42 Nursery Rhymes and Fables: Supplemental Guide 2B | It’s Raining, It’s Pouring
Introducing the Read-Aloud 10 minutes
Introducing “It’s Raining, It’s Pouring”
Show image 2B-1: Old man in bed- Ask students, “Look out the window in this picture. How is the
weather outside?”- It’s raining.
- Say to students, “Describe to your partner what is happening in this
picture.” Call on two partner pairs to share their description of the
picture. - Tell students that this poem is called “It’s Raining, It’s Pouring.” The
old man is the character in “It’s Raining, It’s Pouring.” He is sleeping
and snoring. Have students act out sleeping and snoring. - Give students Response Card 4 (It’s Raining, It’s Pouring) of
Instructional Master 2A-1. Have them point out the character of this
poem—the old man. Have them point out the rain outside the window.
Tell them to use this Response Card to refer to “It’s Raining, It’s
Pouring.”
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Pouring- This nursery rhyme is called, “It’s Raining, It’s Pouring.”
- Say the word pouring with me three times.
- When it is pouring, it is raining hard and heavily.
- Mariah got very wet when she got stuck in the pouring rain.
- Tell your partner about a time it was pouring or raining very hard.
Where were you? What were you doing? What did you wear? Use the
word pouring when you tell about it.
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