensive flashcards can be made with blank index cards. To prepare the lesson activity worksheet, copy and paste the text below into a word processing program and print enough copies for every student.
Rhyming Words Worksheet
Reader Recall – Circle the correct rhyming word.
- Run – night, fun, there
- Light – beg, three, night
- Chair – shoe, there, zoo
- Drum – thumb, green, words
- Small – big, little, tall
- Tree – paint, me, think
Make an X on the correct opposite word.
- Big - tall, fat, little
- Fat - night, small, skinny
- Short - tiny, tall, small
- Dark - light, day, night
- Night - day, evening, morning
Use this list of color words and verbs from the story to create six original sentences.
- Red, run
- Blue, paint
- Green, chase
- Orange, eat
- Purple, walk
- Pink, follow
Teaching the Rhyming Words Lesson
Show the students the cover illustration of the book and ask them to make predictions, or a guess, about what may happen in the story. Emergent readers become better readers by making predictions from book covers, pictures, and other clues from stories and books. Ask the students to explain their predictions. Read the story and then give each student a worksheet to assess reader recall and comprehension.
After all students complete their worksheets, have them exchange papers and check answers. Review all wrong answers and make sure students understand the lesson materials. To conclude the lesson, use the prepared flashcards to review and reinforce the Dolch sight words.
Teacher Lesson Plans Book List to Extend the Lesson Materials
Here is a list of books on the theme of grammar and parts of speech. These books are an excellent way to extend the lesson materials and help students develop larger vocabularies and greater fluency.
- Hairy, Scary, Ordinary: What is an Adjective?, Brian Cleary, [Carolrhoda Books, 2001]
- Pitch and Throw, Grasp and Know, What is a Synonym?, Brian Cleary, [First Avenue Editions, 2007]
- Stop and Go, Yes and No: What is an Antonym?, Brian Cleary, [First Avenue Editions, 2008]
By the end of this grammar lesson plan, students heard the story and learned a lot of words. By completing lesson activity worksheets, they demonstrated comprehension of the lesson concepts and learning was assessed. Rhyming words, opposites, and sight words have been reviewed and reinforced.
For other teacher resources on parts of grammar, read "Language Arts Lesson Plans Teaching Opposites," or "Teacher Lesson Plans Rhyming Words and Synonyms."
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