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2nd grade · English Language Arts · Unit 1 of 17

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.

New York State Learning Standards learning standard: 2RF3 · 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 New York

In the New York State Learning Standards, this is unit 1 of 17 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: New York State Education Department (NYSED)

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 “tie”?

    👔tie
    • 🐛bug
    • 🪰fly
    • 👃nose

  2. Question 2

    Which word is in the “-ot” family?

    -ot

    • pot
    • pin
    • bat

  3. Question 3

    Which word is in the “-ig” family?

    -ig

    • pig
    • cake
    • pot

  4. Question 4

    Which word rhymes with “light”?

    💡light
    • 🪁kite
    • 🔟ten
    • 🐸frog

  5. Question 5

    Which word rhymes with “nose”?

    👃nose
    • 🐸frog
    • 🌹rose
    • 📦box

  6. Question 6

    Which word rhymes with “star”?

    ⭐star
    • 💍ring
    • 🍽️dish
    • 🚗car

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