Kindergarden - Nursery Rhymes and Fables

118 Nursery Rhymes and Fables: Supplemental Guide 6B | Tw i n k l e, Tw i n k l e, L i t tl e S t a r

Sentence Frames
Are both poems about stars? (Yes/
No)

Both poems...

The poems are similar/different
because...

6. Evaluative Think Pair Share: How are “Star Light, Star Bright” and
   “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star” similar and different?
   
   
   • Answers may vary, but may include that both are about stars, both
     happen at night, one is about wishing and the other is about wondering.
   
   
   
   


7. After hearing today’s poems and questions and answers, do you have
   any remaining questions? [If time permits, you may wish to allow for
   individual, group, or class research of the text and/or other resources
   to answer these remaining questions.]

Sing It

• If you have not done so already, sing “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star”
  with the class.


• Ask if anyone knows how to sing this song in another language. If
  students are too shy to sing in front of the class, you can help them
  record their singing and play it for the class at a later time.


• You may wish to play this song in the languages your students speak
  at home.


• You may wish to play Mozart’s “Ah, vous dirai-je maman” for students
  to hear the original melody for “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.” [The
  “Alphabet Song” and “Baa, Baa, Black Sheep” are sung to this
  melody as well.]