Hey Diddle, Diddle! Generating Rhymes for Analogy-Based Phonics Instruction

Materials and Technology

Student Interactives

Printouts

Websites

Preparation

 

MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGY

• Sometimes I Like to Curl Up in a Ball by Vicki Churchill and Charles Fuge (Sterling Publications, 2001)
  
  
• Chart paper, writing paper, and pencils
  
  
• Pocket chart

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STUDENT INTERACTIVES

Grades   K – 2  |  Student Interactive  |  Learning About Language

Construct-a-Word

Using Construct-a-Word, students learn letter-sound correspondence by combining a beginning letter or blend to a word ending to create words.

 

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PRINTOUTS

• The Letterbox Lesson: A Hands-on Approach for Teaching Decoding (IRA, 1999)
  
  
• Rhyming Picture Cards
  
  
• "Hey Diddle, Diddle" or other poems that rhyme

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WEBSITES

• A Rhyme a Week: Nursery Rhymes for Early Literacy
• Guided Reading and Leveled Readers
• Running Records

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PREPARATION

1.	Copy the poem "Hey Diddle, Diddle" onto poster-size chart paper.
2.	Print the Rhyming Picture Cards and cut out the pictures. You might laminate the sheets before cutting to make the cards more durable for student use.
3.	Create two word frames to isolate words on the poster-size chart paper. These word frames will help to show visually similar rhyming words.
4.	Obtain a copy of the book Sometimes I Like to Curl Up in a Ball by Vicki Churchill and Charles Fuge to use for guided reading. If you are not able to locate a copy of this book, you may select another book that fits the reading level of your students and uses the words or word patterns learned during the lesson.
5.	Gather other developmentally appropriate books or leveled readers for guided reading during the lesson.

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