Unit I – Rhyming Poems

This English scheme of work for Key Stage One gets the children to explore the vocabulary and structure of a range of narrative and traditional poems, identify and spell words with the vowel digraphs ee and oo and match sets of rhyming words. The class can practise performing poems using voice expressions and actions.

Explore the vocabulary and structure of a range of narrative and traditional poems

Lesson One : Word Rhymes Game

Play games to identify and match different words with the vowel digraphs ee and oo that can be used to describe events in a nursery rhyme

Lesson Two : Word Rhymes Sentences

Match and use words with the vowel digraphs ee and oo to complete a range of different sentences about nursery rhymes

Lesson Three : London Bridge Actions

Select and perform actions to accompany lines from a traditional nursery poem to illustrate characters, places and events

Lesson Four : Rhyming Changes

Identify and change some of the matching words that rhyme in a traditional nursery rhyme poem

Lesson Five : Poetry Performance

Select and perform different nursery rhymes to an audience with the correct volumes, tones and matching actions

  • Word Matching

    Word Matching

    Identify, match and record the initial sounds that have been used in a range of cvc words beginning with different letters

  • Family Toys

    Family Toys

    Investigate and record how a selection of different toys and games that were owned by families have changed and developed over time

  • Subtraction Digits

    Subtraction Digits

    Model and illustrate how to subtract pairs of single digit numbers within ten using concrete equipment and diagrams to support the subtraction calculations

  • Family Experiences

    Family Experiences

    Practise composing and presenting some example stories with familiar settings to illustrate things that might be experienced by a family