Kindergarden - Nursery Rhymes and Fables

Nursery Rhymes and Fables: Supplemental Guide 5A | This Little Pig Went to Market 91

And this little pig cried, “Wee-wee-wee,”

[Students should wiggle pinky.]

all the way home.

[Students should use pinky to gently tickle their neighbor.]

Discussing the Read-Aloud 5 minutes

Comprehension Questions

If students have difficulty responding to questions, reread pertinent lines

of the nursery rhyme and/or refer to the image. If students give one-

word answers and/or fail to use read-aloud or domain vocabulary in their

responses, acknowledge correct responses by expanding students’

responses using richer and more complex language. Encourage students

to answer in complete sentences. Model answers using complete

sentences.

1. Literal What is the title of this poem?
   
   
   • The title of this poem is “This Little Pig Went to Market.”
   
   
   
   


2. Literal Who are the characters in this nursery rhyme?
   [Have students point to the five little pigs on Response Card 9 as they
   answer.]
   
   
   • The five little pigs are the characters in this nursery rhyme.
   
   
   
   


3. Literal Tell your partner what each pig does as you point to the pig on
   your Response Card.
   [Pause briefly for students to discuss with their partners. Call on a
   partner pair to share.]


4. Evaluative Could this nursery rhyme really happen, or is it make-
   believe? Make-believe means that it pretends to be real but it is not
   real.
   
   
   • This nursery rhyme is make-believe.
     [Please continue to model the Think Pair Share process for students, as
     necessary, and scaffold students in their use of the process.]