Sit in a circle and listen to the words read aloud by your teacher. Give five rhyming words for each word as indicated.
And – ............, ............, ............, ............, ............
And – hand, sand, band, land, grand
Bow – ............, ............, ............, ............, ............
Bow – now, how, cow, wow, vow
Far – ............, ............, ............, ............, ............
Far – car, star, bar, jar, tar
Rain – ............, ............, ............, ............, ............
Rain – train, main, pain, gain, chain
Sail – ............, ............, ............, ............, ............
Sail – mail, tail, nail, rail, fail
Sea – ............, ............, ............, ............, ............
Sea – tea, bee, see, free, tree
Ship – ............, ............, ............, ............, ............
Ship – trip, chip, dip, slip, lip
Sky – ............, ............, ............, ............, ............
Sky – fly, high, dry, try, my
Sun – ............, ............, ............, ............, ............
Sun – fun, run, bun, gun, nun
Tree – ............, ............, ............, ............, ............
Tree – free, see, bee, knee, three
Explanation
(Ship) Words rhyming with 'ship' have the same ending sound '-ip'. Examples include trip, chip, dip, slip, lip, whip, skip. (Tree) Words rhyming with 'tree' have the same ending sound '-ee'. Examples include free, see, bee, knee, three, sea, me. (Bow) Words rhyming with 'bow' (pronounced as in 'now') have the same ending sound '-ow'. Examples include now, how, cow, wow, vow, town, down. (Rain) Words rhyming with 'rain' have the same ending sound '-ain'. Examples include train, main, pain, gain, chain, brain, plain. (Sun) Words rhyming with 'sun' have the same ending sound '-un'. Examples include fun, run, bun, gun, nun, done, ton. (Sea) Words rhyming with 'sea' have the same ending sound '-ee'. Examples include tea, bee, see, free, tree, knee, me. (Sail) Words rhyming with 'sail' have the same ending sound '-ail'. Examples include mail, tail, nail, rail, fail, pail, trail. (And) Words rhyming with 'and' have the same ending sound '-and'. Examples include hand, sand, band, land, grand, stand, brand. (Sky) Words rhyming with 'sky' have the same ending sound '-y' (long 'i' sound). Examples include fly, high, dry, try, my, bye, why. (Far) Words rhyming with 'far' have the same ending sound '-ar'. Examples include car, star, bar, jar, tar, are.