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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.

Maine Learning Results learning standard: Reading 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 Maine

In the Maine Learning Results, 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: Maine 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 “king”?

    🤴king
    • 🐶dog
    • 💍ring
    • 🌹rose

  2. Question 2

    Which word rhymes with “bear”?

    🐻bear
    • 🍐pear
    • 💡light
    • 🛷sled

  3. Question 3

    Which word is in the “-ell” family?

    -ell

    • mop
    • bat
    • well

  4. Question 4

    Which word is in the “-at” family?

    -at

    • hot
    • sat
    • mug

  5. Question 5

    Which word rhymes with “nose”?

    👃nose
    • 🧦sock
    • 🌹rose
    • 🌃night

  6. Question 6

    Which word is in the “-ig” family?

    -ig

    • nap
    • pot
    • big

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