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

Now go on and touch your throat right here and see how they feel.

- 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 stroke.

So I'm gonna put my arms up and I'm going to- - All righty.

Are you ready to learn?

Let's go.

(upbeat music continues) (bright music) (bright music continues) Oh, oh, I'm sorry.

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

I am Dr. Sanders, and in our new classroom we can go anywhere and be anything while engaging and learning about our community.

Remember what I... What do I always say?

It doesn't matter if you're two or 102, you will have some fun.

Fun.

F-U-N. Fun.

You will have some fun while learning.

I work at Adams Elementary in the St. Louis Public Schools, and let's get this day started.

I am going to start by removing my cap and now I'm going to send some shout outs to some of my friends.

All right.

My first friend is Jamale.

Hi, Jamale.

How are you doing today?

All right, let's spell Jamale.

Capital J-A-M-A-L-E. Hi, Jamale.

My next name is Mia.

Hi, Mia.

What's going on?

Nothing much.

Okay.

Let's spell Mia.

Capital M-I-A.

Hi, Mia.

My next name is Paul.

How you doing, Mr. Paul?

Good, good, good.

Let's spell Paul.

Capital P-A-U-L. Hey, Paul.

And my last name is Ilia.

Hi, Ilia.

How's your day going?

Oh, you didn't get in trouble, did you?

Okay.

Well, let's spell Ilia.

Capital I-L-I-A.

Hi, Ilia.

Now it is time for this amazing adventure.

Are you ready?

All righty.

Let's do this.

(bright music) (children laughing) (station statics) - [Instructor] Like at home, it's important that we think of safety first.

This is clearly not the way.

(buzzer beeps) 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 sides.

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

Great job!

Let's keep everyone safe together.

(bright music) - Hi, friends.

Welcome back to "Teaching in Room 9".

It's me, Mrs.

Forth, from the Rockwood School District.

I'm so glad that you're back with me today.

The title of the book I wanna share with you today is called "Paint My World".

This story is by Melia Bell and also written by Megan Williams.

The illustrator is DG.

This is a book about a little girl named Lauren who is a little confused about how to tell about her family.

She's from a blended family.

Blended families are large families that might have step-parents or half siblings.

Some of you might come from blended families.

Let's read along and find out how Lauren thinks about her family.

"Paint My World."

(page turns) "Lauren woke up every morning smiling.

She had a natural curiosity about life, nature, and color.

Lauren loved her urban neighborhood, her friends and her school.

She even earned the nickname 'Sunshine' because of her warm, beaming energy.

(page turns) Lauren always looked forward to her favorite third grade class, Mrs. Davis's art class.

Mrs. Davis was very creative and made learning so much fun.

Making art helped Lauren to express many different feelings in her own unique way.

There was a theme for art class each week, and this week was all about family."

Can you guys tell me who the character and the story is?

The character is who the story's about.

That's right.

It's Lauren.

Let's read on to find out more about the character.

(page turns) "'OK, class.

I want you all to paint a family tree.

Use a different color for each family member and be creative with your designs,' Mrs. Davis said, excited to learn more about how the students would use art to describe their home lives.

(page turns) Lauren's heart dropped."

Take a look at that illustration.

Look at her face.

Lauren does not look very happy, does she?

She's feeling a little anxious or worried.

Hmm.

"She was convinced that her project would be messy and difficult because she had so many different colors to add.

Her blended family included her mom, step-dad, father, step-mom, older brother, step-brother, and baby sister.

Unlike most of the other kids' families, her family wasn't typical, or so she thought.

(page turns) 'Oh no!

No, this can't be happening.'

Lauren pouted as she put her head down on the desk.

This was going to be hard.

She spent the rest of the class daydreaming about what a perfect family should be.

Looking around the class, she couldn't help but imagine every other kid at their perfect house with their perfect family.

(page turns) Later on the bus ride home, Lauren sat beside Nate, a shy boy with bright red hair and thick eyeglasses.

He knew she was in his class but had never even said hello until today.

Nate saw Lauren with tears in her eyes and he wanted to help.

'Hi, Lauren.

I'm Nate.

You're usually so cheerful.

What's wrong?'

Nate asked.

(page turns) Without even thinking about it, Lauren began pouring her heart out.

She took a deep breath and said, 'I'm bummed about this art project.

My family has too many people.

We don't all live together and things can get a little crazy sometimes.'

'Me too!'

Nate exclaimed.

He was also a little nervous about this art project.

Nate lived at home with his grandma and couldn't figure out how he would pull off painting a tree with only two branches.

Lauren was surprised at his reaction.

Nate went on to explain.

'It's just me and my Grammy at home.

She always tells me, "Everyone's family is different, but what makes each home special are the people inside and the love they share."

Plus no two houses even look the same.'"

We've talked about the character, Lauren.

Is there another character we're learning about right now?

Yeah.

Nate.

Nate is another character in this story.

(page turns) "Lauren made a silly face and replied, 'Hey, that would be so boring anyway.

And Mrs. Davis would fall asleep right there on her desk from seeing the same picture 26 times in a row.'

They both burst into giggles.

Just then, Lauren realized that her painting would actually be very cool, just like her big blended family.

She thought of how much fun she had going to her dad's house every other weekend and during summer break, and how lucky she was to get a break from her baby sister's outbursts at nights.

Her stepmother was much different than her mom but she loved spending time with them both.

Her stepmother even made it a rule that Lauren should call to check in with her mom before bed.

(page turns) That night, Lauren took her time thinking of colors that would represent all of her family members.

They each had a special role in her life and each one was needed to make the tree complete."

How's our character Lauren feeling now?

Yeah, you can tell by the picture she's smiling.

She's not worried about this art project anymore, is she?

It's almost like she's solved the problem.

(page turns) "Lauren's big brother was calm like the ocean.

'Blue!'

she said out loud.

'Hmm.

Next up is orange.'

she whispered, which was easygoing like her mom.

She used her brush to make a small stroke of pink which she thought would be so cute for her baby sister.

Her dad was strong and bold.

She dipped into a royal purple.

'My favorite!'

she said.

She blended two shades of green as she thought of her step-dad, who was always neutral and reasonable.

Her stepmother had the passion of a fiery red, but Lauren always thought of her stepbrother as dull, so boring.

'Hmm, hmm.

You get gray just like a lump of coal!'

she said with a chuckle.

Lauren would describe herself as beaming, just like the sun.

So she finished with the brightest yellow.

(page turns) Lauren's heart filled with joy as she thought about how the colors of her family matched so well.

As she painted, the worry seemed to fade away with every brush stroke.

She burst into a painting frenzy and it was like her brush had a mind of its own.

She even added detail to the tree trunk, not stopping until the picture was complete.

(page turns) 'Time for bed, Sunshine!'

her mother yelled upstairs.

'It's 9:30 PM.'

Lauren put the wet canvas on her easel and took a deep breath.

'(sighs) I did it!'

she said, feeling more confident than before.

(page turns) The next day, Lauren was eager to share her work with Mrs. Davis and all of her friends.

'Here is a picture of my world!'

she said With pride.

Lauren rambled like the wind with the painting held high as she described each person in her blended family tree.

The whole class sat wide-eyed with delight.

Nate was front and center cheering her on with a huge smile.

(page turns) 'Thank you!'

Lauren shouted.

She felt so lucky to have art class and her creative, colorful life."

Did you enjoy that story?

"Paint My World."

In that story, there was a main character, Lauren, who had a problem and then solved that problem.

Can you remember what that problem was?

Yeah, she was unsure how to show her big blended family in her art project, but by the end she realized that she was lucky to have her family and painted it with pride.

Thank you so much for joining me on "Teaching in Room 9".

I hope to see you next time with a new book in my hand.

Bye, everyone.

- Hello and welcome back to our amazing classroom.

Did you enjoy the book, "Paint My World"?

What was your favorite part?

Oh, okay.

Okay.

Now it's time to put our thinking caps on.

Let's think about the characters in the book.

The characters.

Characters are people, animals, creatures or things.

Who were the characters in our story?

Yes.

Yes.

Good work.

Good work.

I know you had good work 'cause you're a super smart student.

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

(bright music) - Hi there, Room 9.

It's me, Mrs. Williams, the Woodland teacher.

When I'm not here teaching and learning with you in Room 9, I'm teaching and learning at Windsor Elementary where I teach first grade.

Lots of love to all my Windsor C1 family.

Today we'll be talking about plants, and more specifically the parts of a plant.

But thinking about plants, how do they get started?

Well, some plants start from... Whoops!

This plant's really excited to see you.

Some plants will start from a bulb like this and others will start from a seed.

A bulb or a seed has all that a plant needs to get started.

It's kind of like a little backpack full of food that gets that plant the right start.

So in taking a look at our plant, the first thing that will sprout out of your seed are the roots.

Look at those guys.

Why are they so twisty?

Where are they going?

Well, the roots' job is to spread out.

Look at all of these roots, guys.

Their job is to spread out in the soil like this to absorb all of the water and nutrients after the seed has sprouted.

They have to get that food somewhere else once their seed is gone.

So heading up the...

Setting up the roots is the stem.

These guys kind of act like a little straw.

The roots suck up the nutrients in the water and carry them up the plant stem.

It's kind of a woody, sturdy part to help hold the plant's top up.

So the roots spread out and hold onto that soil to keep the plant steady and the stem holds up these little guys.

Do you know what these parts are called?

These green parts?

Yeah, these are the leaves.

They help to absorb sunlight that helps the plant to grow.

And on top of some of these stems and leaves are... What are these?

Yeah, those are flowers.

So they're the really pretty part of the plant that you might wanna share with a friend or family member to cheer them up, or they're lovely to see grow in your yard and around your community.

And these are super important also to insects because they help to, they collect nectar from these and also help to pollinate to create more plants and flowers.

So going back, these guys are the roots, here's our stem, here's some leaves and the flowers on top.

There are all sorts of different flowers.

You notice that the leaves on this plant are a little bit different.

They're kind of a little bit fuzzy and the flowers are a different shape.

Plants can come in all shapes and sizes.

Another reason that plants are so important is because they help produce oxygen and clean the air for humans and other living things.

They also help to keep soil from washing away.

Can you think of another really important thing that plants do for other living things?

Think about your lunchbox.

You're right.

Plants, some types of plants, produce fruits and vegetables which help to feed humans and other living things.

So let's take a look now and see how much you've remembered about our plants.

What are these guys down here?

I'm covering it up.

No peeking.

Yeah.

These are the roots.

What's their job?

Yes, they absorb the nutrients and water and help to keep those plants in place and standing tall.

What's this main part?

Kind of makes me think of "Jack and the Beanstalk."

Yeah, this is a stem.

The stem helps to carry all of those nutrients and water up through the other parts of the plant and helps the plant to stand up straight and tall.

What are these?

Yes, those are the leaves that we talked about.

They help to catch the sunlight and help the plant to make more food through the process of photosynthesis.

It's a really fancy word for cooking.

It's kind of like what plants do.

This is our flower.

Do you remember what a flower does?

Inside the flower are seeds and also nectar that other insects and other animals like to collect and eat.

So those are the parts of a plant, and I hope that you've had fun with us today.

I want you to give me a great lots of love and a great big smile, and I'll see you again soon.

Bye.

(upbeat music) - Welcome back, boys and girls, to our classroom.

Guess what time it is?

It is movement time!

Are you ready to move?

Please stand up.

Everybody jump up and down 10 times.

Go.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.

All right, arms circle.

Put your arms out like this.

Now arm circles forward for five.

Go.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

Arm circles backwards for five.

Go.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

All right.

Arms down.

Can you stand on one foot?

Let's stand on one foot.

Keep your balance.

Don't fall down.

Let's go for six.

Go.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.

All right, let's do the other leg.

Oh.

Oh.

Hold on.

Don't hold on to anything.

Try not to.

For five.

Go.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

All right, we're gonna run in place for three.

Just three.

Make sure you're counting with me.

Let's go.

1.

2.

3.

Ooh, you look so good.

Do you know why you exercise?

You exercise because it helps your mind work.

It helps your mind work.

But let's sit down on four.

1, 2, 3, 4.

Up, down, up, down.

Sit right down on the ground or on the floor.

And now we are ready for some more learning.

(bright music) - A, B, C, D, E, F, G. - Welcome back, learners, 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 connect letters and sounds to words.

Today our song is gonna focus on segmenting or stretching out the sounds in words, and that will help us when we're reading and writing new words.

♪ Segmenting sounds are when you take a word ♪ ♪ Stretch it out so you can hear all the sounds you heard ♪ Mm.

Oo.

Nn.

Moon.

♪ Segmenting sounds are when you take a word ♪ ♪ Stretch it out so you can see all the sounds you heard ♪ Ss.

Uh.

Nn.

Sun.

♪ Segmenting sounds are when you take a word ♪ ♪ Stretch it out so you can see all the sounds you heard ♪ Ss.

Ta.

Ar.

Star.

Great job.

Stretching out or segmenting words into sounds that we hear really helps us when we're reading and writing new words.

I'm so proud of you, friends.

Kiss your brains.

I'll see you next time.

Bye.

- Great day.

This is Candice with Chaos and I wanna introduce you to my friend, Neveah.

Here's Neveah right here.

Neveah is an absolutely awesome little girl.

She loves to sing and she loves to draw and she loves to color.

But Neveah has been through a lot of stuff.

Neveah has lost a lot of people that she loves in her life and Neveah has been called bad names.

And Neveah is a fighter.

Sometimes Neveah fights people because she thinks they're gonna hit her so she hits them first.

And Neveah is often told that she's disrespectful, but she's really not disrespectful at all.

She just wants to be safe because she often doesn't feel physically and or emotionally safe.

And so Neveah is learning how to R.E.S.E.T.

Can you say R.E.S.E.T?

R.E.S.E.T.

stands for Remember Every Situation Encourages Thought.

And so whenever Neveah thinks about doing something, she R.E.S.E.Ts before she responds so that Neveah can think, "Can this be something that can get me in trouble?"

And if it can get me in trouble, she doesn't do it.

And so if there are times that you need to R.E.S.E.T.

before you respond, I want you to think, what are some other things that I can do?

Do I need to take a deep breath?

Do I need to go talk to a trusted adult?

Do I need to walk away?

What are some things that I need to do?

So the next time you think about doing something and it can possibly get you in trouble, I want you to R.E.S.E.T.

before you respond.

So Remember Every Situation Encourages Thought.

And so try it.

Talk to a trusted adult, let them know how it works, and then let's see what happens.

I'll see you later.

Have a great day.

Bye.

- Welcome back to the classroom, boys and girls.

Did you enjoy your adventure?

Yeah, it was fun, wasn't it?

But guess what.

It is time for us to get outta Room 9.

But before we do that, let's spell our favorite word.

What's our favorite word?

Nine.

Let's spell nine.

Nine, N-I-N-E. Nine.

Thank you for being in Room 9.

Bye-bye.

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