Nursery Rhymes and Fables: Supplemental Guide 4A | Jack and Jill 75Discussing the Read-Aloud 10 minutes
Comprehension Questions
If students have difficulty responding to questions, reread pertinent lines
of the nursery rhyme and/or refer to the image. If students give one-
word answers and/or fail to use read-aloud or domain vocabulary in their
responses, acknowledge correct responses by expanding students’
responses using richer and more complex language. Encourage students
to answer in complete sentences. Model answers using complete
sentences.- Literal What is the title of this poem?
- The title of this poem is “Jack and Jill.”
- Literal Who are the characters in this nursery rhyme?
[Have students point to Jack and Jill on Response Card 7.]- Jack and Jill are the characters in this nursery rhyme.
- Literal Where do Jack and Jill go? [Have students point up the hill on
Response Card 7.]- Jack and Jill go up a hill.
- Literal Why do Jack and Jill go up the hill?
- Jack and Jill want to fetch a pail of water.
- Literal What happens to Jack? [Have students point to Jack’s crown.]
- Jack falls down and breaks his crown.
- Literal What happens to Jill?
- Jill comes tumbling down the hill.
- Evaluative Which words rhyme in this poem?
- Jill and hill rhyme. Down and crown rhyme. Water and after rhyme.
[Please continue to model the Think Pair Share process for students, as
necessary, and scaffold students in their use of the process.]
I am going to ask you a question. I will give you one minute to think about
the question. Then I will ask you to turn to your partner to discuss the
question. Finally, I will call on several of you to share what you discussed
- Jill and hill rhyme. Down and crown rhyme. Water and after rhyme.
Sentence Frames with your partner.
Did Jack fall down? (Yes/No)
I think Jack fell down because...
Jack was.. ., so he fell down.
- Evaluative Think Pair Share: Why do you think Jack falls down?
- Answers may vary.