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'Hickory Dickory Dock'
I can listen to and learn 'Hickory Dickory Dock'.
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Year 1
'Hickory Dickory Dock'
I can listen to and learn 'Hickory Dickory Dock'.
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Key learning points
- Nursery rhymes are a good way to introduce us to rhythms of language, new vocabulary and sentence structures.
- 'Hickory Dickory Dock' has some rhyming words, such as 'clock', 'tick-tock' and 'Dock'.
- Knowing the tune, words, rhythm and actions of a Nursery Rhyme make it entertaining for whoever is watching.
- 'Hickory Dickory Dock' and 'Little Bo Peep' are similar because they both include animals.
- 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
Poem - a piece of writing that uses creative and rhythmic language to express thoughts, feelings, or ideas, often with a specific structure or pattern.
Compare - to note what is the same and what is different
Same - something that is identical or similar
Difference - not the same as something
Common misconception
Pupils may struggle to think of actions for certain lines of the rhyme.
Demonstrate lots of examples of actions or movements you could do and ask other pupils to perform their ideas to the group.
Ensure that pupils understand all the vocabulary within a nursery rhyme. You could share a video of a grandfather clock striking on the hour and talk about the word 'struck' to secure their understanding of the events in 'Hickory Dickory Dock'.
Teacher tip
Licence
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Starter quiz
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6 Questions
Q1.
What makes nursery rhymes easy to learn?
They have lots of long words in them.
They are very old.
Q2.
Match the rhyming words.
pick
long
lake
curl
Q3.
Select the words that rhyme with each other.
sunny
house
Q4.
Which of these is a nursery rhyme?
Cinderella
The Billy Goats Gruff
Q5.
Identify the features of a nursery rhyme.
They are long stories about magical creatures.
They are always about real people.
Q6.
Complete the following sentence: 'When we perform a nursery rhyme, our voice should be __________ and __________.'
quiet
angry
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6 Questions
Q1.
Select the words from ‘Hickory Dickory Dock’ that rhyme with each other.
mouse
ran
Q2.
Rhyming words always …
have the same letters at the end.
start with a capital letter.
finish with the letter ‘s’.
Q3.
Which animal runs up the clock in ‘Hickory Dickory Dock’?
an ant
a fox
a sheep
Q4.
Nursery rhymes are a type of ...
word.
letter.
story.
Q5.
We can use __________ to make a performance more interesting to watch.
shouting
animals
videos
Q6.
‘Hickory Dickory Dock’ and ‘Little Bo Peep’ are similar because …
they are both about a grandfather clock.
both the events take place outside.