Rhyming words
English · Phonics & Word Reading · procedural
Recognise and produce rhyming words; join in with predictable phrases and rhymes in stories and poems; learn to appreciate and recite poems by heart
What mastery looks like
- Identify which words rhyme from a set (e.g. cat, bat, dog)
- Generate a word that rhymes with a given target
- Join in with repeated refrains and rhyming patterns during shared reading
Check your understanding
When you read a rhyming book to Rhyming words, do they join in and predict the rhyming words — and can they come up with their own rhyme for a simple word like 'cat'?
Prerequisites
None — this is a foundational concept.