To listen and join in with a story

Early Years Foundation Stage

Literacy

The Lucky Duck

﻿Hello, everyone, I'm Miss Brittain, and welcome to your first lesson of this unit. Now if you've done earlier units, you may have met me before, so welcome back. But if you haven't, I am so looking forward to working with you. In today's lesson, you are going to be listening to and joining in with a story. What will we do in the lesson? First, we'll start off with a nursery rhyme. Then you'll listen to and join in the story with me. And then we're going to answer some questions about the story. For this lesson, you will need an exercise book or a piece of paper, and a pencil, super memory, and your teddy talk partner if you have one, but if you've not got a teddy, you can always use something else. You can pause the video here to go and grab anything that you need and then press play once you've come back. Now, if you've met me before, you'll know I usually have a talk partner, Cedric, but I can't seem to find him today. Has anybody seen him? Cedric? Cedric? Children, have you seen Cedric? Oh! He's there! Good spotting, children. Hello, Cedric! Are you feeling a little bit tired today? Oh no, Cedric's feeling a little bit shy. Don't worry, Cedric! These children are really welcoming. Can you say children, 'Welcome Cedric'? Has that made you feel a little bit better? Can we see a big grin? Oh, Cedric. Now, if you know me and Cedric you'll know that we just love stories and we can't wait for you to hear today's. Before we start our lesson, let's begin with a nursery rhyme, and our nursery rhyme today is The Wheels on the Bus. Cedric's going to join in with this nursery rhyme because you love this one, don't you Cedric? Are you ready? I'll sing it first, and then you could join in afterwards if you don't already know it, but if you do know it, join in now. ♪ The wheels on the bus go round and round, ♪ ♪ Round and round, round and round, ♪ ♪ The wheels on the bus go round and round, ♪ ♪ All day long. ♪ That's your first time singing it. Let's sing it again! ♪ The wheels on the bus go round and round, ♪ ♪ Round and round, round and round, ♪ ♪ The wheels on the bus go round and round, ♪ ♪ All day long. ♪ Who else could be on the bus? Who else might be on the bus, children? Tell your teddy talk partner or somebody else who might be on the bus. Cedric, who do you think? The ladies, and they go 'natter natter natter'. Are you ready children? ♪ The ladies on the bus go natter, natter, natter, ♪ ♪ Natter, natter, natter, natter, natter, natter, ♪ ♪ The ladies on the bus go natter, natter, natter, ♪ ♪ All day long. ♪ Who else might be on the bus? Who else might be on the bus? Or what else might be on the bus? Oh, I like that one too. The wipers on the bus. ♪ The wipers on the bus go swish, swish, swish ♪ ♪ Swish, swish, swish, swish, swish, swish ♪ Quite a tongue twister, that one! ♪ The wipers on the bus go swish, swish, swish, ♪ ♪ All day long ♪ I've got an idea, Cedric. What about Cedric on the bus? And you're a snail Cedric, so you sliver. ♪ Cedric on the bus, go sliver, sliver, sliver ♪ ♪ Sliver, sliver, sliver, sliver, sliver, sliver ♪ ♪ Cedric on the bus goes sliver, sliver, sliver, ♪ ♪ All day long. ♪ Great work if you joined in with that children! Our story today is a story from France. After this video, you might want to look where France is on a map with your grownups. Now, this story is all about a brave, determined little duck who overcomes lots of problems when she's faced with a bad greedy king. Before I start the story, I've got a joke. I'm great at jokes, aren't I, Cedric? Cedric? I'm great at jokes, aren't I? Okay. I'll say it anyway. What does a duck have with cheese? Quackers! Do you get it? Quackers? Quackers? Let's start with our story chant. If you've not heard this before, listen, and then you can join in. It's story time. It's story time. Look, listen, wow! It's story time. It's story time. Look, listen, wow! Once upon a time, that was a little duck, and she lived in a nest by a lake. And in her nest, she had some money. One day, a greedy, bad king came and stole her money, and the little duck wanted it back. So she set off through the forest and waddled with her magic bag to the King. As she was walking through the forest, she came across a ladder, "Where are you going?" said the ladder. "I'm going to see the King, because quack quack quack! He's got my money!" "Can I help?" said the ladder. "Yes," said the duck. And the ladder climbed into the bag. And off the duck went as she waddled towards the King's palace again. And then she came across a rapid, flowing river. "Where are you going?" said the river, "I'm going to see the King, because quack quack quack! He's got my money!" "Can I help?" said the river. "Yes," said the duck, and the river gushed into the bag. On the duck waddled, brave and determined duck, towards the palace, until she met some bees. "Where are you going?" said the bees. "I'm going to see the King, because quack quack quack! The King has got my money!" "Can we come?" said the bees. "Yes," said the duck and in the bag buzzed the bees. And off the duck waddled towards the palace, and when she reached the palace, she saw the King and said, "Quack quack quack! You've got my money!" "I will not give it to you back", said the King, and he pushed the little duck into a deep hole. "Hmm," thought the little duck. "Quack quack quack! Ladder, help me, now!" and the ladder climbed out of the bag, and the little duck climbed up the ladder, and out of the hole. She waddled off to the King. "Quack quack quack! You've got my money!" But the King took hold of the little duck and put her in a pot on top of the stove. "Hmm," thought the little duck. "Quack quack quack. River, help me, now!" And with that, the river gushed out of the bag, filled the pot and the little duck swam out. She grabbed her magic bag and she waddled towards the King. "Quack quack quack! Bees, help me, now!" And the bees buzzed out of the bag, chased the King, stung him, and he ran into the forest and never returned! And the little duck became a queen. And that's the end of that. I love that story and how the little duck overcomes all of her problems with the little help from some friends. Before we go any further, I'd like us to answer some questions about our story to make sure we've understood it. So who's the main character in our story? Is it a lion? Is it a monkey? Cedric thinks it's an animal that lives near and on water. Can you tell the screen who the animal is? That's right! It's a duck! And what's the duck's problem? What problem does she face? Cedric seems to think she's lost something. Is that right? Has she lost something? No. She's not lost something. She's had it stolen! She had her money stolen! That's right Cedric. Do you remember now? And who stole her money? That's right, it was the King. And she had how many helpers? One helper? Two helpers? Three helpers! Well done children! And who were her helpers? I'll give you a clue for the first one. That's right. A ladder. And the next helper, Cedric feels like it's something to do with water. Is that right, children? Yes, that is right. Was it the same? No, you're right. It was the river! The river helped her. And the final thing that helped her, Cedric thinks I should give you a clue. Can you tell me what it is children? That's right. The bees helped her and they stung the King. Well done if you've had a go at answering some of those questions. Okay. So now we've answered some questions about our story. We're going to put our ideas into a plot matrix. Now, if you've not done a plot matrix before, it's a plan of your story and it helps you to really clearly see who's involved, where it happens and what their problem is. And our story really focuses on the duck's problem and why it matters and who her helpers are. So if you would like to, you can pause the video now and draw up this box into your exercise book. You could have a go at answering the questions yourself and drawing your own images in, but if you're not feeling confident, you can always draw along with me. Okay. So where is our story set? Where is our story set? Well, we know it's a duck, but where does she live? She lives by the lake and she lives in a nest, so in the where box, you could draw a lake, a nest, and I'd also put some trees there because she walks through the forest or waddles through the forest to the King. Now, who is our main character? Who is our main character? Who's our story all about? Pause the video here and see if you can have a go at drawing the main character in that box. Did you get it, children? Who is our main character? Can you shout it at the screen? That's right! It's the duck! The brave, determined duck. And what's her problem? What is her problem? That's right. The King has stolen her money. So I've drawn a crown and a money bag. I'd like you to pause the video here and see if you can have a go the next three boxes. And the next three boxes asks us to draw the three helpers and the solution. So who were her three helpers? Can you remember? Pause the video now and have a go. Well done if you gave that a go. Should we see who her three helpers were, and the solution to the problem? The ladder helped her to get out of the hole. The river helped her to get out of the pot and the bees stung the King at the end and he ran away. And there we have it, our plot matrix. If you've not had chance to copy this up, you might want to pause the video now and have a go. One of the building blocks to telling great stories is having characters who overcome problems and over the next few lessons, that's what we're going to be focusing on, because our duck overcomes a lot of problems. Doesn't she, Cedric? What was your favourite bit about today's lesson? My favourite thing was learning all about the wonderful characters who helped the little duck. Can you tell your teddy talk partner what your favourite bit of the lesson was? Before tomorrow's lessons, you might like to draw your favourite character, colour it in, and even add labels. Now, before we go, I'd like to end on our nursery rhyme. What I wonder is if we could change the lyrics to fit our story? Should we try it, Cedric? I'll sing it first and then you can join in afterwards. ♪ The little duck in the forest goes quack, quack, quack ♪ ♪ Quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, ♪ ♪ The little duck in the forest goes quack, quack, quack, ♪ ♪ The King has got her money. ♪ Are you ready to join in this time? ♪ The little duck in the forest goes quack, quack, quack ♪ ♪ Quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, ♪ ♪ The little duck in the forest goes quack, quack, quack, ♪ ♪ The King has got her money. ♪ Great work today, children, you have been great listeners. Well done if you managed to join in with some of the story and the nursery rhymes. I'll see you in the next lesson.

To listen and join in with a story

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