3.1 Prepare for Onset-Rime Instruction
Onset-Rime Skill Explainer
Tami Mount, M. Ed.
Onset-Rime Word List
Use this list of words to help with planning onset-rime instruction.
Use this list of words to help with planning onset-rime instruction.

Picture Cards for Instruction
Use this free set of printable picture cards for phonological awareness instruction.
Use this free set of printable picture cards for phonological awareness instruction.

Picture Cards for Student Activities
Use this free set of printable picture cards for independent student practice.
Use this free set of printable picture cards for independent student practice.

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Monique Ealey: I am going to use the roller coaster strategy to break a word into onset and rime. In a word, the onset is the first part of the word that comes before the vowel, and the rime is the vowel sound and everything after. Watch as I segment night into onset and rime ... /n/, /ight/ ... /n/, /ight/. The onset is /n/, the rime is /ight/. The word is night.

Phonological Awareness Teaching Strategies
Here’s a Reading Universe skill teaching strategy card you can use to prepare your instruction. It includes all of the support resources you’ll need to put it into action.
Here’s a Reading Universe skill teaching strategy card you can use to prepare your instruction. It includes all of the support resources you’ll need to put it into action.