- Subject
- ELA, Phonics
- Topic
- Ghost rhyme, Rhyming words
- Preparation
- Print ready
- Standards
- CCSS.RF.K.2.a
Product description
From the author
This rhyming sort is a great hands on activity for recognizing words that rhyme with ghost. This is an easy and fun activity to give students who need practice with identifying rhyming words. Students will sort pictures that rhyme with the word ghost using this ghost themed rhyming activity.
How to Use:
To complete this sorting activity, students will look at a picture on a ghost to determine if the picture rhymes with ghost or does not rhyme with ghost, and then the students will place the ghost on the correct haunted house mat.
This sorting activity includes 3 pages that contains
One haunted house mat for pictures that rhyme with ghost
One haunted house mat for pictures that do not rhyme with ghost
Ghost pictures that rhyme with ghost
Ghost pictures that do not rhyme with ghost
This rhyming sort can be used in the following ways
Literacy centers
Fine motor centers
File folder activity
Add magnets to the picture cards for a baking tray activity
Small group activities
Morning work
Emergency sub plans
If making a file folder game, the teacher will place the mats on either side of the folder and use hook and loop fasteners to sort the ghost pictures. File folders create a portable activity students can complete anywhere in the classroom.
Skills assessed with these rhyming sorting mats
Students will identify words that rhyme with ghost
Students will show the ability to sort the picture cards on to the correct mat
This rhyming words sorting activity is a low prep activity. All a teacher needs to do is to print the three pages, 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.
This download includes a PDF with 3 usable pages.
In the classroom
Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
Recognize which of eleven given words share the -ost rhyme sound with ghost.
Sort word cards into rhyming and non-rhyming categories based on sound rather than spelling alone.
Distinguish true rhymes, such as coast and toast, from words unrelated in sound, such as key, band, and pan.
Teaching tips
Cut out the illustrated ghost cards on page 3 before the lesson.
Read each word aloud with students rather than relying on sight alone — this is a phonological-awareness rhyme sort, not a spelling-pattern match, so a word like most still rhymes even though it does not share ghost's exact letter pattern.
Post the two header pages (Rhymes with Ghost / Does Not Rhyme with Ghost) side by side so students have a clear physical space to place each sorted card.
Skills covered
Rhyme recognition — students identify which of eleven words share the -ost sound with ghost, such as coast, boast, and toast.
Auditory discrimination — students distinguish true rhymes from words that merely look similar or are unrelated in sound, such as key, ring, and pan.
Word sorting — students physically categorize cut-apart word cards under two labeled headers.
Good to know
Questions teachers ask about this resource
What do students sort?
Students sort 11 word cards under two headers: words that rhyme with ghost and words that do not. The rhyming words include coast, boast, most, post, roast, and toast.
How can I support students who cannot read all the cards?
Say each word aloud before students place it. Ask them to listen to the ending sound and compare it with ghost.
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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
Word sorting
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