Humpty Dumpty Rhyme
Humpty Dumpty Rhyme
Humpty Dumpty and other Rhymes, by Rosemary Wells is one literature resource I would recommend when purchasing extended books for your nursery rhyme unit. Information about the book is available in the Nursery Rhyme Book Nook
To Begin.....
1. Copy the poem on chart paper. Include clip art or pictures to add a visual for vocabulary development. Laminate the chart. Store with the other nursery rhyme charts on rings. Keep charts on a chart stand made of PVC pipe.
2. Read the poem each day during the week. This is especially recommended for ESL students.
3. Place a copy of the poem in a literacy center. I keep my poems in a "rhyme time" center area. Students can use the poems for reading, writing, or another extended curriculum activity.
Example of the chart with rhyme
Dental Health Activity
The objective of this experiment is to demonstrate the importance brushing teeth. It is an easy activity for dental health month.
To begin the experiment, you will need to hard boil a few eggs. If you are dividing the students to work with partners, have one egg for each group. Students can draw a smile with teeth on the egg with permanent marker. Then, soak the egg overnight in a cup filled with tea or coke. The next day, students can brush their "egg teeth". Students will see that brushing does remove stains. Egg shells are calcium just like their teeth.
Another version of this would be to soak an egg (not hard boiled) in vinegar for a few days. The shell will become very soft. Ask students what happens if we do not drink milk or "feed" our teeth? I also tell them about "baby bottle" teeth. Many of my students have younger brothers and sisters who are given a bottle in bed filled with milk, Kool-Aid, or other beverages that are harmful to the health of their baby teeth.
ART ACTIVITY
Teaching Little Children (TLC) has a wonderful art activity for Humpty Dumpty. Information about the art activity can be found in the resource section or at their web site at tlcart.com. Pictures of our Humpty Dumpty art are on the classroom pictures page. My students enjoy doing the art projects. The activities provide practice in listening, following directions, vocabulary development, and spatial relations. Check out the TLC products!
LANGUAGE ARTS
ACTIVITIES
* Making Pocket Chart Activities:
The pocket chart activities for this rhyme are similar to those presented in other rhyme sections.
1. Make a vocabulary cloze chart. Write sentences from the poem leaving out specific words on sentence strips. Write the missing words on other index cards. Place the sentence strips and words in the pocket chart. Students complete the sentences with the missing words.
2. Write the poem on sentence strips. Place in the pocket chart in random order. Students arrange the sentence strips in the correct order. I write a number on the back of the sentence strips to make the chart "self-checking."
3. Sentence Identification. Write "asking" and "telling" sentences using the poem on sentence strips. On a "Humpty Dumpty character" drawing, an egg shape paper cut-out, or clip art picture, draw the correct punctuation needed to complete the sentences. Place the sentences in the pocket chart. On the top of the pocket chart write "ASKING" AND "TELLING" and place the punctuation characters by each label. Students complete the sentences using the punctuation.
EXAMPLE
| Did Humpty Dumpty fall |
| Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall |
| Who helped Humpty Dumpty |
| The King sent men to help Humpty |
| Humpty was in many pieces |
Chart with asking and telling sentences
Journal Writing Prompts
* Make a journal book for each student. I usually make a shape book with each rhyme. For Humpty Dumpty, we use a cover and back shaped like an egg. The students decorate the front of their journal. The paper inside is lined, shaped like an egg, and stapled to the cover and back. For kindergarten, use unlined paper for journal responses. Students can draw their ideas. Oral responses can be written by a teacher, paraprofessional, or older student.
* TOPICS:
* Humpty sat on a wall. Do you think this is a safe activity? Write some rules for Humpty to help him be safe.
* When Humpty fell, he broke into many pieces. How many pieces to you think were on the ground?
* How would you put Humpty together again. Tell what you would use and how you would repair this mess.
* Write the poem using word families. One day the students can brain storm /at/ family words. Prewrite the basic pattern for the poem. Brainstorm words for a specific word family. Write the words on chart paper. An example of the poem with the /at/family may look like:
Humpty Dumpty was really fat,
Humpty Dumpty sat on a mat.
Then the King's black cats
Ran this way and that.
Poor Humpty flew up and then went splat.
EGG THEME LINKS
EGG SHAPED BOOKS:
http://www.abcteach/Shape%20books/egg.html
COLLECT THE EGGS GAME:
http://www.bry-backmanor.org/actpag144.html