Kindergarden - Nursery Rhymes and Fables

64 Nursery Rhymes and Fables: Supplemental Guide 3B | Jack Be Nimble & Little Jack Hornere

Extensions 15 minutes

 Multiple Meaning Word Activity

Multiple Choice: Corner

Note: You may choose to have students hold up one, two, or three

fingers to indicate which image shows the meaning being described

or have a student walk up to the poster and point to the image being

described.

1. [Show Poster 2M (Corner).] In the poem you heard, “Little Jack
   Horner, sat in a corner, eating his Christmas pie.” Which picture
   shows this kind of corner?


2. Corner can also mean other things. A corner is the point where two
   lines meet, like the corner of a square. Which picture shows this kind
   of corner?


3. Corner also means to block someone or something in so it cannot get
   out or escape. Which picture shows this kind of corner?


4. Now that we have gone over the different meanings for corner,
   quiz your partner on these different meanings. Try to use complete
   sentences. For example, you could say, “A triangle has three corners.”
   And your partner would respond, “That’s number 2.”

 Syntactic Awareness Activity

Simple Sentence Builder: Nouns

Directions: Look at the picture. I will call on you one at a time to say one

word about the picture. If you say a word that is a noun, I will hold up the

Noun Card.

1. Nouns can be people or anything that is living like Jack and flowers.
   [Call on a few students to give another example of a person as a
   noun.]


2. Nouns can be places like home and [name of your city]. [Call on a few
   students to give another example of a place as a noun.]

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