G Gorrilla (Gorilla Song)

Achievement Objective: we are learning the letter name and sound of the letter g

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. " " ! ? . ,

Talk about interesting/challenging words and discuss what they mean.

Look at print and conventions (bold, italics).

X2 - explain you need to say/sing the verse twice

Boom - sound word

Word study - phonic knowledge, compound words, rhyming words;

Onomatopoeia - Boom (create a chart using other sound words)

Compound words - nobody, underwear

Contractions - that 's - that is, there 's = there is

Vowel digraphs "oo"

Rhyming words - goes, clothes, there, here, where, rub-a-dub

Sing and read along to the G Gorilla Love to Sing YouTube Song

Activities

Print out the song PDF and highlight all letter 'g 's in the text - count how many you have highlighted!

Draw 3 objects starting with the letter g

Create a rhythm pattern with the rhyme "Boom, diddy, boom, diddy, boom, boom, boom" and "rub-a-dub, in the tub, rub-a-dub, in the tub"

Sit in a circle and say the rhythm patterns above - start off slowly and then speed it up. Make it harder by using body percussion instead of a word e.g. clap for the word "diddy". It will sound like - boom, CLAP, boom, CLAP, boom, boom, boom. If someone makes a mistake they will need to sit down. Make it even more challenging by using no words e.g. click, clap, click, clap, click, click, click.