Rhyming strategies can be divided into three levels of difficulty (Griffith, Beach, Ruan, and Dunn, 2008). What are they? Name at least one strategy to support each level

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Answer: The easiest level focuses on students' knowledge of rhyme (K), the second level on students' ability to discriminate rhymes (D), and the most challenging level is students' ability to produce rhymes (P). The following rhyming strategies have a (K), (D), or (P) attached to each to indicate the level that the strategy is intended to support. In some instances, a strategy may support more than one rhyming level.
1. Say pairs of words to students and have them say whether or not the pairs rhyme (K).
2. Read a poem with rhyming words to students. Have students recognize and say the rhyming word at the end of each line (K, P).
3. Have students dictate their own rhyming poem using a familiar poem as a guide. (P)
4. Play rhyming riddles. "This word rhymes with two and it's what cows do (moo)" (P).
5. Gather picture cards that rhyme and have students group them by the rhyming sounds (D).
6. Have students draw pictures of objects that rhyme with the object in a picture (D, P).
7. Have students circle or cut out magazine pictures that rhyme with a given word or picture (D, P).
8. Play matching rhymes. In pairs or small groups, students give words that other students match with a rhyming word, such as man/fan (D, P).