Alliteration Poetry

What am I learning?

*to read and write alliteration poetry

How can I make sure I am successful?

*create a list of nouns, verbs and adjectives using the same letter

*use those words to write fun sentences that make sense

*explain in our own words what alliteration is

Activity description/steps:

1. Watch the Peter Piper Video and/ or the other examples of alliteration poetry

2. Talk about what you think alliteration might be

3. Choose a letter and write 3 nouns, verbs and adjectives using that letter e.g B

noun

verb

adjective

Boy

Ball

Billy

Bounce

Bowl

break

Black

Bent

Big

4. Write 3 sentences using those words that MAKE SENSE e.g Billy the boy bounced the big black ball to Bay Roskill. Use these steps/guidelines to help with this.

5. Edit and publish your poem if you have time

Extras for early finishers:

Write out a 3 verse poem and put it into a rap.

Resources:

Paper and pencil

Youtube/Drive/PDF links:

Peter piper picked poem

Examples of alliteration poems

Teacher notes for writing alliteration poem

One Big Bubble

What am I learning?

*to create a design that reflects my bubble using analogous colours and patterns

How can I make sure I am successful?

*I can experiment with analogous colours

*I can create a design that reflects my bubble

Activity description/steps:

1. Look at the example of the art

2. Discuss the use of pattern and colour. Use this to decide your classes analogous colours that they will use

3. Get each student to cut out an oval shape and fill it with patterns using analogous colours (red/yellow/orange, blue/green/yellow, red/purple/blue).

Patterns can represent cultural patterns, people in your bubble, feelings, activities etc.

Different groups can use different colours or students can work on different colours on different days.

Combine these together to create a collaborative piece of work by gluing them onto large circles cut out of card.

Extras for early finishers:

Fast finishers use the scrap paper to create small shapes for filling in the gaps.

Resources:

Leah Anderson 3D art example

Youtube/Drive/PDF links:

Art example image

Caterpillar Riot

What am I learning?

*to work successfully as a team

*to be an active team member

How can I make sure I am successful?

*I have worked with my team during the game

*I have offered ideas and strategies to attempt to win the game

*I have shown the co-constructed characteristics of a successful team member

Activity description/steps:

1. What does a “successful team” look like? Discuss the All Blacks - what makes them successful? Create a list of characteristics.

Challenge students that for today’s game they are going to have to show these same characteristics / skills.

2. Go through the key ideas of the game, Caterpillar Riot

3. Go outside and give students the opportunity to trial different ways of getting their caterpillars around. Afterwards discuss different successful techniques, what worked / what didn’t. Why / why not?

4. Add objects into the playing area and give teams time to strategize. Caterpillars now have to use their techniques to collect objects in a set time.

5. Reflect; who was a good team member? Why / why not? The team that was most / least successful, what caused them to be this way? How can we make sure that everyone is involved, even if they are not the person moving at the time? Are there any changes we want to make for next time?

If you’re playing this at home, you could stand on towels or anything else you find. Set up a course with your family and time how long it takes you to move around this course like a caterpillar!

Extras for early finishers:

How could we modify this game? Are there other animals we could try and move like and how would this work?

Resources:

Enough hoops for 1 per child. (If there’s not enough hoops a blanket, towel or jumper could also work).

Objects (cones, bean bags etc, different types and colours).

All Blacks Pictures

Youtube/Drive/PDF links:

Caterpillar Riot Instructions, Skills and Questioning Template