Grade Level:  Kindergarten

Subjects:  Language Arts, Math and Technology

Learner Outcomes:  The Student will be able to:

Follow Directions
Listen and recite the nursery rhyme "Hickory, Dickory, Dock"
Identify vocabulary for sequencing (first, next, last)
Identify and follow the sequence of events in the nursery rhyme
Demonstrate correct use of the prepositions "up and down"
Identify the time on the clock of specific daily activities; e.g. school starts, lunchtime, recess, time to go home, etc.

Duration of Lesson:

Daily 5-10 minute reading aloud and recitation of the first five lines of Hickory Dickory Dock .  (approximately 5 days)
Daily 15 minute lesson of the three sequenced events in the rhyme (first, the mouse ran up the clock; next, the clock struck one; last, the mouse ran down)  (approximately 5 days)
 Daily lessons of correctly using the prepositions "up and down" incorporated into functional situations in the classroom.  (Stand up, sit down; put your hands down;  pick up your pencil, put your pencil down, etc.) 
 Five 15 minute lessons for demonstrating correct use for each of the following times in their context:  8:00 - school starts; 12:00 - lunch; and 3:00 - time to go home
Computer use time is build into the Regular Daily Schedule

Materials:

One large picture book which includes the nursery rhyme Hickory Dickory Dock
Sentence strips/sequencing cards. (suggested material - oak tag, index cards, etc.)
A large "clock" with "hands" which can be moved by the teacher to the appropriate time being taught that day
White paper plates
Construction paper to make cards with the specific times on them and the hands of the clock
Small clasp to attach "hands" to clock
Crayons

Technology Tools/Courseware:

Multimedia computer with internet access.
Internet sites for individual computer work
Overhead projector for sentence strips and sequencing cards
Digital camera
Data projector for sentence strips and sequencing cards
Directions for making sequencing cards and sentence strips

Teacher Notes:

All students must have the required Acceptable Computer Use Policy signed
The Computer Use Lesson taught in Library Skills must be completed
Make Desktop Shortcuts to the interactive Internet Sites to be used during scheduled individual computer time

Procedures:

1.  The teacher will read Hickory Dickory Dock each morning during circle time. 
2.  The teacher will read each line and the students will repeat it after her. 
3.  The teacher may also use the Music for the Rhyme to teach the childen the song. 
4.  The teacher may choose to read the History of the rhyme aloud to the children.
5.  The teacher may complete the MotherGoose Quiz as a class activity; a computer and data projector are needed.

Procedures:

1.  The teacher will take pictures, with the digital camera, of each of the three sequenced events in the book, with the line 
corresponding with the picture written underneath.
2.  The teacher will make sentence strips/sequencing cards using the directions in Technology Tools/Courseware. 
3.  The teacher will make one set of cards for teaching and choose to make each child an individual set.
4.  The teacher may choose to use the overhead projector or the camera disk in the Data Projector to teach the concepts, first, 
next and last.  If the children have individual sets, they can use them during the demonstration and afterwards for individual evaluation.

Procedures:

1.  The teacher will demonstrate and "teach" the use of the prepositions "up" and "down" throughout the school day in functional
situations, e.g. (Stand up, sit down, put your hands down, put your heads down, pick up your pencil, put your pencil down, etc.)  The
teacher may refer to the lines, "the mouse ran up the clock" and "the mouse ran down", several times throughout the day in conjunction
with these directions in functional settings.

Procedures:

1.  The teacher will use the hand-held clock, with movable hands to explain the time.  For example, in the morning, the teacher
may use the "clock" at 8:00 to demonstrate school beginning;  at 12:00, the teacher  may use the "clock" to demonstrate  lunch; at 3:00, 
the teacher may use the clock to show it is time to go home.
2.  The teacher will hand out the materials for each individual student to "make a clock" (paper plate, precut "hands" for the clock,
the clasp and three small squares of construction paper).  The teacher will demonstrate how to secure the "hands" on the clock.  The teacher will use the overhead projector to demonstrate how to write the 12 numbers used for time around the clock and how to write 
8:00, 12:00 and 3:00 on the precut construction paper squares. 
3.  The teacher may use the "clock" to teach time, either by manipulating the "hands", pasting or velcroing the "time squares" on the appropriate time, or both.  It may be more effective to use this procedure at the correct time.

Procedures:

1.  Individual computer use time is built into the daily schedule.  The teacher may make a Desktop shortcut for the following sites:
2.  Read the "Rhebus Hickory Dickory Dock" online.
3.  Use "Paint Online" to paint the picture of the mouse and clock online.
4.  Print out and color the picture of the Mouse and Clock #1.
5.  Print out and color the picture of the Mouse and Clock #2.

Modifications:

 All modifications for each IEP and 504 documents will be made.
 Assign a child with a peer partner or use small group instruction.

Enrichment Activities:

  Mother Goose Quiz
  Webquest
  Teacher Ideas
  Teacher Resources

Evaluation/Assessment:

The teacher will listen to and evaluate each child independently saying the first stanza of the rhyme.
The teacher will evaluate each child placing the sequence cards in correct order.
The teacher will evaluate each child following functional directions, using the prepositions 'up' and 'down'.
The teacher will evaluate each child 'placing the hands' correctly on the clock for 8:00, 12:00 and 3:00.
The teacher will evaluate each child's individual computer work.

West Virginia Instructional Goals and Objectives:

Listening, Speaking and Viewing:  K.1, K.2, K.4, K.11
Reading Comprehension:  K.17, K.20
Computer/Technology:  K.65, K.66, K.67, K.68
Math: Number Sense and Number Theory: K.4

National Standards:

Listening and Speaking:  8 - Uses listening and speaking strategies for different purposes
Viewing:   9 - Uses viewing skills and strategies to understand and interpret visual media
Math:  1 - Uses a variety of strategies in the problem solving processes

References:

Amazon Bookstore
Mother Goose Day Party
Webquest
Mother Goose Quiz
Rhebus, Painting Online and Color #1
History of Hickory Dickory Dock
Color #2
Teacher Ideas
Teacher Resources
Music for Hickory Dickory Dock

Authors:

Mary Ellen McDavid
Lou Ann Stump
Shirley Yoke

Weberwood Elementary

 

Overview Simple Sequence - Nursery Rhymes	Lesson 1 Humpty Dumpty Sequencing	Lesson 2 Jack and Jill  Sequencing
Lesson 3 "Jack and Jill" Picture ID	Lesson 4 Hickory Dickory Dock	Lesson 5 - Exploring Nursery Rhymes on the Internet