Cat, Hat, Bat! Rhyming Words

Student Task

• Read a short rhyming book or nursery rhyme and ask children to clap when they hear words that rhyme.
• Say each picture name aloud and do activities 1 and 2 together.
• Children complete activities 3 to 5; answers are in the answer key.

Classroom Use

• Rhyme or not? Say two words; children give a thumbs up if they rhyme and a thumbs down if they do not.
• Word family house: write -at on a house and children add letters to the door to make cat, hat, mat and bat.
• Rhyme hunt: children find two things in the classroom that rhyme (a book and a hook).

Differentiation

Support: focus on the -at and -og families with picture cards. Challenge: children write their own two-line rhyme.

Answer Key & Assessment

Activities 1 to 4 check rhyming and word families (answer key included). Listen to each child say a pair of rhyming words.

Learning Objectives

• Hear and say pairs of words that rhyme.
• Find the word that does not rhyme in a group.
• Make new words in a word family such as -at or -og.

Teacher Tips

Say the words slowly and stretch the ending: c-at, h-at. Rhyming is about sounds, so always say the words aloud rather than only reading them.

What's Included

• 6-page printable PDF lesson pack: teacher lesson plan with timings, materials and differentiation
• Key vocabulary list (4 words with meanings and examples)
• Student worksheet (5 activities)
• Editable Word version of the worksheet
• Complete answer key (also as a separate PDF)

Additional Files

• Editable Worksheet (Word) (DOCX)
• Answer Key (PDF) (PDF)

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