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Poetry - Rhyme
Objectives
To learn to appreciate rhymes and poems.
To draw on what they already know or on background information and vocabulary.
Resources
Laptop, PC or tablet | Mini whiteboard and pen
📄 Daily Phonics Activities | 📄 Frogs Jump | 📄 Letter Formation Ideas
Vocabulary
Words in bold can be found in the 📄 Year 1 English Glossary
stanza | verse | rhyme
Today's Lesson
Phonics
Over the next three steps, your phonics activities will be personalised revision activities for your student.
All the instructions are included on the 📄 Daily Phonics Activities sheet.
Reading - Introduction
Share the 📄 Frogs Jump poem. Ask your student to read the poem.
Explain that the poem was meant to rhyme. The poet tried to make the last word in each line rhyme with the last word in the next line. Unfortunately, the poet muddled up the lines.
Cut the poem into separate lines horizontally.
Ask your student to find the lines which have last words that rhyme.
Once the lines have been paired together, ask your student to suggest which order they should be arranged in.
Find out if the order works by reading the poem out loud.
Reading - Main Activity
Explain to your student that they will now be writing extra lines for the poem.
Ask your student to suggest different animals they could include. You might like to write these on a piece of paper. For example, lion, tiger, sheep, monkey, etc
Next ask your student to describe how they move. For example, creep, leap, scurry, hurry etc
Using these ideas, support your student in writing new lines for the poem.
Reading - Extra Challenge
Can your student work independently on writing their own lines?
Reading - What to Notice
While they are doing this activity, remember to praise your student for the skills they are using.
For example:
‘You are using your creativity to write your own ideas down!
Handwriting and Spelling
Children’s handwriting develops at different times. Have a close look at your student's recent writing. Are there letter shapes that they still need to work on? If there are, please continue to choose one or two letters a day this step to focus on.
You may find your student needs to practise letters shapes they find tricky many times before they feel confident. Remember to use the 📄 Letter Formation Ideas resource.
Please revisit any spellings from Year 1 which you feel your student may need to practise more. These could be words that you see them misspelling still in their independent writing.