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Lesson Plan

Words in the Family

Perfect for a unit on the family, this lesson uses “houses” to teach the concept of how rhyming words fit together in similar “families.” This lesson uses the -at rhyme but can be adapted for use with other three-letter rhyming words!
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Learning Objectives

Students will be able to recognize words that rhyme with -at words. Students will be able to create words that are in the same -at word family. Students will be able to differentiate between words that are in different word families, such as the difference between -at words and -an words.

Introduction

(5 minutes)
  • Introduce the lesson with a warm-up of pictures that rhyme with -at.
  • Invite the students to name the words and to stand up if the words sound like cat.
  • Tell the students that they will be working on creating their own sets of rhyming words that belong in the same family.