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'Five Little Ducks Went Swimming One Day'

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Key learning points

  1. 'Five Little Ducks Went Swimming One Day' has some rhyming words, such as 'day' and 'away'.
  2. Knowing the tune, words, rhythm and actions of a nursery rhyme makes it more entertaining for an audience.
  3. 'Hickory Dickory Dock' and 'Five Little Ducks Went Swimming One Day' are similar because they both include counting.
  4. 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?"

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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6 Questions

Q1.
Why are nursery rhymes often easy to remember?
They are long stories.
Correct answer: Many of the same words are repeated.
Correct answer: They are sung in a tune like a song.
They are very old.
Q2.
Match these rhyming words.
Correct Answer:dock,clock

clock

Correct Answer:peep,sheep

sheep

Correct Answer:day,say

say

Correct Answer:might,white

white

Q3.
Tick the words that rhyme with each other.
Correct answer: sing
swim
kite
Correct answer: king
Q4.
Which of these is a nursery rhyme?
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Correct answer: Hickory Dickory Dock
The Gruffalo
Q5.
Match the features with the type of text.
Correct Answer:magic,fairy tales

fairy tales

Correct Answer:rhyme,nursery rhymes

nursery rhymes

Correct Answer:teach a lesson,traditional tales

traditional tales

Q6.
Which of these make a performance more exciting to watch?
quiet voices
Correct answer: actions and movements
Correct answer: loud, clear voice
standing with your hands next to your side

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6 Questions

Q1.
Tick the words from ‘Five Little Ducks’ that rhyme with each other.
Five
ducks
Correct answer: day
Correct answer: away
Q2.
Rhyming words have the same __________ at the end of a word.
punctuation
letters
Correct answer: sound
meaning
Q3.
What are the ducks doing in 'Five Little Ducks'?
splashing
sleeping
eating
Correct answer: swimming
Q4.
The nursery rhyme 'Five Little Ducks' helps us practise...
sharing
Correct answer: counting
writing
running
Q5.
'Five Little Ducks' and 'Hickory Dickory Dock' are the same because...
Correct answer: they are both about animals.
they both count backwards.
both the events take place outside.
Correct answer: they both have rhyming words.
Q6.
How can we make a performance more exciting?
shouting
jumping up and down
closing our eyes
Correct answer: using facial expressions