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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    Identify, describe and compare different 2D shapes by their matching individual properties including the number of sides, vertices and lines of symmetry

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    Buses, Trains, Planes

    Select patterned language to use when writing poems describing ways of travelling when making different journeys

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    Explain and model how to measure, record and compare the mass of some different toys and games using scales, bucket balances and symbols for greater than and less than

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    Seaside Holidays

    Describe and compare how families enjoyed seaside holidays together in the past with similar events and experiences enjoyed by families today