poems

1. Year 1
Home learning
English
Wb 11.5.20
Poetry

2. Hello Year One,
Hope you’ve all had a good week and been out enjoying the sunshine!
Hopefully you will have had a go at writing a simple letter last week. If any of you would
like to email them to us then that would be lovely! We really do enjoy seeing all of your
super writing.
This weeks work is all about ‘Poetry’. The poetry we are going to look at is a little bit silly
at times and may make you laugh! We are going to look at something called ‘Nonsense
poetry’ which means that they may not make much sense but they may make us use our
imagination!
Have a look through each slide and by the end of the week you should have a better
understanding of what nonsense poetry is!
Have a go and try your best!
We look forward to reading them…
Year One

3. Examples of Nonsense poetry!

4. Monday 11th May
Lets start our week by looking at rhyming words.
Watch the Jack Haartman song then have a go at creating your own lists of rhyming words in your
books.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVophT8naUM
Top tip: Look carefully at the given words. Can you see any patterns with the letters?
E.g. cat mat (both words use the ‘at’ sound)
Have a go at creating rhyming words for the following:
fit ____________ ______________ ______________
map ____________ ______________ ______________
ring ____________ ______________ ______________
tail ____________ ______________ ______________
star ____________ ______________ ______________
bike ____________ ______________ ______________
slug ____________ ______________ ______________

5. Tuesday 12th May
Can I write a different ending for a nursery rhyme?
Today we are going to look at nursery rhymes that
have gone wrong!
Have a quick look at Cbeebies nursery rhymes!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/curations/nursery-rhymes
Read the two nursery rhymes and then have a go at
completing a rhyme called ‘Teddy bear, Teddy bear’.
You can either print out the template and fill in the
gaps or write out the poem into your books

6. Mary had a little lamb
Mary has a little lamb
A lobster and some prunes,
A glass of milk, a piece of pie,
And then some macaroons.
It made the busy waiters grin
To see her order so,
And when they carried Mary out,
Her face was white as snow.
What is the original rhyme?

7. Humpty Dumpty
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the king’s horse and all the king’s
men
Had scrambled eggs for dinner again.
What is the original rhyme?

8. Teddy Bear, teddy bear stand on your head
Teddy bear, teddy bear ________________________________bed.
Teddy bear, teddy bear, jump up high
______________________________________________ sky.
Teddy bear, teddy bear, hop like a frog
Teddy bear, teddy bear_____________________________________.
Challenge: Write two more lines if you can!

9. Wednesday 13th May
Read the poem and discuss
what you think it may be
about!
Listen to Spike Milligan
read the poem…
https://childrens.poetryarchive.
org/poem/on-the-ning-nang-
nong/

10. Wednesday’s task – Read/Listen to the poem ‘On the Ning Nang Nong’. What do you think it’s about?
Can you find the rhyming words?
Once you have found the rhyming words watch this short video to help you with your ideas!
https://childrens.poetryarchive.org/poem/on-the-ning-nang-nong/
Can you think of rhyming words to go with the following:
Ning Nang Nong
sing bang long

11. Thursday 14th May
Lets have a go at writing our own verse for the Ning Nang Nong…
Use the template to help you
On the Ning Nang Nong
Where the _________ (animal or object) go _______________ (sound effect)
And the _____________ all say ____________
There’s a Nong Nang Ning
Where the ___________________ start to sing
And the _______________ dibber, dabber do!

12. Friday 15th May
Read the poem and
have a go at
performing it to
your grown ups!

14. Have a look at Micheal Rosen’s performance of ‘Chocolate’ cake!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BxQLITdOOc