'Five Little Ducks Went Swimming One Day'
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can listen to and learn 'Five Little Ducks Went Swimming One Day'.
Key learning points
- 'Five Little Ducks Went Swimming One Day' has some rhyming words, such as 'day' and 'away'.
- Knowing the tune, words, rhythm and actions of a nursery rhyme makes it more entertaining for an audience.
- 'Hickory Dickory Dock' and 'Five Little Ducks Went Swimming One Day' are similar because they both include counting.
- Personal responses are a way of sharing your own thoughts, feelings, and opinions about a poem.
Keywords
Rhyme - words that have the same or similar ending sounds often used in poetry
Verse - 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
Same - something that is identical or similar
Difference - something that is not the same
Sequence - following the order in which a series of events happened
Common misconception
Pupils may struggle to identify similarities and differences.
Repeating the two nursery rhymes again is useful to support. Additionally, you can scaffold the discussion by asking questions and modelling your thought process, such as "Do both nursery rhymes have animals?" or "Are both nursery rhymes set inside?"
Teacher tip
Using props, such as masks for the characters or material for the setting helps to engage the children and develop their understanding as well as performance skills.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Why are nursery rhymes often easy to remember?
Q2.Match these rhyming words.
clock
sheep
say
white
Q3.Tick the words that rhyme with each other.
Q4.Which of these is a nursery rhyme?
Q5.Match the features with the type of text.
fairy tales
nursery rhymes
traditional tales
Q6.Which of these make a performance more exciting to watch?
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Tick the words from ‘Five Little Ducks’ that rhyme with each other.
Q2.Rhyming words have the same __________ at the end of a word.
Q3.What are the ducks doing in 'Five Little Ducks'?
Q4.The nursery rhyme 'Five Little Ducks' helps us practise...
Q5.'Five Little Ducks' and 'Hickory Dickory Dock' are the same because...
Q6.How can we make a performance more exciting?
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To help you plan your 1 English lesson on: 'Five Little Ducks Went Swimming One Day', download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs.
The starter quiz will activate and check your pupils' prior knowledge, with versions available both with and without answers in PDF format.
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