(bright music) - Good afternoon learners.

Welcome back to teaching in room nine, our region's largest classroom.

My name's Julia, I'm a second grade teacher at the Soulard school and here for teaching in room nine my lessons focus on letters and sounds.

Welcome back friends, thank you for taking time out of your day to be here with me.

I'm so excited that I get the chance to be here with you.

As always learners, we love to see you following along with us at home.

So if you'd like always feel free to have your grownup take a picture or a video of you following along, and you can post it online and hashtag nine PBS.

All right, friends.

So we're going to start by doing our mindful moment exercise here together.

This will get our bodies and our brains ready to learn, and we're going to do that by taking some deep breaths.

This time we're going to do our best leaf breathing to help ready our bodies.

This will focus our brains only on our breathing and allow us to be present in the moment.

Do you have any fall leaves at home?

This could be real leaves from your yard or maybe just some that you have around your house for decoration.

If so, go ahead and grab just a few leaves.

If not, no worries.

Maybe see if you have other materials that you could use in your yard, like sticks, acorns or pine cones.

I'll give you a minute to go and get your leaves.

All right.

So I have just some fake decoration leaves here with me.

Do you have your leaves or some materials that you can use to help you do your breathing?

Wonderful.

So we're going to take some deep breaths in through our nose, out through our mouth, tracing the leaves with our fingers.

Okay.

So you can go ahead and grab your first leaf and begin.

Here's mine.

Trace your leaves.

Breathe in and out.

Keep tracing your leaves.

Move on to another leaf if you want.

But as you're tracing your leaves and taking your deep breaths, notice the ridges and the colors of your leaves.

What colors are your leaves?

Mine are yellow, orange and red.

I also have a darker reddish, brownish, kind of purpley color leaf, too.

What feelings are you thinking of as you make observations about your leaves?

Are you thinking of any memories that are maybe tied to fall leaves or the season?

Maybe if you're tracing sticks or pine cones, what do you notice about your materials?

Keep taking those deep breaths in and out.

Are your materials soft, bumpy, scratchy or smooth?

Do you have any feelings or memories that are tied to your things?

Okay, keep tracing.

Maybe take one last deep breath in and out.

You can put your materials down.

Wonderful job friends.

I'm so proud of you.

And hopefully you are feeling really ready to learn together here.

All right.

So now that our bodies are ready to learn, let's take a minute to talk about getting ready to learn at school.

We want to give ourselves the right tools to be able to learn our best.

So far together, we have talked about being in a smart spot, that's away from any distractions that might take away from our learning.

Are you in a smart spot right now?

Then we talked about body basics or whole body listening.

This is what our body looks like and what our bodies should be doing when it's time to listen and to learn.

This could be when we're seated in a chair, at the carpet for circle time, in a line ready to leave the classroom, or any time your teacher is asking for you to listen or maybe about to give a direction.

Whole body listening might look a little different for each person depending on what their bodies and their brains need.

But it is important to show the speaker, who's talking, that we want to hear their words.

So that way it makes them feel respected and cared for.

Then we started talking about some problem solving solutions here together.

So when we are learning at school, we are with our friends and sometimes we might have some big feelings or get into an argument with a peer or a classmate.

This is totally normal, but we want to have the right tools to work through these issues in a way that is safe and respectful for all.

Let's review which ones we've talked about together so far and learn the last two ones here together.

So I'm going to go ahead and share my screen.

All right.

So you can see problem solving solutions.

Let's review.

Our first one is ask.

We can see that this friend here has all of the animal toys.

And if this friend would like a turn, all they need to do is to ask and use their words.

The next one is take turns.

When you are playing a game like these friends here or sharing materials in your classroom, it's important to take turns.

So that way everything is fair for everyone.

The next one is walk away.

This is an important one.

If you are feeling some really big feelings and you need to take a moment to work through those feelings on your own, you want to walk away and give yourself some space.

The same is true if you see another friend in school is having some big feelings, you want to give them the space they need in order to process those feelings.

Say, "please stop."

It's important to use our words if you do not like a behavior that a friend is doing.

And we can use our words in a kind way by saying please and not yelling at our friends.

The next one is ignore.

I can see that these friends on the carpet are ignoring the behavior of this friend.

That way it doesn't take away from their learning.

And they can give this friend the space they need to work through those feelings.

Next one is apologize.

This is really important if we hurt a friend's feelings.

Whether it's on purpose or on accident, if we say I'm sorry, that shows that we care that we hurt the other person's feelings, even if we didn't mean to.

Say how you feel.

This friend here has a tear in his eye.

So it says, I feel sad.

You want to say how the behavior makes you feel.

That helps others to better understand your feelings and maybe what you need to move forward.

Wait.

This can be so hard to wait patiently, but sometimes we just have to wait.

Maybe we're waiting for our turn, or we need help from an adult, but that adult is working with another friend.

We just have to wait patiently for our turn.

Get help.

This is something that we do after we've tried a problem solving solution on our own, because we can be problem solvers.

So we can try our best to problem solve on our own.

But then if the behavior continues, you may get help from an adult and they will help you work through the problem.

Share.

This is important.

Looks like these friends are sharing the classroom art materials.

We have to share with our friends and take turns in order for things to be fair.

Make a deal.

This is a good way to solve a conflict with a peer.

If you make a deal that is fair for both parties, then it is a good way to solve a problem and to move forward.

Play with someone new.

I think this is always a good one to remember when we are on the playground.

We don't want to waste all of our recess time when we are playing outside.

So if you're having an issue with a friend and you're struggling to get past it, maybe just go and play with someone new.

You might even make a new friend.

Okay.

These are our last two new ones for this week.

This one says, stop and think.

This is so important.

Sometimes when we start to feel really big feelings, it's hard to stop and to think.

When we take that extra moment to stop and think, that way it helps us calm our body down and think about the best problem solving solution to use in that moment.

Sometimes when I stop and think, I will take a deep breath to help my brain and body recenter and think about what to do next.

And last but not least, get a timer.

This might be something that you have to ask your teacher for, but a timer can be really useful as a tool.

A timer can be good for when we are sharing or taking turns.

And it's an easy way to make sure that we're being fair.

It also might be helpful for if we have to wait patiently, or if we are taking some time to work through some feelings, sometimes setting a timer helps get our bodies back on track and ready to learn.

Wonderful job learners.

I am so proud of you.

And you can do anything that you set your mind to.

I hope these were helpful for you and you can remember them when you're learning at school.

All right, now that we've prepared our bodies and our brains to learn, we've reviewed some tools to help us be successful when we're learning in school, now we're ready to learn.

As I mentioned, we're here to talk about letters and sounds.

We've practiced working our way through the alphabet, learning and practicing all our letter sounds.

Then we practiced being able to listen to a word and pick out just the beginning and ending sounds.

This week our learning goal or objective is, I can, can you say that after me really nice and loud?

Let me hear you.

I can, very good, understand and make rhyming words.

Very good.

All right.

So we reviewed the difference together between letters, words, and sentences.

We discussed parts of a book and we practiced all the different letter sounds in the alphabet that the letters can make.

Let's review.

So we're going to sing our song and review our letters here together.

Are you ready?

Try to see if you can sing along with me or just make the letter sounds if you can remember them.

Ready?

That A says ah ah ah ah ah and it says a ay ay ay ay ay.

The B says the buh buh buh buh buh, and C says ch ch ch ch ch and it says ss ss ss ss ss, the D says du du du du du.

And E says eh eh eh eh eh and it says E E E E E. The F says ff ff ff ff ff, and G says guh guh guh guh guh, and it says juh juh juh juh juh.

The H says hh hh hh hh hh, and I says ih ih ih ih ih, and it says I I I I I.

The J says juh juh juh juh juh, and K says k k k k k, and L says ll ll ll ll ll, and M says MMM.

The N says N N N N N and O says ah ah ah ah ah and it says O O O O O and it says ooh.

If two O's are together in a word, it can make that ooh sound.

The P says puh puh puh puh puh, and Q says qu qu qu qu qu.

And R says rr rr rr rr rr.

The S says ss ss ss ss ss, and it says sz sz sz sz sz, and T says tuh tuh tuh tuh tuh.

The U says uh uh uh uh uh and it says ew ew ew ew ew, and it says ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh.

The V says vv vv vv vv vv and W says wuh wuh wuh wuh wuh, and X says X X X X X.

The Y says yuh yuh yuh yuh yuh and ih and e and I.

The Z says zz zz zz zz zz.

Very good friends, I'm so proud of you.

Maybe you remember all of those letter sounds.

As you heard, some of our letters sounds made more than one sound.

Some letters like the letter C or G can make a hard sound or a soft sound.

Then our super special letters like A E I O U and Y act as vowels.

And they can have short vowel sounds and long vowel sounds.

And as you heard our letter Y, makes lots of different sounds in different words.

All right, now that we reviewed our letter sounds let's go ahead and do a warmup to get our brains ready.

And this way we can practice beginning and ending sounds.

So go ahead and tickle those brains learners.

Get your brains, ready to learn.

Put your thinking caps on and click them in nice and tight.

All right.

So I'm going to say a word and you're going to repeat it and then tell me just the beginning sound.

That first sound you hear.

Are you ready?

Okay.

Let's go ahead and practice.

Say it toy.

Good.

What's the first sound you hear in toy?

Yeah.

T T T. If you said T that is the letter, but I need you to give me just the sound.

Let's practice some more.

Say it, name.

First sound you hear?

Nnn, Very good.

Try another one.

Say pencil.

Good.

What's the first sound you hear in pencil?

Yeah.

Very good.

Puh puh puh.

All right.

Ready?

Say it.

Water.

Good.

What's the first sound you hear in water?

Wuh wuh wuh.

You're absolutely right.

Good job.

All right.

Say it.

Rain.

First sound you hear?

RRR.

Very good.

Last one.

Say sunny.

What's the first sound you hear in sunny?

Yeah.

Sss.

Very good.

I'm so proud of you.

Now we're going to do the same thing, but this time you're going to tell me the ending sound you hear.

The very, very last sound you hear.

All right.

So repeat my word and then tell me the sound.

We'll practice.

Say eat.

Good.

And the last sound you hear is?

T t t. Very good.

Make sure you give me the sound.

Not the letter.

Say the word miss.

Good.

What's the last sound you hear in miss?

Sss.

Very good.

Say the word drive.

Good.

What's the last sound you hear?

Vvv.

Very good.

I liked the letter V cause it tickles my mouth.

Say the word prize.

Good.

Last sound you hear?

ZZZ.

Very good.

Two more words.

Say the word web.

Good.

Now what's the last sound you hear?

Buh buh buh.

Very good.

Last one.

Say the word week.

Good.

And the last sound you hear is?

K K K. Amazing job.

All right, friends.

So now, as we heard, today we're focusing on rhyming words.

We learned a song together that helps us to understand rhyming words.

Try to see if you can sing it along with me or jump in when you feel comfortable.

Rhyming words are words that have the same sounds.

They have to end in the same way.

Rhyming words have the same vowel sounds and the same sounds at the very end.

Let's do it one more time.

Rhyming words are words that have the same sounds.

They have to end in the same way.

Rhyming words have the same vowel sounds and the same sounds at the very end.

Wow.

That was incredible.

Give me a me too if you sung that song with me here before.

I figured some of you had.

Very good.

Now you can see my chart here behind me is a rhyming chart with a wonderful camping theme.

Give me a me too if you like to go camping.

Wonderful.

I see some friends are giving me a no and that's okay too.

Some friends might think of camping as a summertime activity.

While it is fun to go camping in the summer, my very favorite time of the year to go camping is the fall because I love the cool nights and that cool crisp weather.

So we've got our rhyming camping chart here.

We've got rhyming examples.

Say it with me, say it bug slug.

Good.

The rhyme again is the vowel sound and the sound at the end.

So bug slug.

Our rhyme is, Ugh.

See if you can help me figure out the rhymes for the rest of the words.

Say 'em, camp lamp.

Good.

And our rhyme is?

Amp.

Very good.

We have the vowel short a app and then mp blend at the end.

All right.

Ready?

Say fire wire.

Good.

Our rhyming sound is?

Ire.

Very good.

All right say 'em, night light.

Good.

What's our rhyme?

Ite.

Very good.

Last one.

Say it.

Tree bee.

Very good.

What's our rhyme?

Yeah, it's E. That one just ends in that long vowel sound, that E. And there's no sounds after it.

So E is our rhyme.

Very good learners.

All right.

Now we're going to practice by matching some pumpkin rhyming cards here.

Some to share my screen real quick.

Okay.

So you can see here.

I have half of my pumpkin and it is a what?

Let's look at the picture.

Good.

Car, car.

So our rhyme is R. Let's put out two examples here.

Which ones do you think rhyme?

Now remember, rhyming words have the same ending sounds and letters can come together in so many different patterns.

So we want to look at the pictures and think of the sounds, not really looking necessarily at the letters because they might not be spelled the same way, but still make the same sound.

All right.

What rhymes with car?

Yeah, you're right.

Star.

Our cute little pumpkin.

Car star.

And our rhyme is Ar.

Okay.

All right.

I've got a really cute bunny.

What rhymes with bunny?

Frog or honey?

Very good.

Bunny and honey rhyme.

So cute.

All right.

Now I've got a dog and I have a frog and a chair.

Which one rhymes with dog?

Very good learners.

Dog and frog are our rhyming pairs.

Og is our rhyme.

All right.

Now I have bear, bee, chair.

What's our rhyming pairs here?

Shout it out for me really nice and loud learners.

Yeah.

Very good.

Bear and chair.

We can see they have different spelling patterns, but they make the same vowel sound and the same ending sounds, so bear and chair rhyme.

It might've been a little tricky for your brain because bear and bee start with the same sound.

But remember with rhyming words, we want the ending sounds to be the same.

Okay.

All right.

So now I have key, bee and owl.

What's our rhyming pair here?

Very good key and bee.

Again, different spellings, but our vowel sound is the ending sound and it's the same.

E. All right, now I've got towel, owl and pie.

What's our rhyming pair here?

You are so amazing, learners.

Kiss your brains.

Yes!

Towel and owl are your rhyming pairs here.

All right.

Now I wanted to practice by coming up with some of our own rhyming words.

And these are campfire rhyming puzzles.

So I want to come up with a rhyming word for this picture here.

Our picture is pig.

Pig.

What's a rhyming word for pig?

Shout it out.

Very good.

If you want to come up with made up rhyming words, that's okay too.

Maybe you said wig or dig.

Or twig.

All right are you ready to see the rhyming pair is?

It is pig and dig.

Amazing.

Let's do another one.

What's a rhyming word for pin?

Pin.

Shout it out.

Very good.

I'm hearing twin, bin.

Good.

And here it is.

Fin.

Amazing.

Okay.

Let's do a rhyming word for tag.

Tag.

What rhymes with tag?

Give me a word.

Yeah.

Bag, sag.

Lag, wag.

Our rhyming pair here is bag.

Very good.

All right.

Last one learners.

Give me a rhyming word for sun.

Oh, I'm hearing some really good ones.

Sun, fun, done, bun.

All right.

You want to see our pair?

It is run.

Give me a me too.

If you had thought of run.

Amazing job.

I'm going to stop sharing my screen here.

All right learners, we did our leaf breathing mindful moment exercise, talked about all those problem solving solutions.

We practiced a beginning sounds and ending sounds and all the different letter sounds.

And then we focused on rhyming words, how they have the same vowel sound and the same sound at the end.

You are so amazing.

And I'm so super proud of you.

Give yourself a pat on the back, kiss those brains again, and I'll see you next time.

Thanks for your hard work!

Bye!

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