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Lesson Plan

Football Word Families

Categorize words by their ending sounds using a fun-filled football theme. Your students will complete various word sorts and write down words to emphasize the principles of rhyming.
Grade:
Kindergarten
View aligned standards
RF.K.2.a
RF.K.2.c

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to identify and produce words that rhyme.

Introduction

(10 minutes)
  • Have students stand in a circle, showing them a football. Instruct them to clap out the two syllables foot-ball to gain a better phonological understanding of the word.
  • Encourage all students to put both their arms out in front of them with their palms facing up towards the sky.
  • Tell them to catch the ball with their hands and bring the football towards their body.
  • Go around the circle, allowing every student to catch the ball once. Ask them to call out a word that rhymes with football when they catch the ball.
  • Now, tell students that since they listed some words that rhyme with football, they are going to continue learning about words that rhyme, or words that have the same ending sound.