Fill the Cup

Objective
Recognize words that rhyme with fill (e.g., "Do spill and fill rhyme?") and produce rhyme words (e.g., "Think of a word that rhymes with fill.").
Lesson Plan
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Target Words:
- fill
- spill
- will
- still
Materials:
- Small cups
- Beans, rice, beads, or sand
- Juice or water
- A pitcher or container
Overview
The children will fill up a cup while staying still as they recognize and produce words that rhyme with fill, such as still, spill, and will.
Literacy Activity
- Hand out small cups to each child.
- Go around the table, visiting one child at a time, and have each child say, “Will you fill my cup with ___ (juice or water) please?” and then fill his or her cup.
- After the children drink their juice or water, hand out new cups, and have the children fill them with beans, rice, beads, or sand.
- After they fill their cups, have them spill them back into the container.
More Practice
- Ask the children if they can remember any of the words used in the activity that rhyme with fill.
- Write these words on little pieces of paper, use them to fill a small cup, and then spill the cup’s contents in front of the children.
- Tell them to sit still as you read the rhyming words again off of the tiny slips of paper.
SEEL At Home
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Objective:
Recognize and produce words that rhyme with fill.
Materials:
- Cups
- Water or juice
- Beans, rice, beads, or sand
Activity: Fill the Cup
- Have family members or friends sit at the table.
- One by one, have each person ask your child, “Will you fill my cup please?” and have your child answer, “Yes, I will!”
- Help your child fill each of the cups, and after everyone finishes drinking, get two clean, empty cups for you and your child.
- Fill the cups with rice, beads, beans, or sand and then spill the contents of the cups back into the container or slowly onto the table.
- Fill and spill the cups as many times as desired.
- Ask your child if he or she can remember any of the rhyming words (spill, fill, still, will).
- Have you and your child sit still as you repeat the rhyming words back and forth to each other.
Standards
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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.K.2.A: Recognize and produce rhyming words.

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Fill the Cup