Good afternoon,

Well, that was a touch disruptive.

This morning, we started a new narrative, this time working on their own narratives in pairs.


This morning for reading, rather than taking instructional groups, I thought it would be a good idea to teach the follow up activities that I have been asking the children to do, well, since February!

First up, this is how we buddy read...


(sit side by side, one reads, the other listens seeing if they got it right)

Then, I showed the class how to record stories using the Room 2 microphone, by, well, having the class read this week's big book, My Little Dog.



...then I re-visited how to find the reading games on the blog - look to the list on the right, under Room 2's flag.

After this, the groups split up and, two at a time, went on to practice taking photos of the very same book. See if you can identify which photos are which page...






We kinda ran out of time to do the rest of the story!

And then the afternoon happened.

Please keep practicing these at home.

THE FROG KING

Far, far away
There was a spring:
There lived a frog
And the frog was king.
King of the pond
And he would boast
That he was ruler
From coast to coast.

His mighty words
Spread 'cross the land
Until they crossed
O'er the sea's salt strand,
Into the kingdom
Blue and deep
Where the whales swim
And the dolphins leap.

There was a turtle
Brave and free
Said: 'I will go
Test this mystery'.
He swam through rivers,
Lakes and fords
So he could visit
The great frog lord.

And when at last
He reached the spring
There was the frog,
There was the king.
'Bow down before me'
The frog said.
The turtle jumped in
And the frog was dead!

Paradise Island

We go to the sunshine
The paradise island
We go to Jamaica
We crossin' the sea
We go to the sunshine
The paradise island
Where you pick the mango
Right offa the tree

Sunshine in the winter.
Sunshine in the fall.
Kingston Town has never ever
Seen the snow at all!

We go to the sunshine
The paradise island
We go to Jamaica
We crossin' the sea
We go to the sunshine
The paradise island
Where you pick the mango
Right offa the tree

We know the way,
We know the way,
We know the way,
We know the way,
We know the way,
We know the way to be free.

Mento, ska calypso
Listen to the band
If you want a coconut
Just pick one from the sand!

We go to the sunshine
The paradise island
We go to Jamaica
We crossin' the sea
We go to the sunshine
The paradise island
Where you pick the mango
Right offa the tree

We know the way,
We know the way,
We know the way,
We know the way,
We know the way,
We know the way to be free.
(twice)

(together)
We go to the sunshine...
We know the way.,.

BELLY BUTTON BOOGIE

Grandma
This black button comes from Grandad's army demob suit.

Children
Demob suit?

Grandma
With a thin moustache and wide Lapels he looked quite "zoot hirsute"

Children
Zoot hirsute?

Grandma
But this one here is a strange one dear,
It belonged to Auntie Nelly.

Alice
It's got no button holes!

Grandma
Oh no! She wore it in her belly!

Children
Auntie Nelly? In her belly?

Grandma
She was a dancer of repute
In an oriental way
And when she wore her belly button
She would often say:

b b b b b b b
Boo boo belly button boogie
Boo boo belly button boogie
Boo boo belly button boogie
Boo boo belly button boogie
Do the belly belly belly belly
Belly button boogie tonight

Do the belly button boogie
Do the belly button boogie tonight
(belly button, ooh, belly button)
Do the belly button boogie
Do the belly button boogie tonight
(belly button, ooh, belly button)
Do the belly belly belly belly
Belly button boogie tonight

Just do the b - b - boogie
Woogie till you drop
It's Auntie Nelly's favourite
Her belly is never a flop!

Jack
Hey! Grandad!
You've got enough belly to do a belly dance!!

Do the belly button boogie
Do the belly button boogie tonight
(belly button, ooh, belly button)
Do the belly button boogie
Do the belly button boogie tonight
(belly button, ooh, belly button)
Do the belly belly belly belly
Belly button boogie tonight

You wriggle and you jiggle
Wiggle round the floor
With jelly belly Nelly
The evening is never a bore!

Do the belly button boogie
Do the belly button boogie tonight
(belly button, ooh, belly button)
Do the belly button boogie
Do the belly button boogie tonight
(belly button, ooh, belly button)
Do the belly belly belly belly
Belly button boogie tonight

B-b-b-b-b-b-b
Boo boo belly button boogie (x4)

Do the belly belly belly belly Belly belly belly belly
Belly button boogie tonight

Yeah!!!!

PYJAMA BUTTON

This little teddy bear button
Needs sewing on to keep your top polite,
Or you won't have your pyjamas
And you won't dream your cares away tonight.
Dream of the future you will see.
And dreams will set your spirit free.

Grandma
We've shown you a lifetime,
A journey through hopes and dreams.
We took you to places
And faces you'd never seen.

Alice
You told us about this golden one

Jack
And this one

Alice
And that one

Grandma
Its bedtime!

Jack/Alice
You've told us so much more
Than we knew before.
The time has gone so quickly...

Grandad
It's bedtime!

Jack/Alice
Granny, oh Grandad!
A rainbow is overhead.
One more tale from the Button Box:
It's still quite early,
Too soon to go to bed!

Tell a story one more time...

ALL (or Grandma on bold words)
Magic in the button box,
Sunshine in the button box,
Laughter in the button box,
It's full of wonder!

Tell us what the buttons say!
Lift us from a dreary day!
Take us somewhere far away
We wanna go there!

Stories make a tapestry
Telling famly history.
Open up the button box
And let the stories unfold.

Magic in the button box,
Sunshine in the button box,
Laughter in the button box,
It's full of wonder!

Tell us what the buttons say!
Lift us from a dreary day!
Take us somewhere far away
We wanna go there!

Stories make a tapestry
Telling famly history.
Open up the button box
And let the stories unfold.

Magic in the button box,
Sunshine in the button box,
Laughter in the button box,
Let the stories unfold!

Magic

Sunshine

Laughter

Let the stories unfold!

Until when we meet again (I'm not sure we'll be at school tomorrow - I'll let you know when I know),

Mr Grant