Rhyming Nonsense Words
Awareness material or experiences:
Read, There’s a Wocket in my Pocket 
, by Dr. Seuss, (Beginner Books, division of Random House, 1974)
Instructional material:
- After reading the awareness selection, go back and ask probing questions. "What word rhymes with wocket?" Point to the pictures in the book if the students need visual cues.
- Generate new rhyming words by asking, "Can you make up a word that rhymes with wocket and pocket?" If the students have difficulty, give a phonemic cue such as /d/, (wocket, pocket, /d/ ___).
Practice material:
- Students write their name on a piece of paper. The teacher puts uppercase letters in a bag. Each student gets an opportunity to pick a letter out of the bag and place it on top of the first letter of his or her name. The teacher gives them the sound of the letter if needed. The student says their name with the new letter as the initial sound. For example, my name is Jennifer. I chose a /b/, my new name is Bennifer.
- Bingo. Students get a photocopied Bingo card with different object pictures on it. The teacher says a nonsense word and the student finds a picture of something that rhymes with it and marks an X on it. The first student to get a straight line with rhymed words wins.
- The teacher says a nonsense word that rhymes with a student’s name. The class responds on which student the teacher is referring to. Continue until all the students in the class have had their name rhymed.
- Each student should generate as many nonsense words that rhyme with his/her name as possible.
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On Monday, I saw a Dennifer,walking down the street. |
On Tuesday, I saw a Mennifer, walking down the street. |
Whole Language Application:
Help each student make a book to take home and read to his or her family. Make a patterned book using the one sheet book. Draw pictures of odd creatures and name them using words that rhyme with the student’s name.