Teaching Rhyming in the Primary Grades (ELA, Kindergarten)

1. Tech Module 3
Teaching Rhyming in the
Primary Grades
ELA, Kindergarten
Amanda Gormley
Fall 2018 - December 7, 2018
Professor Cavender

2. Kindergarten: Common Core State Standards
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.K.2
Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds
(phonemes).
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.K.2.A
Recognize and produce rhyming words.

3. Video: Making Rhyming Fun
● This video offers a fun way of going
about teaching the concept of rhyming
to young, kindergarten students.
● In this video, the teacher emphasizes
singing and movement to engage
students and to expose them to the
world of rhyming.

4. Website: Resources for Rhyming
Link: http://www.readingrockets.org/strategies/rhyming_games
● This website provides tips, strategies, and games for teachers to
help young children learn about phonological awareness and
rhyming units that align with Common Core standards.
● This website recognizes the value in teaching the concept of
rhyming to developing readers and spellers.

5. Graphic Organizer: Recognizing Rhyming Words
Link:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/18RC6rZwF7eKx
9kxonLNJZQ_8VfmexyjnDHPS9ppjZao/edit
● This graphic organizer asks students
to recognize rhyming words they
encounter and add it to their web as
they go.
● The visual design of it is memorable to
young students and makes it a fun
graphic organizer to fill out.

6. SMART Exchange Lesson: Rhyming Words
Link:
http://exchange.smarttech.com/details.html?id=b183a24d-
bcc6-44c4-a0fd-207e0f8ccf3b
● This SMART Exchange interactive lesson,
title “Rhyming Words”, is a way for
students to recognize and match rhyming
words.
● Blank templates are offered for teachers
to create their own preferred list of
rhyming words.

7. Kahoot.it
Link: https://play.kahoot.it/#/k/fef4abe7-0f5b-4763-825a-d75977be3766

8. Module Mini-Reflection
What are the benefits and/or challenges of using presentation platforms like Google Slides?
Among the benefits of using presentation platforms like Google slides, increasing
student engagement (or any individual’s engagement) is one of the major ones. Google
slides, for example, can be rich with color, constant change, and virtually any image
imaginable, thus being more likely to maintain a learner’s attention. An additional
benefit is that a presentation platform like Google slides can be one resource that holds
many others, for links, videos, and diagrams can be embedded within it (just like this
one!). Presentation platforms also aid in the organization and flow of certain topics or
lessons, especially if they are multi-faceted and hard to present in a progressive, clear
manner. Last, presentation platforms such as Google slides can be referred back to,
allowing a lesson to always be clarified if need be. This is an important benefit of using
presentation platforms, for traditional lessons that do not utilize these tools can never
fully be revisited.