The document provides a reference for teaching onset and rime in phonetics, explaining how changing the initial sound (onset) while maintaining the ending sound pattern (rime) alters the word. It includes a variety of examples across different vowel sounds, alongside sentences and word-guessing games to reinforce the concept. Additionally, it offers video resources for further learning.

1. beach
Onset and Rime Reference
small
tall
peach

2. Onset and Rime Reference
Words change by substituting the initial sound (onset)
while keeping the predictable ending pattern (rime)
.
As children listen to the sounds in words, they begin to
hear predictable sound patterns / chunks
For example, cat, hat, mat, rat, sat, and flat, all have the
rime: at
Onset refers to the consonant(s) before the rime:
c,h,m,r,s,fl. Changing the onset changes the word.
cat, hat, mat, rat, sat, flat

3. One Syllable Onset and Rimes Reference Chart
Rimes that begin with the vowel /a/.
short /a/ long /a/
__ab
cab, dab, fab, gab, lab, crab. grab
__ace
face, lace, pace, race, place, space
__ack
back, jack, lack, pack, rack, snack.
__ade
fade, jade, made, spade, shade, trade
__ad
bad, dad, fad, had, mad, sad grad
__age
cage, page, rage, sage, wage, stage
__ag
bag, lag, rag, tag, wag, flag, snag
__ane
cane, Jane, lane, pane, crane, plane
__all
ball, fall, hall, mall, tall, wall, small
__ape
cape, gape, tape, drape, grape, shape
__an
can, fan, man, pan, ran, van, plan
__ate
date, gate, Kate, late, crate, plate
__at
bat, cat, hat, mat, rat, sat, flat
__ave
Dave, gave, pave, save, wave, brave

4. Fun Sentences
Find the Rime
at, ack, an, ace, ape, ave
1. The cat sat on the flat mat.
2. His snack was in his backpack on the rack.
3. The man ran to his van to get his fan.
4. Her pace was so slow she did not place in the race.
5. Wearing her cape she found the tape to fix the
drape.
6. Dave was brave he gave a big wave to scare the
dog and save the cat.

5. Guess My Word
Read the following clues to students and have them
guess the word
1. It starts with the same beginning sound (onset) as bag and has the same
ending sound (rime) as tall. What is my word? Answer: ball
2. Is starts with same beginning sound as Jack (onset) and has the same
ending sound (rime) as plane. What is my word? Answer: Jane
3. It starts with the same beginning sound (onset) as man and has the same
ending sound (rime) as fade. What is my word? Answer: made
4. It starts with the same beginning sound (onset) as grad and has the same
ending sound (rime) as tape. What is my word? Answer: grape
5. It starts with the same beginning sound (onset) as place and has the same
ending sound (rime) as lane. What is my word? Answer: plane
6. It starts with the same beginning sound (onset) as flag and has the same
ending sound (rime) as cat. What is my word? Answer: flat

6. One Syllable Onset and Rimes Reference Chart
Rimes that begin with the vowel /e/.
short /e/ long /e/
__ ed
bed, fed, led, red, fled, shed. sled
__ ee
bee, fee, see, free, tree, three
__ eg
beg, leg, Meg, peg, Greg
__ eed
deed, feed, need, seed, weed, speed
__ell
bell, cell, fell, sell, tell, well, shell
__ eek
keep, meek, peek, seek, week, creek
__ en
Ben, den, hen, men, pen, ten, then
__eel
feel, heel, peel, reel, steel, wheel
__ ent
bent, cent, dent, rent, sent, tent, spent
__ eep
beep, deep, jeep, keep, sleep, sheep
__ est
best, nest, pest, rest, test, west, guest
__ eet
beet, feet, meet, street, sweet
__et
bet, get, jet, met, pet, set, wet
__each
beach, peach, reach, teach, bleach

7. Fun Sentences
Find the Rime
ell, eet, en, ent, et, est
1. The bell fell into the well.
2. I will buy one beet and something sweet on first
street.
3. Ben took the hen out of the pen after ten.
4. She spent one cent less on the tent that was bent.
5. He met the jet to get his wet pet.
6. The guest wanted to rest after their trip to the west.

8. Guess My Word
Read the following clues to students and have them
guess the word
1. It starts with the same beginning sound (onset) as bed and has the same
ending sound (rime) as see. What is my word? Answer: bee
2. Is starts with same beginning sound as nest (onset) and has the same
ending sound (rime) as seed. What is my word? Answer: need
3. It starts with the same beginning sound (onset) as men and has the same
ending sound (rime) as feet. What is my word? Answer: meet
4. It starts with the same beginning sound (onset) as sled and has the same
ending sound (rime) as keep. What is my word? Answer: sleep
5. It starts with the same beginning sound (onset) as pet and has the same
ending sound (rime) as teach. What is my word? Answer: peach
6. It starts with the same beginning sound (onset) as wet and has the same
ending sound (rime) as rest. What is my word? Answer: west

9. One Syllable Onset and Rimes Reference Chart
Rimes that begin with the vowel /i/.
short /i/ long /i/
__ ick
kick, lick, Nick, pick, quick. stick
__ ice
dice, mice, rice, slice, spice, twice
__ id
bid, did, hid, kid, lid, rid
__ide
hide, ride, side, tide, wide, slide
__ iff
miff, tiff, cliff, sniff, stiff, whiff
__ ife
knife, life, wife, strife
__ ift
gift, lift, rift, drift, shift
__ ight
light, might, night, right, sight, tight
__ill
bill, fill, hill, mill, pill, will, spill
__ ike
bike, hike, like, strike
__ in
bin, fin, pin, tin, chin
__ ile
file, mile, pile, tile, smile
__ ip
dip, hip, sip, tip, grip, trip, ship
__ ipe
pipe, ripe, wipe, gripe, stripe

10. Fun Sentences
Find the Rime
ick, ice, ike, ide, ip
1. Nick was quick to kick the ball.
2. She asked twice for the spice to put on her rice and
slice of pizza.
3. He did not like to hike but he did like to bike.
4. It was fun to ride down the wide slide.
5. They took a trip on a ship.

11. Guess My Word
Read the following clues to students and have them
guess the word
1. It starts with the same beginning sound (onset) as lick and has the same
ending sound (rime) as bike. What is my word? Answer: like
2. Is starts with same beginning sound as tip (onset) and has the same ending
sound (rime) as might. What is my word? Answer: tight
3. It starts with the same beginning sound (onset) as mill and has the same
ending sound (rime) as file. What is my word? Answer: mile
4. It starts with the same beginning sound (onset) as pile and has the same
ending sound (rime) as stick. What is my word? Answer: pick
5. It starts with the same beginning sound (onset) as bike and has the same
ending sound (rime) as hill. What is my word? Answer: bill
6. It starts with the same beginning sound (onset) as rid and has the same
ending sound (rime) as dice. What is my word? Answer: rice

12. One Syllable Onset and Rimes Reference Chart
Rimes that begin with the vowel /o/.
short /o/ long /o/
__ ob
Bob, cob, job, mob, sob knob
__ old
bold, cold, fold, gold, hold, sold, told
__ ock
dock, lock, rock, sock, clock, flock
__ ove
cove, dove, wove, drove, stove
__ og
dog, fog, hog, jog, log, frog, smog
__ ost
host, most, post, ghost
__ ong
long, song, tong, wrong,
__ ote
note, tote, vote, wrote,
__ oss
boss, moss, toss, floss, gloss
__ ope
cope, hope, mope, nope, rope,
__ ot
cot, dot, got, hot, lot, pot, rot
__oke
joke, poke, woke broke, choke
__op
hop, pop, top, chop, crop, shop, stop
__ ow
low, tow, know, show, slow, snow,

13. Fun Sentences
Find the Rime
og, ot, ote, old, op
1. Becca went for a jog and saw a hog, a frog and a dog
on a log.
2. We drank hot apple cider from the pot on the cot.
3. Jenny wrote a note and put it in her tote.
4. He did not know you had to walk slow in the snow.
5. They were told it would be cold so they wore their
bold, gold coats.
6. They did not stop to shop.

14. Guess My Word
Read the following clues to students and have them
guess the word
1. It starts with the same beginning sound (onset) as job and has the same
ending sound (rime) as woke. What is my word? Answer: joke
2. Is starts with same beginning sound as dog (onset) and has the same
ending sound (rime) as wove. What is my word? Answer: dove
3. It starts with the same beginning sound (onset) as hold and has the same
ending sound (rime) as log. What is my word? Answer: hog
4. It starts with the same beginning sound (onset) as fog and has the same
ending sound (rime) as bold. What is my word? Answer: fold
5. It starts with the same beginning sound (onset) as hot and has the same
ending sound (rime) as rope. What is my word? Answer: hope
6. It starts with the same beginning sound (onset) as post and has the same
ending sound (rime) as hot. What is my word? Answer: pot

15. One Syllable Onset and Rimes Reference Chart
Rimes that begin with the vowel /u/ and /oo/.
short /u/ long /u/ and long /oo/
__ ub
cub, hub, rub, tub, club. stub
__ ue
cue, due, blue, clue, glue, true
__ ud
bud, cud, mud, crud
__ ube
cube, tube, lube
__ ug
bug, dug, hug, mug, tug, shrug
__ ude
dude, rude
__um
gum, hum, yum, drum, plum
__ ule
rule, mule. pule
__ ump
bump, dump, jump, stump, grump
__ une
June, tune, prune,
__ ut
cut, gut, hut, nut, rut, shut
__ use
fuse, muse
__ uff
huff, muff, puff, fluff, stuff
_ute
cute, mute, flute, chute

16. Fun Sentences
Find the Rime
ud, um, uff, ump, ute
1. The kid felt like crud when he fell in the mud.
2. She couldn’t eat the plum with gum in her mouth.
3. Her blanket was made of fluff and other stuff.
4. He tried to jump over the stump and was a grump
when he fell.
5. She looked cute when she played the flute.

17. Guess My Word
Read the following clues to students and have them
guess the word
1. It starts with the same beginning sound (onset) as cub and has the same
ending sound (rime) as flute. What is my word? Answer: cute
2. Is starts with same beginning sound as bug (onset) and has the same
ending sound (rime) as jump. What is my word? Answer: bump
3. It starts with the same beginning sound (onset) as tub and has the same
ending sound (rime) as cube. What is my word? Answer: tube
4. It starts with the same beginning sound (onset) as rut and has the same
ending sound (rime) as mule. What is my word? Answer: rule
5. It starts with the same beginning sound (onset) as mud and has the same
ending sound (rime) as bug. What is my word? Answer: mug
6. It starts with the same beginning sound (onset) as mug and has the same
ending sound (rime) as rule. What is my word? Answer: mule

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