Kindergarten
Rhyme Time
Six pairs of short rhyming words to match with a line: cat and hat, sun and run, pig and wig, bed and red, dog and log, bug and rug.
Phonics worksheet · Rhyming and word families
Rhyme Time 5: Different Spellings
Words can rhyme without matching letters: night and kite, bear and chair, boat and note, blue and shoe. Six pairs to match.
- Grade level
- 2nd grade
- Time
- About 10 minutes
- Answer key
- Yes, page 2 of the PDF
- Kids practice
- Rhyming, Word families, Onset and rime, Reading by analogy
What kids do
“These rhymes are spelled in different ways! Draw a line from each word to the word that rhymes with it.”
Printed on the sheet:
- Your turn: write a word that rhymes with night
Words on this sheet
nightchairbearlaneboatkeyrainnotebluekitetreeshoe
Teacher tip
These rhymes are spelled differently. Kids must listen, not look.
How to use it
- Ask kids to think of a rhyme before they look at the word bank.
- Use a word family slider made from a paper strip.
- Send it home with a note asking families to listen to their child read the words.
Watch for
Kids who make silly words and count them as real. Ask them to use the word in a sentence.
Talk about it
- Can you make a silly word with this ending?
- How did you figure out that word?
Take it further
Read a rhyming picture book and list the word families you hear.
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