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Listen for Rhymes and First Sounds: Apply and Create

Compare spoken rhymes and beginning sounds with adult guidance. A focused apply activity. Use the linked unit for the learning sequence and teaching guide.

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Read each pair aloud without showing printed spellings. Ask the learner to listen. For cat and hat, the ends sound alike. In sun and sock, the first sound is /s/.

Use what you learned to explain, construct or apply an idea.

1.Adult asks: Tell a real word that rhymes with hat.

2.Adult asks: Tell a real word beginning with /s/.

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Listen for Rhymes and First Sounds: Apply and Create

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Adult oral directions

Read each pair aloud without showing printed spellings. Ask the learner to listen. For cat and hat, the ends sound alike. In sun and sock, the first sound is /s/.

Use what you learned to explain, construct or apply an idea.

1.Adult asks: Tell a real word that rhymes with hat.

Look for

Supplies a rhyming spoken word.

One possible response: Cat or mat.

2.Adult asks: Tell a real word beginning with /s/.

Look for

Produces the requested initial sound.

One possible response: Sun or sock.

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Before you begin

Understand the spoken words; printed decoding is not required.

How to use this worksheet

Begin with: Adult says cat, hat, dog. Which word rhymes with cat?
Connect the response to: Adult says pan, fan, cup. Which rhymes with pan?
Ask students to apply the idea: Adult asks: Tell a real word that rhymes with hat.

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Accepting an answer without checking whether it uses the material and satisfies the requested relationship or criteria.

What to practice next

Revisit the unit goals. Use the criteria to identify a specific response to improve; this activity alone does not establish mastery.

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