Kindergarden - Nursery Rhymes and Fables

148 Nursery Rhymes and Fables: Supplemental Guide 8A | Little Bo Peep

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Alone

1. In today’s poem you will hear, “Leave [the sheep] alone and they’ll
   come home.”


2. Say the word alone with me three times.


3. To be alone means to be by yourself with no one else around. To
   leave something alone means that you do not pay attention to it and
   let it be by itself.


4. Raymond does not like to be alone in the room.
   Sometimes Tanya likes to be left alone.


5. Tell your partner about a time you wanted to be left alone or a time
   you did not want to be alone. Use alone when you tell about it.

Purpose for Listening

The title of this poem is “Little Bo Peep.” Ask students to listen carefully to

find out what the character in the nursery rhyme—Bo Peep—is looking for.

By the end of this lesson, students should be able to:

 Listen to and demonstrate familiarity with “Little Bo Peep”

 Identify Bo Peep as the character in “Little Bo Peep”

 Retell the events in “Little Bo Peep”

 Identify rhyming words in “Little Bo Peep”