It’s terrific
Tuesday, and we have a TERRIFIC, free download for you! You’ll have to go to my home page
(drjean.org) and click on the “Nursery Rhyme Printables” in the upper right
corner. Click on the “free sample”
and you’ll have books, song cards, and a free download of “Jack and Jill.” Try this one out in your classroom, and
if the children enjoy it, we hope you’ll order the whole set.
Since Common
Core State Standards are foremost in everyone’s minds these days, Rhyming Readers can be a meaningful and
natural way to develop these skills:
FLUENCY AND
ORAL LANGUAGE- Use these
books for small group instruction or a large group “shared reading” activity.
Choral
Reading – Read together as you point to the words.
Shadow
Reading – The teacher reads a line and then the children
repeat
the same line.
Take
a Turn – The teacher reads a line and then the children read the
next line and so forth.
Magic
Word – Select a special word in the text. Every time you come
to that word the children clap their hands or shout it out.
PHONOLOGICAL
AWARENESS - Make a list of
words that rhyme. Circle the
letters that are the same. Can the
children think of additional words that end with the same sound?
Identify words
that begin with the same sound.
Clap, jump, or
snap to the beat of the rhyme.
PUNCTUATION – Use a highlighter to circle capital
letters and punctuation.
VOCABULARY - When you come to unfamiliar words in rhymes model looking up
definitions in a dictionary.
COMPREHENSION – Discuss the characters, setting, problem,
resolution, etc. in the nursery rhyme.
What happened
first, next, last? What do you
think will happen next?
PRINT CONCEPTS – Track the words from left to right and
top to bottom. Identify letters in
the rhymes.
WORD
RECOGNITION – Identify
high frequency words in rhymes.
SPEAKING AND
LISTENING – Encourage
children to repeat rhymes independently. Can they answer and ask questions about rhymes?
KEY IDEAS AND
DETAILS – Compare and
contrast rhymes.
Describe the
relationship between illustrations and rhymes.
