Year 3 English · Term 1 · Weeks 07–08 · Days 31–40

Change the sound

Day 35 · Change the sound

Complete source

Complete original tiny verse: Paper feet, paper flap. / Fold a corner, tap, tap, tap. / On our drawn and dotted track, / Make a mark, then wander back. This is an invented rhyme about a paper drawing job, not instructions for children to move around.

Invitation

Keep or change a repeated sound in a tiny new verse.

Full sequence

Read the complete source, or give it in the usual communication route. Let the child just listen first if wanted.

Keep or change a repeated sound in a tiny new verse. The source can stay beside the response.

Ask What effect did you choose? Record exact words/help only if wanted; keep the outcome private.

Adult possible reasoning · keep separate from own words

Repeated tap and the rhyme flap/tap can give the verse a patterned playful sound. A reader may describe another effect.

Access and limits

Optional short paper/oral/sign/AAC/drawing/type/exact-scribing activity. No purchase, printer, device, returned work or personal disclosure required. Stop, split, repeat or change the route.

No compulsory voice, rhythm copying, music skill or physical action is required.