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Sorting with Old Mother Hubbard
In Mother Goose in use: Rhymes that teach, page 6
In this kindergarten lesson plan, students use the nursery rhyme "Old Mother Hubbard" to practice sorting objects according to their properties, and practice reading by reciting a familiar nursery rhyme while following the text.
Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts and Mathematics)
By Lisa Wright.
Moving with Hey Diddle Diddle
In Mother Goose in use: Rhymes that teach, page 2
In this kindergarten lesson, students use the nursery rhyme "Hey Diddle Diddle" to discuss basic facts about the moon and to perform a series of basic movements.
Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts and Healthful Living)
By Lisa Wright.
Finding rhyming patterns with The Crooked Man
In Mother Goose in use: Rhymes that teach, page 13
In this kindergarten lesson, students will use the nursery rhyme "The Crooked Man" to recognize rhyming patterns, practice writing the letter "i", and discuss different kinds of animal homes.
Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts and Mathematics)
By Lisa Wright.
Matching with The Little Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe
In Mother Goose in use: Rhymes that teach, page 10
In this kindergarten lesson, students participate in a pattern-matching activity based on the nursery rhyme "The Little Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe."
Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts and Mathematics)
By Lisa Wright.
Sorting with Little Boy Blue
In Mother Goose in use: Rhymes that teach, page 1
In this kindergarten lesson, students use the nursery rhyme "Little Boy Blue" to practice sorting items into groups.
Format: lesson plan (grade K Mathematics)
By Lisa Wright.
Learning about time with Wee Willie Winkie
In Mother Goose in use: Rhymes that teach, page 11
In this kindergarten lesson plan, students use the nursery rhyme "Wee Willie Winkie" as a starting point to learn about time.
Format: lesson plan (grade K Healthful Living and Mathematics)
By Lisa Wright.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (Once I Caught a Fish Alive): Counting and directional words
In Mother Goose in use: Rhymes that teach, page 12
In this kindergarten lesson plan, students use the nursery rhyme "1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (Once I Caught a Fish Alive)" to practice recognition of written numbers and directional words.
Format: lesson plan (grade K Mathematics)
By Lisa Wright.
Learning numbers with Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary
In Mother Goose in use: Rhymes that teach, page 5
In this kindergarten lesson plan, students use the nursery rhyme "Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary" to develop phonemic awareness by rhyming words and participate in a number-matching activity to learn about ordinal numbers.
Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts and Mathematics)
By Lisa Wright.
Rhyming with Jack and Jill
In Mother Goose in use: Rhymes that teach, page 4
In this kindergarten lesson plan, students develop phonemic awareness by completing rhyming riddles.
Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts and Healthful Living)
By Lisa Wright.
Jumping with Jack Be Nimble
In Mother Goose in use: Rhymes that teach, page 3
In this kindergarten lesson plan, students use the nursery rhyme "Jack Be Nimble" to practice locomotor skills and sorting objects.
Format: lesson plan (grade K Healthful Living and Science)
By Lisa Wright.
Learning about animals with Three Blind Mice
In Mother Goose in use: Rhymes that teach, page 7
In this kindergarten lesson plan, students listen to the nursery rhyme "Three Blind Mice." They compare mice to other animals based on their size and think of foods that begin with different letters of the alphabet.
Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts, Healthful Living, and Science)
By Lisa Wright.
Developing number sense with Baa Baa Black Sheep
In Mother Goose in use: Rhymes that teach, page 9
In this kindergarten lesson, students will use the nursery rhyme "Baa Baa Black Sheep" to practice non-locomotor skills by acting out the rhyme, and will develop number sense by participating in a number-matching activity.
Format: lesson plan (grade K Healthful Living and Mathematics)
By Lisa Wright.
Identifying sequence with Little Jack Horner
In Mother Goose in use: Rhymes that teach, page 8
In this kindergarten lesson plan, students gain experience identifying the sequence of events in a story using the nursery rhyme "Little Jack Horner."
Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts)
By Lisa Wright.
Positively poetry: Part 6
Students will be learning about and writing limericks. Since limericks follow a strict rhyming pattern and word count, the students will work in partners to create their own limericks.
Format: lesson plan (grade 3 English Language Arts and Information Skills)
By Maribeth Warren, Pam Purifoy, and Tracy Dagenhart.
Malay song and rhyme
Two girls are singing childhood songs and reciting rhymes while I record. I met them at a hostel at Tasik Chini, a lake in Malaysia. Though I do not understand what I am saying, it is fun to try to repeat the words I am hearing. They will correct me when I...
Format: audio
“J'adore la pizza” by Karen Kransky: Finding rhyming words in a French poem
This lesson is designed to increase students' awareness of some French letter-sound combinations that rhyme, in spite of being spelled differently using the poem, "J'adore la pizza" by Karen Kransky.
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Second Languages)
By Laura Hemphill.
Story tellers and poets
Students will examine the style, purpose, and organization of folktales and poetry in order to gain a deeper understanding and appreciation of both genres. With this knowledge, students will use the word choice and repetition of traditional folktales to transform them into modern poetry.
Format: lesson plan (grade 9–10 English Language Arts)
By Heather Bower and Michele Hicks.
Poetry from prose: A different kind of "book report"
Students use a word-processing program to write a poem that summarizes important themes or events central to the plot of a novel. Once the poem is proofread, students type the poem according to specific directions. They then print their work and illustrate over or around the writing for an illustrated "book report." Students incorporate details from the novel in their writing and in their illustrations of their poems. In this way, students focus on the themes or events in the novel that appeal to them most -- the ones they feel are most important to the novel's meaning.
Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts)
By Sally Watts.
Singing the "Song of Life"
This lesson requires students to use their reading, comprehension, and analysis skills to analyze a poem and respond creatively to the selection.
Format: lesson plan (grade 11 English Language Arts)
By Angela Taylor.
Poetry through music: "Smooth"
This lesson draws students into a study of poetry, using Carlos Santana and Rob Thomas' "Smooth" as an entry point.
Format: lesson plan (grade 7 English Language Arts and English Language Development)
By Andrea Belletti.