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rime
The clustering of vowels and consonants after the initial consonant sound or sounds of a word.

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Rime frost on trees in Haywood County
Rime frost on trees in Haywood County
This is rime frost on trees along the Blue Ridge Parkway in Haywood County. This kind of rime, called soft rime, forms when fog or mist freezes to the outer surface of objects. It takes the form of delicate needles on the windward side of objects.
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Rime frost on a fir tree in Haywood County
Rime frost on a fir tree in Haywood County
This is rime frost on a fir tree on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Haywood County, North Carolina. This kind of rime, called soft rime, forms when fog or mist freezes to the outer surface of objects. It takes the form of delicate needles on the windward side of...
Format: image/photograph

Resources on the web

Getting the "ig" in Pig: Helping Children Discover Onset and Rime
This lesson from ReadWriteThink incorporates literature, independent and cooperative learning, critical thinking, and hands-on activities to engage students in learning the “ig” rime. Students explore books and magazines for words that have... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 English Language Arts)
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The big green monster teaches phonics in reading and writing
In this lesson from ReadWriteThink students begin with a shared reading of the story, Go Away, Big Green Monster! by Ed Emberley. After the shared reading, students engage in a paired reading of the online version to build fluency and word... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 English Language Arts)
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Whole-to-parts phonics instruction: Teaching letter-sound correspondences
This lesson from ReadWriteThink uses whole-to-parts phonics instruction as an approach to beginning reading. Letter-sound correspondences are taught within a meaningful context, and in an explicit, systematic, and extensive manner. This lesson uses onset-rime... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 English Language Arts)
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Word sorts for beginning and struggling readers
In this lesson that introduces short vowel word families, the teacher begins the lesson by reading The Magic Hat and modeling strategies for making predictions using illustrations and rhyming words. The teacher then explains... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 English Language Arts)
Provided by: ReadWriteThink