This lesson for remedial readers utilizes older students helping younger students improve their reading skills.
Grades(s) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Subjects(s) Arts, Language Arts, Reading
Objective
1. Younger students and older students learn basic rhyming words
2. All students involved become more fluent in their reading
3. Older students gain confidence in their reading by helping younger students
Materials
1. Chart paper for word lists
2. Construction paper for books
3. Computers, if available
Lesson
1. Students in remedial or ESL classes work together to generate lists of rhyming words. Examples: coat, moat, throat, gloat, goat, oat, etc. chill, hill, pill, thrill, drill, grill, spill, etc.
2. After students work together to create rhyming word lists, use computers, if available, to come up with more words. Just Google "rhyming words" and the results are awesome.
3. Divide students into pairs and have them choose two lists of rhyming words to use when writing a book for younger children.
4. Students use the rhyming words to write a short book that they will share with younger students from another class.
5. The cover of the book should have a picture that includes most of the words. Examples: A goat on a boat wearing a coat with a scarf around its throat; A grill on the side of a hill creating a spill as someone uses a drill
6. The teacher checks to see that all words are appropriate and spelled correctly. Students either write their books using manuscript letters or print them on the computer. The illustrations are more fun if they are hand drawn.
7. Each pair of older students reads their book to younger students from another class.
Assessment
1. Completed books
2. Oral reading