Lesson 3: Mystery Box
Main Concept:
Children will listen to a rhyming book and practice identifying rhyming words.
Warm-Up Activity:
Begin with a simple call-and-response rhyme. Say, "I say cat, you say ___!" (hat). Continue with other rhyming pairs (e.g., sun/fun, log/frog).
Main Activity: Mystery Box
- Hide familiar items in a mystery box. Say, “What’s in the box that rhymes with sock?” Let them feel and guess before pulling out the block.
- Let them take a turn hiding something in the mystery box for you to figure out.
- To make this activity easier, you can do just one item in the box at a time.
Prewriting:
Wavy Lines(Found in letters like "s" and "c")
- Ocean Waves Sensory Tray: Fill a tray with blue sand or salt, and have kids draw wavy lines with fingers or sticks (like waves).
- Wiggly Worm Race: Use yarn “worms” and have kids guide them along a taped-down wavy line.
- Dance the Waves: Play gentle music and move arms like wavy lines in the air or with streamers.
- Sight Words Dot Com Rhyme Match Game https://sightwords.com/phonemic-awareness/rhyming/rhyme-match/
- Sight Words Dot Com Catch the Match
https://sightwords.com/phonemic-awareness/rhyming/catch-the-match/ - Sight Words Dot Com Rhyme Memory
https://sightwords.com/phonemic-awareness/rhyming/rhyme-memory/ - Sight Words Dot Com Rhyme and Movement (if you have multiple learners)
https://sightwords.com/phonemic-awareness/rhyming/rhyme-movement/