T Toothbrush (Toothbrush Song)

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

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).

tch

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

Rhyming words - song, long

Sound clusters - tch (brainstorm words that have the "tch" sound in them)

Sing and read along to the T Toothbrush Love to Sing YouTube Song

Activities

Print out the song PDF and highlight all letter 't's in the text - count how many you have highlighted!

Draw 3 objects starting with the letter t

This is a fabulous song to learn the beat and rhythm. Can you clap to the beat (the steady pulse)? Can you stamp to the rhythm (short and long sounds that fit over an underlying beat)?