FLUENCY
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
Rimes - 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?
Syllabication - 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
Story Elements - Discuss the characters, setting, problem, resolution, etc. in the nursery rhyme.
Sequence - 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.
KEY IDEAS AND DETAILS
Compare and contrast rhymes.
Describe the relationship between illustrations and rhymes.
CRAFTY IDEAS FROM NURSERY RHYMES
Jack and Jill
Trace around the puppet pattern on heavy paper. Challenge the children to make the puppet look like “Jack” on one side and “Jill” on the other side. Attach a straw and use as a puppet.
What happened after Jack fell down? Here’s more to the story!
So up got Jack
And said to Jill
As in his arms he took her.
You’re not hurt, brush off that dirt.
Now, let’s go fetch that water.
So up got Jack and
Up got Jill to fetch that pail of water.
They brought it back to mother dear
Who thanked her son and daughter.
Humpty Dumpty
Give children the oval shape and scrap paper. Have them tear the scrap paper into little pieces and then glue it on the oval to make a collage. Attach a stick and use it as a puppet.
What happened to Humpty Dumpty?
So the good children got
Some tape and some glue
And they fiddled and faddled
Til’ he looked like new.
Then they carefully placed him
Back on the wall
And said, “Humpty Dumpty,
Please don’t fall!”
Baa Baa Black Sheep
Cut the sheep and the tops of the 3 bags of wool from the front of a file folder. Insert colored paper starting with black. Remove the black paper and then fill in the appropriate color word. (This would be something for the teacher to make and use with the children.)
Baa baa green sheep
Have you any wool?
Would you like patterns for the above craft activities?
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1SnEagA4jljTHpaLUk4MXVJY1k/view?usp=sharing
Websites
Here are some good websites where you can download free nursery rhyme posters:
curry.virginia.edu/go/wil/rimes_and_rhymes.htm
enchantedlearning.com
prekinders.com
