Jian Kristovich

Lesson Plan

Accomodations
★ Billy needs occasional reminders to stay focused.
★ Jannifer has a speech delay—if she struggles to convey the rhymes, allow her another
way to indicate that she can hear and recognize the rhymes (e.x. pointing to the rhyming
words).

Standards
★ 1.PK.1 - Identifying words that rhyme.
★ 1.K.1 - Demonstrate phonological awareness of spoken words through rhyming, concept
of word, syllable awareness, and onset and “rime” awareness (Phonological Awareness).

Materials
★ A variety of cartoon princes/princesses labeled with names and velcro (or some other
sticking method) backing
★ A board of a “map” leading from a forest to different castles

Objectives
The students will be able to identify words that rhyme. They will also be able to demonstrate
phonological awareness of spoken words through rhyming, concept of word, syllable awareness,
and onset and “rime” awareness.

Background Knowledge
★ Ask the students if they know any words that sound the same
★ Explain that words that sound the same at the end are rhymes
○ If needed, spend more time on explaining the concept of rhymes by showing
videos or reading books
○ Rhyming Words | Monsters Learn English | Scratch Garden
○ The Foggy, Foggy Forest by Nick Sharrat
○ [Do this prior to the “Rhyming Lost Siblings” activity—omitted from this lesson
plan for length]
★ (In preparation of the “Rhyming Lost Siblings” activity)
○ Ask the students if they know what siblings are.
○ Ask them if they have any and, if so, how many.
Direct Instruction

[After nap time and musical movement]

Teacher: Okay, boys and girls, now that we’ve finished music time we should all be feeling wide
awake! For our next activity, we will be working in our Dragon groups. Fire Dragons stay with
me, Ice Dragons go meet Miss Teacher2 over by the blocks!

(Note: Groupings change with every new theme—for example, since this week’s overarching
theme is ‘Fairy Tales’, they are dragons. Next week, the theme is ‘Space’, so we will create new
groupings with a different mix of kids and name the groups after planets.)

Students: Okay, Ms. Jian!

[Students split into groups]

Teacher: Does everybody know what a sibling is?

Student: It’s a sister.

Teacher: That’s right! Or a brother. How many of you have siblings? Raise your hands.

Students: [Raise their hands. Some say their answers while holding their hand up.]

Teacher: Wow! There’s so many of you! Does anyone want to tell me how many siblings they
have?

Student: My dog is my sibling!

Teacher: How nice!

Student: He licks my face.

Teacher: Okay! Anyone else?

[Go through the students and let them talk about their siblings.]

Teacher: Today I have friends who need help. Their siblings were playing in the Enchanted
Forest and got lost!
Students: Oh no!

Teacher: Everyone, I’m going to need your help getting them back home. Each friend’s name
rhymes with their sibling’s. Can you help me?

Students: Yeah!

Teacher: [Points to the respective names] Abby, Cora, and Sophia are at home and worried!
Gabby, Nora, and Mia are lost! Jamie, can you help me find Gabby’s sibling?

Jamie: ‘Kay! It’s, uhhh…

Teacher: Is Gabby’s sibling Abby, Cora, or Sophia?

Jamie: Abby!

Teacher: That’s right! Fantastic job! Would you like to come over here and help Gabby get home
to Abby?

Jamie: [Crawls over and puts the Gabby picture next to the Abby picture.]

Teacher: Nora and Mia are still lost… Who will help me?

Jossica: Me! Me, me, me!

Teacher: Jossica, can you tell me who is Nora’s sibling?

Jossica: S‘phia.

Teacher: Hmm, I’m not so sure… Can you remind me what a rhyme is?

Jossica: They sound the same.

Teacher: Oh yeah! Thank you. Now, who was Nora’s sibling, again? Abby, Cora, or Sophia?

Jossica: Cora!

Teacher: Excellent! Jossica, do you want to help Nora get home to Cora?

Jossica: ‘Kay. [Moves Nora next to Cora.]

Teacher: Uh oh, we still have one friend who is lost! Jannifer, I think we will need your help to
get her home.

Jannifer: [Softly] ‘Kay.

Teacher: Mia is still lost, can you tell me who her sibling is?

Jannifer: [Points to Sophia].

Teacher: Amazing! Do you want to help me get Mia home to Sophia?

Jannifer: [Nods. Crawls over and moves Mia over to Sophia.]

Closure

Teacher: Good job, everybody! Everyone made it back home! Yay! Can anyone tell me what we
learned today to help our friends find their siblings?

Student: Sounds at the end!

Teacher: Yes, very good! And what do we call that?

Student: Limes!

Teacher: That’s right! Today we learned about rhymes—the sounds at the end of words. Next
week, we’ll look at sounds at the start of words.

Demonstration of Knowledge

A verbal assessment: Go around the circle and individually have the kids tell me the names of
one set of siblings. Have them tell me which part of the names are the same (repeat the sound).

Teacher: Can you tell me