Rhyming Word Cards

Rhyming words are an important foundational language skill for students to understand. This phonics game is a fantastic way to help students in the lower grades notice and work with sounds within words.

How to use this resource:

• Print, cut, and laminate the rhyming cards.
• Shuffle the cards and then match up the words that rhyme to make a pair.
• Play Go Fish with each pair of rhyming words making a book.
• Give each student in the class one card and have them find their rhyming partner.
• Have students create as many rhyming words as possible when given or shown a card.

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Common Core State Standards alignment

• Kindergarten > English Language Arts Standards > Reading: Foundational Skills > Phonological Awareness > CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.K.2 > CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.K.2.A

  Recognize and produce rhyming words....

• Grade 1 > English Language Arts Standards > Reading: Foundational Skills > Phonological Awareness > CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.1.2

  Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes)....

• Grade 2 > English Language Arts Standards > Reading: Foundational Skills > Phonics and Word Recognition > CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.2.3

  Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words....

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