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2nd grade · English Language Arts · Unit 1 of 12

Rhyme Time

Words that sound alike

What your child practices

Hearing rhymes and spotting word families (-at, -ig, -op). Both help with reading and spelling new words.

Alabama Course of Study content standard: 2.9; 2.10 · rhymes and word families

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. Rhyming words end with the same sound: goat and coat.
  2. A word family shares the same ending: mop, top, hop are in the -op family.
  3. Listen to the sound, not the spelling: tie and fly rhyme.

Example: Which word rhymes with “bone”? phone or bun? “bone” ends with the “-one” sound. “phone” ends with the same sound. Answer: phone

Rhyme Time in Alabama

In the Alabama Course of Study, this is unit 1 of 12 in 2nd grade English Language Arts, before Sound Detectives.

Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.

Source: Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE)

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Which word rhymes with “cake”?

    🎂cake
    • 🌧️rain
    • 🪁kite
    • 🐍snake

  2. Question 2

    Which word rhymes with “goat”?

    🐐goat
    • 🪑chair
    • 🐸frog
    • 🧥coat

  3. Question 3

    Which word is in the “-ell” family?

    -ell

    • shell
    • run
    • bake

  4. Question 4

    Which word rhymes with “train”?

    🚆train
    • 🦆duck
    • 🌧️rain
    • 🪑chair

  5. Question 5

    Which word rhymes with “mouse”?

    🐭mouse
    • 🐟fish
    • 🏠house
    • 🌙moon

  6. Question 6

    Which word is in the “-ap” family?

    -ap

    • hat
    • shell
    • map

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