I Insect (Insect Song)

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

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).

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

Rhyming words - think, wink

Contractions - don 't = do not

Compound words - butterfly, grasshopper

Word endings - th, ing

Fl blend - flea, fly (create a chart with other fl words e.g. flick, flop, flew)

Sing and read along to the I Insect Love to Sing YouTube Song

Activities

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

Draw 3 objects starting with the letter i

Give children a print out with photos of insects on it - use a sketching pencil to sketch out the insect. Around the outside of the insect use adjectives to describe the insect e.g. long, spiky, fluffy