2nd Grade English Language Arts - Alliteration Ace

You can choose to write either a sentence or a full poem based on your child's interest level and stamina. Remember, poems don't have to rhyme!
Some children find it fun to compete with their parent about who can come up with the longest sentence of alliteration. Can you create a sentence with 5 words? 7? 10?
This activity focuses on the sound at the start of words not the specific letter. So, for example, if you are playing with the /k/ sound it's fine to include both words that begin with the letter k and words that begin with the hard c like in the word carrots.
It's ok to use some connecting words like and, it, and or in your sentences even if they don't begin with your target sound.

If your child struggles with this activity, you might find it helpful to first work together to list all the words you can think of that begin with the target sound and then combine them into a sentence or poem. Here's one way to do that: https://www.poetry4kids.com/lessons/how-to-write-an-alliteration-poem/

Try a different starting sound if the first one you choose is too challenging. Your child may find it easier to do this activity with single-letter sounds like /p/ or /t/ than with blends like /sh/.
Start the sentence or poem yourself and then let your child add onto it, rather than asking your child to create the entire thing themselves.

Try the same activity but with consonance, which is when you have the same consonant sound in the beginning, middle or end of words, such as the /t/ sound in Pitter patter went the pitbull or the /m/ sound in Kim came home mad.

Or try assonance, which is the repetition of vowel sounds, such as the long /i/ sound in Nice mice like eating white rice on the ice or the long /o/ sound in The crow goes slow in the snow.

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