Concentration: Short A Words

Objective:         To focus students' attention on rhyme.

Activity:           This activity is an adaptation of the traditional card game Concentration.  Using Short A words that the students have practiced in their reading program; the teacher creates a deck of cards that contain Short A rhyming word pairs.  The cards are placed in a grid-like pattern, face down in front of the students.  The first student flips over two cards.  If the cards rhyme, the student gets to keep the pair and is allowed to continue his/her turn.  If the cards do not match, the next player takes his/her turn.  Play continues until all the pairs have been matched.  The player with the most rhyming pairs wins. 

Assessment:     Test for Rhyme Detection and Rhyme Production using the instrument below.

Short A Pairs:          cat – hat                   mat – fat

                                jam – ham                 can – man

                                dad – sad                  mad – glad

                                pan – fan                   nap – lap

                                bag – tag                   cab – tab

Name: _________________            Date: _______

Concentration: Short A Words

Rhyme Detection Assessment

1.      cat           hat                   YES                  NO

2.     jam           mat                   YES                  NO

3.     an             dab                   YES                  NO

4.     dad           sad                   YES                  NO

5.     Sam          ham                  YES                  NO

Score: ________

Rhyme Production Assessment

1.      glad          _______          YES                  NO

2.     can           _______          YES                  NO

3.     sat            _______          YES                  NO

4.     jam           _______          YES                  NO

5.     tab           _______          YES                  NO

Score: _______

Total Score: ______

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