1st Grade Rhyming Words worksheets

About this worksheet

Words that rhyme end with the same sound, so hearing a rhyme means listening to the end of a word instead of the start. That skill comes before reading and leads straight into word families such as -at and -an. On this grade 1 worksheet your child reads a short word and circles the picture whose name rhymes with it. Two of the three pictures often start with the same letter as the word, so the child has to listen to the ending.

Support sheets use plain short rhymes, standard sheets add more endings, and challenge sheets include rhymes that are spelled differently, like tree and key. Say each picture name out loud together before circling.

What your child will learn

• Hear that rhyming words end with the same sound
• Choose the picture whose name rhymes with a word
• Listen to the ending of a word, not the beginning
• Get ready for word families such as -at and -an

Common Core standard: RF.K.2.A