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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.

Minnesota K-12 Academic Standards benchmark: 2.1.1.1 · hearing, blending and changing the sounds in words

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 Minnesota

In the Minnesota K-12 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: Minnesota Department of Education (MDE)

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 “-ig” family?

    -ig

    • make
    • win
    • dig

  2. Question 2

    Which word is in the “-at” family?

    -at

    • shell
    • hat
    • pig

  3. Question 3

    Which word is in the “-ug” family?

    -ug

    • tell
    • mug
    • lake

  4. Question 4

    Which word rhymes with “train”?

    🚆train
    • 🌳tree
    • 🌧️rain
    • 🦴bone

  5. Question 5

    Which word rhymes with “hen”?

    🐔hen
    • 🖊️pen
    • 🪰fly
    • 🏞️lake

  6. Question 6

    Which word rhymes with “duck”?

    🦆duck
    • 🚚truck
    • ☕mug
    • 💡light

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