Nursery Rhyming Poems

This English scheme of work for Key Stage One gets the children to investigate and record the sequence of events, settings and characters that feature in some different nursery rhyme poems. The class can suggest other things that might happen in the narrative sequence in each poem.

The Cat and the Fiddle
Identify and sequence the main events in the traditional story poem of the Cat and the Fiddle and suggest alternative things that could happen in the narrative

Itsy Bitsy Spider
Identify and sequence the main events in the traditional story poem of Itsy Bitsy Spider and suggest alternative things that could happen in the narrative

Five Little Ducks
Identify and sequence the main events in the traditional story poem of the Five Little Ducks and suggest alternative things that could happen in the narrative

Grand Old Duke of York
Identify and sequence the main events in the traditional story poem of the Grand Old Duke of York and suggest alternative things that could happen in the narrative

Sing a Song of Sixpence
Identify and sequence the main events in the traditional story poem of Sing a Song of Sixpence and suggest alternative things that could happen in the narrative
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Family Events
Identify and record how to punctuate sentences that are statements and questions correctly to illustrate things that can happen in a family
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Sea Sounds
Compose and perform a range of musical compositions to reflect movements of sea waves and animals that live on a beach and in the sea
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Garden Flowers
Identify and record how to use pictograms to organise and present information about some of the special flowers growing in a family garden
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Clock Minutes
Read, match and record times to five minutes using analog and digital clock faces that can identify start times for different events and experiences