504 Use Rhyme

Convention: Capitalization and Punctuation in Poetry

👩‍🏫 Teacher’s Guide

Objective
Students will learn that rhyme can make writing fun and musical. Students will also practice using correct capitalization and punctuation when writing short poems.

Teaching Notes

• Explain that rhyming words sound the same at the end.
• Read simple rhymes aloud.
• Point out capital letters at the start of lines when needed.
• Explain that punctuation in poems helps the reader pause.
• Keep poems short and simple for Grade 1.

🧒 Student Worksheet

Helping Material

Rhyming words sound the same at the end.
Rhyme makes writing fun to read and hear.

Poems still use:

• Capital letters
• Punctuation marks

Modeled Improvement (Before → After)

1. Before:
   cat
   hat
   After: Why it’s better:

2. Before:
   i see a cat
   it sat on a mat
   After: Why it’s better:

3. Before:
   sun fun
   After: Why it’s better:

4. Before:
   i like to play
   every day
   After: Why it’s better:

5. Before:
   dog log
   After: Why it’s better:

Writing Choices Q&A

1. What is rhyme?

2. Do poems need capital letters?

3. Do poems use punctuation?

4. Are cat and hat rhyming words?

5. Does rhyme make writing fun?

Mini Activities

1. Find the Rhyme
   cat – hat – dog

2. Fix the Capital
   i see the sun

3. Add Punctuation
   Fun run

4. Say a Rhyme
   Word that rhymes with play

5. Draw and Write
   Draw a rhyming pair.

Writing Samples

(5 samples · 3–5 lines · rhyme + correct capitalization & punctuation)

Cat and Hat

Play Day

Fun Run

Dog Log

Sun Fun

Reflection

• What rhyming words did you use today?