Onset and rime (W7.2) AWS

Onset and rime (W7.2) Starting individually, see how many words you can make using any of these rimes in one minute. Compare your list with a colleague’s and add up how many you have between you. Now join with another pair and add up the scores.

-ack

-ain

-ake

-ale

-all

-ame

-an

-ap

-ash

-at

-ate

-aw

-ay

-eat

-est

-ice

-ick

-ide

-ite

-ill

-in

-ing

-ink

-ip

-ir

-ock

-oke

-op

-ore

-uck

-ug

-ump

-unk

Figure W7.2.1 Rimes that make nearly 500 words

This activity shows how the power of onset and rime can give children wider available vocabulary.