I've Been Working On The Railroad

Music
Feel the beat of the song - the steady pulse. Use body percussion - clap hands, slap your thighs, click fingers, tap your chest, or tap your toes in time to the beat!

Dance
Divide the children into groups. Each group creates a "train". Discuss the moves that you can create as a group together - then dance the moves.
Each group has a turn at performing their "train dance" to the rest of the class.
Ask children 's assessment of each performance. How did they feel their performance went? What could they do better next time?

Science
Find out facts about a "steam engine" train.

Literacy
Sing and read along to the YouTube song to achieve multi-sensory learning "Do it, see it and hear it!"
Print out the song PDF
Read the song lyrics - ask children a variety of questions.
Re-read the song lyrics and ask children to join in.
Recognise and use a variety of punctuation when reading. " " ! ? . ,
Look at print and conventions (bold, italics).
Talk about interesting/challenging words and discuss what they mean.
Word study - phonic knowledge, compound words, rhyming word, contractions etc.