Introduction
Welcome to Rhyming Words! In this webquest you will:
- listen to rhyming words
- state what rhyming words are
- match rhyming words
- find rhyming words
- understand what rhyming words are
Listen to this song to become familiar with rhyming words
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aP3UHE0duCU
Created by Melissa Poulsen
Task
Process
Click on the educational sites that will help you to learn about rhyming words. The sites will help you learn and challenge you as you move through the activities. Click on the links below to watch the videos, sing the songs, and play the games!
1. In this interactive activity, you will match rhyming words with word world.
http://pbskids.org/wordworld/characters/game_frm.html
2. In this interactive activity, you will match rhyming picture words with grover.
http://pbskids.org/sesame/games/super-grover-nick-rhyme/
3. In this interactive activity, you will say rhyming words to complete a magic trick.
http://www.starfall.com/n/magic/trick1/load.htm?f
4. In this video you will listen to word families that rhyme
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggcr7hMInVE
5. In this interactive activity, you will identify rhyming words that match with the word family
http://pbskids.org/superwhy/#/game/freezedance
6. In this interactive activity, you will create a poem with rhyming words.
http://pbskids.org/martha/games/rhymetime/index.html
7. In this video, you will watch grover trying to find rhyming words.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GpPJrUlEwo
8. In this video, you will watch a rhyming words game.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8DH0UFvDLo
Evaluation
After the WebQuest activities, you should be able to
- recall what rhyming words are.
- identify and recognize rhyming words.
- State what a rhyming word is.
Rhyming Word Rubric:
| Rubric |
Far Below Basic ~ 1 |
Below Basic ~ 2 | Basic ~ 3 | Advanced ~ 4 |
| Following Directions | Has difficulty moving through interactive activities. | Has some difficulty moving through interactive activities with some assistance. | Can move through the interactive activities with minimal assitance. | Can move through interactive activities with no assistance. |
| Identify and recognize rhyming words | able to identify 0-1 word that rhymes | identifies at least 2 words that rhymes | identifies most words that rhymes | identifies all the words that rhyme. |
| Knowledge of content | students still have difficulty in understanding what are rhyming words | students have little difficulty in understanding what are rhyming words | students have very little difficulty in understanding what are rhyming words | students understand what are rhyming words with no difficulty. |
| Participation | students seldom participated in the activities. | students participated sometimes in the activities | students participated very often in the activitie | students always participated in the activities |
Conclusion
Our Rhyming jouney has come to an end! I hope you had fun learning about rhyming words. You are now able to identify and recognize rhyming words and say your own rhyming words.
Credits
Teacher Page
Purpose:
The Rhyming Words WebQuest was designed to introduce rhyming words to Preschool students.The teacher or a parent may need to work with his/her child/student while exploring this WebQuest.
Learner Description:
This Rhyming Words WebQuest was designed for Preschool students, but would be appropriate for struggling and/or gifted students.
Prerequisites:
Students will need to know how to use a mouse and the keyboard. Students will also need to be able to follow simple 2 step directions.
Instructional Objectives:
Students will be able to:
- Identify rhyming words
- State what rhyming words are.
- State their own rhyming words.
- Follow 2 step directions
- Use a mouse and keyboard
Standards Addressed:
- Early Learning Expectation: Spoken Language: Expressive. Children develop abilities to express themselves clearly and communicate ideas to others.
- Early Learning Expectation: Viewing Images and Other Media Materials. Children begin to develop strategies that assist them in viewing a variety of images and multimedia materials effectively and critically.
- Early Learning Expectation: Research and Information Literacy. With adult support and supervision, children interact with developmentally appropriate Internet based resources. With adult support, children use developmentally appropriate digital resources to locate and use information relating to a topic under study.
Assessment:
Students will be assessed and graded on their efforts and performance abilities. I would go through the rubric with the student before hand so he/she has a solid understanding of what is expected from the WebQuest.