L Leaves (Leaves Song)

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

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.

Grooving

Howling

Tumbling

Look at print and conventions (bold, italics).

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

Verbs - grooving, tumbling, howling, singing

Letter clusters "thr"

Word ending "ing"

Rhyming words - town, down

Compound word - cannot

Contractions they're = they are

Sing and read along to the L Leaves Love to Sing YouTube Song

Activity

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

Draw 3 objects starting with the letter l

Create movements for the verbs "grooving, tumbling, howling"

Re-tell the song/poem using drama