Word Families, Rhyming… · B4 English Language

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B4.2.3.1.1 - Use common rhyming/ending words to decode words.

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Identify the rhyming ending in a given word family (e.g., -at, -it, -ot, -all) and state it correctly.
Generate at least five new words that belong to a given rhyming word family.
Decode unfamiliar words by recognising their rhyming ending and using the beginning sound to sound them out.
Sort a mixed list of words into their correct rhyming families.
Use rhyming words from the -at, -it, -ot and -all families to complete simple sentences.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Reading (Strand 2)
Sub-strand: Word Families, Rhyming Endings and Common Digraphs (2.3)
Content standard: B4.2.3.1 - Identify rhyming/endings words and common digraphs
Indicator: B4.2.3.1.1 - Use common rhyming/ending words to decode words.
Suggested placement: Term 1, Week 12 (Week 12 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 4-6), 2019, p. 19
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

e. g. at, pat, mat, fat, etc.
- Revise the lesson on prefixes. Let learners know that just as we have family names (surnames), there are words that have the same ending that belong to the family of rhyming words.
- Through brainstorming have learners come up with words that belong to a particular rhyming family. Have children identify these rhyming words as they read.
- Have learners hunt for these words and build a portfolio on them.
- Guide learners to build on words.
e.g. -at = cat - bat - hat -all = call - fall - wall
- it = sit - pit - hit -ot = tot - pot - cot