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Hickory Dickory Dock Sequencing Activity Cards

  • Updated

    Updated:  16 Jun 2023

Read and retell the story found within the nursery rhyme Hickory Dickory Dock with a set of retell sequencing cards.

  • Editable

    Editable:  Google Slides

  • Non-Editable

    Non-Editable:  PDF

  • Pages

    Pages:  10 Pages

  • Curriculum
  • Year

    Year:  F

Curriculum

  • VC2EFLE03

    Recognise a range of literary texts and identify features including events, characters, and beginnings and endings <ul> <li>recognising that stories often have similar beginnings, for example ‘Once upon a time …’ and ‘A long, long time ago …’ in fairytales and ‘A girl called Amira …’ or similar to introduce a character in a storybook</li> <li>identifying how stories are told in poetry</li> <li>identifying typical features of fairytales, such as princes and princesses or the moral of the story</li> </ul>

  • VC2EFLE05

    Retell and adapt a range of previously encountered literary texts through play, performance, images, drawing and writing <ul> <li>drawing and role-playing characters or events</li> <li>sequencing pictures, which may involve using digital tools, to retell a story</li> </ul>

  • VC2EFLY09

    Read decodable and authentic texts using developing phonic knowledge, and make and monitor meaning using context and emerging grammatical knowledge <ul> <li>navigating a text correctly, starting at the right place and reading in the right direction, returning to the next line as needed and matching one spoken word to one written word</li> <li>attempting to work out unknown words by using phonic decoding and knowledge of high-frequency words</li> <li>pausing or asking for support when meaning breaks down</li> </ul>

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teaching resource

Hickory Dickory Dock Sequencing Activity Cards

  • Updated

    Updated:  16 Jun 2023

Read and retell the story found within the nursery rhyme Hickory Dickory Dock with a set of retell sequencing cards.

  • Editable

    Editable:  Google Slides

  • Non-Editable

    Non-Editable:  PDF

  • Pages

    Pages:  10 Pages

  • Curriculum
  • Year

    Year:  F

Read and retell the story found within the nursery rhyme Hickory Dickory Dock with a set of retell sequencing cards.

Retelling the Hickory Dickory Dock Rhyme

Have you ever been in the middle of reading something and realised you had no idea what it was about? Good reading comprehension requires rewording and storing pictures in our memory as we read. We help children to learn this skill by having them retell stories. Story retelling helps early readers by:

  • developing memory skills.
  • developing sequencing skills
  • increasing comprehension and understanding of text.

These retell sequencing cards have been designed to do exactly this! Students will read and sequence the Hickory Dickory Dock nursery rhyme using the various cards provided. The resource includes:

  • one complete, poster-sized copy of the rhyme
  • two versions of the rhyme broken up into phrases
  • one version of the rhyme represented by images.

Multiple Applications for This Nursery Rhymes Activity

One size never fits all when it comes to teaching little ones! Here are some suggestions for using this resource in your classroom:

Whole-class instruction

Read the rhyme together as a class. Sitting together on the carpet, choose students one at a time to sequence the words and the pictures to recreate the rhyme.

Targeted group support

Have a small group of students who require some targeted work on sequencing? These cards are perfect for use in your guided literacy groups. Adult support is recommended.

Independent extension

Have some high-flying students who are ready to work independently? Provide them with the resource and let them conquer the challenge of recreating the text on their own!

Download, Print, and Go!

Use the dropdown arrow on the Download button to choose the printable PDF file or editable Google Slides versions of this resource.

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This resource was created by Samantha Rose, a Teach Starter collaborator.

Curriculum

  • VC2EFLE03

    Recognise a range of literary texts and identify features including events, characters, and beginnings and endings <ul> <li>recognising that stories often have similar beginnings, for example ‘Once upon a time …’ and ‘A long, long time ago …’ in fairytales and ‘A girl called Amira …’ or similar to introduce a character in a storybook</li> <li>identifying how stories are told in poetry</li> <li>identifying typical features of fairytales, such as princes and princesses or the moral of the story</li> </ul>

  • VC2EFLE05

    Retell and adapt a range of previously encountered literary texts through play, performance, images, drawing and writing <ul> <li>drawing and role-playing characters or events</li> <li>sequencing pictures, which may involve using digital tools, to retell a story</li> </ul>

  • VC2EFLY09

    Read decodable and authentic texts using developing phonic knowledge, and make and monitor meaning using context and emerging grammatical knowledge <ul> <li>navigating a text correctly, starting at the right place and reading in the right direction, returning to the next line as needed and matching one spoken word to one written word</li> <li>attempting to work out unknown words by using phonic decoding and knowledge of high-frequency words</li> <li>pausing or asking for support when meaning breaks down</li> </ul>

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