Lesson Plan: Rhyming Monster

The Learning Experience:

Students will get a chance to begin to work with rhymes. I will introduce the concepts of rhyme
to the students, and they will get a chance to practice it. Being able to listen to a silly poem,
while at the same time drawing and engaging the creating sides of their brain, students will get a
great baseline for rhyming words. Hopefully, this lesson will begin to engage the children in
rhyming patterns, and they will begin to look for rhymes in other aspects of their life.

When you draw a monster, it is said,

You always begin with his HEAD
Hell be able to see, when he flies,
If we give him two bright EYES
To tell which way the cold wind blows
Our monster will need a great big NOSE
Look to the north, then look to the south
Now we can give our monster a MOUTH
Some up above and some beneath
Our monster has a lot of TEETH
Now under his chin, lets just check
Thats where we will put his NECK
So he wont be tipsy-toddy
Lets give him a polka dot BODY
If he really, really begs,
I guess we could give him LEGS
To make our monster nice and neat,
Well have to teach him to wipe his FEET
A notice that was sent by mail,
We cant forget the monsters TAIL
He isnt fierce, he isnt hairy
But dont you think hes a little SCARY?

Materials:
-Clipboards
-Paper
-Pencils
-Chart Paper with Rhymes
-SMART Board
-Monster Poem PPT
Outcomes:
1.1.1 - Express Ideas - Talk about personal experiences and familiar events
2.3.4 - Experiment with Language - Appreciate repetition, rhyme and rhythm in shared
language experiences.
4.2.5 - Enhance Presentation - Add drawings and details to own stories and drawings.
4.4.1 - Share Ideas and Information - Share information and ideas in a brief presentation
to a familiar audience; use illustrations and other materials to aid the presentation

4.4.3 - Attentive Listening and Viewing - Demonstrate active listening and viewing skills
and strategies.

5.1.1 - Compare Responses - Tell, Draw and Write about self and family.
Instructional Plan:
1. I will show the students some examples of rhymes on chart paper. (Toy/Boy, One/Fun, Did/
Kid, Fell/Bell, Quite/Might) We will talk about what constitutes a rhyme. (How its the end of a
word, not necessarily the whole word) Also, I will discuss how poems will often have a specific
rhyming pattern.
2. We will then talk about the monster poem, and how each part (couplet) will have the word of a
body part in it. When we get to that word, I will ask the students to draw that part of their
monster on the paper.
3. I will read each slide individually, stopping at the end of the second line, and asking anyone if
they know what the rhyme is based on the first line. If there is trouble, I will give them a hint.
Following along with the students, I will draw my monster along with them.
4. We will continue to do this until all of the slides are completed. I will keep track of the time,
and if there are any that need to be cut, I will cut the two or three at the end.

5. Students can make up a fake name for their monster, which rhymes with their own name. This
doesnt have to be a real word, and can be a good way to check who understands the basic
concept
6. Lastly, we will do a turn and talk, where the students can share their monsters and their names
with their friends.