MA Standards:
Speaking and Listening/SL.PK.MA.1a: Observe and use appropriate ways of interacting in a group (e.g. taking turns in talking, listening to peers, waiting to speak until another person is finished talking, asking questions and waiting for an answer, gaining the floor in appropriate ways).
Head Start Outcomes:
Social Emotional Development/Self-Regulation: Follows simple rules, routines, and directions.
Language Development/Receptive Language: Attends to language during conversations, songs, stories, or other learning experiences.
PreK Learning Guidelines:
English Language Arts/Language 1: Observe and use appropriate ways of interacting in a group (taking turns in talking; listening to peers; waiting until someone is finished; asking questions and waiting for an answer; gaining the floor in appropriate ways).
English Language Arts/Reading and Literature 12: Listen to, recite, sing, and dramatize a variety of age-appropriate literature.
Recite Together: “Silly, Silly Mrs. McNosh”
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ELA Focus Skills: Concepts of Print, Phonological Awareness (Rhyming), Vocabulary
Educator Prep: Copy the words to the poem “Silly, Silly Mrs. McNosh” onto a sheet of chart paper. Display the chart so you can track the print as you read the poem aloud.
Tell children you are going to recite a poem called “Silly, Silly Mrs. McNosh.” Read the poem through several times, tracking the words as you read.
Once they are familiar with the words, invite children to recite the poem with you.
Silly, Silly Mrs. McNosh
Silly, silly Mrs. McNosh,
It’s time to do your wash.
Hang your laundry on a line,
Hang it up rain or shine.
Shirts and skirts,
Shoes and news,
Socks and blocks,
Silly, silly Mrs. McNosh,
It’s time to do your wash.