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