I Insect – Insect Song
Learn the letter I the fun way! It's easy when you link the letter with a sound, word, matching picture and sing along song! How many times can you spot the letter I?
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I Insect – Insect Song Lyrics
Flea, fly, mosquito,
butterfly, moth,
ant, grasshopper.
bumble-bee, wasp.
So many insects, don 't you think?
Why the praying mantis just gave me a wink.
Repeat
I Insect – Insect Song Learning Activities
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
