LESSON THREE: Rock N’ Rhythm & Rhyme (Part Three)

LESSON DESCRIPTION

Working in a large group, students listen to a variety of rhythm and rhymes found in music and identify/create rhyming words as they sing.  They then use verse frame handouts to create lines of rhyming verse.  To extend the activity and enhance learning, students use computer-assisted learning to create lists of rhyming words.  Understanding of rhyming and rhyming words is assessed by reviewing the completed Verse Frame handouts.

GRADE-LEVEL EXPECTATIONS

o              R2B  The student will identify author’s use of rhythm, rhyme, and alliteration in poetry and prose, with assistance

LESSON MATERIALS

Sources of Literature

o        The song "A-Hunting We Will Go" 

Supplies 

o        Overhead with transparency

o        Computer lab or Smart Board

o        Pencil, pen and paper

Handouts provided

o       Student copies of Verse Frame

Words to know

o        rhythm

o        rhyme

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT

Student understanding of rhyming and rhyming words is assessed by reviewing the completed Verse Frame handouts. Informal, authentic assessment of student work also involves observation of student writing and rhyming during class.

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

1.              Teach students to sing the song "A-Hunting We Will Go."

Oh, a-hunting we will go, a-hunting we will go.
We'll take a little fox and put it in a box
and then will let it go.

Students identify the two words that sound the same in the song (fox and box). Continue to sing the song with the following phrases to replace the second line. As you sing the song, pause for the second rhyming word and students sing the word they think rhymes. This should be easy and fun for students.

We'll take a little whale and put it in a pail
We'll take a little frog and put it on a log
We'll take a little fish and put it on a dish

Students sing the song together several more times using both the original lyrics and the three new verses 

2.        Model for students how these words can be used to create new verses of the song. For example:

We'll take a little snake and put it in a lake
We'll take a little bear and hug it if we dare
We'll take a little cat and put it on a mat

3.         Next, write the following verse frame on chart paper or an overhead transparency.

Oh, a-hunting we will go, a-hunting we will go.
We'll take a little ________ and put it in a _______
and then will let it go.

4.              Invite students to choose one of the animal names from the brainstorming list and one of the rhyming words. Write these words in the blanks of the verse frame. For additional practice, instruct students to make their own lists of animal names and rhyming words.

5.              Provide each student with the Verse Frame handout.  Ask how students would describe the rhythm of these verses. Each student creates two or three verses to the song by writing pairs of rhyming words in the blanks.  Once they have completed their verses, students gather and share them. Sing the verses together as a class.

6.              Students go to the computer lab to continue practicing rhyming words. 

Students access the Word Maker interactive tool at the following website: http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/wordmaker/.  After clicking on "begin," students are prompted to select a word ending. Then a set of letters and blends appear on the screen. Students click on a letter that, when added to the word ending, makes a word. By creating several words, students make their own lists of rhyming words. Draw students' attention to the Word Bank where they can read and review their word lists.

7.              After students successfully create all possible words for a word ending, they print their word lists. Students then continue the game by selecting a different word ending and creating another list of rhyming words.  Students use their printed word lists to create new verses for other rhyming songs.