Jake and His Cake

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Objective

Recognize and produce words that rhyme with cake. 

Lesson Plan

Target Words:

  • cake
  • Jake
  • make 
  • lake 
  • take
  • bake

Materials:

  • Mixing spoon and bowl 
  • “Jake” nametag* 
  • Cake or picture of cake* 

  • Book about baking a cake (optional)

        

     

    • Jake Baked the Cake by B. G. Hennessy, Jake Bakes a Cake by Carol Puliano, or Jake Bakes a Cake by Liza Charlesworth

       

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State the Objective

Tell the children that they will pretend to take a cake to a lake as they recognize and produce words that rhyme with cake, such as bake, make, and take. 

Literacy Activities 
Introduce target words

  • Display a list of words that rhyme with cake.
  • Read the words with the children, pointing out the rhyme pattern. 

Have Jake make a cake 

  • Choose a child to be Jake and wear the nametag (see below). 
  • Using the chart below, tell the story and have the children perform the actions. 

  • When Jake pretends to make the cake, give him the mixing spoon and bowl.

     

Say: Do: 
Here is Jake. He is sleeping.  Have Jake pretend to be asleep. 
We must wake Jake. Wake up, Jake, wake up.  Have the children wake up Jake.
Jake is awake! Now Jake can make us cake. We want a cake to take to the lake. Jake, make a cake to take to the lake Have the children beg Jake to make a cake: "Make a cake, Jake!" 
Jake will make a cake. Jake will bake a cake to take to the lake.  While Jake pretends to make a cake, let the children cheer, “Bake a cake, Jake!”
Jake did make a cake! It is a great cake. Jake baked a cake for us to take to the lake.  Show the cake or picture of the cake. 
We will take Jake's cake to the lake. Yum! Jake can bake a great cake. 

Have the children walk to an imaginary lake. Have them pretend to eat cake or give them some cake to enjoy.

Recognize rhyming words 

  • State two words that rhyme (e.g., cake, make). 
  • Ask the children to show thumbs up if the words rhyme and thumbs down if the words do not rhyme. 
  • Repeat with other sets of words that rhyme and don’t rhyme (e.g., Jake, bake; fake, lake; rake, take; sake, wake; flake, make).
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Objective 

Recognize and produce words that rhyme with cake. 

 

Materials 

  • Things to make a cake (real or pretend) 
  • Blue blanket (optional) 

 

Activity: Jake and His Cake 

  • Make a real or pretend cake with your child as you emphasize words that rhyme with cake: make (a cake), shake (the cake mix), take (the ingredients), bake (the cake). 
  • When your cake is finished, take your cake to a  pretend lake (e.g., a blanket) and enjoy eating it. 
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