Rhyme Matching Game: Weather Theme

Alphabet Matching Game Uppercase/Lowercase: Weather Theme

Recommended Grade Level:

Preschool kindergarten

Type of Resource: PDF

Number of Pages: 4

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Coordinating Activities

Weather Rhyme Matching Game

Rhyme matching cards for short vowel word pairs, like hat and cat or bin and fin
Rhyme matching cards for long vowel word pairs, like lake and cake or cube and tube

Each card has a picture and a word, so kids can match by listening or by reading.

Required Materials:

Paper, printer and ink
Paper cutter or scissors
Optional: laminator

Standards for Rhyming

This rhyme matching game supports early literacy standards connected to hearing and matching rhyming words.

Common Core State Standards: English Language Arts

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.K.2.A: Recognize and produce rhyming words. Kids match cards that rhyme.

Texas Prekindergarten Guidelines and TEKS for English Language Arts and Reading

PK4.III.B.6: Child identifies rhyming words. Kids say both words and listen for the rhyme.
TEKS ELA K.2(A)(i): Demonstrate phonological awareness by identifying and producing rhyming words. Kids match rhymes and think of new ones.

Virginia English Standards of Learning

K.FFR.2.B: Blend and segment one syllable words by onset and rime. Kids hear the same rime at the end of both words.

Weather Rhyme Matching Game gives preschool and kindergarten kids hands-on rhyming practice as they match picture cards that rhyme.

The rhyme cards sit on bright sunshine shapes, so they fit right into a weather unit.

Kids say the picture name, listen for the ending and find the card that rhymes. Play face up as a matching activity or face down as a flip-two-cards matching game.

How to Use Weather Rhyme Matching Game

Print, laminate and cut apart the cards.
Kids pick a card and say the picture name.
Kids find the card that rhymes.
Say both words together after each match.

Small Group: Say each pair together and clap when they rhyme.

Literacy Center: Partners play a flip-two-cards matching game with the cards face down.

Easy Ways to Differentiate This Rhyme Matching Game

Every group has a mix of listening and language skills. These simple changes keep the activity familiar while meeting each child where they are.

For Children Who Need More Support:

Start with 3 or 4 pairs.
Say both picture names together.
Play with the cards face up.
Stretch out the ending sound.

For On-Level Practice:

Match all the short vowel pairs.
Say both words after each match.
Play with the cards face down.
Check with a partner.

For an Extra Challenge:

Use the long vowel pairs.
Name another word that rhymes.
Read the words on the cards.
Make up a rhyming sentence.

For Speech, OT, ELL or Special Education Support:

Say the picture names together and give plenty of wait time.
Accept pointing, gestures, AAC or any communication method the child already uses.
Use the pictures to build vocabulary.
Repeat the same rhymes across several sessions.