Rhyming Words with Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star

Explicit Instruction/Teacher modeling

• Read Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star off of the board, pointing to the words as you read. Fill in the blanks for "star" and "are" when you get to their places in the rhyme. Emphasize that "star" and "are" are the words that rhyme.
• Tell students that though we know the rhyme by memory, the words have written meaning too. Point to the words again, saying them aloud.
• Continue with the second part of the rhyme, repeating the steps above for the words "sky" and "high".

Guided Practice

• Ask students to help you find more rhymes.
• Give the students a word that rhymes with either star or sky, such as pie, why, car, or far, and ask them which word pair the word rhymes with.

Independent working time

• Distribute a Twinkle Twinkle rhyme sheet, star outline, glue stick, and a pair of scissors to each student.
• Have students cut out the star shape and glue the star to the rhyme sheet.
• Read the rhyme aloud as you point to each word. When you get to the blanks on the Twinkle Twinkle rhyme sheet, have students write the words "star" and "are".
• Have students decorate their stars with glitter glue.