Year 1 Zim Zam Zoom' by James Carter: reading poetry worksheet

“Sound words and repeats” is free to print, with no account. It is the first sheet in the Year 1 English unit “Zim Zam Zoom' by James Carter: reading poetry”, for children aged 5 to 6, and takes about 20 minutes.

Print it on A4. The child's pages come first; the answers, and what each wrong answer tells you, are on the grown-up page that follows. Weeks 25 to 26 of the year, 5 sheets in the unit.

Free sample · answers on the last page

Sound words and repeats

Name: ____________ · Date: ____________
Year 1 · English · about 20 minutes
Answers are on the grown-up page

Today I can spot sound words and repeated words in a poem.

A Look back3 min

1.
Look at the sounds in cat. Which sound is missing at the end? Circle one.
tdp
2.
Which sound is at the start of ship? Circle one.
shchs
3.
This sentence tells us something in a calm voice. Which mark goes in the empty box at the end? Circle it.
.?!

B Watch me, then you4 min

A poet writes a line: Zip, zip, zip! Up goes the rocket.

Watch me

The word zip is said three times.

Saying a word again and again is called repetition.

Repetition makes a poem fun to say.

Now you

1.
A poem says: Zap, zap, zap, the robot wakes! Which word is said again and again? Circle one.
zaprobotwakes

C Your turn6 min

Read each question, then circle your answer.

A sunny garden with a bee above flowers, a red balloon and a cat on a wall

1.
Which word sounds like a bee? Circle one.
buzzbakebean
2.
Which word sounds like a balloon bursting? Circle one.
poppillowpuddle
3.
In Woof, woof, woof! which word is said again and again? Circle one.
woofdogloud
4.
Which word sounds like a rocket flying fast? Circle one.
zoomzoomoon

Say it out loud: What noise does each sound word copy? Make the noise with your voice.

D Spot the mistake3 min

A shelf of colourful books next to a small toy rocket

Kit says: “Poets can only use real words that you find in a dictionary.”

1.
James Carter called his poem Zim Zam Zoom. Is zim a real word? Write why Kit is wrong.

E Think deeper3 min

A kitchen with a steaming kettle and a tap dripping into a sink

1.
Make up your own sound word for a noise at home. Tell your grown-up what it copies.

How did it feel?

I can do it Nearly Not yet

For the grown-up

Sound words and repeats · 2 minutes to read

Answers, and what a wrong one tells you

A

1. t If your child picks d, say cat slowly and tap each sound. Listen for the last sound, t.

2. sh If your child picks s, they may be hearing only the first letter. Say ship slowly. The sh is one sound.

3. . If your child picks ? or !, ask: is it a question or a shout? This sentence calmly tells, so it ends with a full stop.

B

1. zap If your child picks robot, ask how many times it is said. Then ask which word is said three times in a row.

C

1. buzz If your child picks bake, ask: is that a noise or a thing you do in an oven? Say each word and listen for the noise.

2. pop

3. woof

4. zoom If your child picks zoo or moon, say each word aloud. Zoo and moon do not copy a noise. Zoom sounds like a rocket going fast.

D

1. Look for: Says poets can make up words, for example Zim and Zam, so they do not have to be real words. If your child agrees with Kit, look at the title Zim Zam Zoom together. James Carter made up Zim and Zam, and they still fit the poem.

E

1. Look for: A sound word that copies a real noise, with a sentence saying which noise it copies.

Words to use

Say“Which word did you hear again and again? Can you make that noise with your voice?”

Instead of“Tell them the answer straight away, before they have listened.”

After the sheet

Read a short rhyme at bedtime. Clap or stamp each sound word together, then ask your child to name a sound word from the kitchen.

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The rest of this unit

4 more sheets come with a StudyDen plan, in teaching order:

Firework sound words(with a plan)
Splish, splash, splosh!(with a plan)
Sound words that buzz(with a plan)
Performing a Poem(with a plan)

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