Nursery Rhyme Comprehension

Developing Comprehension and Exploring Story Elements with Nursery Rhymes

Little Boy Blue	Little Miss Muffet
Hey Diddle Diddle	Jack and Jill
Humpty Dumpty	Higglety Pigglety Pop
Old Mother Hubbard	Baa Baa Black Sheep

Little Boy Blue

1. What did Little Boy Blue need to blow?
2. What animals were in the corn field?
3. What animals were in the meadow?
4. Where was Little Boy Blue?
5. What was he doing?

Who is the main character?
What other characters are in the story?
Where does the story take place?

Vocabulary:
meadow

Little Miss Muffet
1. Where was Little Miss Muffet sitting?
2. What was she eating?
3. Who came to sit beside Little Miss Muffet?
4. What happened to Little Miss Muffet when the spider sat down
      beside her?
5. What did Little Miss Muffet do?
Who are the main characters?
What time of day does the story take place?
Vocabulary:
        tuffet
        curds and whey
        frighten

Hey Diddle Diddle

1. What animal played the fiddle?
2. What animal jumped over the moon?
3. What animal laughed?
4. What ran away with the spoon?

Who are the main characters?
When did the nursery rhyme take place? Day or night
        How do you know?
Vocabulary:
        fiddle
        jump
        moon

Jack and Jill

1. Where were Jack and Jill going?
2. What were they going to do?
3. What happened to Jack?
4. What did he break?
5. What happened to Jill?
Who are the main characters?
Where does the story take place?
Vocabulary:
        pail
        crown
        tumble

Humpty Dumpty

1. Where was Humpty Dumpty sitting?
2. What happened to Humpty Dumpty?
3. Who tried to help him?
4. Why do you think they couldn't put him back together?
5. What was Humpty Dumpty?
Who is the main character?
Who are the other characters?
Where does the story take place?
Vocabulary:
        wall
        great
        king

Higglety Pigglety Pop

1. Who ate the mop?
2. What happened to the pig?
3. What is the matter with the cat?
Who are the main characters?
Vocabulary:
        hurry
        flurry

Old Mother Hubbard

1. Where did Old Mother Hubbard go?
2. What was she going to get?
3. What happened when she got to the cupboard?
4. What pet did Old Mother Hubbard have?
5. What did she get her pet to eat?
Who was the main character?
Where does the story take place?
Vocabulary:
         cupboard
         bare
         poor
         none

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