Real Whirled Literacy

Rhyme is a mnemonic device.

Simply put, it's easy to remember things that rhyme.

If your students ever come to you and say,

"Hey Mr./Ms. hmmmmhmmmhmmm, can we type up our Double Dutch rhyme?"

You might want to say, "Sure!"

...so that it could be observed line for line as a lesson on poetry and meter.

Or, take an opportunity to explore

CA State English Standards for 3rd Grade 1.3, stating:

"read aloud narrative and expository text fluently and accurately with appropriate pacing, intonation, and expression."

The children's enthusiasm just might floor you.

They might be excited enough to want to observe their rhyme closely to make sure all the line rhyme patterns match.

Students might find discrepancies in their original work and want to attempt to balance the beats per line with study partners.

You might just want to let them do that.

And, if that process went on too long, or children began to get squirrely, you could always flip the lesson into a handwriting lesson.

It might serve as an authentic and calming transition.

So as casually as you might, slowly drawing the letters on the board as the children follow along in silence or with the occasional pertinent comment or two, you could rest smugly in the knowledge that you had just been abducted into an authentic exploration of literacy.

Via Double Dutch

Keep skipping.