Kindergarden - Nursery Rhymes and Fables

Nursery Rhymes and Fables: Supplemental Guide 5A | One, Two, Buckle My Shoe 93

Introducing the Read-Aloud 5 minutes

Introducing “One, Two, Buckle My Shoe”

• Have students count to ten with you, touching a finger on each hand
  as you say a number. Repeat several times for fluency in counting;
  provide variety by clapping, stomping, jumping, etc.


• Ask students, “Does anyone know how to count to ten in another
  language?” [Call on a few volunteers to share and have the class
  repeat the numbers.]


• Tell students that the next nursery rhyme they are going to hear is
  called “One, Two, Buckle My Shoe.” Tell students that this nursery
  rhyme is about counting and rhyming.


• Give students Response Card 10 (One, Two, Buckle My Shoe) from
  Instructional Master 5A-1. Have them point out the numbers. Tell them
  to use this Response Card to refer to “One, Two, Buckle My Shoe.”

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Straight

1. In today’s poem you will hear, “Seven, eight, lay them straight.”


2. Say the word straight with me three times.


3. When something is straight, it is not crooked or bent.


4. A ruler is straight.
   [Show students a ruler. Point out its straight edge.]


5. Tell your partner some things that are straight. Use the word straight
   when you tell about it. Each person gets three turns.

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