Onset and Rime Digital Activities for the Classroom

As teachers, we know that repetition is key when it comes to students’ phonemic awareness and learning different onset and rime patterns is no different. That’s why an experienced early years teacher has designed this digital activity focusing on onset and rime words that contain the short u vowel sound. Here is a list of some of the words that are embedded in this interactive activity:

• bug
• tub
• nut
• sun
• pug
• hut
• run
• jug

In this engaging interactive activity students will do the following:

• Drag and drop each image to sort by the rime correctly.
• Drag and drop each image to match the onset and rime provided on a slide.
• Drag and drop the correct rime to complete each word.
• Move the correct onset and rime to match the word.
• Drag and drop the circles to cover the onset in each word.
• Drag and drop the circles to cover the rime in each word.
• Type the correct rime to finish a word.
• Sort words into the correct rime heading.

Why Interactive Activities Support Onset and Rime Development

Using interactive activities like this resource are a fantastic way to support your students onset and rime development because of their engaging style, embracing active learning. The multisensory nature of the activities listed above caters to different learning styles within your classroom and reinforces the connection between sounds and letters. Finally, the interactive activities included in this slide deck allow for repetition. This repetition is key to mastering phonetic skills. 

Download and Play Today!

This resource is available to download in Google Slides. Use this in edit mode to utilize the interactive features.

This resource was created by Lindsey Phillips, a teacher in Michigan and a Teach Starter collaborator.

More Onset and Rime Resources

Looking for more onset and rime resources to nail that repetition of knowledge? We have you covered…

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Onset and Rime Flipbooks

Flip through different short vowel onset and rime words with this set of printable flipbooks.

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Onset and Rime Mini Books

Practice onset and rime phonemic awareness with this set of mini books that each focus on the short vowel sounds (a,e,i,o,u).

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Word Families Sorting Activity – Short O

Use these word families flashcards to help familiarize your students with words that contain the short o vowel sound.