B1 English Language · Term 2 Week 5: Word Families, Rhyming Endings and Common Digraphs

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B1.2.3.1.1 - Use common rhyming endings to decode simple words

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Identify and read at least 10 simple words that share a common rhyming ending (e.g., -at, -an, -ig).
Change the initial sound of a word to create new rhyming words using a phonic slide (e.g., changing “mat” to “pat”).
Sort a given set of words into groups based on their rhyming endings.
Read aloud a list of rhyming words with accuracy and confidence.
Form simple oral sentences using at least two rhyming words from the same word family.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Reading (Strand 2)
Sub-strand: Word Families, Rhyming Endings and Common Digraphs (2.3)
Content standard: B1.2.3.1 - Employ knowledge of rhyming endings to enhance reading comprehension
Indicator: B1.2.3.1.1 - Use common rhyming endings to decode simple words
Suggested placement: Term 2, Week 5 (Week 17 of the year)
Our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order across three terms of twelve weeks. NaCCA does not fix the week, so follow your school's scheme of learning.
Curriculum reference: English Language Curriculum (Basic 1-3), 2019, p. 22
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

- Introduce learners to simple word formation using the phonic slide to change the sound at the initial, medial and final positions of words,
e.g. pat, mat, fat.
- Have learners build on these rhyming endings.
- In groups, let learners read out their words.
- Have learners form sentences with these rhyming words.