Read, Retell, and Learn Story Elements with Hickory Dickory Dock!

Hickory Dickory Dock is a classic children’s nursery rhyme, and kids absolutely love it! 

This resource download focuses on story elements for kindergarten and first-grade students. Story elements are critical for early literacy instruction. From the time students enter kindergarten to the day they graduate high school, they will study the parts of a story. In primary school, the characteristics of a story are:

• Characters – people or animals in the book
• Setting – when and where the story takes place
• Sequence – the events of the story or the beginning, middle, and ending of the story

 Students will love reading the nursery rhyme and interacting with the slides to drag, drop, and sort characters, settings, and order events in a sequence. 

Tips for Differentiation + Scaffolding 

A team of dedicated, experienced educators created this resource to support your reading lessons. 

In addition to individual student work time, use this nursery rhyme resource to enhance learning through guided reading groups, whole class lessons, or remote learning assignments. 

If you have a mixture of above and below-level learners, check out these suggestions for keeping students on track with the concepts: 

🆘 Support Struggling Students

Help students who need help understanding the concepts by 

• Preteach vocabulary prior to the initial sorting activities using other rhymes or stories.

Additionally, provide access to previous assignments, posters, and anchor charts for students to recall past lessons.

➕ Challenge Fast Finishers

• Encourage fast finishers to summarize the rhyme by drawing a picture of the main character, the setting, and the major events.

Plan lessons for all ability levels with our 10 Best Scaffolding Strategies! 

Easily Prepare This Resource for Your Students

Use the dropdown icon on the Download button to download the Google Slides version of this resource.

This resource was created by Samantha Rose, a teacher in Florida and Teach Starter Collaborator.