Decoding Strategy

To begin the teacher will write a list of words on the board including:

Frog

Bog

Tick

Stick

Snail

Tail

Claw

Jaw

Flies

Skies

All of these words are in the book A Frog in the Bog by Karma Wilson and Joan Rankin. Read the book to the students and ask them to listen for those words and begin to think of other rhyming words. After reading the story, ask the children what they notice about the words “frog” and “bog.” Once they understand that each pair of words has the same ending, the children can begin to think of other words with the same endings. Have the children make a list of their own rhyming words. Once they have their own list, have the write a story using those words.