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Hi.

I'm Miss Brooms and I'm so wonderfully excited to be learning with you today.

We are going to have a brilliant time learning together, and I will be guiding you through it.

So, let's get started, shall we? Welcome to the lesson, "Five Little Ducks Went Swimming One Day." Your outcome for today is, I can listen to and learn "Five Little Ducks Went Swimming One Day." So by the end of today's lesson, you should know what that is.

For today's lesson, you are going to need your looking eyes.

Listening is thinking brain, somebody to talk to and your performing voice.

Your keywords for today are rhyme, verse, same, different, sequence.

Make sure that you're keeping an ear out for all of these words.

If you haven't heard them before, that's okay.

We're going to be learning about them today.

We are going to be looking at introducing "Five Little Ducks," comparing nursery rhymes and performing "Five Little Ducks." So, let's get started with introducing "Five Little Ducks." Hmm.

Have a look at these pictures.

These pictures are all from nursery rhymes.

Now, nursery rhymes are often enjoyed by young children.

You may recognise some of these pictures from nursery rhymes that you know.

Oh, I know.

I can see a big clock with a mouse on top.

I think that might be "Hickory Dickory Dock." Now, nursery rhymes are a type of poem.

And poems are a type of fiction text that are often short.

Remember, fiction means made up, so it's not real, okay? Poems are a type of fiction text that are often short, so they're written to entertain whoever is reading or listening.

So you can find it fun and enjoyable.

Now, there are lots and lots of different types of poems, but we are focusing on nursery rhymes, which are often sung to an audience.

Do you think you can name a song, nursery rhyme or poem that you know? Can you think of a song, nursery rhyme or poem that you know? When you've thought of it, I would like you to turn to someone near to you and tell them what you thought.

Pause the video here.

Wow.

I could see you are really using your thinking brains.

Good sharing.

Now, let's see if you remember.

A nursery rhyme is a type of A, video B, poem, C, class.

A, B or C.

Show me on your hands.

Everyone's showing me a nursery rhyme.

I'm gonna tell you the answer.

A nursery rhyme is a type of B, poem.

Well done if you got that.

If you didn't, that's okay.

Hmm.

Have a look at this picture.

Hmm.

What do you predict this nursery rhyme is about? So I want you to predict what the nursery rhyme is about, remembering that predict is thinking about what might the nursery rhyme be about? What could happen? Okay? In the future.

What do you predict this nursery rhyme is about? Can you please tell someone nearby to you? Pause the video here.

Well done.

Good predictions.

Well, I can see some ducks.

I think they're ducklings and they look like they're in a pond.

I predict that they are going for a swim.

I think that's what it's about.

I wonder what your predictions were.

Now, "Five Little Ducks" is a nursery rhyme.

♪ Five little ducks went swimming one day ♪ ♪ Over the hills and far away ♪ ♪ Mommy duck said, ♪ ♪ "Quack, quack, quack, quack" ♪ ♪ But only four little ducks came back ♪ Now there are words that rhyme at the end of each line.

I've spotted them.

Day and away, quack and back.

Now, rhyming words have the same sound at the end of a word.

So at the end of the word.

Day and away both have a, quack and back both have ah and keh, ack.

Nursery rhymes also look a little bit different to the stories that you might be seeing in books.

"Five Little ducks went swimming one day, over the hills and far away.

Mommy duck said, 'Quack, quack, quack, quack,' but only four little ducks came back." What do you notice? Have a look.

What do you notice about how the words of this nursery rhyme look on the page? Just have a think in your mind.

Turn on your thinking caps.

(Instructor's tongue clicking) Turn on your thinking brains.

Nursery rhymes.

What do you notice about how the words of this nursery rhyme look on the page? What do you notice? Have a think.

Hmm.

(sighs) Well, I notice that each line is underneath.

It doesn't just carry on like how I'd be writing in my book or how my story just carries on.

There's one line and then there's another line underneath, kind of like sentences under each other.

Hmm, I know.

This nursery rhyme has verses and this particular nursery rhyme has more than one verse.

So that section that you just saw was called a verse.

Verse.

That's one of our keywords.

Now each new verse counts one less duck in "Five Little Ducks." "Four little ducks went swimming one day, over the hills and far away.

Mommy duck said, 'Quack, quack, quack, quack,' but only three little ducks came back." So each new verse counts one less duck.

It's like a maths rhyme.

I love it.

Now, this helps young children to practise counting backwards in a sequence, which means in order.

It also helps us to remember the words, because the same words are repeated again and again.

It's only the numbers that change.

♪ Little ducks went swimming one day ♪ ♪ Over the hills and far away ♪ ♪ Mommy duck said, ♪ ♪ 'Quack, quack, quack, quack' ♪ ♪ but only little ducks came back" ♪ So only the numbers change in each verse.

So that repetition is very, very helpful, especially when you're learning how to count backwards.

It's also very fun.

Hmm.

True or false? True or false? Nursery rhymes are easy to remember because they have repeated words and lines.

Is that true or is that false? Nursery rhymes are easy to remember because they have repeated words and lines.

Show me your thumbs now.

I'm looking.

Okay, make sure you're showing the thumb.

I'm going to show you the answer.

Nursery rhymes are easy to remember because they have repeated words or lines.

That is true.

Well done if you got that.

If you didn't, that's okay.

Now, it's so much easier to remember nursery rhymes because they're repeated and they have a rhythm.

It gets stuck in your head, so it's easier to remember.

Now, listen to another verse from this nursery rhyme.

I want you to think, who is it about? Who is it about? Who? Hmm.

Listen.

♪ Three little ducks went swimming one day ♪ ♪ Over the hills and far away ♪ ♪ Mommy duck said ♪ ♪ 'Quack, quack, quack, quack' ♪ ♪ But only two little ducks came back ♪ This rhyme (chuckles), this rhyme is telling us about mommy duck and her little ducks.

So this nursery rhyme is about a mother duck and her five ducklings.

And look, there's a picture there.

There's a mother duck and some ducklings.

Hmm.

I want you to have a think.

Now that you've heard the rhyme a few times, where did the ducks go? Where did the ducks go? A, onto a pond, B, into the sea, C, over the hills and far away.

A, onto the pond, B, into the sea, C, over the hills and far away.

Have a think.

Where did the ducks go? Pause the video here for some thinking time.

Well done.

Great thinking.

Okay, I'm going to show you the answer.

Where did the ducks go? They went C, over the hills and far away.

Hmm.

I would now like you to answer these questions about the nursery rhyme, "Five Little Ducks." The first question is, how many ducklings went out swimming with their mommy at the beginning of the rhyme? How many ducklings at the beginning? Second question.

What did mommy duck say to call her ducklings back? What did she say? Third question.

Where were the ducks swimming? So I would like you to turn to someone nearby to you and answer these questions.

I'm going to be listening to your answers.

Pause the video here.

Wow! Really great discussions, everyone.

Here are some of the answers that you might have thought of when talking with someone nearby to you.

For the first question, how many ducklings went out swimming with their mommy at the beginning of the rhyme? You might have said, "Five little ducks went out swimming at the start of the rhyme." For the second question, what did mommy duck say to call her ducklings back? You might have said, "Mommy duck said, 'Quack, quack, quack, quack,' to call her ducklings back." And for the third question.

Where were the ducks swimming? You might have said, "The ducks were swimming over the hills and far away." We are now going to be moving on to comparing nursery rhymes.

So we're going to compare two nursery rhymes.

When we're comparing, we're going to be looking for things that are the same and things that are different.

Same.

Different.

Key words.

Hmm.

It's a tiny little mouse.

Hmm.

There's a really big elephant.

So some things that I can think are the same could be they are both animals.

So they are both animals.

Some things that I might say are different about these two is that the mouse is very small and the elephant is very big.

Another thing that's different is a mouse can be a pet, but an elephant cannot be.

Those are things that are the same and different.

What else could you think is the same and different about these two pictures? Have a think.

Just have a think.

Once you've had a think about any other things that are the same and different, whisper it into your hand.

Make sure you're whispering.

Okay.

Now that you've had a look at things that are the same and different about these two pictures, I would like you to turn someone nearby to you and tell them one thing that is the same and one thing that is different.

It's okay if you also thought of the same thing that I did, but if you didn't and you had something else, please do share.

Okay, pause the video here.

Well done.

Really good discussions.

Now we are going to compare the nursery rhymes "Hickory Dickory Dock" and "Five Little Ducks." So.

♪ Hickory dickory dock ♪ ♪ The mouse ran up the clock ♪ ♪ The clock struck one ♪ ♪ The mouse ran down ♪ ♪ Hickory dickory dock ♪ That's "Hickory Dickory Dock." Hmm.

And here's a picture of a clock and a mouse.

Little mouse.

♪ Five little ducks went swimming one day ♪ ♪ Over the hills and far away ♪ ♪ Mommy duck said ♪ ♪ 'Quack, quack, quack, quack' ♪ ♪ But only four little ducks came back ♪ That's "Five Little Ducks." And here's a pond with a mother duck and her five ducks.

So let's compare them both.

Hmm.

So, let's compare both of these.

They both have animals, but the difference is "Five Little Ducks" has ducks, "Hickory Dickory Dock" has a mouse.

They both have rhyming words.

A difference is in the settings.

"Five Little Ducks" is set outside, "Hickory Dickory Dock" is set inside, but they both have more than one verse.

Hmm.

I wonder if you spotted anything that was the same and different.

Now for a true or false.

True or false.

Both "Five Little Ducks" and "Hickory Dickory Dock" take place inside.

Show me a true or a false.

Pause the video here for some thinking time.

Well done! The answer is false.

They don't both take place inside.

"Five Little Ducks" is set outside, in a pond.

Hmm.

Now that we've done that, I would like you to think of something else that is the same or different in "Five Little Ducks" and "Hickory Dickory Dock." I would like you to talk to someone near to you.

Have a think.

What is the same or different? What else? Off you go and pause the video here.

Great! What fantastic discussions.

Some other things that were the same is that they're both about counting.

Both about counting.

They're like maths nursery rhymes.

Now the "Five Little Ducks," they were counting down.

Counting down.

And "Hickory Dickory Dock" was counting upwards.

So one of the rhymes was counting down, the other was counting up.

But they were both about counting.

(item clunks) They also both have repeated words.

Well done if you are able to think of other things that were the same or different.

Have a think.

"Five Little Ducks" and "Hickory Dickory Dock" are similar because A, one contains rhyming words and one does not, B, there are animals in both nursery rhymes, C, one nursery rhyme is set outside and the other nursery rhyme is set inside.

Have a think about the question.

"Five Little Ducks" and "Hickory Dickory Dock" are similar because one contains some rhyming words and one does not, there are animals in both nursery rhymes, one nursery rhyme is set outside and the other nursery rhyme is set inside.

What do you think? They are similar because what? Pause the video here for some thinking time.

Great.

Now that you've had some thinking time, I'm going to show you the answer.

"Five Little Ducks" and "Hickory Dickory Dock" are similar because there are animals in both nursery rhymes.

Now let's have a little think about which is our favourite nursery rhyme.

My favourite nursery rhyme is "Five Little Ducks" because I love fluffy yellow ducklings.

Oh, they're so cute.

I wonder what yours is.

I would like you to tell your partner which is your favourite nursery rhyme, and explain why this is your favourite.

Make sure that you are using your listening ears and listening to someone else's idea.

We are going to try and use the stem sentence, my favourite nursery rhyme is, because.

Great repeating, everyone.

Let's try the whole thing.

My turn first.

My favourite nursery rhyme is mm, because mm.

My favourite nursery rhyme is mm because mm.

Fantastic.

I think you are ready to tell your partner your favourite nursery rhyme.

Pause the video here and off you go.

Oh wow, I had some really lovely rhymes.

Okay, let's move on.

Some things you might have, some things that you might have shared with your partner are, "My favourite nursery rhyme is 'Hickory Dickory Dock' because I like imagining the cheeky mouse getting a fright when the clock strikes the hour." You may have said something like, "My favourite nursery rhyme is 'Five Little Ducks,' because I enjoy counting backwards." It reminds me of a rocket about to blast off.

Or, you could have said something like this.

"My favourite nursery rhyme is 'Hickory Dickory Dock' because my granddad has a grandfather clock and I am learning to tell time." We are now going to be looking at performing the "Five Little Ducks." So today we are going to perform "Five Little Ducks." And a performance is a show that you put on for others.

There is a stage, there are an audience, so sometimes there's a stage and an audience.

The audience watches very nicely.

So if you're the audience, you need to make sure you're watching very nicely using your best listening ears because the people on the stage are performing.

Okay.

Have you ever seen a performance? Or have you ever been in a performance yourself? I want you to have a think.

I've seen a performance before.

(gasps) I've seen a class assembly.

It was amazing.

Have you ever seen any? I would like you to turn and talk to someone nearby to you and tell them, "Have you seen seen a performance?" Or maybe you've been in one yourself.

Off you go.

Pause the video here.

Well done.

Really good sharing.

I heard some great things.

Now let's think about what makes a performance exciting to watch.

We can have actions and movements, facial expressions, a loud, clear voice, a loud, clear performing voice.

Today we are going to be focusing on using facial expressions, the way that we change our face.

Now, have a think.

True or false? Facial expressions make a performance more exciting to watch.

I'd like you to show me your thumbs.

Now, I'm going to have a look.

Facial expressions make a performance more exciting to watch.

The answer is true.

Facial expressions.

They add more emotion, they add more excitement to a performance.

Today, we are going to imagine that we are actors.

We are going to be performing the first verse of the nursery rhyme.

♪ Five little ducks went swimming one day ♪ ♪ Over the hills and far away ♪ ♪ Mommy duck said quack, quack, quack, quack ♪ ♪ But only four little ducks came back ♪ I would like you to practise singing the nursery rhyme in a loud, clear, sing-song voice.

You can sing it with me.

Let's start from the top.

Ready? ♪ Five Little ducks went swimming one day ♪ ♪ Over the hills and far away ♪ ♪ Mommy duck said quack, quack, quack, quack ♪ ♪ But only four little ducks came back ♪ That was such good singing, everyone.

Now, facial expressions can show how someone might be feeling, how they might be feeling.

So how do you think the ducks are feeling at the beginning of the nursery rhyme? Have a think.

"Five little ducks went swimming one day." "Five little ducks went swimming one day, over the hills and far away.

Mommy duck said, 'Quack, quack, quack, quack,' but only four little ducks came back." Now, at the beginning of the nursery rhyme it says, "Five little ducks went swimming one day, over the hills and far away." So there, I think they might be feeling content and at the end, mommy duck said, 'Quack, quack, quack, quack,' but only four little ducks came back." Well, mommy duck might be quite worried.

I think at the beginning they're content, happy, maybe relaxed, but at the end they're quite worried.

So, let's have a think how we can perform "Five Little Ducks." So at the beginning, the ducks are swimming together.

They are feeling content.

I am going to show you, with my face, how the ducks feel.

Ready? They're feeling content.

Now, at the end, one little duck has not come back.

Mommy duck is not sure where it has gone.

I would like you to show me with your face how mommy duck feels.

Show me now.

(Instructor gasps) Oh my goodness.

Those are great facial expressions.

You all look so worried and scared.

I like the way that you changed your eyebrows, your eyes, your mouth to make your face look different.

Now, have a think.

What did we use to make our facial expression? Our facial expressions? Did we use A, our voices, B, our arms, C, our faces or D, our hands? What did we use? A, voices, B, arms, C, faces or D, hands? I'd like you to show me on your hands.

Now, we used our mm to make facial expressions.

(children chattering) Pause the video here for some thinking time.

(children chattering) Okay, well done.

Okay, I can see your hands.

We used our faces to make facial expressions.

Well done if you got C.

If you didn't, that's all right.

Now when we're performing, adding actions and movements makes a performing more interesting to watch as well.

So we've already used facial expressions, but we can also use our actions and movements.

♪ Five little ducks went swimming one day ♪ ♪ Over the hills and far away ♪ ♪ Mommy duck said ♪ ♪ 'Quack, quack, quack, quack,' ♪ ♪ but only four little ducks came back ♪ Try and use your arms to pretend that you're swimming.

Ready? ♪ Five little ducks went swimming one day ♪ Great swimming with me! Now, I would like you to add actions to the rest of this nursery rhyme.

I would like you to do this with someone nearby to you.

Let's see what actions and movements you can come up with.

I would like you to pause the video now and off you go.

If you don't have anyone to perform to, you can perform it to me.

I'll be watching.

Off you go.

Wow, everyone! Oh my goodness.

That was such great focus.

Such great listening to one another.

And brilliant actions and movements and facial expressions.

Now, we can perform on our own, in small groups or in big groups.

Performances can all be so different.

When we are performing, we are acting out using our bodies, our faces, our movements.

Okay? But when we are not, we are the audience.

Okay? How can you be a good audience? Just have the think in your mind for a moment.

How could I be a good audience member? Well, you could make sure that you are listening.

You can make sure that you're not speaking over the people performing.

You can make sure you're sitting still and not sliding all over the place, because people might not think that you're listening to them.

You could be supporting, be supportive by clapping or cheering, or smiling.

And then at the end, you could clap.

(hands clap) And that shows some support.

That's how you could be a good audience.

So I would like you to practise performing "Five Little Ducks." Now remember your facial expression, your loud, clear voice, that you're singing the tune, and your actions and movements.

Then I'd like you to perform "Five Little Ducks" to an audience.

Like I said before though, if you don't have anyone to perform it to, you can perform it to me.

I'll be watching.

I can be your audience.

I would like you to do that now.

Pause the video here.

(children chattering) Oh my goodness, what beautiful performances, everybody.

Amazing.

Absolutely incredible.

Well done.

I hope that you perform "Five Little Ducks" to an audience and remember to include facial expressions, a loud, clear voice, singing the tune and actions and movements.

Did your performance contain those things? Now, to summarise our lesson.

"Five Little Ducks" is the nursery rhyme that we have been focusing on.

It has rhyming words and more than one verse.

We learned that it was about counting, which is super duper cool and can help children how to learn to count backwards.

We know now that we can compare nursery rhymes by looking at things that are the same and different, and that people can have different thoughts or opinions about the same nursery rhyme.

And that's okay.

We also know now that remembering the tune, rhythm and actions of a nursery rhyme makes it way more exciting for an audience.

You have been absolutely incredible.

I would like you to give yourself a really, really big ♪ One, two, three ♪ ♪ Well done me ♪ Well done.

I really hope that you choose another English lesson next time.

Maybe we can learn together again.

Well done, everyone.

Goodbye!.

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