Kings and Queens: Supplemental Guide 4A | Sing a Song of Sixpence 89
[You may wish to explain that other versions of this nursery rhyme have the
blackbird pecking off her nose. Assure students that this does not really
happen in real life; it just makes the poem silly.]
Third Read Using Echo Technique
Directions: I am going to say the first line of “Sing a Song of Sixpence.”
Then you will echo the words.
Note: Be sure to pause after each line so that students can echo.
Show image 5A-1: Blackbirds
Sing a song of sixpence,
A pocket full of rye,
Four and twenty blackbirds
Baked in a pie.
When the pie was opened,
The birds began to sing;
Now wasn’t that a dainty dish
To set before the king?
Show image 5A-2: King counting and queen eating
The king was in his counting house
Counting out his money;
The queen was in the parlour,
Eating bread and honey.
Show image 5A-3: Maid
The maid was in the garden,
Hanging out the clothes,
When down came a blackbird
And pecked at her toes!