Lesson Planning
Poetry
English Year 1 Summer Classic Poems
Traditional Poems
Have fun with traditional action rhymes, rounds, songs and nursery rhymes. Explore verbs and sentence punctuation. Improvise dramas based on nursery rhymes; write in role.
The planning and resource documents for each session in this English block are free to all users.
Unit 1 Core: Introduction to traditional rhymes, poems and songs
(suggested as 4 days)
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.
You Will Need
Poems
(All in resources)
Here’s the Lady’s Knives and Forks Traditional
Grandmas Glasses Traditional
Two Little Dicky Birds Traditional
Here’s the Church and Here’s the Steeple Traditional
Foxy’s Hole Traditional
A Sailor Went to Sea Sea Sea Traditional
Row Row Row Your Boat Traditional
Websites
A Sailor Went to Sea Sea Sea from www.bbc.co.uk
Row Row Row Your Boat from www.bbc.co.uk
Unit 2 SPAG: Verbs; action rhymes and songs
(suggested as 3 days)
Lesson Planning
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.
You Will Need
Essential Text
Poems to Perform: a classic collection chosen by the Children’s Laureate by Julia Donaldson and Clare Melinsky
Poems in resources
One, Two, Buckle My Shoe Traditional
Unit 3 Comprehension: Traditional rhymes and songs that tell a story
(suggested as 4 days)
Lesson Planning
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.
You Will Need
Poems
(All in resources)
Jack and Jill Traditional
Ding Dong Dell Traditional
London’s Burning Traditional
Sing a Song of Sixpence Traditional
Website
How to bind a book from www.wikihow.com
Unit 4 SPAG: Sentence building and punctuation
(suggested as 3 days)
Lesson Planning
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.
You Will Need
Poems
Oranges and Lemons Traditional (see resources)
Website
The tune of Oranges and Lemons by the bells of St Clement Danes
Unit 5 Composition: Explore nursery rhymes; write in role
(suggested as 4 days)
Lesson Planning
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.
You Will Need
Poems
(All in resources)
Jack and Jill Traditional
Humpty Dumpty Sat on the Wall Traditional
Little Bo Peep Has Lost her Sheep Traditional
Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat, Where have you been? Traditional
Hey Diddle Diddle Traditional