A. Recognize and use onsets and rimes and letter groups to read and spell known and unknown words
 

Getting the ig in Pig:  Helping Children Discover Onset and Rime
This lesson incorporates literature, independent and cooperative learning, critical thinking, and hands-on activities to engage students in learning the ig rime.

Teaching Short Vowel Discrimination Using Dr. Seuss Rhymes
Students will discover patterns in words, sort words based on their vowel patterns, and apply their knowledge in reading writing activities.

Whole-to-Parts Phonics Instruction: Teaching Letter-Sound Correspondences
This lesson uses onset-rime analogy to present word families and spelling patterns.

Holiday Rhyming Lesson Using the Christmas Tree Tangle
Students will learn the phonics elements of onsets and rhymes in a
literature-based lesson.

Click, Clack, Moo: Reading Word Family Words
This lesson teaches word identification strategies.
 

Suggestions for English Language Learners (ELLs):
(E/B=Entering/Beginning, D=Developing, E=Expanding)

E/B: Blend two to three phonemes into recognizable words; D: Blend two to four phonemes into recognizable words; E: Blend vowel-consonant sounds orally to make words or syllables.
E/B: Identify and express beginning and ending sounds in one-syllable words; D: Decode most one-syllable words.
E/B: Use regular verbs appropriately; D: Use regular verbs and some irregular verbs correctly; E: Use regular verbs and most irregular verbs correctly.
E/B: Begin to read aloud; D: Read aloud with changes in expression; E: Read aloud with clarity and with changes in voice and expression.
E/B: Begin to identify root words to determine meaning of new words; D: Use knowledge of root words to determine meaning of new words; E: Use knowledge of root words in determine meaning of most compound words.
E/B: Identify some prefixes and suffixes with simple spoken sentences; D: Identify prefixes and suffixes with spoken and written sentences; E: Identify and explain meaning of most prefixes and suffixes with spoken and written sentences.
D: Identify rhyming words; E: Identify and produce rhyming words.
D: Identify and use knowledge of some spelling patterns while reading; E: Identify and use knowledge of most spelling patterns while reading.
E: Use more complex words and sentences to communicate needs and express ideas in a wide variety of social and academic settings.

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