78 Kings and Queens: Supplemental Guide 3B | Old King Cole
Extensions 15 minutes
Rhyming Words
- Tell students that you will read this nursery rhyme again, but this time
you want them to listen carefully for rhyming words. - Remind students that rhyming words begin with a different sound
but end with the same sound. Review some rhyming words, or have
students tell you a word that rhymes with the first word: cat/hat; big/
pig; bake/take; ball/hall; etc.
Old King Cole
[Tell students to listen carefully for a word that rhymes with Cole.]
was a merry old soul,
[Soul rhymes with Cole.]
And a merry old soul was he;
[Have students listen for the word that rhymes with soul.]
He called for his pipe, and he called for his bowl,
[Bowl rhymes with soul. Now have students listen for the word that
rhymes with he.]
And he called for his fiddlers three.
[Three rhymes with he.]
Every fiddler had a very fine fiddle,
And a very fine fiddle had he.
Oh, there’s none so rare
[Tell students to listen carefully for a word that rhymes with rare.]
as can compare
[Compare rhymes with rare.]
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