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This is

(child’s name)

Bedtime Poetry Booklet

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My Bed

My bed is like a little boat floating out to sea. And now it’s like an island with a coconut tree. My bed is like a racing car roaring in a race. And now it’s like a rocket rising into space. My bed is like a submarine diving down deep. And now my bed is just a bed Because I’m fast asleep. By Tony Mitton

Week 1 Monday Spoken Language 1/ Tuesday Grammar 1/ Transcription 1

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My Bed (These are mine)

My bed is like a colourful snake hissing me to sleep. My bed is like a red hot toaster toasting me to sleep. My bed is like train chugging me slowly to sleep.

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My Bed

By ___________________________

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The Man in the Moon

The man in the moon Looked out of the moon, And this is what he said, ‘Tis time that, now I’m getting up, All babies went to bed. By Mother Goose

Evening Shifts

As cloak-black clouds Of evening drift Across his torch-white eye, The moon begins His evening shift- Nightwatchman of the sky. By Graham Denton

Week 1 Wednesday Spoken Language 2

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Tasty

How strange that someone thinks it nice to eat the moon – a giant slice. I wonder if he finds it kind to leave a bit of rind behind. By Marilyn Singer

The Moon’s the North Wind’s Cooky

The Moon’s the North Wind’s cooky, He bites it, day by day, Until there’s but a rim of scraps That crumble all away. By Vachel Lindsay

Week 1 Wednesday Spoken Language 2

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The Moon

Week 1 Wednesday Spoken Language 2

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Moon Outline

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Poems about Stars

1. Read through these poems about stars. 2. Use the reading strategies to help you read a difficult word. 3. Decide what you like/don’t like about each poem. Your sentence will

include the word because.

The Star Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are! Up above the world so high, Like a diamond in the sky. When the blazing sun is gone, When he nothing shines upon, Then you show your little light, Twinkle, twinkle, all the night. By Jane Taylor

Week 1 Friday Word Reading 3

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Night Light

Twinkle, twinkle, little star, I know what you really are: a blinking bug in flickering flight, lightening up my yard tonight, in the treetops, near the ground, winking, flashing all around. I watch you and I’m mystified – how did you get that bulb inside? By Cynthia Cotton

Sleeping Outdoors Under the dark is a star, Under the star is a tree, Under the tree is a blanket, And under the blanket is me. By Marchette Chute

Week 1 Friday Word Reading 3

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The Starlighter

When the bat’s on the wing and the bird’s in the tree, Comes the old Starlighter, whom none may see. First in the West, where the low hills are, He touches his wand to the Evening Star. Then swiftly he runs on his rounds on high Till he’s lit every lamp in the dark blue sky. By Arthur Guiterman

A Flash

Through the night A streak of light, Meteorite. By Rick Walton

Week 1 Friday Word Reading 3

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Stars with Wings Sometimes it seems like all the stars have fallen from the skies, but when I see the stars have wings I know they’re fireflies. By Betsy Franco

Wonder

I wonder at the stars by night These little chandeliers of light I wonder if in turn they see The tiny spark that makes up me? By Andrew Fusek Peters

Week 1 Friday Word Reading 3

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Decoding Strategies

When you come across a word you don’t know,

use these strategies to help you read it!

Use the pictures Look for smaller words within words

c-at Break words into

syllables e.g. cat-er-piller

Sound out the word

Skip the word and read the rest of the sentence to try and

work out what it says

Did the sentence you read make

sense?

Week 1 Friday Word Reading 3/ Word Reading 3

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My favourite poem

Cut out the titles of these poems. Sequence them in order of preference: start with your most favourite!

The Star

Night Light

Sleeping Outdoors

The Starlighter

A Flash

Stars with Wings

Wonder

Week 1 Friday Word Reading 3

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Night Noises in the City

In the country Things are quiet. In the city Noise runs riot. Car horns beep. Buses boom. People shout. Trucks zoom-zoom. Fire engine Siren wails, Someone whistles Taxi hails. Garbage truck Churns crackety-crack. Subway rails Go clickerty-clack. Close your eyes And use your ears. And hear what A city sleeper hears. By Jane Yolen

Week 2 Monday Grammar 2

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Night Song When the sun has set And night has come, The insect chorus Starts to hum. And nothing else Is there to hear, But the insect voices Soft and clear. The insects hum In sweet delight, Singing their praises Of the night. By Leland B. Jacobs

Week 2 Monday Grammar 2

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Night Sounds The hoot of an owl The creak of the stair The swing of the door The whisper of air The rustle of clothes The patter of feet The shiver of breath The huff of the sheet There’s somebody here You take a quick peep The kiss of a kiss Hush. Go to sleep. By Roger Stevens

Week 2 Monday Grammar 2

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Bedtime, Rhymetime

It’s bedtime, it’s rhymetime, it’s church bells cease their chimetime. It’s bedtime, it’s teddytime, it’s pyjamas at the readytime. It’s bedtime, it’s tunetime, it’s watch the milky moontime. It’s bedtime, it’s blisstime, it’s one more goodnight kisstime. By John Rice

Week 2 Tuesday Comprehension 1/ Spoken Language 3

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What makes a good performance?

Bedtime, Rhymetime

The best performance will include:

Clear speaking which everyone can

hear.

Eye-contact with the audience.

Some hand actions to interest the

audience.

Agreement on how the group will

perform.

Week 2 Tuesday Comprehension 1/ Spoken Language 3

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Tell me all about it! My soft toy is called __________________________

Looks like… Feels like… Smells like… Sounds like…

Week 2 Wednesday Word Reading 4/ Comprehension 2

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Goodnight Mummy

Goodnight Mummy Goodnight Roo Goodnight Tigger Goodnight Pooh Goodnight Mummy Goodnight Cat Goodnight Squeaker (My pet rat) Goodnight Billy Goodnight Sis Goodnight cousins and Auntie Liz Goodnight Mummy And all living creatures Goodnight elephants Goodnight teachers

Week 2 Friday Composition 3/ Spoken Language 4

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Goodnight moths Goodnight bees Goodnight ankles Goodnight knees Goodnight spiders Goodnight ants Goodnight trousers Goodnight pants Goodnight Mummy Goodnight sun Goodnight every… everyone By Roger Stevens

Week 2 Friday Composition 3/ Spoken Language 4

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Goodnight Mummy

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