Web of Words

Rhyming Procedure 1. Sit in a circle with children . Tell them you are going to play a rhyming game . Remind them that rhymes are words that sound alike at the end, and provide examples of rhymes . 2. Begin the activity by holding a skein of yarn and saying a word, such as dog . (See the table on the next page for some other rhyming words .) Ask if anyone can share a rhyme for your word . Allow nonsense words, but be sure to clarify that they are not real words . Nevertheless, they rhyme! 3. Hold the loose strand of the yarn, and gently toss the skein to a child who offers a rhyme . 4. Have the child hold onto their part of the yarn strand, and have them toss the skein to another child who provides another rhyme for the word . 5. A yarn web is formed as children toss the skein to one another . They can even toss the yarn back to a child who already had a turn . When children can generate no more rhymes, congratulate them on the many words they generated . Then, suggest they begin a new round with a new word, such as kick . Have children continue building the web with a new set of words . Make sure that every child has the opportunity to participate and hold part of the yarn . Differentiate or Extend ▲ Use this game to focus on initial sounds instead of rhymes . Toss the yarn as words beginning with the same sound are generated (big, blue, baby, boy, bike, beet, bake, boat, banana) . This modification supports emerging phoneme awareness . Web of Words Objective Students will produce rhyming words . Overview Web of Words should be played after children have had many opportunities to hear and talk about rhymes in books, songs, and poems . The purpose of this game is to generate as many rhymes for a word as possible as children toss a skein of yarn to one another . Materials a skein of yarn School-Home Connection Encourage families to play rhyming games at home . sample sample 82

Rhyming Sample Rhyming Words -ack back, crack, jack, pack, quack, rack, sack, tack, whack -ail bail, fail, hail, jail, mail, nail, pail, quail, rail, sail, tail, wail -at bat, cat, fat, gnat, hat, mat, pat, rat, sat, that, vat -ay clay, day, fray, hay, jay, lay, pay, ray, say, tray, way -eep beep, cheap, deep, keep, leap, peep, sleep, steep, sweep, weep -ell bell, fell, sell, tell, well, yell -est best, nest, pest, rest, test, vest, west, zest -et bet, get, jet, let, met, net, pet, set, wet -ice lice, mice, nice, price, rice, slice, twice -ick brick, chick, kick, lick, pick, quick, sick, thick -ig big, dig, fig, jig, pig, rig, twig, wig -ight bright, fight, light, might, night, plight, right, sight, tight -ill bill, chill, drill, fill, grill, hill, pill, skill, will -in bin, chin, fin, grin, in, pin, shin, thin, tin, twin, win -ip chip, dip, flip, grip, hip, lip, rip, sip, tip, whip, zip -og bog, clog, dog, fog, hog, jog, log, smog -op cop, hop, mop, pop, shop, top -ow bow, blow, crow, flow, glow, low, mow, row, sow, show, tow -ug bug, drug, hug, jug, lug, mug, plug, rug, slug, tug -un bun, done, fun, none, pun, run, stun, sun Web of Words (cont.) sample