Nursery Rhymes and Fables: Supplemental Guide 7A | Hickory, Dickory, Dock 131Discussing the Read-Aloud 5 minutes
Comprehension Questions
Encourage students to answer in complete sentences. Model answers
using complete sentences.- Literal What is the title of this poem?
- The title of this poem is “Hickory, Dickory, Dock.”
- Literal Who is the character in this nursery rhyme?
[Have students point to the mouse on Response Card 13.]- The mouse is the character in this nursery rhyme.
- Inferential What is the mouse doing at the beginning of the poem?
[Have students point to the grandfather clock on Response Card 13.]- The mouse runs up the clock.
- Inferential What does the mouse do at the end of the poem?
- The mouse runs down the clock.
- Inferential Why does the mouse run down the clock?
- It was frightened by the sound. Answers may vary.
- Evaluative Which words rhyme in this poem?
- Hickory and dickory rhyme. Dock and clock rhyme.
[Please continue to model the Think Pair Share process for students, as
necessary, and scaffold students in their use of the process.]
I am going to ask you a question. I will give you one minute to think about
the question. Then I will ask you to turn to your partner to discuss the
question. Finally, I will call on several of you to share what you discussed
with your partner.
- Hickory and dickory rhyme. Dock and clock rhyme.
Sentence Frames
Do loud sounds frighten you?
(Yes/No)
frightens me.
I am frightened by...
because ...
- Evaluative Think Pair Share: What sounds frighten you or make you
scared?- Answers may vary.
Repetition in Nursery Rhymes
- Tell students that sometimes nursery rhymes repeat a line. Repeating
lines in a poem make the poem interesting and easy to remember. - Read the nursery rhyme again and ask students to listen for the line
that is repeated (Hickory, dickory, dock).