State and Model the Objective
Tell the children that they will make a fake rake as they recognize and produce words that rhyme with fake, such as rake, lake, snake, make, and bake.

Literacy Activities
Wake up a snake by a lake

• Lay out the lake and snake pictures (see below), then show the fake rake (see below).
• Explain that "fake" means "not real" or "pretend."
• Pretend that the fake snakes are napping under leaves (see below) by the fake lake.
• Have the children rake the leaves and pretend to wake up the fake snake.
• Tell the children not to rake up the snakes.
• Say the -ake words from the activity and point out that they rhyme (e.g., rake, fake, lake, snake).

Enjoy a piece of cake by the lake

• Let the children sit by the fake lake to have a bit of real or fake cake.
• Break the cake into pieces\
• To get a bit of cake, have the children say a word that rhymes with cake, supporting as needed.

• Have the children rake up the bits of cake with the fake rake or their fingers.

• Shake bits of cake into a wastebasket.

   

   

   

   

  Produce words that rhyme with fake

• Show picture of a rake, lake, snake and cake
• Explain that the rake, snake, lake and cake are fake and that rake, snake, fake, and cake rhyme.

• Say rake-cake and have the children repeat the words after you; repeat with the other pairs of -ake words (make-take; rake-shake; fake-snake; etc)

   

Recognize rhyme words using picture cards

• Lay out two pictures that rhyme with lake (e.g., rake, snake) and one picture that does not (e.g., rock).
• Help the children decide which picture does not rhyme and use the fake rake (or their fingers) to rake away the non-rhyming picture.
• Repeat with other sets of pictures:
  • lake, rock, cake
  • boat, rake, lake
  • snake, cake, girl
  • cake, bird, rake