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Austin Independent School District
Austin Independent School District: Phonological Awareness Activities [Pdf]
A series of ready-to-print cards filled with ideas and activities to increase students' recognition and understanding of rhyme and rhythm. In Spanish.
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Mama Lisa's Poetry Page: Eugene Field
For over 100 years, Eugene Field (1850 to 1895) has been one of America's most loved children's poets. His most famous works include "Little Boy Blue", "Wynken, Blynken, and Nod" and "The Duel" (The Gingham Dog and the Calico Cat), which...
Penguin Publishing
Penguin Random House: Dream Animals by Emily Winfield Martin
This is a book preview of the children's book Dream Animals by Emily Winfield Martin. It focuses on children's freedom to imagine.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Generating Rhymes for Analogy Based Phonics
This online lesson introduces students to many different approaches toward learning about rhyme and other similarities in words, such as shared/guided reading and small group instruction. A good tool for increasing students' phonological...
Yale University
Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: Poetry for the Elementary Classroom
Site contains a narrative and three lesson plans. These plans are designed to assist learners with various aspects of poetry. This site discusses strategies which enable students to effectively, memorize, recite, and correctly pronounce...
Virtual Salt
Virtual Salt: A Glossary of Literary Terms
This site provides a long list of literary terms complete with full definitions and examples.
Quia
Quia: Rhyme Time Picture Match Up
"Click on the pictures of words that rhyme (i.e., dog-frog; hat-cat)." Games come in four formats: "Matching, Flashcards, Concentration, Word Search."
Academy of American Poets
Poets.org: "Catch a Little Rhyme" by Eve Merriam
Contains the poem "Catch a Little Rhyme" by Eve Merriam.
Academy of American Poets
Poets.org: "Morning Song" by Sylvia Plath
This site shares the poem "Morning Song" from the author Sylvia Plath. Alliteration and rhyme are prevelant in this poem, just as these poetic devices are present in her most famous novel, The Bell Jar.
Read Works
Read Works: Three Blind Mice
[Free Registration/Login Required] This short literary text passage is the nursery rhyme about three blind mice. This passage is intended for guided practice and is designed to reinforce essential reading comprehension skills.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Identify and Create Rhyming Words
In this lesson students will listen to poetry or rhyming books and recognize rhyming words.
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Mama Lisa's World
Large list of nursery rhymes for children to read. Each nursery rhyme is accompanied by pictures and some even have sounds.
Kids' Wings
Texas Bluebonnet Books: "Ereth's Birthday"
Here teachers and students will find many useful extension activities for the book "Ereth's Birthday."
Roy the Zebra
Roy the Zebra: Words That Rhyme With Bug
Help the bees collect words that rhyme with "bug" by clicking on the bees to see the words and drag the rhyming words into the nests.
Los Angeles County Office of Education
Teams: Distance Learning: Rhyming Words Activities
A K-1 lesson plan from TEAMS Distance Learning. "Students will practice rhyming words and also be able to identify words that rhyme. These lessons will have them active."
University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania: Assonance
This resource provides a detailed explanation of the term "assonance." Several examples provided as well as links to related sites.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Meter and Rhyme (English Ii Reading)
Analyze the meter, rhyme scheme, line length, punctuation, and word position in poetry.
Meadowbrook Press
Giggle Poetry: "Ish!" Poetry Theater
In "Ish!," students will participate in a poem in three voices. Adapted from the poem by Bruce Lansky in My Dog Ate My Homework, students will dramatize a poem about a child debates eating fish with his grandmother.
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Poetry for Kids: Kenn Nesbitt's Online Rhyming Dictionary
Online rhyming dictionary from a site dedicated to poetry for kids. Type in a word, and it will provide rhyming words categorized by their number of syllables.
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Poetry4 Kids: Poetry Lessons
This resource offers guidance through the writing process of writing funny poetry. There are instructions on how to write a clerihew and an exaggeration poem.
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University of North Carolina: Glossary of Literary Terms
This site is provided for by the University of North Carolina at Pembroke. Over forty literary terms defined by college students, each with thorough examples.
Reading Rockets
Reading Rockets: By Car, Train, or Bus! The Sounds of Language on the Go
Come and check out this awesome pre-reading resource. This site offers examples of simple word games you can play with kids to increase their ability to recognize and use letters and sounds. Try these games the next time you're in the...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Why Shakespeare Loved Iambic Pentameter
Shakespeare sometimes gets a bad rap in high schools for his complex plots and antiquated language. But a quick peek into the rhythm of his words reveals a poet deeply rooted in the way people spoke in his time- and still speak today....
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Rhyming Charades K, 1, 2, 3
Learners use listening and kinesthetic skills to show their understanding of rhyme. They associate words that rhyme through pantomime. This activity encourages students to use prior knowledge and experience.