Kelsey Criswell

Rhyme Lesson Plan

University of Richmond

Rhyme Lesson Plan Outline

Introduction
• Lesson Topic: Rhyme
• Length of Lesson: (estimated) 45 minutes
VA Standards of Learning: English SOL K.4 The student will hear, say, and
manipulate phonemes (small units of sound) of spoken language.
a) Identify orally words that rhyme.

Cognitive Objectives
The student will:
• Identify and produce words that rhyme.
• Identify a word that rhymes with a spoken word.

Materials/Technology and Advanced Preparation

• Sheep in a Jeep by Nancy Shaw
• Chart Paper
• Markers

Teaching and Learning Sequence

Introduction/Anticipatory Set
• Present the book, Sheep in a Jeep by Nancy Shaw and read it to the
students for pleasure.
• Ask the students if they noticed anything funny about this book. Hold
the book up for the students and point to the title of the book as you
read it, “Sheep in a Jeep” emphasizing the words sheep and jeep,
“Sheep in a Jeep.” Tell the students that these words are special
words because they rhyme. Tell students that rhyming words sound
the same like “sheep” and “jeep.”
Lesson Development
• Re-read the story a second time and tell the students to listen out for
words that rhyme. Point to the chart paper and tell the students that we
are going to make a list of words that rhyme with sheep (write sheep
on the chart paper) and jeep (write jeep on the chart paper under
sheep). Tell the students to raise their hands when they hear words
that rhyme so that we can make a list of the words on chart paper.
• Read pages 7-9 of “Sheep in a Jeep” and model this for the students.
After reading say to the students “Oh my! I just found words that sound
like sheep and jeep!” Turn to page seven, re-read it, and point to
“Beep! Beep!” Tell the students that “beep” sounds the same as jeep!
List “beep” on the rhyming chart under sheep and jeep. Turn to page 9
and re-read the sentence, “Sheep in a jeep on a hill that’s steep.” Ask
 the students what word in this sentence rhymes with sheep and jeep
and re-read the sentence again. If the students are having a difficult
time, ask them if the words that rhyme are sheep and hill or sheep and
steep? List steep on the chart paper under beep. Continue this until the
story is complete. (See the teacher key for a full list of the rhyming
words from the story to use as a guide to this rhyming chart activity.)
• After all of the words from the story are listed that rhyme with sheep
and jeep. Ask the students if there are any other words that they can
think of that rhyme with sheep and jeep that are not listed on the
board. If students are having trouble coming up with more words ask
them guiding questions such as “What do you do at night in your bed?”
The students will answer “sleep!” Say, “That’s right and sleep rhymes
with sheep. Sleep. Sheep. See it sounds the same!”
Closure
• Tell the students that we are now going to do an activity to practice
rhyming words. Hold up the class example for the students. Tell
them that we are going to practice rhyming words by playing a
game called “odd man out.” This means that we are going to try to
find a word that does not sound the same or rhyme with the other
words. Hold up the example of sheep, shirt, and jeep. Point to each
picture and read the word under each for the students. Now ask
them to raise their hands to tell you which words rhyme. Now ask
them which word does not rhyme. Circle the word shirt and hold it
up for the students explaining to them that you circled the word shirt
because sheep and jeep rhyme, but shirt does not. Explain to the
students that the word “shirt” is the odd man out. Tell them that we
are now going to go back to our desk and practice finding the word
that does not rhyme, or the “odd man out.” Students needing
assistance will work at the table with the teacher.
• Instruct the students back to their tables. Give each student a
worksheet with words from the story. Tell the students that each
line has three pictures. Two of the pictures rhyme and one picture
does not. Tell them that their job is to find the picture that does not
rhyme and to circle it.

Homework
Send directions home to parents telling them that today in class we talked
about rhyming words and read a book called “Sheep in a Jeep.” Ask the
parents to please help them come up with something that rhymes with
their name to share with the class tomorrow and encourage them to
practice rhyming at home with their child.

Assessment
Formative – Teacher will observe the students during the completion of
the class rhyme chart. Teacher will observe students during the
independent activity.
 Summative – Ask each student to come up and place a picture under the
right category on the classroom chart. The teacher will also collect the
graphic organizer that the students completed independently.

References

Shaw, Nancy, and Margot Apple. Sheep in a Jeep. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1986.
Print.

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Appending Materials
• Rhyming Chart Key
• Odd Man Out Example to Model
• Odd Man Out Worksheet
• Odd Man Out Key
 Instructional Content and Strategy Organizer

Instructional Content

VA Standards of Learning: English SOL K.4 The student will hear, say, and
manipulate phonemes (small units of sound) of spoken language.
a) Identify orally words that rhyme.

Vocabulary:
Rhyme

Instructional Major Instructional Instructional Modifications

Modification to Strategies to CHALLENGE Students
ASSIST Students

• Students that • Reading aloud, • Students complete the

have trouble dragging finger odd man out activity
paying attention, under each word on their own
hearing or as it is read • Give students another
seeing can sit • Modeling for word to create a
close to teacher students finding rhyming list
during a word that
instruction rhymes in the
• Students having book to list on
trouble with the chart
rhyming can • Completing a
work with the rhyming chart as
teacher to a class before
complete odd the students
man out. complete the odd
man out rhyming
activity on their
own
• Model odd man
out
Rhyming Chart Key:

beep
jeep
sheep
steep
leap
deep
heap
weep
sweep
cheap

Sheep in a jeep on a hill that’s steep.

Sheep leap to push the jeep.
Sheep weep.
Sheep sweep the heap.

Other words to add:

Sleep
Creep
Peep
keep