(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, "Just be positive."

- Lemurs are found on the island of Madagascar.

- For one, the numbers get 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 stroke, so I'm gonna put my arms up and I'm going to- - All right.

Are you ready to learn?

Let's go!

(upbeat music) (playful music) Welcome back to "Teaching in Room 9," the region's largest classroom.

It is Dr. Sanders, and I'm in this amazing classroom where you can go anywhere and be anything.

And I'm look... Look?

You think I could be a globe?

You think I could be the Earth?

I think I can too.

All right.

Know what I want you to remember?

It doesn't matter if you're two or 102.

We will have some fun!

(letters popping) F-U-N, fun!

We will have some fun while learning.

Are you ready to do some learning?

Yes, I am too.

But first I gotta do what?

That's right.

Take off my hat.

Oh, and yes, I have three of my friends' names.

Do you know who they are?

I know one of 'em.

His name is Dean.

Everybody say, "Hi, Dean."

What letter does Dean's name start with?

- [Kids] D. - A capital D. Let's spell Dean.

Capital D-E-A-N. D-E-A-N. Hello, Dean.

My next friend's name is Dean's brother, and his name is Tommy.

Hello, Tommy.

How are you doing today, Mr. Tommy?

Excellent, excellent.

What letter does Tommy's name start with?

Tom.

Tommy?

- T. - Yes.

A T. A T. Can you draw a T in the air for me?

Ooh, those are some amazing Ts.

Let's spell Tommy.

Capital T-O-M-M-Y.

T-O-M-M-Y.

Hello, Tommy.

And my last person's name today is Julian.

Hello, Julian.

How are you doing?

Excellent.

What letter does Julian's name start with?

- [Kids] J.

- A capital J. Oh, you want to draw a capital J?

Oh, go ahead, draw that capital J.

All right.

Let's spell Julian.

Capital J-U-L-I-A-N. J-U-L-I-A-N.

It's about that time.

Yes it is.

It's the time to get on his journey.

Are you ready?

I said, Are you ready?

Then let's go.

- [Kids] (clapping) Yes.

(kids chattering) (whimsical music) - Hi, Glen.

Wow, look at you.

You've got some fancy dress going on here.

And look at your new shoes.

Did you see my new shoes?

They're my clown shoes.

Aren't they amazing?

What?

Oh no.

Your shoes are great.

Aren't they great?

Oh, they don't have laces.

You wanna learn how to tie your shoes with laces?

Well, I would be happy to help you.

Would you like to learn how to tie your shoes with laces?

I can show you a strategy using bunny ears.

How about that?

Okay.

Here's my clown shoe.

I'm going to show you, and you can see I have a dark lace and a white lace, a light lace so that we can keep track of the difference.

Okay, the first thing I'm going to do is cross 'em over, and then I'm going to take the dark lace and cross it underneath.

Then I pull it tight.

Now it's time to make the bunny ears.

I'm gonna take the dark lace and make one bunny ear and the light lace, and make the other bunny ear.

Cross them over.

Take the light lace up and run it through underneath and pull, and you have a tied shoe.

Should we try it again?

Let's try.

What do we do first?

Let's cross them over.

Then we take the dark lace and run underneath.

Pull tight.

One bunny ear with a dark lace, another bunny ear with a light lace.

Cross them over.

Now I'm gonna make the bunny ear go underneath, come out the other end and pull.

We have a tied shoe.

Tying your shoes is challenging, but if you practice, you can do it.

And there's all kinds of shoes.

So we can wear shoes with laces and shoes without laces, and it's okay but if you can tie your shoes, you're ready to go to school.

(bright music) - Hi, friends.

Welcome back for another read aloud with Mrs.

Forth.

Today, I have a great book that we're gonna read together, and something that I wanna make sure that we do is notice the characters.

Can you say characters?

The characters are the people or animals that are inside the book that we're reading.

It's who the story's about.

I bet you're gonna notice a character as soon as I show you the cover.

Are you ready?

Yeah.

You see that little boy right there?

I bet he's gonna be a character in this book.

This book is called "I Can't Wait to Be a Man."

This is written by Anthony Glover and illustrated by G.D.

Thank you to the author and the illustrator for writing the book and making the pictures that go along with the story.

So looking at this and thinking about the title, "I Can't Wait to Be a Man."

What do you think this character wants?

I think he wants to grow up too.

I'm wondering if there are people in his life that make him want to grow up and be just like them.

Let's jump into the story and find out why he can't wait to be a man?

(page rustling) "I can't wait to grow up and be a man like my dad and Uncle James."

We kind of already answered the question, didn't we?

He wants to be just like his dad and Uncle James.

"My dad says that until then, I am a 'man-in-training.'"

Oh, he's practicing, isn't he?

"He and my Uncle James often teach me things I can practice as a boy that will lead me to become a great man.

I like to practice every day."

So we already know some characters in the story, don't we?

We know all about the boy who wants to be a man and his dad and Uncle James.

Let's find out what they do to teach him so he could practice as a boy and start becoming a man.

"When I get home from school every day, I complete my chores before going outside to play.

I must always take care of my responsibilities.

This is a big part of being a man."

So it looks like his dad is teaching him how to practice becoming a grownup by being responsible, by taking care of all of his chores, like taking out the trash.

Do you have a chore at home that you have to do?

Maybe make your bed, oh, or you set the table, you feed your dog.

Those are all great things to do to be responsible just like he's doing 'cause he wants to be responsible as he's practicing learning how to grow up.

(page rustling) "When entering a building with my mom and sister, I'm always sure to open the door for them.

Uncle James says, this is called 'chivalry' and that I should always open doors for women and girls when I have an opportunity."

It's nice to open the door for all your neighbors.

So when you're going into a store and somebody's walking right behind you, you could open the door and say, "You first."

That's a great way to practice being a grownup.

(page rustling) "Sometimes my little brother upsets me, but I remind myself to keep my composure."

Composure is to keep a calm body, not to show how angry you are.

That's a hard thing to practice, and it's a good idea to practice that while you're a kid, so that when you're a grownup, you can always keep your body calm, even when you're upset.

"That means to stay calm and not be so quick to lose my temper.

My dad says, losing my composure may lead to a situation becoming worse."

So here's our character, practicing as he wants to become a man.

He's learning how to keep his body calm just like the grownups around us do.

Hmm.

Take a look at this picture.

You can see he's at school now and it looks like they're not having a good time with the characters over here, are they?

I wonder what's going on.

Let's read and find out.

"Sometimes at school, boys can be a little rough with and mean to girls.

I always make sure I speak up against it.

I even keep my friends accountable and remind them that we must be gentle and respectful toward the girls."

So as he's been practicing becoming a man, he's making sure that he's being respectful and we should be respectful to all of our friends, shouldn't we?

And when we see somebody treating somebody poorly, we wanna make sure that we say, "Hey, be nice."

We all should be nice to each other.

That's a good thing to practice.

(page rustling) There he is at school.

What do you think he's doing?

Yeah, I see him raising his hand, letting the teacher know that he has something to share.

That's a great way to tell your teacher, "Hey, I'm listening and I have something to share too."

"While in class, I raise my hand to ask my teacher questions when I'm having trouble understanding something.

My Uncle James told me to never be ashamed to ask questions and that it takes courage to admit when I need help.

This will be a great quality to have as a man one day."

That's a great quality to have even as children.

You could definitely practice that when you need help.

Don't be afraid to ask.

(page rustling) "If I ever notice a friend of mine feeling down or struggling with something, I make sure to uplift and encourage them.

It is important that my friends feel support from me.

My dad says that's a big part of brotherhood.

He told me that brotherhood will be great to have when I am a man."

So you can tell he's being very kind to his friend and being there for his friend.

That's exactly what friends do.

(page rustling) "My dad says to always acknowledge and respect the elderly.

That is why I smile and wave whenever I walk past the elderly when we are out.

Sometimes they take the time to tell me something wise or a great story."

So elderly, those are people that are much older than us, and we of, course, wanna respect them.

They've lived a long life and they have lots of stories to tell, don't they?

So always say, "Hi."

(page rustling) "Uncle James says that my little brother and sister look up to me.

That is why I must be sure to be a positive example for them.

My uncle also says leading by example is a quality of a great leader.

Being a good leader would also make me a great man."

Leading by example, that means doing what others should do.

You can show them what to do, not just tell them.

So he's showing his brother and sister things like maybe his chores that he's doing or opening doors for strangers when they're walking in a store, instead of telling them, he's showing them.

And that's exactly what you could do too.

(page rustling) "It is important that I continue to learn and to love myself.

That is why I read books and keep mindful of what type of foods I put into my body."

He's eating an apple because apples are healthy for you, they're great for our body, and he is reading books, which is great for our mind.

That's why I love reading with you all of the time.

It's great for our brains, isn't it?

So thinking about reading and other things that we could do for our brains and making sure we put good stuff in our bodies is a great way to practice for becoming a grownup.

"There are so many things I can do to practice as a boy while on my way to becoming a man.

My dad and Uncle James told me it's great to be excited to be a man, but to also have patience and enjoy being a boy.

So much seems to come along with being a man, so I must continue practicing.

I'm so glad to have my dad and Uncle James help me on my journey to one day becoming a man."

So he's practicing, isn't he?

Thinking about our friend in this book and the characters of his dad and his Uncle James, they all came together as they work together to teach him how to become a man.

And remember, for all just kids, we don't have to be grownups yet, but it's a good idea to practice things along the way.

I hope you enjoyed this book, "I Can't Wait to Be a Man," and I hope to see you again at our next read aloud together.

Bye, everybody.

(upbeat music) - Hi, everyone, and welcome to "Teaching in Room 9."

My name is Ms. St. Louis and I'm here to do a movement lesson with you today.

We're gonna start by warming up from our head to our toes.

So let's begin by shaking our head yes and no, and maybe so.

And we're gonna take a nice stretch up tall holding for one, two, three, and reach down for your toes, counting to five, One.

Two.

Three.

Four.

Five.

And we're gonna come up slowly and let's get into today's lesson.

Today, we are going to do some healthy food related exercises.

Each of our exercises has a matching healthy food.

So see if you've heard of any of these healthy foods before.

We're gonna start today with some porridge punches.

So we're gonna get our hands up right in front of our chest, and we're going to punch up front and then switch sides.

We're going to do 10 of those.

Are you ready?

Arms up.

One.

Two.

Three.

Four.

Five.

Halfway.

Six.

Seven.

Eight.

Nine.

Last one.

10.

Ooh, now I'm hungry for some porridge.

That's the perfect breakfast food.

Let's move on now to do some kiwi kicks.

So just like we switched side with our punches, we're gonna do that with our kicks.

We're gonna kick up with both legs.

We're gonna do 10 of those as well.

Are you ready?

Let's go.

One.

Two.

Pretend to kick some kiwis.

Three.

Four.

Five.

Six.

Keep going.

Seven.

Eight.

Nine.

10.

Very nice.

We're gonna move on to do some strawberry squats.

So I'm gonna bring my legs up just a little wider, making a triangle with my legs and the floor.

Now I'm gonna pretend to sit on some strawberries, so I'm gonna see (grunts) I have a lot behind me.

Are you ready to sit on some strawberries?

All right, we're going to sit back just like we're sitting in a chair and come back up.

Let's do eight of these.

Are you ready?

And one.

Two.

Three.

Four.

We're halfway.

Five.

Six.

Seven.

And eight.

So I'm gonna keep my feet here and I'm gonna turn my body to the side.

We're going to do some lettuce lunges next.

So I'm gonna pretend that there's some lettuce on the floor, and I'm gonna reach my knee all the way to try and hit that lettuce.

Are you ready?

Let's do six of these.

And we're gonna bend down.

Touch that lettuce.

One.

And two.

Three.

If you can't touch, that's okay.

Get as close as you can.

Four.

Five.

And six.

I'm gonna turn my body all the way around to do six more on the other side.

And one.

Two.

Three.

Halfway.

Four.

Five.

And six.

Coming up nice and tall.

We're going to do some tuna toe touches next.

So I'm gonna pretend that there's tuna at this foot and tuna at this foot, and I'm gonna reach for that.

So stretching up tall, reach for that tuna.

Come up, reach for that tuna, come up.

Keep going.

Grab that tuna last time.

Reach and up.

Reach and up.

Huh.

I feel pretty warmed up.

How about you?

So today, as you are going around your world, think about what healthy choices could you make and can you think of any exercises that go with those?

I wonder, hmm.

Might be time for some lunch and time to think.

We hope that you guys enjoyed this movement lesson today, and we'll see you back here next time in "Teaching in Room 9."

Bye, everyone.

(bright music) - [Kids] One, two, three, four, five, six, seven.

- Hi there, Room 9.

I'm Mrs. Williams, at Woodland Creature Teacher.

And when I'm not here teaching and learning with you guys, I'm teaching and learning with my first graders.

So hi, and lots of love to all the Woodland Creature.

I hope that you're ready to get up and get moving today because that's what we're doing.

It's all about the hops today because we're gonna be hopping backwards.

Everybody say, "I can hop backwards within 20."

What was that number?

You're right, it was 20.

So let's take a look at our number line and see what we need to do to get hopping within 20.

Now a number line starts here at 1 and goes to the right.

As the numbers get larger, the numbers also get larger as you go down the lines.

Now if we're counting backwards, will the numbers get larger or smaller?

I couldn't fool you.

Those numbers are gonna be getting smaller.

So let's find 20 and get counting back.

Now, what are the reasons that we might want to count backwards?

We might need to take away, or maybe we're counting down to something, maybe a blast off in a rocket.

Well, let's define number 20.

Now, it's made up of two numbers.

It's a two and a zero.

Do you see it?

Put your finger up high in the sky and get ready to count backwards with me.

Here we go.

20, 19, 18, 17, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two and one.

Do you know there's a special number that lives here on the number line?

His name's Zero the Hero.

We need to go ahead and try that counting back business I was talking about.

And I invited a special friend named Fisher the Frog to help us out.

And I noticed something super silly when I was getting ready for learning time today.

I think Fisher invited a froggy friend too.

All right, well, let's think about those numbers that we're gonna hop back from.

The first number that I'm thinking of is a two-digit number.

That means that it's made up of two numbers.

Two-digit numbers are here in this row.

There's also 10 here, but it's not 10.

Did you guess my number?

It's 15.

So let's go ahead and stand up.

Make sure that your hops are working because we are hopping backwards from 15.

Fisher and I are ready.

Give me a thumbs up and a wiggle when you are.

Here we go.

We'll say start.

14, 13, 12, 11, 10, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one.

Great hopping.

All right.

Are you ready for another?

This time, it's a one-digit number.

That means it has to be in this row.

This time my number was seven.

All right, find number seven and get your hops ready.

Here we go.

Start.

Six, five, four, three, two, one.

Great hopping, Room 9.

I'm so proud of you.

I hope that you had a fun hopping with us 'cause you got a little bit of homework from Fisher and I. I want you to do three hot backs in between 20 and zero with friends or family this week.

I hope you had a great time growing your brain with us, and I can't wait to see you again soon.

Bye.

(lighthearted music) - Great day, everybody.

This is Candace with Chaos.

And today, we're gonna talk about my friend Xavier.

And so Xavier is a chaos kid and he is really, really cool.

But sometimes Xavier has a hard time focusing.

Sometimes Xavier fidgets a lot.

And sometimes Xavier gets frustrated because he's always getting corrected at school.

You know, one thing about Xavier is if you give him too many things to do at one time, sometimes he forgets some of things.

And so when he forgets some of those things, then there's a consequence.

Like when he does his homework and he forgets to put it in his backpack.

And so then he gets home and he's doing a whole lot of stuff and he's like, "Okay, I did my homework.

I did everything else.

I got ready for bed."

But he forgot to put his homework in his backpack.

So when he gets to school and they're asking about it, he doesn't have it.

And then Xavier gets upset.

Does that ever happen to you?

Do you ever have a lot of stuff happening and you forget to do some things?

I know it happens to me sometimes.

And so Xavier also sometimes gets frustrated when he's working on things.

And so Xavier has to learn how to kind of calm down and be able to focus on what he's doing and maybe kind of reset the way that he's doing things.

So let's learn a skill like Xavier learned.

So one day, let me tell you a story, he was working on a puzzle at school.

And he couldn't figure out how to get the right pieces where they had to go.

And he got mad and he wanted to knock it off of the table.

But instead of doing that, Xavier took some time and he took some deep breaths.

Do you know how to do deep breaths?

Let me show you.

So you take a deep breath in, like you are smelling the flower, let's do it.

(inhaling) And then you blow it out like you're blowing out the birthday candles.

(exhaling) Let's try it again.

Smell the flowers, (inhaling) blow out the birthday candles.

(exhaling) And then once he did that, he could take a minute and he can say, "You know, maybe I can try something different."

And then he did that.

And so that's what you have to do.

When you get frustrated and you're having a hard time, it's absolutely okay for you to take a deep breath, make sure you smell the flowers, and make sure you blow out the birthday candles.

And then it allows you to reset.

And reset is remember every situation encourages thought.

And once you reset, then you can figure out a different way of doing things.

Because when you're all upset and you got a lot going on, it really makes it hard for you to make decisions and for you to think about things.

And if you can't do it on your own, it's absolutely okay for you to ask a trusted adult, ask a parent or a teacher, or somebody that you really like that can possibly help you out, okay?

Because I want you to know that you are amazing and you can do anything that you set your mind to, okay?

So the next time you're doing something and you have a hard time with calming your body, I want you to breathe, and I want you to remember you got this, okay?

Air hugs and cyber kisses.

(audio chiming) - Welcome back.

I hope you had an amazing journey today.

You did?

Woo-hoo.

Can you tell me all about it?

Oh yes.

What else?

What else?

Mm.

Oh my goodness.

That's excellent.

I'm happy for you.

I'm happy we can provide so many fun things for you to do.

Let's take a look at our letters.

My letters.

Look at the puff balls on top of the letters.

Oh!

Does this one?

Yes, that one's that matches.

Does it?

Blue and blue.

Okay.

What about this one right here?

Red and green.

Green and red.

Does that match?

Let's find a letter for this green puff ball.

The D?

Yes, you are right.

Let's see.

Green.

Green.

Yes.

I hope it stays.

All right, my last puff ball is the red.

Yes.

Where should I put?

On the end?

Yes, red and red.

You think it's gonna stay?

Don't touch it, don't touch it.

But boys and girls, it is time for us to get out of Room 9 but before we go, let's spell our favorite word and what is that?

Nine.

Let's spell nine, N-I-N-E.

Thank you for being in Room 9.

Bye-Bye.

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There is hope.

Call or text 988.

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