Y Yacht (Yacht Song)

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

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.

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

Rhyming words - roam, home

Sing and read along to the Y Yacht Love to Sing YouTube Song

Activities

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

Draw 3 objects starting with the letter y

Oral language activity - give the children a piece of paper and pencil. Get them to shut their eyes as you call out drawing instructions e.g. In the middle of your piece of paper draw a triangle, at the bottom of the page draw a rectangle etc. When you have finished calling out your instructions tell the children to open their eyes and look at the yacht picture. Have they followed the instructions well? What could they do better next time? Walk around the classroom and see how well others have drawn their yachts.