Nursery Rhymes Storytime Lesson & Scavenger Hunts

Love nursery rhymes? This library lesson features multiple nursery rhymes, a scavenger hunt, recommended reads and a lesson plan, perfect for National Poetry Month in April!

This storytime lesson includes:

• 51-slide Lesson Presentation in Microsoft PowerPoint + Google Slides
  • All body text is editable; you choose which slides you want to use.
  • 22 slides are storytime and class discussion slides.
  • 28 slides are “scrolling presentation” slides that are great for extending storytime lessons or scrolling in the library during checkout and downtimes.
  • Please note that this presentation is designed to complement a read-aloud. The actual read-aloud story comes from you!
• List of 17 recommended picture books to accompany this lesson (1 page, PDF and PowerPoint)
  • The list is great to hand out to parents, teachers, and students looking for related books.
• Two (2) editable, differentiated scavenger hunts (3 pages)
  • Students “hunt” for images and information in the “scrolling slides” part of the presentation. This gives students something to focus on during library checkout and downtime.
  • Includes 2 scavenger hunts. One is images-only, and the other is images and text.
  • Answer key is included.
• Detailed, pre-filled Library Lesson Plan in editable PDF and PowerPoint formats (2 pages), aligned to:
  • AASL National School Library Standards for Learners,
  • National Common Core ELA Standards, and
  • Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS)
• Google Classroom Basics (4 pages, PDF)
• Instructions on how to set up PowerPoint slide timings (2 pages, PDF)

22 Storytime Slides include:

• 7 illustrated nursery rhymes:
  • “One, Two, Three, Four, Five,”
  • “Humpty, Dumpty,”
  • “Jack and Jill,”
  • “Little Miss Muffet,”
  • “Jack Be Nimble,”
  • “Hickory Dickory Dock,” and
  • “One, Two, Buckle My Shoe.”
• Sign language slide and how-to sign video link: “poetry”
• Characteristics of nursery rhymes
• Who is/was Mother Goose? Were they a real person?

28 Scrolling Slides include:

• Vocabulary words: tuffet and curds and whey
• 7 additional nursery rhymes:
  • “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star,”
  • “Wee Willie Winkie,”
  • “Mary Had a Little Lamb,”
  • “Hey Diddle Diddle,”
  • “The Old Woman in the Shoe,”
  • “Little Boy Blue,” and
  • “Three Little Kittens.”
• 3 “Would you rather?” question slides
• 1 “What do you think?” question slide
• 3 trivia questions with answers

Standards Addressed:

AASL National School Library Standards – See the AASL Standards Framework for Learners to view full text. 

• Inquire – D.1.
• Explore – C.1. – D.3.

Common Core English Language Arts Standards –
© Copyright 2010 National Governors Association Center for Best Practices and Council of Chief State School Officers. All rights reserved.

• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.K.10 – CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.K.6
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1.10
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2.4

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