Rhymes and poems
I can find rhymes and repeated lines in poems.
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Years 1 and 2 · English
Rhymes and poems: I can find rhymes and repeated lines in poems.
Here is a poem called Little Frog. Listen!
Little frog, little frog, sitting on a log.
Hop, hop, hop! Into the pond, plop!
Picture: A short text called "Little Frog" with a picture of a frog: "Little frog, little frog, / Sitting on a log. / Hop, hop, hop! / Into the pond, plop!"
Frog and log rhyme. They end with the same sound.
Hop and plop rhyme too.
Rhymes help us learn a poem by heart.
Picture: A short text called "Little Frog" with a picture of a frog: "Little frog, little frog, / Sitting on a log. / Hop, hop, hop! / Into the pond, plop!" "frog", "log", "Hop" and "plop" are underlined.
Your turn: Which one rhymes with cat?
Picture: Cat: 1 cat.
Choose one:
- bat: bat
- cup: cup
- dog: dog
Answer
The answer: bat
Bat. Cat and bat end with the same sound.
Picture: Sorting into 2 groups: Rhymes with cat, Does not rhyme. Rhymes with cat: bat. Does not rhyme: cup, dog.
Words to know
- poem:
- Words written in short lines. Many poems rhyme.
- rhyme:
- Words rhyme when they end with the same sound, like cat and bat.
- repeated line:
- A line that comes again in a poem, word for word.
- picture word:
- A word that helps us see or hear what is in the poem.
- by heart:
- Able to say a poem without looking at it.
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