RIC-6277 I can dance the Barramundi
EMU FEATHER Presentation • Say the rhyme with the actions for the class. • Discuss how the emu feather in the rhyme is friendly. Use this fact to introduce a discussion on friendship. Stimulus questions may include the following: – What makes someone friendly? – What do you like to do with your friends? (sleep overs, birthday parties, picnics, building a cubby etc.) Additional activities/information • Write an acrostic poem about your closest friend. For example: Finds lost things Reads a lot Is often late Earns pocket money Never tells tales Doesn’t like pumpkin • Discuss best friends from books or movies and the things they like to do together; e.g. Winnie the Pooh and Piglet; Marlin and Dory (Finding Nemo); Shrek and Donkey (Shrek), Ariel and Flounder, Sebastian and Scuttle (The little mermaid) • Discuss other well-known friends from stories, movies or television. How do you know they were best friends? – What are the qualities of a good friend? – Would you want YOU to be your friend? Why/Why not? • Say the rhyme with the actions again for the class. • The class claps the beat while saying the rhyme. • The class says the rhyme with the actions. • If the students are familiar with the story of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie, share this rhyme with them: Snugglepot and Cuddlepie Lived in the bush together And Snug said to Cuddle And Cuddle to Snug ‘I know we’ll be friends forever’. ©R.I.C. Publications Low Resolution Images Display Copy I can dance the barramundi 6 R.I.C. Publications ® www.ricgroup.com.au ISBN 978-1-74126-424-1
Emu feather As I was fl oating In the sky ©R.I.C. Publications Low Resolution Images Display Copy An emu feather Floated by. And he was such A friendly feather We two fl oated On together. Lines 1, 2, 3 & 4. Float alone. 5 & 6. Smile. 7 & 8. Float together. R.I.C. Publications ® www.ricgroup.com.au 7 I can dance the barramundi ISBN 978-1-74126-424-1
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- Page 3 and 4: Foreword I can dance the barramundi
- Page 5 and 6: Teachers notes Action rhymes serve
- Page 7 and 8: Bush dance I can dance The barramun
- Page 9: Echidna Rustle Rustle Hustle Hustle
- Page 13 and 14: Pet cat My lady cat strolls In and
- Page 15 and 16: Getting up Woke up Out of bed Queas
- Page 17 and 18: Dugite Br-ea-th-ing in Th-ink-ing t
- Page 19 and 20: Gum tree Diddledy diddledy Dumpty A
- Page 21 and 22: Bush damper Flour and water Pinch o
- Page 23 and 24: Wombat It was a wild and Windy nigh
- Page 25 and 26: Crossing a creek Stepp-ing o-ver st
- Page 27 and 28: Trolley Shopping trolley trundling
- Page 29 and 30: Where am I? Feeling funny Squirm in
- Page 31 and 32: Old house Old house Creaking door R
- Page 33 and 34: Jackaroo I crack my whip I gallop m
- Page 35 and 36: Cane toad It chomps up the middle I
- Page 37 and 38: Magpie I love My dappled magpie tre
- Page 39 and 40: Koala Crunch Crunch Munch Munch Yum
- Page 41 and 42: Spring things Butterfl ies Buzzy be
- Page 43 and 44: Ducksailing On the water Crumpled,
- Page 45 and 46: Veranda When I stay with Grandpa An
- Page 47 and 48: Southern Cross I’m looking for Th
- Page 49 and 50: Joey In his mother’s pouch When h
- Page 51 and 52: Hills ® hoist Washing on the Hills
- Page 53 and 54: Walking bus Off we go On the walkin
- Page 55 and 56: Kakadu Skip with me Mum and Dad And
- Page 57 and 58: Bunyip Rompa Stompa Rompa Stompa Be
- Page 59 and 60: Sandcastle I built a castle On the
EMU FEATHER<br />
Presentation<br />
• Say <strong>the</strong> rhyme with <strong>the</strong> actions for <strong>the</strong> class.<br />
• Discuss how <strong>the</strong> emu fea<strong>the</strong>r in <strong>the</strong> rhyme<br />
is friendly. Use this fact to introduce a<br />
discussion on friendship. Stimulus questions<br />
may include <strong>the</strong> following:<br />
– What makes someone friendly?<br />
– What do you like to do with your friends?<br />
(sleep overs, birthday parties, picnics,<br />
building a cubby etc.)<br />
Additional activities/information<br />
• Write an acrostic poem about your closest<br />
friend. For example:<br />
Finds lost things<br />
Reads a lot<br />
Is often late<br />
Earns pocket money<br />
Never tells tales<br />
Doesn’t like pumpkin<br />
• Discuss best friends from books or movies<br />
and <strong>the</strong> things <strong>the</strong>y like to do toge<strong>the</strong>r; e.g.<br />
Winnie <strong>the</strong> Pooh and Piglet; Marlin and Dory<br />
(Finding Nemo); Shrek and Donkey (Shrek),<br />
Ariel and Flounder, Sebastian and Scuttle<br />
(The little mermaid)<br />
• Discuss o<strong>the</strong>r well-known friends from<br />
stories, movies or television. How do you<br />
know <strong>the</strong>y were best friends?<br />
– What are <strong>the</strong> qualities of a good friend?<br />
– Would you want YOU to be your friend?<br />
Why/Why not?<br />
• Say <strong>the</strong> rhyme with <strong>the</strong> actions again for <strong>the</strong><br />
class.<br />
• The class claps <strong>the</strong> beat while saying <strong>the</strong><br />
rhyme.<br />
• The class says <strong>the</strong> rhyme with <strong>the</strong> actions.<br />
• If <strong>the</strong> students are familiar with <strong>the</strong> story of<br />
Snugglepot and Cuddlepie, share this rhyme<br />
with <strong>the</strong>m:<br />
Snugglepot and Cuddlepie<br />
Lived in <strong>the</strong> bush toge<strong>the</strong>r<br />
And Snug said to Cuddle<br />
And Cuddle to Snug<br />
‘I know we’ll be friends forever’.<br />
©R.I.C. Publications<br />
Low Resolution Images<br />
Display Copy<br />
I <strong>can</strong> <strong>dance</strong> <strong>the</strong> barramundi 6<br />
R.I.C. Publications ® www.ricgroup.com.au<br />
ISBN 978-1-74126-424-1
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