Kindergarden - Nursery Rhymes and Fables

Nursery Rhymes and Fables: Supplemental Guide 6B | Tw i n k l e, Tw i n k l e, L i t tl e S t a r 113

Introducing the Read-Aloud 10 minutes

Introducing “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star”

• Ask the students, “Can you guess what the next poem will be about?”


• Tell students that the next nursery rhyme they are going to hear is
  called “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.”


• Mention that this poem is not a Mother Goose Nursery Rhyme and
  that we know the writer—or author—of this poem. Her name is Jane
  Taylor. She wrote this poem over two hundred years ago.
   Show image 6B-2: Diamond


• Tell students that this poem says that the stars are like diamonds in
  the sky.


• Ask students, “Why does the author of this poem say that a star is like
  a diamond?”


• Have students describe the diamond in the picture and explain why a
  star is like a diamond. You may need to prompt them with the words
  shiny, sparkly, brilliant, etc.


• Give students Response Card 12 (Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star) from
  Instructional Master 6A-1. Have them point to the stars and the
  diamond. Tell them to use this Response Card to refer to “Twinkle,
  Tw i n k l e, L i t tl e S t a r.”

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Wonder

1. In today’s poem you will hear, “How I wonder what you are.”


2. Say the word wonder with me three times.


3. To wonder means to think about something that you want to know
   more about.


4. Julia and Carlos wonder what it would be like to travel in a spaceship.”


5. Do you ever wonder about things? Tell your partner something you

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