(upbeat music) - Hello, everyone, and welcome to teaching in Room 9, the region's-- - Shapes are everywhere we look, but-- - Good job.

Now, I want you to touch your throat right here and see how they feel.

- We can say to ourselves to be positive.

- Lemurs are found on the island of Madagascar.

For one, I'm gonna risk it bigger as we go across to the right-- - Reset, that means taking a deep breath.

It may mean counting to 10.

- Today we're gonna start with a freestyle throw, so I'm going to put my arms up and I'm going to-- - All righty, are you ready to learn?

Let's go!

(upbeat music fades) (gentle music) (gentle music continues) Hello, and welcome back to Teaching in Room 9, the region's largest classroom.

I am Dr. Sanders and welcome to our new classroom, where you can go anywhere and be anything.

In this ever-changing space, we will engage and learn about the community around us, but remember what I always say, it doesn't matter if you're two or 102, we will have some fun, F-U-N, fun.

We'll have some fun while learning.

I work at Adams Elementary and these St. Louis public schools, and let's get this day started.

We are gonna start by giving some shout out to some of my friends.

First, I like to say hi, Hans, how are you?

Let's spell Hans.

Capital H-A-N-S. Hi, Hans.

Lorenzo.

Hey, Lorenzo.

How's it going today?

Let's spell Lawrenzo.

Capital L-A-W-R-E-N-Z-O-E. Hey, Mr. Lawrenzo.

Hi Zyla.

Let's spell Zyla.

Capital Z-Y-L-A.

Hey, Zyla.

And Miguel.

Hi, Miguel.

Let's spell Miguel.

Capital M-I-G-U-E-L Hey, Miguel.

All righty, let's do some learning.

(children laughing) (school bell ringing) - [Presenter] This is a test.

For the next 60 seconds, this station will conduct a test.

This is only a test (electronic interference) - [Instructor] Like at home, it's important that we think of safety first.

This is clearly not the way.

(buzzer buzzing) You can't run and swing your arms in the middle of the hallway.

It might hurt you and others around you.

Remember, swinging your arms and running can be risky for everyone.

To stay safe, walk with your hands by your side and take slow steps.

Great job.

Let's keep everyone safe together.

Time for a quick review.

Remember, swinging your arms and running can be risky for everyone.

To stay safe, one, walk with your hands by your side.

Two, take slow steps with your feet on the ground.

Great job.

Let's keep everyone safe together.

(gentle music) (gentle music fades) - Hi, friends, welcome back to Teaching in Room 9.

I'm Mrs.

Forth from the Rockwood School District.

I'm so excited to see your faces as you join in today and listen to "A Good Neighbor", a book written by Dr. L. A. Smith.

Let's go ahead and thank the author for writing this amazing book before we get a chance to hear it.

Thank you, Dr. Smith.

As I'm reading the book today, I want you to be thinking about something.

I want you to be thinking about characters.

Can you say characters?

Characters.

Characters can be people, animals, or even things like a scarecrow or a snowman.

Characters are who the story is about.

So when I'm reading this story, "A Good Neighbor", I want you to be paying attention to the characters, and hopefully we'll have some time to talk about those characters when I'm finished reading.

Are you ready to hear?

"A Good Neighbor" by Dr. L. A. Smith.

"I have lived on my street my whole life.

Eight years is a long time to live in the same place.

I know everyone who lives on my street.

Everyone here is so nice.

We all know it is important to be a good neighbor."

Do you have neighbors?

Me too.

"At first, I was afraid to get to know the people on my street.

Many of 'em looked different than me.

I also thought they did strange things that were so different from my family.

My parents told me, 'You have to be kind to everyone else in the world for the world to be a better place.'

Also, at school, we were learning about respect.

Mrs. Smith told us, 'When you have respect, you treat people kindly, even if they are a little different.'

Mrs. Smith also said sometimes people who are different may even live on our same streets, but we still have to be fair and treat people how we want them to treat us.

That's why I'm a good neighbor.

A good neighbor introduces his neighbors to others."

You can see they're all meeting each other.

They're neighbors because they live next to each other.

"When I first met Mr. Patrick, he gave me a green clover."

Do you know what a clover is?

Yeah, it's something that grows in the ground and you can pick it and hopefully find one with four leaves on it.

That'll bring you good luck.

"Mr. Patrick gave me a green clover and told me it would bring me the luck of the Irish.

My parents told me Mr. Patrick is from Ireland.

He told me he is Catholic.

He says, soon, he and other Catholics will have to honor Holy Week.

When I make a wish with my clover, it will be for something nice for Mr. Patrick.

A good neighbor does nice things for other people.

My dad's new boss, Mr.

Le Chen, lives right down our block.

He invited our family for dinner.

I thought he just moved because he didn't have much furniture in his house.

He told me he was from Japan and his family sits on the floor for all their meals."

Can you see that in the picture?

They're sitting on these round pillows.

Do you think the table is tall or short to be able to do that?

Yeah, it's gotta be pretty short to be able to sit at a table on the floor.

"I liked sitting on the floor.

Mom didn't have to fuss at me one time to sit up straight in my seat.

He taught us how to use little eating straws called chopsticks.

I made a mess, but he only laughed.

He said I would get better next time.

I took my chopsticks home.

I'm gonna practice eating with them again.

Mr. Chen will be impressed.

A good neighbor tries out new foods."

Have you tried any foods with your neighbors?

"My mom took me to the neighbor next door.

She was getting something strange done to her hair.

Mom called them braids.

My mom's friend, she said she learned to do this style in her homeland of Cape Town, South Africa.

Then her son played some African music on his drums.

He says he'll teach me how to play too.

That will be cool.

A good neighbor learns new things from others."

You can see them playing the drums and she's getting the braids in her hair.

"Our mail person is Brother Ahmad.

My dad says he's Muslim.

When he comes over for dinner, mom makes sure there's no pork in his food.

My mom always looks forward to one of the bean pie's Brother Ahmad's wife makes.

I think it tastes good too.

My dad reads a newspaper Brother Ahmad gives him.

When I get older, maybe I'll read it too.

A good neighbor reads about other people.

My babysitter Varsha moved here from Hawaii.

She let me taste many fruits I have never tried, like mango, papaya, and guava.

She also taught me that you could tell a story with your body through a dance called the Hula."

Do you see her doing the Hula.

You can try it out right now too, if you stand up, move your arms.

Look at you, you're Hula dancing.

"I am making up a story now using the dance moves she taught me I will surprise her with what I can do.

A good neighbor takes time to try a new activity."

He has amazing neighbors, doesn't he?

"During the winter time, I often get bored.

The Berkshire family invited me over to play a game.

Ms. Berkshire was lighting a set of candles she called the Menorah, and Mr. Berkshire read from a book they called the Torah.

We had hot cocoa and played a game with a dreidal.

It was such a blast, and I won a pocket full of pennies.

I plan to use the money to buy something nice.

A good neighbor likes to play new games.

My neighbor next door bought my family over for some fresh fish.

Mr. McGhee said you have to eat lots of fish during Lent.

This holiday is celebrated for 40 days, leading up to the Easter celebration I worked hard to help clean and cook the fish.

It was really tasty.

Mother said we would have more fish soon.

Mrs. McGhee brought us another batch.

I can get used to this Lent tradition.

A good neighbor accepts the things others have to share.

Jorge lives in our neighborhood and is from Mexico City, Mexico.

He makes sure everyone plants and their grass will grow tall and green.

Whenever I am playing outside, he will show me all the different kinds of plants and flowers.

One time I named all the plants he showed me from my memory.

Jorge was proud.

He bought me a jar of spicy sauce he made called salsa.

He told me to try some on my chips."

I like chips and salsa too.

It sounds like a lot of you have had chips and salsa before.

It's delicious.

"It was delicious.

A good neighbor remembers what other people teach them.

For my eighth birthday, my parents invited all our neighbors to come over for ice cream and cake.

Mr. Patrick came with Ginger Ale.

Mr. Chen brought another pair of chopsticks.

These were made of plastic and had some colorful Japanese writing on them.

Others brought their drums and played beautiful beats.

Brother Ahmad and his wife brought another pie.

It was tastier than ever.

Varsha did a dance and I showed her the dance I made.

The Berkshires gave me my own dreidal and a canister full of pennies.

I can share this game with others now.

The McGhee family brought some more yummy baked fish, while Jorge brought his spicy salsa dip.

I ate so many chips, my tummy hurt.

It was the best birthday ever.

I enjoyed sharing it with all my neighbors.

A good neighbor knows how to enjoy and appreciate everyone.

I know they will like me.

A good neighbor likes their neighbors too."

I bet you are a good neighbor, just like the boy in this book.

As I was reading, did you notice the characters?

Were they people, animals, or things?

Who was the story about?

That's right, people.

As you read, make sure you pay attention to the characters.

Thanks so much for joining me.

I hope to see you next time.

Bye, everyone.

- Hello, boys and girls.

Did you like the book "A Good Neighbor"?

Yes, I thought it was a good book as well.

What was your favorite part?

Okay.

Yes.

I have a question.

Are you a good neighbor?

You better be a good neighbor.

All right.

Hmm.

Now I want you to put your thinking caps on.

What were the name of some of the characters in the story, you know, the people or the animals?

Oh, yes.

Oh, all righty.

Man, you named all of the characters.

All right, I'll see you in a bit.

(upbeat music) - Hi, everyone, and welcome back to Room 9.

My name is Miss St. Louis and I'm a teacher at Rogers Elementary School in the Melville School District and we are located in South St. Louis County.

Today, I'm here to teach a movement lesson that's geared towards children of all ages.

So let's get ready to dive into this lesson with a swimming test.

So today, to start, we're gonna begin by warming up our bodies.

Let's stand in our V sit with our legs wide out.

I'm gonna stretch up tall and reach down to one side and count to five.

One, two, three, four, five.

Stretch back up and reach to the other side.

One, two, three, four, five.

And we can stand up nice and tall.

We're gonna move and stretch our head, shaking our head yes and no, and maybe so.

And now that we feel warmed up, let's dive on in.

We're gonna start by warming up our arms for each of our strokes.

Today we're gonna start with freestyle stroke.

So I'm gonna put my arms up and I'm going to bring them around in a circle, each side.

We're gonna do 10 in total.

Let's count.

One, two, three, four, five six, seven, eight, nine, and 10.

Now that we've finished that one, let's go backwards.

We're gonna move our arms in the same direction, but going the opposite way.

So I'm gonna bring my hand back and around.

Let's do 10.

One, two, three, four, five six, seven, eight, nine, and 10.

The next stroke we're gonna do is a specialty stroke.

It's called the breaststroke.

I'm gonna put my hands in front of my face, push them up tall, and bring them around, almost like an upside down heart.

You ready?

We're gonna do five.

And One, two, three, four, and five.

The next one we're gonna do is called the butterfly.

For this specialty stroke, we put our arms up tall, push them back, and bring them all the way around.

Let's do five of those.

You're ready?

One, two, three, four, five.

Now that we've got our arms ready in place, let's bring it down to the floor to practice our legs.

All right, our next kick is going to be our breaststroke kick.

So for this one, we're gonna start laying on our back.

We're going to lift our knees up to our chest, bring them out wide, and close them together.

We're gonna do this five times.

Are you ready?

Bring them up, out, together.

And again, this is two, and three, and four.

Last one, and five.

All right, let's sit up.

Now that we've finished practicing our swimming strokes, let's take some deep breaths.

We're gonna breathe in and out.

Breathe in and out.

And we're ready.

Boys and girls, you did an excellent job today practicing your swimming skills.

Remember, the goal is 60 minutes of exercise every single day.

You don't even need a pool to practice your swimming.

So make sure you get in those 60 minutes.

Make sure you drink your water, and we'll see you back here in Room 9.

Bye, everyone.

- [Children] One, two, three, four, five, six, seven.

- Hi, friends.

Welcome back to Teaching in Room 9, our region's largest classroom.

My name is Julia, I'm a first grade teacher at the Soulard School, and here for teaching in Room 9, this is our song time.

Songs are a fun way for us to practice counting and numbers.

Our first song we're going to be counting from one to 10.

♪ Counting from ones is fun ♪ One then two is doubled one ♪ Three then four, let's add some more ♪ ♪ Five and six, we're full of tricks ♪ ♪ Seven, eight, then nine and 10 ♪ ♪ Let's start all over again ♪ One, two, three, four, five six, seven, ♪ ♪ Eight, nine, 10, and that's the end ♪ - Great job, friends.

We practice counting from one all the way up to 10.

And you did a lovely job.

Thank you so much.

Kiss your brains.

I'll see you next time.

Bye.

(upbeat music) (rooster crowing) - Welcome back to our favorite classroom.

It looks so amazing.

Now it's time for our favorite wildlife expert.

Yes, that's right, Mr. Bare Hands Beran.

Hey.

Hey, Dr. Sanders.

- How are you doing today?

- I'm doing great.

I am doing great.

And today we have Elijah, a ring-tailed lemur.

- Ooh, I like, Elijah looks hungry.

Is Elijah hungry?

- Elijah always wants a few snacks.

- Always wants a few.

- He's never lacking in the snack department, but you know, ring-tailed lemurs are found on the island of Madagascar.

- Oh, where is Madagascar?

- It is way off on the other side of Africa continent.

- Oh, okay.

One of the seven continents.

So this is a red tail lemur.

- Ring tail.

- Not red tail, it's ring tail.

- That's right.

Why is it called a ring-tailed lemur?

- Well, because he has 13 of these wonderfully black ring-tails.

- [Sanders] It looks more like a zebra tail to me.

- [Beran] Oh, no, don't tell him that.

- [Sanders] Ooh, okay.

Sorry.

- Zebras are on the main continent.

- Oh, okay, okay.

He's on the island.

- He's on the island.

- Okay.

- Yeah.

So they are a primate.

Ring-tailed lemurs are a primate, so he's closely related to all monkeys.

They do have opposable thumbs, both on their hands and on their feet.

- That's like us, right?

- Mm-hmm.

- Everybody do this.

- Yep.

Excellent climbers, however, the ring-tailed lemur is very terrestrial like, they like to run around on the ground.

- Oh, so they don't, so all the monkeys or lemurs, primates don't climb in trees?

- Not all of them.

- Okay.

- You know, Madagascar being separated from the main continent so many eons ago, everything developed a little bit differently on the continent.

The ring-tailed lemurs are one species of lemur.

There's over 47 species and they fill every ecological niche on the island.

There's a mouse lemur, all the way up to a cat lemur.

- Oh wow.

I have a question.

- Okay.

- He's so cute.

He's so cute.

You know?

And can I pet him?

- Yeah, you can pet him right here on the back like that.

- But my question is, can we have these as pets?

- You asked me can we have these as pets, so the answer is yes.

- Should we have these as pets?

- The answer's no.

- Okay.

Why not?

- Well, even though he seems really cute and he's pretty soft and he's a beautiful animal, they require a lot of husbandry.

And we humans have busy lives and we just can't give them the emotional and psychological support that they need to be healthy.

- Okay, you said husbandry, is that like wifeydry?

- Not exactly, but it's just the care of, you know, taking care of an animal.

- Okay.

Okay.

- Yeah, they require a lot of physical touch and they require a lot of presence.

In other words, they want you to be home all the time.

They need you to be in their life constantly.

- Okay.

Okay.

That's like my kids at school, you know, sometimes they just want you to be there all the time, but you have other students to take care of.

- Yeah.

Yeah.

- He looks like he's just eating away.

He's having a great old, grand old time.

- I'll tell you what.

- What is he eating right now?

- So he's eating mostly raisins out of there, but you see there's a little M&M there now and then, so he likes that sweet.

- Ooh.

- Yeah.

- Me and him can be buddies.

- In the wild though, they eat a lot of sticks and leaves, and things that fall off trees.

- What do they get from sticks?

- It's the fiber content.

But you know in Madagascar and some of the areas that the ring-tailed lemur inhabits, it becomes very arid in the summertime and there's just not a lot of nutrition around.

They will literally eat anything.

Now, if they catch a small lizard or a bug, they'll eat that too.

- Oh, okay, so they're omnivores?

- Omnivores.

- Omnivores.

What omnivores?

That means they eat everything.

- Everything.

Okay.

Woo, I learned that from you.

- They're not specialists when it comes to their diet.

They'll eat just about anything they can find.

- Okay, and what do they get?

What about water in their diet?

- So ring-tailed lemurs do drink what we consider standing water, or free water, but they also get a lot of water from the foods that they eat.

So if they come across a stream, they will drink from it, but they can go days without drinking.

- Not like us, we need some water all the time.

- At least every three days.

- Is it possible that I can hold Mr.?

- You know, he is a little temperamental and he has a mouthful of very sharp teeth, like a possum.

- Yes.

- And so I would prefer just petting him.

- Do you think he'll share some M&M with me?

- [Beran] No, he would definitely bite you trying to get his food.

- All right.

I won't do that.

Well, everybody say hi, bye, Mr. Lemur.

- [Beran] Bye-bye.

- All right.

- Wave bye, Elijah.

- And as we had another amazing animal in our classroom, and I'll see you in a bit.

- Great day, this is Candace with Chaos and I wanna introduce you to my friend Jen.

Jen is short for Jennifer, and here's Jen right here.

Jen is absolutely amazing.

Jen speaks three languages and Jen knows how to ice skate, and Jen also knows how to build amazing things with LEGOs.

Jen wants to be an architect when they grow up.

And so something about Jen is Jen is sad a lot and nobody really knows that that's what's happening with Jen.

And Jen often has tummy aches, and Jen often falls asleep in class, and Jen sometimes gets into trouble because Jen doesn't turn in their work like they're supposed to.

And so Jen really wants people to be PATIENT with them.

Can you say PATIENT?

PATIENT stands for pause and think, inhale, exhale, now talk, or now tap out.

And so sometimes Jen deals with bullying.

And so when Jen deals with bullying, Jen is learning how to talk if they can, but tap out if they need to.

And so we only talk when we can be respectful and not hurt anybody, including ourselves.

But when we can't do that, we tap out and we find something else to do.

And sometimes Jen has to tap out and walk away, or Jen has to tap out and talk to a trusted adult.

If you are ever feeling really sad, or if you are ever feeling like you don't feel good, or you're feeling like people are bullying you, please talk to a trusted adult and use the PATIENT skill.

Talk if you can, or tap out if you need to.

I want you to try that.

Let an adult know how it works out, and then I'll see you soon.

You have an amazing day.

Air hugs and cyber kisses.

- Hello.

I hope you had a fun day of learning.

But now it is time for us to be done.

But before we get done, let's spell our favorite word, nine.

N-I-N-E. Nine.

Thank you for being in Room 9.

Bye-bye.

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