words that have the same or similar ending sounds often used in poetry

refers to a single line or a group of lines within a poem, often characterized by rhythm, meter, and rhyme, forming a unit of poetic language

following the order in which a series of events happened

'Five Little Ducks Went Swimming One Day'

English

'Little Bo Peep'

'Hickory Dickory Dock'

'The Magic Porridge Pot'

Nursery rhymes performance

In 'Poetry: Zim Zam Zoom', pupils will listen to, discuss, learn and perform a selection of poems by James Carter and discuss what a poet is.

In EYFS, pupils learnt to listen to and sing a range of well-known nursery rhymes and songs. Pupils learnt to try to move in time with music. In this unit, pupils will build on this by performing nursery rhymes in a small group, dedicating more time to discussing and contexualising the rhymes and expressing a preference.

In this unit, pupils explore poetry by learning different nursery rhymes, some familiar and some unfamiliar. Pupils learn to listen to, discuss and recite nursery rhymes. They also consider rhyming words, tune and actions. Pupils learn to share their opinion on their preferred nursery rhyme.

Nursery rhymes: reading poetry

Tick the words from ‘Five Little Ducks’ that rhyme with each other.

Rhyming words have the same __________ at the end of a word.

What are the ducks doing in 'Five Little Ducks'?

The nursery rhyme 'Five Little Ducks' helps us practise...

'Five Little Ducks' and 'Hickory Dickory Dock' are the same because...

How can we make a performance more exciting?

Why are nursery rhymes often easy to remember?

Tick the words that rhyme with each other. 

Match the features with the type of text.

standing with your hands next to your side

Which of these make a performance more exciting to watch?

'Five Little Ducks Went Swimming One Day'

Lesson outcome