Grade 5
45 Minutes
Poetry
VideosRAIYA lives in Northern Virginia. She goes to Nysmith School and is in 5th grade. She likes writing (short stories, poems, etc.) and digital stuff (drawing, games, editing videos, animations). She enjoys playing with her brother and friends. Raiya plays the piano. She is 11 years old.
Congratulations to 826 Digital Writers’ Showcase Finalist, Raiya Chhabra! Watch her video and see the lesson below to practice generating rhyming words for your own rhyming poem. Read more about Raiya and the other finalists at www.826national.org/826-digital-writers-showcase-2023-finalists.
STEP 1
Watch the video and follow along with the Mentor Text on pages 1-2 of the Rhyming Words— Handout. After you’ve watched the video, read the Mentor Text out loud to yourself. Then, answer these questions in your writing journal: How does the poem make you feel? How do the rhymes of the poem add to that feeling?
STEP 2
Read the Mentor Text again and underline the rhyming words. A rhyme is similar sounds that repeat at the end of a word. For example, rat, cat, fat, bat have the -at ending and rhyme. Dog and log are also examples of words that rhyme.
STEP 3
Generate a list of rhyming words that you can incorporate into a poem. Write your ideas on page 3 of the handout. In Raiya’s poem she chose short words with a similar ending. You can use...
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