Kindergarden - Nursery Rhymes and Fables

34 Nursery Rhymes and Fables: Supplemental Guide 2 | Rain, Rain, Go Away & It’s Raining, It’s Pouring

 Describe familiar things, such as rain and pouring rain, and, with

prompting and support, provide additional detail. (SL.K.4)

 Identify real-life connections between words—rain and pouring—and

their use (L.K.5c)

 Explain the meaning of the saying “It’s raining cats and dogs” and use

in appropriate contexts (L.K.6)

 Distinguish between real and make-believe poems

Core Vocabulary

away, adv. Not here

Example: The sun is very far away.

Variation(s): none

character, n. The person a nursery rhyme or story is about

Example: My favorite character in the book was Alice.

Variation(s): characters

 Stop here if you choose to split the lesson into two parts.

pouring, v. Raining hard or heavily

Example: The streets are flooded because it has been pouring for

several hours.

Variation(s): pour, pours, poured

snoring, v. Breathing noisily while sleeping

Example: I heard my brother snoring last night.

Variation(s): snore, snores, snored

Vocabulary Chart for Rain, Rain, Go Away & It’s Raining, It’s Pouring

Core Vocabulary words are in bold.

Multiple Meaning Word Activity word is underlined.

Vocabulary Instructional Activity words have an asterisk (*).

Suggested words to pre-teach are in italics.

Type of Words Tier 3

Domain-Specific Words

Tier 2

General Academic Words

Tier 1

Everyday-Speech Words

Understanding

character

snoring

away

bumped

rain

Multiple Meaning pouring head

Phrases

come again

couldn’t get up

go away

Cognates