Kindergarden - Nursery Rhymes and Fables

62 Nursery Rhymes and Fables: Supplemental Guide 3A | Little Jack Horner

And pulled out a plum,

[Students should pull out their thumbs and act pleased.]

And said, “What a good boy am I!”

[Students should use an expressive and high pitched voice.]

Discussing the Read-Aloud 5 minutes

Comprehension Questions

If students have difficulty responding to questions, reread pertinent lines

of the nursery rhyme and/or refer to the image. If students give one-

word answers and/or fail to use read-aloud or domain vocabulary in their

responses, acknowledge correct responses by expanding students’

responses using richer and more complex language. 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 “Little Jack Horner.”
   
   
   
   


2. Literal Who is the character in this nursery rhyme?
   [Have students point to Jack Horner on Response Card 6.]
   
   
   • Jack Horner is the character in this nursery rhyme.
   
   
   
   


3. Inferential What does Jack Horner do in this poem?
   
   
   • Jack Horner sits in a corner. Jack Horner eats Christmas pie. Jack
     Horner puts in his thumb. Jack Horner pulled out a plum.
   
   
   
   


4. Literal What does Jack Horner say in this poem?
   
   
   • Jack Horner says, “What a good boy am I!”
   
   
   
   


5. Evaluative Could the events in this nursery rhyme really happen?
   Why?
   
   
   • Yes, the events in this nursery rhyme could really happen because you can
     sit in a corner; you can eat pie; you can pull out a plum with your thumb.
   
   
   
   


6. Evaluative Which words rhyme in this poem?
   
   
   • Horner and corner rhyme. Thumb and plum rhyme. Pie and I rhyme.
     [Please continue to model the Think Pair Share process for students, as
     necessary, and scaffold students in their use of the process.]