Oxford Primary Skills Unit Teaching Notes Oxford University Press 1 Lesson objectives

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e
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Vocabulary (optional extension activity)
Write some one-syllable words on the board, e.g. 
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fun, cat, 
bird, big
. Give the children a time limit and see how many 
rhyming words they can think of. Let them work in pairs 
for this activity. (They may find it helpful to look at the 
alphabet as they do this.)
When the time limit is up, compile lists of rhyming words 
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on the board, e.g. 
fun, bun, sun, run, son 
 
cat, hat, sat, mat, fat, flat, rat, bat 
 
bird, word 
 
big, pig, twig, fig 
 
pen, hen 
 
wet, pet 
 
cap, map, tap 
 
sock, clock, rock 
 
ham, jam, lamb 
 
box, fox, socks, clocks, rocks 
 
fog, frog, dog 
 
spoon, June, moon, balloon
Ask the children to look up any unfamiliar words in the 
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dictionary. They will probably be pleasantly surprised to 
discover how many of the words they already know.
In a stronger class, let the children have fun trying to write 
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sentences that contain several rhyming words, e.g. 
The fat cat sat on the mat. 
 
The big pig sat on a twig. 
 
The hen’s got a pen. 
 
The moon is a balloon. 
 
There are socks and rocks and clocks in the box.

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