“Onset” refers to
the initial letter or blend.
“Rime” is the vowel and letters following it.
Word Family
Song - Sing this song to the tune of “BINGO.”
There
is word family you should know
And
at is it’s name-o.
M-a-t,
mat
H-a-t,
hat
C-a-t,
cat
They
end in at you know.
*Write the words
on a chart and point to them as you sing.
Addams Family - Sing word families to the tune from
“The Addams Family.”
There’s
cat and there’s hat.
There’s
mat and there’s rat.
There’s
fat and there’s bat.
The
‘at’ family!”
Block Rimes
- Cut paper the size of square and rectangular unit blocks.
Write onsets on
the squares and rimes on the rectangles.
Children put blocks together and read words.
Rime Eggs
- Using
plastic eggs, write onsets with a permanent marker on one half of the egg. Write a rime on the other. Children twist the egg and read the
words.
Rime Books
– Make popsicle stick books by folding two sheets of paper into fourths. Punch two holes on the folded side and
insert a rubber band. Loop ends of
the rubber band around a popsicle stick as shown. Cut half way through.
Write onsets on the left and rimes on the right.
*You can also
make a rime book with a spiral index card notebook.
Note! It’s important to do real words as well
as nonsense words.
Flower Rimes
- Cut 4” circles out of construction paper. Cut paper petals similar to the ones shown. Children write the “rime” on the circle
and then write words on the petals.