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 STANDARDS 4.1 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 By the end of the 6-year primary programme, pupils will be able to plan, organize and produce creative works for enjoyment Able to listen to and enjoy nursery rhymes and action songs through non-verbal response Able to listen to and recite nursery rhymes, and sing action songs with correct pronunciation and rhythm Able to talk about: a) book covers b) pictures in books with guidance Able to produce simple creative works with guidance based on: a) nursery rhymes b) action songs 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, good morning And 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 The mouse ran up the clock The clock struck one The mouse ran down Hickory dickory dock

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, two Touch your shoe Three, four Sweep the floor Five, six Pick up sticks Seven eight Stand up straight Nine, 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 Once I caught a fish alive Six, seven, eight, nine, ten Then I let it go again (Optional second verse) Why did you let it go? Because it bit my finger so Which finger did it bite? This little finger on my right

The wheels on the bus The wheels on the bus go round and round Round and round, round and round The wheels on the bus go round and round All day long The horn on the bus goes beep, beep, beep The wipers on the bus go swish, swish, swish The doors on the bus go open and shut The 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 down The bus on the road goes bouncy bouncy bouncy

Teddy bear, teddy bear Turn around Teddy bear, teddy bear Touch the ground Teddy bear, teddy bear Touch your nose Teddy bear, teddy bear Stand on your toes Teddy bear, teddy bear Run upstairs Teddy bear, teddy bear Say your prayers Teddy bear, teddy bear Turn out the light Teddy bear, teddy bear Say ‘good night’

Heads, shoulders, knees and toes Knees and toes Heads, shoulders, knees and toes Knees and toes And eyes and ears and mouth and nose Heads, shoulders, knees and toes Knees and toes (vary speed, fast and slow)

Hokey Kokey (or Pokey) You put your left hand in, your left hand out In, out, in, out and shake it all about You do the hokey kokey and you turn around That’s what it’s all about Whoa –oa the hokey kokey Knees bend, arm stretch, ra ra ra Repeat for various body parts and finish with ‘whole body’

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

Pictures in books Key features Background Actions Feelings ‘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 puppets Straw and stick puppets Sock puppets Masks Paper art Murals