Rhyming Words

What exactly is a test?  Any activity that indicates how well learners meet learning objectives is a test.  Any activity that provides feedback on performance of and objective can serve as a test. (Horton, 2012)

 

 

What do you know?

I know it is important for students to know and recognize rhyming words.

What do you want to know?

I want to know that students are able to recognize rhyming words when they see and hear them.

What are you trying to measure, determine, or define?

I am trying to measures students ability to recognize rhyming words when they hear or see them. At
this age and grade level more so when they hear the words.

How will you collect and record information?
I will collect the information through assessment. Students will be given a worksheet and instructed
to fill in the blank spaces using words that rhyme with the word at the top of the hat. The worksheet will be reviewed for accuracy.

How will you report the information you collect?

The worksheet will be reviewed and graded. The work sheets will be returned to the students and we will review the answers together and correct any wrong answers.

Are all interested groups included in planning and conducting the needs assessment?

The only other parties to be included in the planning and conducting the needs assessment will be the other Kindergarten teachers and the testing/assessment coordinator.

Learning Activity:

 

I will begin by teaching students about rhyming words.  I will then tell them that rhyming words are words that sound the same at the end such as cat and hat, ball and tall, and see and tree.  I will then read the book The Cat in the Hat.  After reading the book I will ask the students to tell me some of the rhyming words they heard in the story.

 

Student will be divided into groups of 4 or 5 to play the a memory game using picture rhyming cards

for a period of  5 minutes.  All cards will be placed face down on the desk/table.  The students will take turns pulling cards in an effort to find pictures/words that rhyme.  At the end of 5 minutes the

students will share with the class their rhyming words.

Students will also be asked to complete a worksheet, which will serve as a test, that will be reviewed for accuracy.

References:
Horton, W. (2012). E-Learning by design (2^nd ed). San Francisco, CA: Wiley

The Cat in the Hat Pintables. Retrieved June 30, 2014 from http://www.mysunwillshine.com/2013/06/free-cat-in-hat-printables.html

The Cat in the Hat/ Dr. Seuss Books. Retrieved June 30, 2014 from http://www.seussville.com/books/book_detail.php?isbn=9780394800011