Snag a Rag
Objective
Recognize words that rhyme with snag (e.g., "Do snag and flag rhyme?") and produce rhyme words (e.g., "Think of a word that rhymes with snag.").
Lesson Plan
Target Words:
- rag
- bag
- tag
- snag
- flag
- drag
Materials:
- Rags
- Bags
- Tag pictures*
- Flag pictures*
- Tissue or fabric scrap
- Snag a Rag target text*
*Items included below.
State and Model the Objective
The children will play a game called Snag a Rag as they recognize and produce words that rhyme with snag, such as bag, flag, drag, tag, and rag.
Literacy Activities
Race to snag and drag rags
- Place several rags at the end of an open area and place a bag at the other end.
- Explain to the children that the words rag and bag rhyme.
- Have the children form a line and take turns racing to snag (grab) a rag and drag it to the bag.
- Have all of the children chant "Snag a rag" as each child runs to snag a rag, and then chant "Drag the rag" as the child drags the rag to the bag.
Race to snag and drag tags
- Place several tags (see below) at the end of an open area and place a bag at the other end, pointing out that the words tag and bag rhyme.
- Have the children form a line and take turns racing to snag a tag and drag it to the bag.
- Have all of the children chant, "Snag a tag" as each child runs to snag a tag, and then chant "Drag the tag" as the child drags the tag to the bag.
Race to snag and drag flags
- Place several flags (see below) at the end of an open area and place a bag at the other end.
- Explain to the children that we don't drag flags because we respect them, then point out that drag, flag, and bag all rhyme.
- Have the children form a line and take turns racing to snag a flag and bring it to the bag.
- Have all of the children chant "Snag a flag" as each child runs to snag a flag and the chant "Don't drag the flag" as the child brings a flag to the bag.
- Help the children think of words from the activities rhyme with snag (e.g., drag, rag, tag, flag).
More Practice
Read a rhyming text
- Display the Snag a Rag target text (see below) large enough for children to easily see.
- Read the text to the children, pointing to each word in left to right sequence.
- Allow the children to shadow read by repeating predictable phrases after you read the text to them again.
- Ask the children which words in the text rhyme with snag.
Produce words that rhyme with snag
- Remind the children of the words they played with (e.g., rag, bag, tag, flag).
- Give the children a tissue or fabric scrap to use as a rag and let them wag it as they share a word that rhymes with snag (support as needed).
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SEEL Target Texts
Snag a Rag
Race to snag and drag a rag.
Run and snag a rag from a bag.
Drag the rag back to a rag bag.
Snag a rag.
Drag a rag.
Snag and drag a rag to a rag bag.
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Standards
SEEL lessons align with Common Core Standards. Please see the standards page for the code(s) associated with this lesson.
http://education.byu.edu/seel/library/
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Snag a Rag