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Language Arts
Activities and ideas
What activities should you include in the language arts module?
What should the children be achieving in language arts?
CONTENT LEARNING STANDARDS STANDARDS4.1 By the end of the six year primary
schooling, pupils will be able to enjoy and appreciate rhymes, poems and songs, through performance.
4.2 By the end of the six year primary schooling, pupils will be able to demonstrate understanding of and express personal response to literary texts.
4.3. By the end of the 6-year primary programme, pupils will be able to plan, organize and produce creative works for enjoyment.
4.1.1 Able to listen to and enjoy nursery rhymes and action songs through non-verbal response.4.1.2 Able to listen to and recite nursery rhymes, and sing action songs with correct pronunciation and rhythm.
4.2.1 Able to talk about: a) book covers b) pictures in books with guidance.
4.3.1 Able to produce simple creative works with guidance based on: a) nursery rhymes b) action songs 4.3.2 Able to take part with guidance in a performance based on: a) nursery rhymes b) action songs c) fables
Activities for today
Nursery Rhymes
Action songs
Using pictures as prompts
Making things – quickly!
Rhymes
Good morning to you,Good morning to you,Good morning, good morningAnd how do you do(or And how are you?)
X 3 substitute ‘afternoon’ and ‘evening’To the tune of happy birthday
Humpty Dumpty
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall
All the king’s horses and all the king’s men
Couldn’t put Humpty together again
(good for practising tricky ‘mpt’ consonant cluster.
make models of the wall and the humpty egg )
Hickory Dickory Dock
Hickory Dickory Dock
The mouse ran up the clock
The clock struck one
The mouse ran down
Hickory dickory dock
Twinkle, twinkle little star
Twinkle, twinkle little star
How I wonder what you are
Up above the world so high
Like a diamond in the sky
Twinkle, twinkle little star
How I wonder what you are
(with actions)
Jack and Jill
Jack and Jill went up the hill
To fetch a pail of water
Jack fell down and broke his crown
And Jill came tumbling after
Use pictures to sequence the actions, or students can make a little book
One, two, touch your shoe
One, twoTouch your shoeThree, fourSweep the floorFive, sixPick up sticksSeven eightStand up straightNine, ten Hold a pen(Follow with air pen 1-10)
Five Little Ducks
Five little ducks went swimming one day
Over the hills and far away
Mummy duck said ‘quack, quack, quack, quack
But only four little ducks came back
*Repeat with four, three, two, one
Five little monkeys
Five little monkeys jumping on the bed,
One fell off and bumped his head
Mama called the doctor and the doctor said
‘No more monkeys jumping on the bed!’
*Repeat four, three, two, one
(use finger puppets)
One, two, three, four, five
One, two, three, four, fiveOnce I caught a fish aliveSix, seven, eight, nine, tenThen I let it go again
(Optional second verse)Why did you let it go?Because it bit my finger soWhich finger did it bite?This little finger on my right
The wheels on the bus
The wheels on the bus go round and roundRound and round, round and roundThe wheels on the bus go round and roundAll day long
The horn on the bus goes beep, beep, beepThe wipers on the bus go swish, swish, swishThe doors on the bus go open and shutThe driver on the bus goes ‘please sit down’The baby on the bus goes ‘wah wah wah’The mummies on the bus go ‘chatter chatter chatter’The daddies on the bus go ‘that’s alright’The children on the bus go up and downThe bus on the road goes bouncy bouncy bouncy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98D9562Ygok
Teddy bear, teddy bear
Teddy bear, teddy bearTurn aroundTeddy bear, teddy bearTouch the groundTeddy bear, teddy bearTouch your noseTeddy bear, teddy bearStand on your toesTeddy bear, teddy bearRun upstairsTeddy bear, teddy bearSay your prayersTeddy bear, teddy bearTurn out the lightTeddy bear, teddy bearSay ‘good night’
Heads, shoulders, knees and toes
Heads, shoulders, knees and toes Knees and toesHeads, shoulders, knees and toes Knees and toesAnd eyes and ears and mouth and noseHeads, shoulders, knees and toes Knees and toes
(vary speed, fast and slow)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BisOdUvyoEQ
Hokey Kokey (or Pokey)
You put your left hand in, your left hand outIn, out, in, out and shake it all aboutYou do the hokey kokey and you turn aroundThat’s what it’s all aboutWhoa –oa the hokey kokeyWhoa –oa the hokey kokeyWhoa –oa the hokey kokeyKnees bend, arm stretch, ra ra ra
Repeat for various body parts and finish with ‘whole body’http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbUWw8PJf1M
The Rainbow Song
Red and yellow
And pink and green
Orange and purple and blue
I can sing a rainbow
Sing a rainbow
Sing a rainbow to you
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTDJiPdz3L0
Pictures in books
Key featuresBackground ActionsFeelings‘How do you know?’Use pictures to recycle vocabulary
Making books
Making mini picture books
Concertina books
Drawing, colouring, cutting, pasting
Creating projects on a theme
Displaying work
Making other things
Finger puppetsStraw and stick puppetsSock puppetsMasksPaper artMurals