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CKLA Domain 1: Nursery Rhymes and Fables


Focus:
Domain 1 is an introduction to nursery rhymes and fables, including Mother Goose poems and Aesop’s fables. By listening to nursery rhymes and repeating or reciting them, students learn vocabulary and build phonemic awareness. Well-known fables introduce students to new vocabulary and prompt discussion of character, virtues, and behavior.

Number of Lessons: 12

Instruction Time:
50 minutes each (Each lesson may be divided into shorter segments.)

Additional Search Terms:
nursery rhymes • Mother Goose • fables • Aesop • phonemic awareness • virtues

Language Arts Kindergarten English

Individual Resources

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CKLA Domain 1: Nursery Rhymes and Fables READ-ALOUD ANTHOLOGY

This comprehensive teacher guide specifies learning objectives and provides background information, daily lesson plans, read-alouds, assessments, and other resources for teaching the domain.

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CKLA Domain 1: Nursery Rhymes and Fables FLIP BOOK

Each Flip Book contains a sequenced collection of images that accompany the Listening & Learning read-alouds. The engaging visuals reinforce students’ understanding of concepts and promote engagement with the text.

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CKLA Domain 1: Nursery Rhymes and Fables IMAGE CARDS

Image Cards are used to reinforce and deepen students’ understanding of the information covered in the domain. They are primarily used during Extension Activities. Common exercises include sorting, retelling, and sequencing.

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CKLA Domain 1: Nursery Rhymes and Fables READ-ALOUD SUPPLEMENTAL GUIDE

Designed primarily to provide instructional scaffolding resources for reading specialists, special education teachers, and ESL teachers, the online-only Supplemental Guide offers activities that the general classroom teacher may use as needed. Resources include adapted read-alouds, engagement supports, Vocabulary Charts, Multiple Meaning Word Activities, Syntactic Awareness Activities, and Vocabulary Instructional Activities.