(light playful music) - Hi friends.

Welcome to Teaching in Room 9.

I'm Mrs.

Forth from the Rockwood School District.

And I'm so glad you are joining me today.

Usually, I teach all about reading but each week during the summer, I've decided that we were going to spend some time being writers, too.

If you were with me on the very first week together, it was our camping and critters week, I've talked to you about ways we can spend time writing this summer.

It's important to be practicing our writing skills and to be authors all summer long, just like we're readers.

If you were with me last week, we talked about procedural writing.

Here's our chart, procedural writing.

That's a fancy way of saying how to.

Teaching somebody how to do something.

And together, we wrote a story about how to build a sand castle because it was beach week.

This week, I'm going to introduce a new type of writing to you.

Informative writing.

Informative.

That sounds a lot like "inform," "informational."

So what do you think we're gonna be doing in this writing?

We're gonna be giving information.

That's exactly right!

This is like a teaching book.

We're gonna be teaching others.

And that's exactly what informative writing is.

It teaches about a topic.

As we are teaching about our topic, we wanna make sure that we're telling facts and we're using our expert words.

Just like non-fiction books have.

And then we also want to add details by using maybe comparisons or descriptions, some describing words.

So we really are doing a good job of fully explaining what we're trying to teach.

So today, we're gonna be information writers as we write some informative writing.

And if you've been with me this week, space week, we've really spent the last couple of days talking about something and learning about something.

So I'm wondering, can you guess what we are going to do?

Hmm.

Take a guess.

That's right!

Moon phases.

We've read a couple of books that have been teaching us about the phases of the moon.

The phases of the moon are exactly the faces.

Why the moon looks different.

So we've been learning not only that readers ask lots of questions, as we've been asking these questions, we've been learning about the moon and I thought, "Well, we know a lot about the phases of the moon now.

I think we should write a little book about the phases of the moon."

So I have some paper here that we could write a book.

I've got my pencils ready to go.

And I think we need to rehearse.

Practice.

Talk about what we wanna put in our book.

Yeah, I agree.

I think it should be called "Phases of the Moon."

What do we wanna put in our book?

Oh, like tell each phase, okay.

You think we should draw a diagram of this?

I like that too.

These are great ideas!

Oh, you're already thinking how we can begin the book like, "Have you ever wondered why the moon looks different?"

That's a great way to start our book.

Okay.

So we kind of have a beginning.

We know we want to show what the phases look like.

We could label them.

And then kind of talk about each phase.

I think that's a really good idea.

Are you ready to do it?

Okay.

So I've got my paper ready.

You want to start with?

Okay.

We will start with the title "Phases of the Moon."

I'm gonna use pencil so we could go back and accept any mistakes instead of my usual sharpies, right?

Phases of the Moon.

By, definitely, one illustrator.

Not just me.

No, not just Mrs.

Forth.

How about Mrs.

Forth and her Teaching in Room 9 friends.

I think we should draw a moon on there.

What kind of a moon?

Just a full moon?

I could go back and color that in.

Okay.

Phases of the moon.

Maybe add a little cloud, okay.

Love listening to your suggestions.

Okay.

Here we go.

Phases of the moon.

Okay.

So you guys think that I should just start with yeah, that introduction.

That's right.

Can you, yeah.

You, you, you were the one that came up with it.

Can you tell us one more time?

"Have you ever wondered why the moon looks different?"

I love it, okay.

Have you ever wondered why the moon looks different?

Hmm.

Why does it look different?

What could we do to kind of describe like sometimes it's big and bright and other times, it's just a small piece.

I think that's some descriptions that we should add and remember, that was something that we wanna do is add some description so let's do that.

Sometimes it's big and bright, while other times it looks tiny.

And why is that?

Because there's phases of the moon.

That's because there are phases... We're using those expert words.

Phases of the moon.

Oh, I love it.

What a great introduction.

Okay.

Now you think we should just start showing all the phases of the moon.

Okay.

How does it start?

Do you guys remember?

Should we use our resources?

Let's look back in the book that we were reading this week.

Okay.

Phases of the moon.

I think there's a page that says like all eight phases.

Let me find it.

Thanks for being patient.

The eight phases of the moon.

That's kind of something I think we should say, "There are eight phases."

There are...

This is a fact, right?

Eight phases the moon goes through.

Okay.

What's the first phase?

The first phase is the the new moon where it's like a new moon and that can be pretty tricky for our reader.

So how would we want to describe that, the new moon?

Hmm.

Yeah.

I'm looking too.

I'm looking.

The new moon is right between the decreasing and increasing phases.

Oh, so that's like the waxing and the waning.

So it starts with a new moon.

What does that mean?

We can't see it.

That's exactly right.

That's exactly right.

The first phase is the new moon.

I think that I'm gonna make this a bold word when I go back and go over this with my marker.

This is when we can't see the moon in the sky.

How can we draw a picture to show that?

Because if you can't see it... What if I draw a person and a speech bubble that says "Where's the moon?"

Yeah.

Okay.

Where's the moon?

I guess I have a girl in this picture with a ponytail.

There you go.

It looks like she's pointing to her nose.

That's not right.

She's like "Hmm.. where's the moon?"

Love it.

Where's the moon?

It's a new moon!

So then what happens after it's a new moon?

Right.

It starts where you start to see part of it, right?

That means it's getting bigger.

Do you remember what that word is?

Waxing or waning?

Waxing.

You got it.

Okay.

So then it begins.

The next phase is...

So do you think I should do a page for each?

I'm wondering if I should rate then you start to see more and more of the moon until it's a full moon and then you see less.

As you see more, it's called waxing.

Less is waning.

And then my third page can just kind of look like this with labels.

What do you think?

Instead of a page for each phase?

Okay.

I think we have a plan.

So that's what I'm gonna do as a writer.

I'm going to finish writing my book but do you know what I want you to do?

I want you to write your book and I really wanna see it because you guys are writers too.

And I want you to become an author of an informative piece of writing telling me all about the phases of the moon or anything else that you've learned about during space week or beach week or camping and critters week or even something you're an expert on.

Maybe you have a pet and you know a lot about the pet.

Maybe you love Star Wars or Minecraft, or you play soccer or you're really into lady bugs.

Anything that is interesting to you that you know a lot about, you can write about and teach others about.

And remember, as you're writing your informational book, the first thing you wanna do after you get an idea is really kind of practice it.

And just like you and I practice by talking, you can do that too.

Just talk about it.

Think about what you wanna say and make a plan for your writing and then get writing.

And the last thing that you do is publish which means share it with others.

And I would love, love, love for you to share your writing with me.

So don't forget to take pictures and share it with Teaching in Room 9 or Nine Network on social media or email.

We would love to see what you're working on.

Okay, little authors?

It's time for you to go write your books.

I can't wait to read them.

Have so much fun writing.

Off you go.

I'll see you next week.

Bye.

- Hello.

Guess what?

I realized we have a huge problem.

A huge, huge problem.

Thanks by the way for the book, Mrs.

Forth.

It was great.

But guys, we have a big problem.

We've been up here in space for all these days and we forgot to do the most important thing that you're supposed to do in space.

We forgot to put on our space suits.

Can you believe it?

We totally did not put on our space suits.

So right now, maybe that's why my hair looks like this.

All this stuff in it.

I don't know.

So right now I want you, we're going to get ourselves into our space suits.

Are you ready?

Okay.

Look and study.

What are all the things we need to put on?

Look at this guy in space.

This is quite a serious outfit.

His entire body is covered.

I really don't know what the real term is for all this stuff but everybody needs to stand up.

Yep, you gotta stand up because we have to put our space suit on, okay?

Here we go.

First, let's start with the clock stuff first.

Let's put our pants on first.

Put on those space pants.

Woo.

Okay.

Now, let's put on our space shirt.

You're ready?

Space shirt or space coat.

I don't know what it is.

So we got outer layer space stuff on.

Yeah, I think so.

Let's put on our space boots.

Here we go.

Ready?

(grunts) Whoa.

These things are kind of heavy.

Maybe they help to weigh us down.

I don't know.

Is that a thing?

I don't think weight matters in space.

I don't know why these boots are so heavy.

Okay.

All right.

Now let's put on.

Yeah, we've got to put on this like metal part.

Okay.

Let's put that on.

I bet the helmet's last.

I think so, too.

So put on the metal thing.

Oh, I'm definitely sitting straighter.

Let's put on our space gloves.

Nice.

Okay.

Last but not least.

This big helmet.

Poof!

Awesome.

Okay.

We're in space walking on the moon.

(giggles) Okay, guys.

I hope you enjoy that little brain break.

Now, it's time to get started because we have a race to space to complete.

You think you can do this?

We have to study some number patterns.

And as we study these number patterns, we are going to make our way to space.

The magic number to get us to space is this.

Let me write it up here.

120.

120 is the magic number to get us to space.

I have this game board right here and we, it's really 100 chart.

We are going to make our way to space using this 100s chart.

I realized yesterday while we were counting tallies that maybe counting number pattern is a bit challenging at times.

So, we are going to practice that skill.

We have, like I said, right here, a 100's chart.

Kinda hard to see but I'm getting it to you as close as I can.

This is 120 right down here.

So yesterday, when we were counting the tallies, what were we counting by?

Yeah, we were counting our tallies by 5s.

So, I am going to count by five and I'm gonna color in every number that I land on in 5s, okay?

Okay.

I'm trying to get the best angle on this.

Hopefully, you can see.

Okay.

Ready?

One, two, three, four, five.

One, two, three, four, five.

One, two, three, four, five.

One, two, three, four, five.

So, so far, if I'm counting by 5s, I count 5, 10, 15, 20.

Now, I'm gonna count five more.

One, two, three, four, five.

25.

One, two, three, four, five.

30.

One, two, three, four.

35.

One, two, three, four.

40.

Do you guys notice a pattern so far?

The ones place either always has a five or a zero in it.

A five or a zero.

That is good to know with counting by 5s.

You're either gonna have a five and a zero.

If you started zero, you're either gonna have a five or a zero in the number.

So let's keep going to finish this number pattern.

35, 40.

I want you to kind of visualize it.

50.

55.

60.

65.

70.

75.

80.

85.

90.

95.

100.

105.

110.

115.

120.

What did you notice when we got to the hundreds?

Yes.

You're so right.

The one place still remained either a five or a zero.

Wow.

Okay.

So we made it.

We raced our way to space.

But now we have a little challenge.

We have to make our way back to earth.

We're at 120.

We have to make our way back to earth.

Counting by 2s backwards.

By 2s backwards.

We have to start at 120.

I'm just gonna count one, two backwards.

One, two.

118.

One, two.

116.

One, two.

114.

One, two.

112.

One, two.

110.

108.

106.

104.

102.

100.

98.

96.

95.

92.

What are you noticing?

What kind of number pattern is happening now?

Yeah, we're counting back by 2s.

We have not one time landed on a number with a five in the ones place.

And then, I'll sneak my head around.

All of our numbers in the ones placed are even numbers.

Right?

Okay.

Let's keep going back.

Let's count back.

So 92.

90.

88.

86.

84.

82.

80.

78.

76.

74.

72.

70.

Good job.

68.

66.

64.

62.

Good.

(teacher imitates brakes squealing) Our rocket's gonna stop right there because our rocket, we're gonna start and we're gonna count by 2s from the top now.

And let's see if we meet at 62.

Do you think we will?

I think we will, too.

Here we go.

Ready?

Two.

Four.

Six.

Eight.

10.

12.

14.

16.

18.

20.

You say the next row.

Good.

22.

24.

26.

28.

30.

32.

34.

36.

38.

40.

You do the next two rows.

Can you do it all the way to 62?

Can you meet yourself there?

Go ahead.

Woo ho!

Good.

42.

44.

46.

48.

50.

52.

54.

56.

58.

60.

Then it would be 62.

We made it.

Woo!

We did it all the way back to earth.

Skip counting and number patterns are so important because they help with so many skills like the tally marks we were making and knowing how to add two numbers that repeat.

There's so many reasons why skip counting is important.

So this is always a skill that you can be practicing.

So before we go, I am going to give us one more task in our race to space.

We did a little bit of this counting to try and warm up your brain because I would like for you to make your own number pattern.

You can do it on any kind of paper.

You're gonna make your own number pattern.

So what if you were like, "I want to count by 3s."

You could figure it out and you could count by 3s.

Let me show you.

I'm trying to grab a piece of paper and it's kind of not working out.

Well, there we go.

But if I wanted to count by 3s, I could count.

And my number pattern could be like this.

Three.

One, two, three.

Six.

One, two, three.

Nine.

One, two, three.

12.

One, two, three.

Hmm.

One, two, three.

15.

Counting by 3s, are they all odd or even numbers?

No, you're right.

They're both.

So 3, 6, 9, 12, 15.

That's counting by 3s.

15.

One, two.

18.

One, two, three.

21.

So my number pattern is three plus three is six.

Six plus three is nine.

Nine plus three is 12.

12 plus three is 15.

15 plus three is 18.

18 plus three is 21.

So I want you to just play around with numbers.

Get yourself a 100s chart if you need to.

Print one for free offline.

If not, maybe grab a phone or a camera and quickly take a picture of this.

Use this as your guide if maybe you're getting stuck or confused on counting.

And I want you to come up with your own number patterns and race all the way to 120, all right?

I will see you guys next time.

Not in space.

I wonder where we it we will be.

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