4 Nursery Rhymes and Fables: Supplemental Guide | Introduction
Lesson Implementation
It is important to note that the interactive activities in the Supplemental
Guide count on the teacher as the “ideal reader” to lead discussions,
model proper language use, and facilitate interactions among student
partners.Student Grouping
Teachers are encouraged to assign partner pairs prior to beginning a
domain and partners should remain together for the duration of the
domain. If possible, English Language Learners should be paired with
native English speakers, and students who have limited English oral
language skills should be paired with students who have strong English
language skills. Keep in mind that in some instances a group of three
would benefit beginning ELLs and an older student or adult volunteer
may be a better arrangement for some students with disabilities.
Partnering in this way promotes a social environment where all students
engage in collaborative talk and learn from one another.
In addition, students of the same home language should have
opportunities to work together, fostering their first-language use and
existing knowledge to construct deeper meanings about new information.Graphic Organizers and Domain-Wide Activities
Several different organizers and activity suggestions are included to
aid students in their learning of the content in the Nursery Rhymes and
Fables domain.- Response Cards for Nursery Rhymes (a set of two per lesson) can
be used to help students identify characters and items in the poems.
Students can hold up these Response Cards for discussion, review,
and to answer class questions. - Noun Card and Verb Card (Instructional Master 3B-1) are parts of
speech cards that students can hold up when they hear either a noun
or verb during the Syntactic Awareness Activities. - Sequencing the Fable (a set of three per fable) are illustrations from
the fable showing beginning, middle, and end. Students use these
illustrations to help them remember events in the fable and to put the
events in order.