Instructional Series
Welcome to the English medium literacy instructional series teaching and learning resources for years 1 to 8.
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Two Little Dickey Birds
Poem card
This rhyme explores repetition and alliteration. Why did Peter and Paul fly away? (Part of Set 2.)
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Wee Willie Winkie
Poem card
Wee Willie Winkie goes around the town telling children that it’s time to go to sleep. Children may need to have “nightgown”, “tapping”, and “crying through the lock” explained. (Part of Set 1.)
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Pat-a-cake Pat-a-cake
Poem card
This poem is very useful when teaching alphabet knowledge, in particular of children’s names. Change the letter ‘B’ according to the names of your students. (Part of Set 1.)
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Baa Baa Black Sheep
Poem card
A well-known favourite that most new entrants will know from pre-school and be able to sing along with from their first day at school. There are some old-fashioned words to discuss – “dame”, “lane”, “master”, and “sir”. (Part of Set 1.)
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Splish Splash
A compilation of favourite poems from the Junior Journal.
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Hannah's Game
by Dot Meharry
illustrated by Elspeth Alix Batt
When Hannah shows Sam how to play her new card game, she discovers at the end of the game that one card is missing! Students will enjoy working out where the missing card might be. (Students will have met Hannah and her little brother, Sam, before in Hannah’s Bike, Red 3).
Yellow 1
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The Moon (from Night is a Blanket)
by Emily Dickinson
photograph by John Drummond
This short lyrical poem evokes images of the changing moon.
Gold 1
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Big Machine Boogie
by Sally Sutton
illustrations by Jez Tuya
This lively poem captures the excitement and enthusiasm of a class of students who have created their own “big machine boogie”, inspired by the movements of machines at work nearby.
#LFH
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E Kō, E Kō - Morning Chorus (from Night is a Blanket)
by Hirini Melbourne
illustration by Peter Campbell
This Māori song, with an English translation, encourages children to make connections to their experiences of hearing bird songs as the new day arrives. This poem is best used for shared reading. The birds illustrated around the poem are, anticlockwise from top left, grey warbler, stitchbird, tūì, saddleback, bellbird, and whitehead.
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Lost
by Kylie Parry
illustrated by Philip Webb
Finn tells Mum he has found a small lost creature in the garden shed. Mum doesn’t look at the creature, so she thinks Finn is playing make-believe. But she plays along and tells Finn that the lost creature will need its mother and Finn will have to find her. After thinking hard, Finn comes up with a plan. Mum is shocked to discover at the end of the story that Finn wasn’t making things up! This delightful fantasy story is actually a poem, narrated entirely in rhyme.
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