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Bear Themed Rhyming Words

Students sort word cards onto two cave mats, one for words that rhyme with bear, such as chair, pear and square, and one for words that do not, such as ball, shoe and mail.
Grades
Preschool–K
Pages
3
File type
PDF
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Updated Oct 26, 2026

Subject
ELA, Language Development, Phonics
Topic
Preschool Literacy Center, Kindergarten Literacy
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What's inside this resource

Students will practice sorting words that rhyme with bear. This is an easy and fun activity to give students who need practice with identifying rhyming words.

How to Use:

To complete this sorting activity, students will look at the picture on each bear to determine if the picture rhymes with bear or does not rhyme with bear, and then the students will place the bear on the correct cave mat.

This sorting activity includes 3 pages that contains

  • One cave mat for pictures that rhyme with bear

  • One cave mat for pictures that do not rhyme with bear

  • Bear pictures that rhyme with bear

  • Bear pictures that do not rhyme with bear


This rhyming sort can be used in the following ways

  • Literacy centers - Place the mats and sorting pictures in the center for students to work together to sort each image.

  • File folder activity - These are great for individual work.

  • Add magnets to the picture cards for a baking tray activity

  • Small group activities - Pull aside a small group of students who need extra practice with rhyming to complete this sort.

  • Morning work - This makes a great table top activity for students to work on as classmates arrive.

  • Emergency sub plans - This easy to assign activity makes a great resource to leave with subs.

If you desire to make a file folder game, place the mats on either side of the folder and use hook and loop fasteners to sort the bear pictures. File folders create a portable activity students can complete anywhere in the classroom.


Skills assessed with these rhyming sorting mats

  • Students will say and identify words that rhyme with bear

  • Students will demonstrate the ability to sort the picture cards onto the correct mat

This rhyming words sorting activity is an easy to prep activity. All the teacher needs to do is to print the each page, cut out the picture cards and laminate the pages and cards if desired. The activity is easy to set up and to put away and store.

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Decide whether a word rhymes with bear

Teaching tips

  • Saying each word aloud with bear before placing it keeps the sort focused on sound rather than spelling, since chair, pear and square end in different letter patterns.

Skills covered

  • Rhyme recognition — students compare each word's ending sound to bear and sort it

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Curriculum

Standards, concepts & topics

Standards

  • CCSS.RF.K.2.a — Recognize and produce rhyming words.

Core concepts

  • Rhyming words
  • Phonological awareness

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