A creative approach to Teaching rhythm and rhyme : the when, why and how to use poetry in the classroom / by Andy Croft.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Croft, Andy, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Rhythm.

English language.

English language--Rhyme.

Poetry--Study and teaching.

Poetry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (129 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London, England : Bloomsbury, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This educational resource by Andy Croft provides a creative approach to teaching rhythm and rhyme in primary classrooms. It focuses on the use of poetry and oral literacy techniques to enhance children's speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills. Aimed at educators working with children at Key Stages 1 and 2, the book emphasizes the value of rhythm, rhyme, and repetition in developing language abilities, memory, and anticipation. It includes practical exercises, games, and templates designed to encourage a love for language and its musicality. The book also highlights the importance of fostering creativity and oral literacy as foundational elements for literacy development. Generated by AI.

Contents:

Cover; HalfTitle; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Introduction; Rhythm and rhyme; Aims of the book; The author; 1 I can hear with my little ear: word games; Our school; Everywhere we go; Nursery rhyme knock-out; Red, blue and green; Hey Tim; Three lions; Tick-tock; Straight-faced; Yes and no; Yes and no in Bulgarian; I spy rhymes; Name game; Fortune telling; 2 Round and around and around: repetition and rhythm; One Man Went to Mow; Chicken Licken; There's a Hole in Our Classroom; Peanuts; For Want of a Nail; The House that Jack Built; 3 Rhymery primary: using rhyme in the classroom

Rhyme watchWhat rhyme is it Mr Wolf?; The noisy farmyard; The plum was too big; Dingle Dangle Scarecrow; I Know an Old Woman; Rhyming food; Rhyming holidays; Rhyming jobs; Rhyming pets; Rhyming colours; Rhyming football fans; 4 Don't write anything down: whole-class improvisations; The Howl in the Hall; Voting with your imagination; Whole-school adventure; Zoo time; Sound story poems; Sound story-picture-poems; Sound and shape story poems; 5 Writing with your ears: sound and rhythm; Bananas; Snooky; Brillig; Sausages; Head, shoulders, pigs and ducks; Ben's bedroom; Alliteration à la carte

SibilanceClever clogs; Kennings; Tongue twisters; Spoonerisms; Number PL8 poems; Book titles; Punland; Knock-knock; Holiday in Punland; 6 Reading the metre: syllables and patterns; Name syllables; Stressed syllables; Slugs don't like marmalade; Everywhere that Mary went; Iambs; Trochees; Skipping rhythms; Variations; Masculine rhymes; Feminine rhymes; Long words and short words; Half rhymes; Assonance; Different spelling, same sound; Same spelling, different sound; No rhymes; When and where to rhyme; Hidden rhymes; Stanzas; 7 Simile - you're on camera: non-rhyming poetry; Poetry pies

Do-it-yourself (DIY) poemsDirection poems; How to wear a pair of trousers; The colour of emotion; Slow-mo poems; Animal songs; Zoom!; Look closer; A house made of books; Just; If; Poer-trees; Afterword; Recommended resources

Notes:

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OCLC:

907942508