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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.

Arizona Academic Standards learning standard: 2.RF.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 Arizona

In the Arizona Academic 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: Arizona Department of Education

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 “bone”?

    🦴bone
    • 📱phone
    • 📦box
    • 🖊️pen

  2. Question 2

    Which word is in the “-at” family?

    -at

    • wig
    • sat
    • cake

  3. Question 3

    Which word is in the “-ell” family?

    -ell

    • bell
    • hot
    • rug

  4. Question 4

    Which word is in the “-ot” family?

    -ot

    • make
    • pot
    • pig

  5. Question 5

    Which word rhymes with “king”?

    🤴king
    • 🌳tree
    • 💍ring
    • 🐻bear

  6. Question 6

    Which word rhymes with “fish”?

    🐟fish
    • 🍽️dish
    • 🫙jar
    • 👃nose

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