Kindergarden - Nursery Rhymes and Fables

Nursery Rhymes and Fables: Supplemental Guide | Introduction 1

This introduction includes the necessary background information to

be used in teaching the Nursery Rhymes and Fables domain. The

Supplemental Guide for Nursery Rhymes and Fables contains twelve daily

lessons. For Lessons 1–9 (Nursery Rhymes), the odd-numbered lessons

are composed of three distinct parts and the even-numbered lessons are

composed of two distinct parts. For Lessons 10–12 (Fables), the lessons

are composed of two distinct parts. All lessons may be divided into

smaller chunks of time and presented at different intervals during the day.

Lesson Structure

Odd-Numbered Lessons for Nursery Rhymes (Lessons 1–9)

Odd-numbered lessons for nursery rhymes contain three parts (50

minutes total) that are to be covered at different intervals during the day.

Part A (35 minutes) includes:

• Introducing, Presenting, and Discussing Nursery Rhyme #1


• Introducing, Presenting, and Discussing Nursery Rhyme #2
  If necessary, Part A can be divided into two sessions so that one nursery
  rhyme is covered during each session.
  Later in the day, Part B (15 minutes) will be covered and includes the
  activities unique to the Supplemental Guide:


• Multiple Meaning Word Activity


• Syntactic Awareness Activity


• Vocabulary Instructional Activity
  Each activity may take up to five minutes to complete. The Multiple
  Meaning Word Activity helps students to determine and clarify the
  different meanings of words. The Syntactic Awareness Activity calls
  students’ attention to sentence structure, word order, and grammar.
  The Vocabulary Instructional Activity focuses on building students’
  general academic, or Tier 2, vocabulary. Part B concludes with an interim
  assessment opportunity called an End-of-Lesson Check-In; this is a dual
  opportunity for the teacher to focus on a select group of students to

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