To step a recycled story and elevate the language

Early Years Foundation Stage

Literacy

Mouse Deer and Tiger

﻿Hello, I'm Adam, and this is Panda. We are on unit five, lesson eight, using the story, Mouse-Deer, which has now changed. Anyway, let's see what's on the agenda today. So for our warmup today, we're going to start with learning the Do the Dinosaur song with all the actions. After that, we're going to think about descriptive language and persuasive language, how those children persuade the T-Rex to do the things that he does, and then after that, we're going to step out the story. So there's a lot to do. Let's start with doing the warmup. So for our warmup today, we're going to learn the dance, Do the Dinosaur. So for the first verse, we'll just do, ♪ Do the dinosaur ♪ So do that with our claws. ♪ Do the dinosaur ♪ Do that together. ♪ Do the dinosaur ♪ ♪ Do the dinosaur. ♪ Brilliant. There's a roar in there as well. You'll see when to do it, but can I hear you roar? One, two, three, . Brilliant. The first dinosaur up is the stegosaurus. So we do the stegosaurus, the spiky one with the big jaws. So to one side, then the other side. Could do with me. ♪ Do the stegosaurus ♪ Good. Then we'll do diplodocus, and remember, diplodocus has a long neck, munches leaves, so, ♪ Do diplodocus ♪ One way, and then diplodocus the other way. ♪ Do diplodocus ♪ Brilliant. Then after that, we'll do the T-Rex, and although the T-Rex is very fearsome and frightening, he has very little hands, so we'll do the T-Rex one way and the T-Rex the other way. Right, I think we're ready to Do the Dinosaur. Are you ready then? With our claws first. ♪ Do the dinosaur ♪ ♪ Do the dinosaur ♪ ♪ Do the dinosaur ♪ ♪ Do the dinosaur ♪ ♪ Do the dinosaur dinosaur roar ♪ ♪ Do the dinosaur ♪ Right, it's the spiky one with the big jaws. Ready? ♪ Do the stegosaurus ♪ ♪ Do the stegosaurus ♪ Then the other way. ♪ Do the stegosaurus ♪ ♪ Do the stegosaurus ♪ ♪ Do the stegosaurus dinosaur roar ♪ ♪ Do the stegosaurus ♪ The vegetarian, diplodocus, the long neck, munches, ready? ♪ Do diplodocus ♪ Other way. ♪ Do diplodocus ♪ ♪ Do diplodocus ♪ ♪ Do diplodocus ♪ ♪ Do diplodocus dinosaur roar ♪ ♪ Do diplodocus ♪ Okay, T-Rex. Little hands, ready? ♪ Do the T-Rex ♪ ♪ Do the T-Rex ♪ ♪ Do the T-Rex ♪ ♪ Do the T-Rex ♪ ♪ Do the T-Rex dinosaur roar ♪ ♪ Do the T-Rex ♪ Well done. Panda was just telling me that the thing she loves about that song is the way that it describes the dinosaur moving. It moves with a stomp and a mighty roar. If we could do that in our storytelling, that T-Rex would sound really scary, which is what we want for the story. So perhaps we could learn that together. What if we went, once in a jungle, a giant dinosaur hunted with a stomp and a mighty roar. Do that together. Once in a jungle, a giant dinosaur hunted with a stomp and a mighty roar. Brilliant. Then through the trees, he heard a song. He stopped and he grunted, something's wrong. Do that together. Then through the trees, he heard a song, he stopped and he grunted, something's wrong. And the song is, and perhaps we could sing it together, because in your storytelling, if you put the song in, it sounds really good. ♪ We're two very clever kids having lots of fun ♪ ♪ We're quick and we're clever ♪ ♪ And we're fast when we run ♪ Do that together. ♪ We're two very clever kids having lots of fun ♪ ♪ We're quick and we're clever ♪ ♪ And we're fast when we run. ♪ Brilliant. What could the children say each time? They could go, look at this, couldn't they? Should we do that? Look at this. And then each time, they can point to a different thing. Right, we've got quite a lot there. So let's just rehearse them one more time. Right, ready for the dinosaur bit? Once in a jungle, a giant dinosaur hunted with a stomp and a mighty roar. Good. Then through the trees, he heard a song. He stopped and he grunted, something's wrong. ♪ We're two very clever kids having lots of fun ♪ ♪ We're quick and we're clever ♪ ♪ And we're fast when we run ♪ Brilliant. Now we need some persuasive arguments. How are the clever children going to persuade the big T-Rex to get into a great, big, muddy, sludgy puddle, thinking it's a bath? How about this water's so warm and the bath is so deep. You'll feel so relaxed, it will send you to sleep. Should we try it again? This bath is so warm and the bath is so deep, you'll feel so relaxed, it will send you to sleep. Something like that. What about the nest? Hmm, this pterosaur nest is the best you can get. It's high and it's dry and you'll never get wet. Something like that. Maybe that would persuade the T-Rex. This pterosaur nest is the best you can get. It's high and it's dry and you'll never get wet. And for the drum, shall we use the same persuasive argument that Mouse-Deer used with Tiger? Do you remember? This drum is such fun, it will make you all dance. It booms and vibrates. Hit it hard, take a chance. Booms and vibrates. They're exciting words, aren't they? This drum is such fun, it makes everyone dance. It booms and vibrates. Hit it hard, take a chance. Okay, we've got some arguments to use in our storytelling and we've got some phrases that will help us. I think it's time to step the story, but just in case, this is the first time you've heard this new story, we'll have a very quick look at the story map. So these pictures here are our story map. So, very quickly, we start here with the T-Rex, and well, once in a jungle, a giant dinosaur hunted with a stomp and a mighty roar. Then he hears a song the children are singing. We're two very clever kids having lots of fun. We quick and we're clever and we're fast when we run. And the T-Rex jumps out to eat them, but they say, oh, look at this. This is a lovely, warm dinosaur bath. You'll like it in there. Of course, when the T-Rex tries it, it's freezing cold, but the very clever children have escaped on the back of a diplodocus. Later, the T-Rex finds them again and jumps out to eat them. And they say, oh no, look at this. Up in the tree, there's a pterosaur nest. It's dry, and you'll never get wet if you go to sleep in there. While the children escape with the pterosaur, the T-Rex climbs the tree, but when he gets into the nest, of course, the branches break and he falls with a crash on the ground. Finally, the T-Rex jumps out again to eat the children after he hears their song, and they say, oh no, T-Rex, you need to jump on this. This is a stegosaurus drum, and it vibrates and booms and it'll make you want to dance. And while the children escape on the stegosaurus, the poor T-Rex is covered with ants, and the last thing he hears are the two very clever kids singing their song. ♪ We're two very clever kids having lots of fun ♪ ♪ We're quick and we're clever ♪ ♪ And we're fast when we run ♪ So that's the shape of our story. That's our story map. Now, let's step the story out. I'll show you what to do. So you can see that I'm standing up for this activity, but I'm going to ask you just to sit down and watch for the first time, if that's all right. Now, when I step a story, I imagine that on the ground, there are some stepping stones. I'm imagining they're square, and every time I put a foot on a new stepping stone, I do an action to remind myself about what happens in the story, and the first time I do it, I don't do it with many words. I just remember the main things. So I want to remember the hunting dinosaur, the clever kids, the diplodocus bath, so we'll do a long neck for diplodocus, like we did in the song, and a pterosaur nest in a tree, and a stegosaurus, we did that in the song, didn't we? That reminds me of stegosaurus and the ants' nest, okay? So let's put them in the right order. So I might go, once upon a time, there was a T-Rex. He hears some clever children singing a song. First, they play a trick with a diplodocus bath. Next, they play a trick with a pterosaur nest. After that, they play a trick with a stegosaurus and an ants' nest. And finally, the two very clever kids get away. Should we try that together? Would you like to stand? If you're able to, stand up. It's fine if you want to watch and do it sitting down, but if you're ready, we'll step through it together, okay? Once there was a T-Rex. He hears some very clever children singing a song. First, they play a trick with a diplodocus bath. Next they play a trick with a pterodactyl, sorry, a pterosaur, a pterosaur nest. After that, they play a trick, can you remember, with a stegosaurus and an ants' nest. And finally, the two very clever kids get away. So I made a mistake, and it happens, and it takes a mistake to make the learning great, but we're practising learning this new story. So I'm going to pause the video for a moment, and I'd like you to try and remember those things, the T-Rex, the children, diplodocus, the pterosaur, and then the stegosaurus in that order, okay? Good luck, time to work, and when you're finished, we'll step the story again with more words in, okay? Time to work. So how did you get on? It's quite a challenge, isn't it? Okay, I'm going to invite you now, if you can, to stand up with me, and we're going to step it one more time together, trying to put in some of the words that we can remember from what we've been learning today. Okay, so, our first step together might be, once in a jungle, a giant dinosaur hunted with a stump and a mighty roar. ♪ We're two very clever kids having lots of fun ♪ ♪ We're quick and we're clever ♪ ♪ And we're fast when we run ♪ I'm going to eat you. Look, said the children. They pointed to a diplodocus' bath, and said, this water's so warm and the bath is so deep. It will make you relax and send you to sleep. T-Rex gets in. Once in a jungle, a giant dinosaur hunted with a stomp and a mighty roar. ♪ We're two very clever kids having lots of fun ♪ ♪ We're quick and we're clever ♪ ♪ And we're fast when we run ♪ I'm going to eat you. Look, said the children. This pterosaur nest is the best you can get. It's high and it's dry and you'll never get wet. The T-Rex climbs the tree, but the branches snap. Show me how angry he is. He's a very angry T-Rex. ♪ We're two very clever kids having lots of fun ♪ ♪ We're quick and we're clever ♪ ♪ And we're fast when we run ♪ I'm going to eat you. Look, said the children. This stegosaurus drum, if you hit it, it'll make you want to dance. It booms and vibrates. Hit it hard, take a chance. Finally, he hears, ♪ We're two very clever kids having lots of fun ♪ ♪ We're quick and we're clever ♪ ♪ And we're fast when we run ♪ All right, we've done lots of work today. We've learned how to step a story, and we've learned some of the words that we can use in our storytelling. I want to invite you now to sit back down for our final wrap in today's lesson. We've worked hard today. We've learned the Do the Dinosaur dance, which has helped us with actions and describing words. We've learned a couple of poems that help us remember how the dinosaur moves and the arguments that the children have for why the T-Rex should try the bath, the nest, and the drum. So that's a lot of work and we hope to use all of it in the next session, when together, we will tell the story orally first, me and you together, and then you'll tell it to your talk teddies. So we're excited about that because after that, you'll be able to tell this story to anyone and they will think you are amazing. So, my challenge is, show your stepping to somebody and we'll see you in the next session soon. From Panda and me, bye-bye.

To step a recycled story and elevate the language

To step a recycled story and elevate the language

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