Dr. Seuss and poems
Word Families
Does it Rhyme
Ends the Same
Vowel Sounds
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“The sun did not shine. It was too wet to play. So we sat in the house. All that cold, cold, wet day.” Which two words rhyme in these Sentences?
Answer: play and Day
100
Are Mat and Cat in the same word family? What word family are they in?
Yes. They are in the 'At' Family.
100
Do House and Garage Rhyme? what is a type of animal whose name rhymes with House
No. Mouse rhymes with house.
100
Five little monkeys jumping on the bed. One fell off and bumped his head. What two words end the same? what end sound do they share?
Bed and Head both end in the 'ed' sound.
100
what is opposite of cold that has the same vowel sound as and rhymes with 'cot'
Hot.
200
What is the name of the author who's books we've been reading this week as we learn about rhymes? Hint: his name is in the name of the category.
Dr. Suess.
200
where is a place we walk down to get to gym class that's name is in the same word family as 'Ball'?
The Hall.
200
Between Dan, Bob, Susie and Bill who's name rhymes with the words 'ran' and 'pan'
Dan's name rhymes with those.
200
Fill in the Blanks: Humpty Dumpty Sat on a ____, Humpty Dumpty had a great ____!
Humpty Dumpty Sat on a WALL humpty dumpty had a great FALL
200
Fill in the Blank with a word that rhymes: She went to GET her _____ to catch butterflies.
she went to GET her NET to catch butterflies
300
For I’d have fur boots and a brown fur WRAP, And brown fur knickers and a big fur CAP.-A.A Milne, "Fuzzy Bear" Do the words in big letters rhyme because of their beginning, middle or ending sound? What are more words in this word family?
ending sounds rhyme. other words in word family: Nap, tap, trap, lap, slap, clap.
300
what is something you find on the beach and something you ring whose names belong in the 'ell' word family?
Shell and Bell.
300
Does something we open and close when we come into or leave the classroom rhyme with the word 'more'?
Yes. Door rhymes with More.
300
What word that rhymes with Dock did the mouse run up in hickory, hickory, dock?
a Clock.
300
Fill in the blanks: ____ (another word for jump) on ____ is a book by dr. Suess we read this week
HOP on POP
400
Five little fishies swimming in a pool, The first one said, “This pool is cool.” Can you think of at least one more word that rhymes with the words that Rhyme in this sentance?
Suggested answers: Tool, fool, school, stool.
400
What letter would have to put where the 'W' is in 'wood' to get the word in the same word family, that is the opposite of bad?
G, for Good.
400
Does something you fly in the sky in rhyme with what we tell to 'go away' and come back another day when it falls from the sky?
yes. Plane and Rain do rhyme.
400
List all the words in the song below that rhyme with at least one other word. And, for each word, list one more word that rhymes. Five little ducks Went out one day, Over the hill and far away. Mother duck said, "Quack, quack, quack, quack." But only four little ducks came back.
Day and Away rhyme: Bay, cay, say, nay, Fay, Hay, Jay, Lay, May, pay, Ray all rhyme with them as well. Quack and Back Rhyme: Mack, Jack, Tack, Lack, sack, Rack, pack, and attack all rhyme with them as well.
400
What is something that you use to dry yourself off after you get out of the bath or a pool that rhymes with the last word in the name of this category.
a TOWEL rhymes with VOWEL.
500
"I will not eat them in a house, i will not eat them with a mouse,i will not eat them in a box i will not eat them with a fox, i will not eat them here of there i will not eat them anywhere, I do not like green eggs and ham i do not like them sam i am” how many words rhyme with at least one other word in this paragraph?
Answer: nine
500
What is a name of a color that is in the same word family as the word 'Attack?
black.
500
Do Gentlemen, and Hen rhyme? Between Children, when, spent and Decide which is a TWO syllable word that also rhymes with Hen and Gentlemen?
yes they do rhyme. Children is a two-syllable word that rhymes.
500
with your team, write down as many words as you can that end the same and therefore rhyme. the team who writes down the most will get the points.
Answers will vary.
500
Write your own question about rhymes, switch with a partner and see if you can answer it yourself.
answers will vary.
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