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2nd grade · English Language Arts · Unit 1 of 14

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.

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) teks student expectation: 2.2(A) · 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 Texas

In the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS), this is unit 1 of 14 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: Texas Education Agency (TEA)

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
    • ⛵boat

  2. Question 2

    Which word rhymes with “hen”?

    🐔hen
    • 🔟ten
    • 🛏️bed
    • 🏠house

  3. Question 3

    Which word is in the “-in” family?

    -in

    • bake
    • win
    • shell

  4. Question 4

    Which word is in the “-ug” family?

    -ug

    • mug
    • fun
    • pig

  5. Question 5

    Which word rhymes with “mouse”?

    🐭mouse
    • 🏠house
    • 🍞bread
    • 🐝bee

  6. Question 6

    Which word rhymes with “bear”?

    🐻bear
    • 🪑chair
    • 🎩hat
    • 🍳pan

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