State and Model the Objective
Tell the children that they will find ten pens as they recognize and produce words that rhyme with ten, such as hen, pen, and when.
Literacy Activities
Hide ten pens

• Hide ten pens throughout the classroom. 
• Explain that ten and pen rhyme and that the children need to look for ten pens. 
• When all ten pens are found, have the children that found the ten pens hide them while the other children close their eyes.
• After the ten pens are hidden, have the remaining children look for the pens. 
• Count the pens with the children once they all have had a turn to find the ten pens.
• Say, “How many pens do we have? Ten pens!” 
• Ask the children to think of a word that rhymes with pen each time you hold up a pen, such as then, hen, when, and den, supporting as needed.

Draw something that rhymes with pen

• Have each child take a turn drawing something that rhymes with pen on the large butcher paper. Give the children ideas of what to draw (e.g., pen, number ten, den, men).
• Have each child point to their drawing and say what word they drew while you label their picture and emphasize that “___ rhymes with pen!”