Nursery Rhymes and Fables: Supplemental Guide 2 | Rain, Rain, Go Away & It’s Raining, It’s Pouring 33
RRain, Rain, Go Away ain, Rain, Go Away
&& It’s Raining, It’s Pouring It’s Raining, It’s Pouring^2
Lesson Objectives
Core Content Objectives
Students will:
Listen to and demonstrate familiarity with “Rain, Rain, Go Away”
Identify Johnny as the character in “Rain, Rain, Go Away”
Identify rhyming words in “Rain, Rain, Go Away”
Stop here if you choose to split the lesson into two parts.
Listen to and demonstrate familiarity with “It’s Raining, It’s Pouring”
Identify the old man as the character in “It’s Raining, It’s Pouring”
Retell the events in “It’s Raining, It’s Pouring”
Identify rhyming words in “It’s Raining, It’s Pouring”
Language Arts Objectives
The following language arts objectives are addressed in this lesson.
Objectives aligning with the Common Core State Standards are noted
with the corresponding standard in parentheses. Refer to the Alignment
Chart for additional standards that are addressed in all lessons in this
domain.
Students will:
With prompting and support, describe illustrations, such as an
illustration of Johnny looking out the window at rain and an illustration
of an old man in bed, to support comprehension of the read-aloud
(RL.K.7)
With prompting and support, compare and contrast similarities and
differences between “Rain, Rain, Go Away” and “It’s Raining, It’s
Pouring” (RL.K.9)
With assistance, recall information from experiences to answer a
question about what people do when it is raining outside (W.K.8)