Kindergarden - Nursery Rhymes and Fables

Nursery Rhymes and Fables: Supplemental Guide 3 | Jack Be Nimble & Little Jack Horner 49

 Produce simple sentences in shared language activities (L.K.1f)

 Identify new meanings for familiar words, such as corner, and apply

them accurately (L.K.4a)

 Identify real-life connections between words—quick, thumb, corner,

and nimble—and their use (L.K.5c)

 Distinguish between real and make-believe poems

Core Vocabulary

candlestick, n. A holder for a candle

Example: He put the candlestick on the table.

Variation(s): candlesticks

nimble, adj. Able to move quickly and easily

Example: The soccer player is very nimble.

Variation(s): nimbler, nimblest

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

plum, n. A small red, blue, purple, green, or yellow fruit that grows on trees

Example: I ate a juicy, purple plum for a snack.

Variation(s): plums

Vocabulary Chart for Jack be Nimble & Little Jack Horner

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

candlestick

Christmas

plum

quick

nimble*

pie

sat

thumb

Multiple Meaning corner

Phrases

good boy

jumped over

pulled out

put in

Cognates