Collected Resources

1. After AL1. Show children Oi Frog! How many of the animals and their seats can children remember? Record ideas then re-read the story. Celebrate all the animals/seats children recalled.
2. Re-read Oi Frog! Do children feel sorry for the frog in the story? Why so? Do they feel sorry for the cat at all?
3. Before A3 Read Oi Dog!. pausing before the final page. What do children think the frog will say that frogs will sit on? Turn over and discover… sun loungers! Is it funnier because it doesn’t rhyme for a change?
4. Revisit Oi Dog! ‘You know the rules,’ says the Cat. What rules/ agreements do children follow at school or at home? Can they suggest funny seat rules for e.g. Year 1s? Year 1s sit on buns. Year 2s sit on loos, etc.
5. Review/ re-read both Oi Frog! and Oi Dog! Which are children’s favourite animal and seat combinations?

Poetry/Rhyme of the Week: Discuss how, in the Oi! books, animals sit on all sorts of funny things. Share and learn Little Miss Muffet (resources), enjoying the rhymes and talking about the ‘tuffet’ that Little Miss Muffet sits on. If time, also share This is the House that Jack Built (resources), noting its Oi!-comparable cumulative structure and focus on animals and rhymes.

1. Before AL 1 Read A Pet Fit for a King by Liss Norton. Discuss what ‘unusual’ means. Discuss each pet the King gets: which do children like the most and why?
2. Before AL2 Read and enjoy A Little Bit of Colour by Nancy Blishen. Discuss the sayings/idioms in the story that Thomas and Daniel don’t understand. Share further funny idiomatic sayings (resources).
3. Before AL3 Read Mrs Goat and Her Seven Little Kids by Tony Ross. What other stories with wolves or goats in them do children know. Are they funny too?
4. Re-read Mrs Goat and Her Seven Little Kids. Note the comparison descriptions used for Mrs Goat’s voice, her tail, etc. Children propose others: hair soft like silk, eyes bright like diamonds, etc.
5. Recall A Pet Fit for a King, A Little Bit of Colour and Mrs Goat and Her Seven Little Kids. Which do children think is the funniest story? Why? Re-read the story children think is best.

Poetry/Rhyme of the Week: Sing a Song of Sixpence (resources)
Recall the King, animals, and food in A Pet Fit for a King. Introduce Sing a Song of Sixpence. Sing together at suitable times throughout the week, e.g. start/end of day. Help children learn the first two verses initially then build confidence with the next two till the whole rhyme is secure.

Back to Lockdown?

Home Learning packs are not being created for this Block of learning.

Back to Lockdown?

Home Learning packs are not being created for this Block of learning.

Back to Lockdown?

Home Learning packs are not being created for this Block of learning.

Back to Lockdown?

Home Learning packs are not being created for this Block of learning.