Nursery Rhymes Storytime - Elementary Library Lessons - National Poetry Month

April is National Poetry Month - are you ready? This Nursery Rhymes Storytime teaches students all about traditional nursery rhymes! Includes multiple nursery rhymes, a scavenger hunt, recommended reads, and pre-filled elementary library lesson plan. All text is editable.

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Love teaching nursery rhymes? I also have a fun Nursery Rhymes Trivia Game that is great for teaching and practicing nursery rhymes!

This K-3 library lesson will save you so much time! You will need to edit a few slides to add your school's birthdays and daily/weekly agenda. You will also need to add the read-aloud(s) of your choice.

***Please note that this presentation is designed to complement a read-aloud. The actual read-aloud story comes from you! I cannot include a recorded read-aloud due to copyright restrictions.

FAST FACTS ABOUT THIS NURSERY RHYMES STORYTIME

• Recommended for: Grades K-3
• Number of pages: 57
• Editable: Yes, all text is editable
• Formats: PPT, Google Slides, and PDF
• Recommended duration: 1-2 class periods (50 minutes total)

THIS NURSERY RHYMES STORYTIME INCLUDES:

• 51 PPT + Google™ Slides
• 2 scavenger hunts, differentiated, with answer key (3 pages)
• Recommended Reads (1 page)--send this home to parents or give to teachers!
• pre-filled lesson plan with AASL, CC, and TEKS standards included
• detailed instructions for librarians and teachers
• editable text throughout

PART I - GUIDED CLASS DISCUSSION SLIDES

The first 22 slides guide you and your students through a whole class discussion. The slides introduce National Poetry Month, a few facts about nursery rhymes, and seven illustrated nursery rhymes.

• sign language slide and how-to link ("poetry")
• introduction to nursery rhymes discussion slides
• characteristics of nursery rhymes (rhyme, tell a short story, very old)
• Who is Mother Goose?
• Is/was Mother Goose a real person
• Every slide in the presentation is illustrated with brightly-colored, high-resolution clipart for K-3.

PART II - SCROLLING SLIDES

28 slides are "scrolling presentation" slides that are great for extending lessons or scrolling in the library during checkout and downtimes.

• 6 additional nursery rhymes
• 1 "What do you think?"
• 3 "Would you rather?"
• 3 trivia questions with answers
• vocabulary words: tuffet and curds and whey
• this week's birthdays
• weekly schedule and agenda
• checkout reminders (you add your own!)

NURSERY RHYMES STORYTIME SCAVENGER HUNT

Students can complete a scavenger hunt as they watch the scrolling slides!

• Students are looking for information and objects.
• two versions, differentiated (with and without text)
• editable text in PowerPoint and PDF

NURSERY RHYMES RECOMMENDED READS

• separate "Recommended Reads" list
• all text, including book titles, is editable
• hand out to parents, teachers, and students
• All titles were selected specifically for Grades K-3 and received positive professional reviews for use with Grades K-3.

INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING 14 NURSERY RHYMES

• "One, Two, Three, Four, Five"
• "Humpty Dumpty"
• "Jack and Jill"
• "Little Miss Muffett"
• "Jack Be Nimble"
• "Hickory Dickory Dock"
• "1, 2, Buckle My Shoe"
• "Wee Willie Winkie"
• "Hey Diddle Diddle"
• "Mary Had a Little Lamb"
• "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star"
• "The Old Woman in the Shoe"
• "Little Boy Blue"
• "Three Little Kittens"

WHAT OTHER LIBRARIANS AND TEACHERS ARE SAYING ABOUT THIS NURSERY RHYMES STORYTIME:

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Debbie R. wrote, "This was a great supplement to our Nursery Rhyme unit. I love the graphics and the students enjoyed learning the rhymes. Thanks for a great resource."

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Kristi S. wrote, "The students love these resources including the scavenger hunts. They are well prepared and easy to use! I used this as a review before using the Nursery Rhyme game with our 1/2/3 classes."

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Kristina N. wrote, "Lots of fun with all grades I used it with- even the older elem students. Was looking for a unit for K-2 for next year, but used it as a "you can't graduate elementary school without knowing your nursery rhymes!" end of the year fifth grade lesson."

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Amber N. wrote, "Oh my! As always an amazing resource. I loved the fact that I could use it with all my students in the different grades just by switching the book that I read. Great resource!"

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