Download this Seaside Poetry KS1 planning pack which is full to the brim of different activities to do with your Year 1/2 class based around a range of seaside poems.

Write your own seaside senses poems or try your luck at some tricky tongue-twisters. Or, why not burst into song and practise reciting a poem by heart using the supporting lesson slides, plan and printable resources which are included in this five-lesson pack.

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Poetry | Sensory Poems

Challenge the children in your KS1 class to write their own seaside senses poem using the resources in this complete Year 1/2 lesson. Guide your class through a meditation as they imagine they're at the seaside and think about how they experience the different sensations whilst they're there. The included lesson slides encourage the children to list some of these different sensations, grouped into which sense they are using.

This lesson also comes with a detailed lesson plan, differentiated activity ideas and printable resources, giving you everything you need to write some excellent seaside senses poems with your KS1 class.

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Poetry | Tongue Twisters

Use this Tongue Twister Lesson Plan to challenge your KS1 class to perform, write and discuss different tongue-twisters and what makes them so tricky to say. They will be introduced to the concepts of alliteration and, on a lesser scale, assonance before attempting to create their own tongue-twisters. They are challenged to use their knowledge and understanding of phonics sounds and alternative graphemes to create a tricky tongue-twister.

The resources in this Tongue Twisters KS1 lesson pack include a detailed lesson plan, lesson slides, and printable resources to support and extend your KS1 class.

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Poetry | Seaside Songs

This Seaside Songs KS1 lesson challenges your Year 1/2 class to join in with a song that has a familiar tune and repeating sections. Discuss the repeating sections with the class and see if you can spot the patterns together. Then, challenge the children to match the patterns and write their own stanzas for the song, which you can perform together!

The Seaside Songs KS1 resources in this pack provide you with everything you need to lead a fun and engaging lesson, including a lesson plan, slides and printable resources to support the children.

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Poetry | Rhyming Poetry

This rhyming poems year 1 and year 2 lesson plan explores Robert Louis Stevenson's seaside poem 'At the Seaside'. The children will discuss the story of the poem as well as other things they notice, including the rhyming patterns. They then illustrate and recite the poem, using the story and rhymes of the poem to help them learn it by heart.

This KS1 rhyming poetry lesson includes everything you need to teach an engaging poetry lesson on a classic poet. With a detailed lesson plan, lesson slides and printable resources, you can instantly download a complete, ready-to-teach lesson.

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Poetry | Pyramid Poems

This KS1 Pyramid Poems lesson comes with lesson slides, printable resources and a detailed lesson plan to allow you to teach a seaside-themed lesson on pyramid poems. Your Year 1/ Year 2 class will look at a simplified version of a pyramid poem and use their knowledge of nouns, verbs and adjectives to create their own pyramid poems.

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