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
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Farm Prints
Practise and demonstrate different techniques when printing a range of shapes and patterns that can reflect themes and ideas related to farming
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Towns and Villages
Identify, describe and compare some of the changes to different buildings that have occurred in the school neighbourhood over time
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Renoir
Explore the artwork style and painting techniques of a famous European artist to replicate when creating a picture of a school scene
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Word Groups
Explain and model how to use tables to organise and sort special vocabulary words into groups to match specific criteria