Kindergarden - Nursery Rhymes and Fables

Nursery Rhymes and Fables: Supplemental Guide 9A | Humpty Dumpty 173

Discussing the Read-Aloud 5 minutes

Comprehension Questions

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 “Humpty Dumpty.”
   
   
   
   


2. Literal Who is the character of this poem?
   [Have students point to Humpty Dumpty on Response Card 18.]
   
   
   • Humpty Dumpty is the character in this poem.
   
   
   
   


3. Literal What happened to Humpty Dumpty?
   
   
   • Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
   
   
   
   


4. Literal Who tried to put Humpty Dumpty together?
   
   
   • The king’s horses and the king’s men tried to put Humpty Dumpty
     together.
   
   
   
   


5. Evaluative Are the events in this nursery rhyme real or make-believe?
   Why?
   
   
   • The events in this nursery are make-believe because an egg cannot sit
     on a wall; eggs do not have arms and legs.
     [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.
   
   
   
   

Sentence Frames
Did Humpty Dumpty fall off the
wall? (Yes/No)

Humpty Dumpty...

Humpty Dumpty fell because...

6. Evaluative Think Pair Share: Why do you think Humpty Dumpty falls?
   
   
   • Answers may vary, but point out that eggs are round or oval and not flat
     on the bottom.
   
   
   
   


7. After hearing today’s poems and questions and answers, do you have
   any remaining questions? [If time permits, you may wish to allow for
   individual, group, or class research of the text and/or other resources
   to answer these remaining questions.]