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Skill Explainer

3.2 Explicitly Teaching Onset-Rime

Onset-Rime Skill Explainer

Tami Mount, M. Ed.

A Step-by-Step Onset-Rime Lesson

Kindergarten teacher demonstrates onset rime using colored squares

The word is /m/, /ăt/.

/mmm/, /ăt/. 

/mmmăt/

The word is mat. 

The mat by our door was muddy

Mat.

Some students struggle with segmenting and blending onset-rime. This could be due to phonological challenges or being unable to retain the first sound in the word after retrieving the rime. These students may need to work at a slower pace and practice many repetitions to achieve mastery.

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