Kindergarden - Nursery Rhymes and Fables

112 Nursery Rhymes and Fables: Supplemental Guide 6A | Star Light, Star Bright

Rhyming Words

Remind students that rhyming words have different beginning sounds but

end with the same sounds, e.g., cat hat.

1. I am going to reread the first line of “Star Light, Star Bright,” and want
   you to listen for rhyming words.
   Star light, star bright.
   What are the rhyming words?
   
   
   • Light and bright are rhyming words.
   
   
   
   


2. I am going to reread the next line and I want you to listen for a word
   that rhymes with light and bright.
   First star I see tonight.
   
   
   • To n ig ht rhymes with light and bright.
   
   
   
   


3. Now I will reread the next two lines of the nursery rhyme and I want
   you to listen for a word that rhymes with light, bright, and tonight.
   I wish I may, I wish I might.
   
   
   • Might rhymes with light, bright, and tonight.
     Have the wish I wish tonight.
   
   
   • To n ig ht rhymes with light, bright, and might.
   
   
   
   


4. Which words rhyme in this poem?
   
   
   • Light, bright, tonight, and might rhyme.
   
   
   
   


5. Can you think of other words that rhyme with light?
   Reread the nursery rhyme but leave out bright, tonight, and might for
   students to fill in.

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