Monster Rhyme Teacher Guide Teacher Guide
Monster Rhyme Time • 1st Grade Poetry
Duration 40 Min
Topic Rhyme Schemes
Learning Objectives
Identify rhyming words by listening to ending sounds.
Recognize patterns in poetry (AAAA and AABB).
Compose a 2-4 line silly poem about food using rhyme.
Materials Needed
Monster Rhyme Slides
Food Poems Lined Paper
Rhyme Rules Anchor Chart
Pencils & Crayons
Key Concept
"It is the sound that makes the words rhyme, and not the letters."
Watch for "heard/word/bird/bored" in the video quiz to reinforce this.
Lesson Sequence
Warm-up 5m
Rhyme Detectives
Read a simple nursery rhyme like "Humpty Dumpty" or "Hey Diddle Diddle" aloud. Ask students to clap every time they hear a word that sounds the same at the end.
Video 5m
Monster Learning (Video Clip)
Watch the Scratch Garden video. Use these specific timestamps:
1:18 (Banana Error): Ask "Why doesn't it fit?"
2:00-2:28 (Cheese Poem): Identify the words that rhyme with cheese (trees, breeze, sneeze, knees).
3:03-3:50 (Quiz): Let the class vote on the answers.
Talk 5m
The Rhyme Pattern
Show the "Cheese" poem text. Notice how all lines rhyme (AAAA). Explain that some poems also rhyme in pairs (AABB). Use the Anchor Chart to show these "secret codes."
Work 20m
Silly Food Poems
Students use the Lined Paper to write a poem about their favorite food. Encourage them to pick one rhyme scheme from the chart.
Example: "I like cake (A) / It's fun to bake (A) / It tastes so sweet (B) / It is a treat (B)"
Share 5m
Poetry Slam
Invite volunteers to stand up and read their poems with "Monster Energy." The audience snaps their fingers for good rhymes!
Rhyme Rules Anchor Chart Rhyme Rules
What makes words rhyme?
1
Same Sound
Rhyming words have the same ending sound.
🍰 CAKE
🐍 SNAKE
!
Monster Rule #1
It's about the SOUND,
not just the LETTERS!
bird word ✅ Rhyme!
2
Poetry Patterns
The Cheese Pattern
AAAA
You can eat cheese in the trees
In the breeze
It won't make you sneeze
Wash your knees
The Pair Pattern
AABB
I like to eat cake (A)
It's fun to bake (A)
It tastes so sweet (B)
It is a treat (B)
Monster Rhyme Presentation Slides 💧
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Monster variety show
Rhyme
Time
Welcome to the Learning Monsters Show!
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Rhymes
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Cheese
🎤
Poetry
Warm-Up: Rhyme Detective
Hey Diddle Diddle,
The Cat and the Fiddle,
The Cow jumped over the Moon.
The little dog laughed to see such Fun,
And the Dish ran away with the Spoon!
Clap when you hear the rhymes!
Watch: Rhyming Monsters
SCRATCH GARDEN
Embedded media
STOP @ 1:18
The Banana Error
STOP @ 2:20
Cheese Rhymes
STOP @ 3:03
The Quiz
The Cheese Poem
"You can eat cheese
In the trees
In the breeze
It won't make you sneeze
Please eat cheese
With your mouth and not your knees!"
Pattern: AAAA
Every single line ends with the same sound!
Monster Challenge
Can you think of ONE more word that rhymes with CHEESE?
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Your Silly Poem
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1. Food
Pick a favorite or silly snack!
✏️
2. Pattern
Pick AAAA or AABB pattern.
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3. Monster
Draw a monster eating the food!
Time to write! Go Monsters!
Poetry Slam
🎤
Read your poem with your best Monster Voice!
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Snap!
👏
Cheer!
Silly Food Poem Lined Paper 👾
Name:
Date:
My Silly
Food Poem
I chose the food: ________________________
Pick a Pattern:
AAAA (All Rhyme)
AABB (Pairs Rhyme)
🍕 🍰 🍞 🥞
1
2
3
4
Draw a Monster Eating your Food!
"Remember, it's about the sound, not the letters!"