52 Nursery Rhymes and Fables: Supplemental Guide 3A | Jack Be Nimble
Introducing the Read-Aloud 5 minutes
Introducing “Jack Be Nimble”
Show image 3A-1: Jack jumping over candlestick- Say to students, “Tell your partner what you see in this picture. What
is the boy doing?” Call on two partner pairs to describe the picture. - Tell students that the next nursery rhyme they are going to hear is
called “Jack Be Nimble.” Tell students that the person in this nursery
rhyme is named Jack. Jack is the character in “Jack Be Nimble.” - Point to the candlestick. Tell students that in this poem, a boy named
Jack jumps over a candlestick. - Ask students, “Has anyone ever seen a candle? What do we use
candles for?” Call on a three students to answer. - Tell students that a candlestick is something that holds a candle.
- Give students Response Card 5 (Jack Be Nimble) from Instructional
Master 3A-1. Have them point out the character in this poem—Jack.
Have them point out the candle and the candlestick. Tell them to use
this Response Card to refer to “Jack Be Nimble.”
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Quick- In today’s poem, you will hear that Jack is quick.
- Say the word quick with me three times.
- Quick means fast.
- After dinner, Ethan’s family goes out for a quick walk.
- Tell your partner some quick things you do throughout the day. Use
the word quick when you tell about it. I will call on some of you to
share what you do.
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