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Skill Explainer

Rhyming Skill Explainer

Erin Kosteva, M.Ed.

2. When to Teach Rhyming

Phonological awareness continuum chart

Rhyming and Onset-Rime

We address the skill of rhyming separately from onset-rime because many reading programs teach rhyming as a discrete skill. However, rhyming is simply where the onset changes but the rime stays the same. In other words, rhyming is practice for understanding onset-rime.

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