State and Model the Objective
The children will decorate a plain chain and then recognize and produce words that rhyme with chain, such as plain, drain, plane, and cane. 

Literacy Activities 
Decorate a plain chain

• Cut out the picture cards (see below) and place them in a bowl or bag. 
• Show the children the plain chain and explain that they will be helping to decorate it with things that rhyme with chain (e.g., train, plane, brain, rain, cane).
• Have a child choose a picture card and help him or her identify it. 
• Ask the children if the picture card rhymes with chain. 
  • If it rhymes, have children chant phrases like, "Put the train on the plain chain!" as you tape it onto the chain. 
  • If it doesn’t rhyme, have the child say phrases like, "A book cannot go on our plain chain!" and place the card in a discard pile.
• Repeat until all the pictures have been sorted or until every child has had a turn. 
• Hang the chain up in the classroom low enough for the children to see, if desired. 

More Practice
Produce words that rhyme with chain

• Remind the children of words that rhyme with chain (e.g., plain, train, rain). 
• Help the children think of other words that rhyme with chain (support as needed).

Rhyming with picture cards 

• Lay out two picture cards showing words that rhyme with chain (e.g., train and rain) and one picture that does not rhyme with chain (e.g., cheese). 
• Invite the children to help you identify the picture that does not rhyme. 
• Remove the picture that does not rhyme with chain. 
• Repeat with other sets of picture cards: 
  • train, plane, bat 
  • chain, brain, boat 
  • rain, cane, dog