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Nursery Rhymes - Humpty Dumpty
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Nursery Rhymes - Humpty Dumpty

Our nursery rhymes have been designed to be bright and colourful, whilst making it easy for teachers to focus on the identification of various features such as rhyming words, any alliteration patterns, syllables and sounds.

Students can listen to, read, recite, respond to, recognise rhythms and sound patterns and perform the actions to this rhyme. 

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Learning goals

  • We are learning to listen for rhyme, letter patterns, syllables and sounds (phonemes) in spoken words (phonological awareness).
  • We are learning to listen for rhyme, letter patterns, syllables and sounds in words.
  • We are learning to recognise characteristics of different types of texts, e.g. traditional beginnings and endings of fairy tales and rhyme in poetry.
  • We are learning to identify some features of texts including events and characters and retell events from a text.
  • We are learning to recite rhymes, songs and poems from different cultures using actions to enhance meaning.
  • We are learning to recite rhymes, songs and poems from different cultures using actions to enhance meaning.
  • We are learning to retell and adapt familiar texts through role play, performance, images or writing.
  • We are learning to retell familiar texts through role play, reciting rhymes, drawing pictures or using technology.

Curriculum alignment

ENe-4A old Demonstrates developing skills and strategies to read, view and comprehend short, predictable texts on familiar topics in different media and technologies ENe-8B old Demonstrates emerging skills and knowledge of texts to read and view, and shows developing awareness of purpose, audience and subject matter ENe-10C old Thinks imaginatively and creatively about familiar topics, simple ideas and the basic features of texts when responding to and composing texts ENe-1A old Communicates with peers and known adults in informal and guided activities demonstrating emerging skills of group interaction ENE-PHOAW-01 new Identifies, blends, segments and manipulates phonological units in spoken words as a strategy for reading and creating texts ENE-CWT-01 new Creates written texts that include at least 2 related ideas and correct simple sentences ENE-UARL-01 new Understands and responds to literature read to them ENE-RECOM-01 new Comprehends independently read texts using background knowledge, word knowledge and understanding of how sentences connect ENE-OLC-01 new Communicates effectively by using interpersonal conventions and language with familiar peers and adults
VCELT172 Replicate the rhythms and sound patterns in stories, rhymes, songs and poems from a range of cultures VCELT149 Recognise some different types of literary texts and identify some characteristic features of literary texts VCELT150 Identify some features of texts including events and characters and retell events from a text VCELT159 Retell familiar literary texts through performance, use of illustrations and images VCELA168 Identify rhyming words, alliteration patterns, syllables and some sounds (phonemes) in spoken words

Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.

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