Soarin' In First
Onsets and Rimes
By the end of the school year, your child should be able to recognize each of these words.
Onset and Rime are technical terms used to describe phonological units of a spoken syllable. A syllable can normally be divided into two parts: the onset, which consists of the initial consonant or consonant blend, and the rime which consists of the vowel and any final consonants. So in the word "strap", "str" is the onset and "ap" is the rime. Words which share the same rime will also rhyme, but the spelling will be constant and not vary as it does with rhyme.
back
pack
quack
rack
black
crack
shack
snack
stack
track
-ack
cap
lap
nap
snap
tap
flap
clap
slap
trap
-ap
best
pest
nest
guest
test
vest
west
chest
crest
-est
ring
king
sing
wing
bring
sting
cling
thing
swing
-ing
hot
lot
cot
dot
rot
shot
clot
spot
plot
-ot
ball
fall
tall
mall
stall
wall
hall
small
call
-all
rash
bash
cash
dash
mash
flash
sash
crash
trash
-ash
mice
rice
nice
spice
dice
-ice
link
wink
pink
rink
stink
think
drink
blink
shrink
-ink
buck
duck
tuck
puck
luck
cluck
stuck
truck
pluch
-uck
pain
stain
rain
brain
chain
plain
train
sprain
-ain
bat
cat
fat
hat
sat
brat
chat
flat
that
-at
kick
lick
pick
quick
sick
chick
brick
thick
stick
trick
-ick
dip
lip
hip
rip
tip
chip
ship
drip
flip
-ip
bug
rug
mug
dug
hug
tug
chug
slug
shrug
-ug
bake
cake
lake
fake
make
rake
take
wake
shake
snake
-ake
date
fate
rate
mate
crate
late
slate
grate
gate
-ate
ride
stride
bride
side
wide
hide
-ide
bit
sit
pit
hit
spit
split
fit
lit
wit
-it
bump
dump
hump
lump
clump
stump
-ump
back
pack
quack
rack
black
crack
shack
snack
stack
track
-ack
raw
saw
law
flaw
claw
straw
thaw
draw
paw
-aw
light
right
sight
tight
bright
slight
flight
fright
might
-ight
lock
rock
sock
shock
flock
stock
clock
block
knock
-ock
dunk
punk
funk
bunk
chunk
spunk
-unk
game
fame
came
shame
name
same
tame
frame
blame
-ame
day
may
pay
say
play
clay
spray
pray
stay
-ay
fill
hill
will
pill
chill
still
grill
drill
skill
spill
-ill
joke
poke
woke
choke
Coke
smoke
spoke
-oke
can
fan
man
pan
ran
tan
van
bran
plan
than
-an
meat
beat
seat
cleat
feat
neat
cheat
heat
wheat
-eat
fin
pin
bin
win
chin
grin
skin
think
twin
spin
-in
pop
hop
cop
mop
top
chop
crop
drop
shop
-op
bank
blank
thank
tank
sank
yank
plank
crank
-ank
bell
fell
well
sell
tell
shell
yell
smell
spell
swell
-ell
bell
fell
well
sell
tell
shell
yell
smell
spell
swell
-ine
more
core
sore
tore
pore
chore
shore
spore
snore