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Tick, Tick, Pop!

Kindergarten group read-aloud poem about making toast. Children join in on a repeated line and tell what happens to the bread.

KindergartenELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toRL.K.10

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  • Single worksheet
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  • 1 Common Core standard
  • Printable answer key
  • 8 questions
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Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Kindergarten
Subject
ELA
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students take part in group reading of a poem by joining in on a repeated line.
  • Students listen for a purpose: to find out what happens to the bread.
  • Students show they understand the poem by telling what happens in each part.

How to use

Read the poem aloud twice; the second time, pause so the class can say the line that comes back. Read each question and its choices aloud, then let students circle, match or write their answers.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

RL.K.10

Take an active part in group reading of stories and poems, with a purpose and with understanding.

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Name Date

Tick, Tick, Pop!

Read a poem together and join in.

Read the poem together

Your teacher reads the poem. Join in on the line that comes back. Listen to find out what happens to the bread.

Tick, Tick, Pop!

1Two slices of bread
go into the slot.
Dad pushes the handle.
The toaster gets hot.
Tick, tick, tick...

2I wait and I wait.
I smell a warm smell.
The bread is turning brown,
I can tell!
Tick, tick, tick...

3POP! Up jumps my toast,
crunchy and brown.
I spread on some butter
and gobble it down!

What happens?

Your teacher reads each question. Answer it.

1.
What is the poem about?
  • A. a ticking clock
  • B. making toast
  • C. baking a cake
2.
Circle the line you said with your class.

The toaster gets hot.I wait and I wait.Tick, tick, tick...I can tell!

3.
Look at the numbers 1, 2 and 3 in the poem. Match each part to what happens.
  1. Part 1
  2. Part 2
  3. Part 3
  1. A. The toast pops up.
  2. B. The bread goes in.
  3. C. The bread turns brown.

Think about the poem

Your teacher reads each question. Answer it.

4.
Which word from the poem rhymes with hot?
  • A. toast
  • B. bread
  • C. slot
5.
Who pushes the handle?
  • A. Dad
  • B. Mom
  • C. Grandma
6.
How can the child tell the bread is turning brown?
  • A. Dad tells the child.
  • B. The child hears a bell.
  • C. The child smells it.
7.
Use the word bank. Write the word that finishes the line from the poem.
Word bank: slot · wait · brown

POP! Up jumps my toast, crunchy and  .

8.
Say the line that comes back with your class. Then tell a partner what happens to the bread.

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