Rime Magic Decoding Strategies “Learning Games”

Stand-Up Rimes Activity Purpose: reinforce students’ ability to hear the rime within a two-syllable word as it is spoken aloud Materials: Magic Rime Cards Have students sit on rug. After practicing, choose four students to join you. Have each of the four students hold a Magic Rime card. Teacher provides a target word and class determines which student helper has the Magic Rime inside the word. Purpose: reinforce students’ ability to hear the rime within a two-syllable word as it is spoken aloud Materials: Magic Rime Cards Have students sit on rug. After practicing, choose four students to join you. Have each of the four students hold a Magic Rime card. Teacher provides a target word and class determines which student helper has the Magic Rime inside the word.

What’s My Rime Activity Purpose: reinforce students’ ability to hear the rime within a two-syllable word as it is spoken aloud Materials: Magic Rime Cards Small group intervention, distribute Magic Rime Cards to each student, place face up. Teacher provides a target word and small group determines which student has the Magic Rime inside the word. Purpose: reinforce students’ ability to hear the rime within a two-syllable word as it is spoken aloud Materials: Magic Rime Cards Small group intervention, distribute Magic Rime Cards to each student, place face up. Teacher provides a target word and small group determines which student has the Magic Rime inside the word.

Highlight the Rimes Activity Purpose: visualizing the onset & the endings surrounding the Magic Rime Materials: Magic Rime Cards, lined paper, pencils, colored pencils, pens, or markers Holding up one of the Magic Rime Cards and announcing a two-syllable word that includes that rime, ask students to write down the word using pencil for everything and marker for Magic Rime Purpose: visualizing the onset & the endings surrounding the Magic Rime Materials: Magic Rime Cards, lined paper, pencils, colored pencils, pens, or markers Holding up one of the Magic Rime Cards and announcing a two-syllable word that includes that rime, ask students to write down the word using pencil for everything and marker for Magic Rime

Rime Word Spelling Activity Purpose: reinforce students’ mastery of rime placement in a multisyllabic word, enhance their ability to be aware of rime placement as they spell Materials: Rime Word Spelling Sheet Students fill in the six boxes with chosen Magic Rimes. Teacher provides a target word and students decide which rime is inside the target word and write it in the correct category. Purpose: reinforce students’ mastery of rime placement in a multisyllabic word, enhance their ability to be aware of rime placement as they spell Materials: Rime Word Spelling Sheet Students fill in the six boxes with chosen Magic Rimes. Teacher provides a target word and students decide which rime is inside the target word and write it in the correct category.

Spelling in the Air Activity Purpose: reinforce students’ awareness & mastery of rime placement in a multisyllabic word Materials: Embedded Rime Cards Choose a card from pile of Embedded Rime Cards, but keep it to yourself. Teacher says the target word, hold up fingers depending upon how many letters are contained in onset of word. Targeted student will spell the word. Purpose: reinforce students’ awareness & mastery of rime placement in a multisyllabic word Materials: Embedded Rime Cards Choose a card from pile of Embedded Rime Cards, but keep it to yourself. Teacher says the target word, hold up fingers depending upon how many letters are contained in onset of word. Targeted student will spell the word.

Rime Hunt Activity Purpose: reinforce students’ awareness of rimes within words in connected text. Materials: A copy of a simple poem for each student After enjoying a simple poem with students. Ask students to focus on one word at a time, locating the rime in each word chosen by the teacher. Have students circle the rime inside the word, then write it in the right-hand margin. Students can draw a box around suffixes, including inflectional endings. Purpose: reinforce students’ awareness of rimes within words in connected text. Materials: A copy of a simple poem for each student After enjoying a simple poem with students. Ask students to focus on one word at a time, locating the rime in each word chosen by the teacher. Have students circle the rime inside the word, then write it in the right-hand margin. Students can draw a box around suffixes, including inflectional endings.

Base Word Constancy Activity Purpose: familiarize students with the morphemic structure of multisyllabic words Materials: Base Word Constancy Sheet When the base word remains constant it makes it easier to identify the prefix and suffix in words Purpose: familiarize students with the morphemic structure of multisyllabic words Materials: Base Word Constancy Sheet When the base word remains constant it makes it easier to identify the prefix and suffix in words

Base Word Constancy

Smiles: Making Friends with Multi-Syllabic Words Smiles will make long words friendlier & much easier to read and spell Breaking words up into syllables using smiles Smiles will make long words friendlier & much easier to read and spell Breaking words up into syllables using smiles

Long Vowel Spelling Using the Long Vowel Spelling Activity Sheet Concentrate on one long vowel per week for 5 weeks Start over each 5 weeks Students provide words with the selected vowel’s long sound Words are charted by category Using the Long Vowel Spelling Activity Sheet Concentrate on one long vowel per week for 5 weeks Start over each 5 weeks Students provide words with the selected vowel’s long sound Words are charted by category

Word Juggling Activity Purpose: allow students to become more flexible in their use of words in structuring sentences for daily writing Choose a relevant word. Teacher designates the number of words in the sentence. Students are to create a sentence using the word; they may add an ending to the target word. Students will identify which position the target word is located in the sentence Purpose: allow students to become more flexible in their use of words in structuring sentences for daily writing Choose a relevant word. Teacher designates the number of words in the sentence. Students are to create a sentence using the word; they may add an ending to the target word. Students will identify which position the target word is located in the sentence