Overview - “Wiggles, Jiggles,
and Rhymes”
Authors:
Nancy Burgess (4-5 Coordinator)
Patricia Currence (2-3
Coordinator)
Cathy Linger (K-1 Coordinator)
Tennerton Elementary
School, Buckhannon, WV
Grade Level(s): K-5
Subjects: Language
Arts, Math, Science, Physical Education, Music, Dance and Art
Description: Students
in Kindergarten through Fifth grade will enjoy learning various types of
poetry through music and movement including nursery rhymes, chants, tongue
twisters, choral readings and limericks, They will also compose their own
poems and publish them using various types of technology. These various
forms of poetry will be incorporated with other curriculum areas.
Learner Outcomes:
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Children will memorize nursery rhymes and other
types of poetry.
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Children will learn to read familiar names and
words using repetition.
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Children will participate in choral readings.
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Children will learn tongue twisters.
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Children will create their own poems and limericks.
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Children will use computers and software to
reinforce readiness skills.
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Children will use computer publishing software
and/or PowerPoint to compose and publish their poems.
Duration of Lesson: 2 to 3 days
per grade level with 30-45 minute periods of time
National
Standards:
Language
Arts:
1. Uses the general skills
and strategies of the writing process.
5. Uses the general skills
and strategies of the reading process.
8. Uses listening and
speaking strategies for different purposes.
Science:
1. Understands atmospheric
processes and the water cycle.
6. Understands relationships of organisms
and their physical environment.
8. Understands the structure
and properties of matter.
12. Understands the nature
of scientific inquiry.
Music:
1. Sings, alone and with
other, a varied repertoire of music.
2. Performs on instruments,
alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.
3.
Improvises melodies, variations, and accompaniments.
Technology:
1. Knows the characteristics and uses
of computer hardware.
2. Knows the characteristics and uses
of computer software programs.
6. Understands the nature and uses
of different forms of technology.
Listening and Speaking
- K.1, K.2, K.6, K.12, K.13, 1.1, 1.7-1.16; 2.3-2.6, 2.8, 2.10-2.12, 2.17,
2.19, 4.11, 5.1-5.6
Reading Comprehension
- K.14, K.15, K.17, K.19, K.21, K.23, K.32, 1.21-1.25, 1.30, 1.43-1.51;
2.29, 2.60, 2.63, 2.64; 3.33, 3.34
Reading Vocabulary -
K.41; 2.67; 3.37, 3.38
Writing – K.42-K.52,
1.57-1.65, 1.70; 2.75, 2.78, 2.79; 3.41, 3.45; 4.48-4.51, 5.52-5.64
Spelling – K.55, 1.75-1.78;
2.92; 3.47
Language – 1.92-1.100;
2.95; 3.57
Study Skills – K.60,
K.61, 1.106, 1.110,2.109, 2.112, 3.75, 3.79, 3.82, 5.171
Computer/Technology –
K.64, 111.2-1.116; 2.118-2.123; 3.83-3.86; 5.180-5.184
Math:
Geometry and Spatial
Sense - K.15, K.16, K.18, 1.27, 1.31
Number Theory and Number Sense – K.1, K.2,
1.1
Fractions and Decimals
– K.8, K.9, 1.10-1.12
Whole Number Operations
and Computations – K.10, K.11, 1.13, 1.18
Patterns – K.12, K.14,
1.19
Measurement – K.22, 1.35
Music:
K.5, K.6, K.9, 1.4, 1.10
Art:
4.11, 4.13, 5.1, 5.26
Dance:
2.1, 2.4, 2.6, 2.9, 3.2, 3.7, 3.8, 4.10, 5.4, 5.6
Keywords:
Rhymes
Chants
Tongue twisters
Choral readings
Limericks
Lessons:
Overview - "Wiggle,
Jiggles and Rhymes"
Lesson 1 - "Peter,
Peter Pumpkin Eater"
Lesson 2 - "Who Took
the Cookie From the Cookie Jar"
Lesson 3 - "Splish-Splash
Poetry"
Lesson 4 - "Whether
the Weather"
Lesson 5 - "Making
Our Own Wiggles, Jiggles, and Rhymes"
Comments: This unit
is a fun way to learn different forms of poetry and do related extension
activities.
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