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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.

Alaska content standards learning standard: RF.2.3 · 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 Alaska

In the Alaska content standards, 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: Alaska Department of Education and Early Development

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 is in the “-in” family?

    -in

    • bun
    • tap
    • pin

  2. Question 2

    Which word is in the “-ot” family?

    -ot

    • mat
    • pig
    • cot

  3. Question 3

    Which word rhymes with “duck”?

    🦆duck
    • 🛷sled
    • 🚚truck
    • 🌳tree

  4. Question 4

    Which word rhymes with “star”?

    ⭐star
    • 🫙jar
    • 🛷sled
    • 🐝bee

  5. Question 5

    Which word rhymes with “king”?

    🤴king
    • 🪵log
    • 🦊fox
    • 💍ring

  6. Question 6

    Which word rhymes with “nose”?

    👃nose
    • 🍞bread
    • ⛓️chain
    • 🌹rose

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