- Hello everyone, and welcome to "Teaching in Room 9", the region's- - Shapes are everywhere we look, but- - Good job.

Now, go ahead 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 and I'm going to- - All righty, are you ready to learn?

Let's go!

(upbeat music) (whimsical music) (whimsical music continues) (whimsical music continues) - Everybody catch!

Hello everyone, and 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 do anything while we're engaging and learning about our community.

Remember what I always say, boys and girls and ladies and gentlemen, it doesn't matter if you're two or 102, you will have some fun!

F-U-N, fun!

We will have some fun while learning!

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

I am going to remove my cap and we are going to start with some shout outs to some of my friends.

My first name on the list is Libby.

Hi, Libby!

How are you doing?

All right, let's spell Libby.

Capital L-I-B-B-Y.

L-I-B-B-Y.

Our next person on my list is Martinez.

Hi, Martinez!

How's your day going today?

Good, good, good.

Let's spell Martinez.

Capital M-A-R-T-I-N-E-Z.

M-A-R-T-I-N-E-Z.

My next name is Maryella.

Hi, Maryella!

And how are you doing today?

Excellent.

Let's spell Maryella.

Capital M-A-R-Y-E-L-L-A.

M-A-R-Y-E-L-L-A.

And my last name today is Corbin!

Hey, Corbin!

Cool, I see it, I see it!

Let's spell Corbin.

Capital C-O-R-B-I-N. C-O-R-B-I-N. Oh, it's about that time for us to go on our first adventure!

Let's do this!

(children laughing) (bell ringing) (upbeat music) - [Teacher] When you enter into our school, it's much like being at home.

It's important that we put our things away.

Step one, hang up your backpack.

Step two, take off your coat.

Step three, hang up your coat.

Step four, walk to your seat.

Follow these steps each and every day, and you'll be ready to learn and have a great day.

Let's review how to put our items away in our cubby.

Step one, take out all the items that you need for the day.

Step two, hang up your bookbag.

Step three, hang up your coat.

Step four, walk quickly and quietly to your seat.

Have a wonderful day, and great job following your routine.

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

- Hi there, Room 9!

It's me, Mrs. Williams, the woodland creature teacher.

And 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.

So hi, and lots of love to all my Windsor C-1 family.

So we had a question from Gargamel about calendars.

What's the purpose?

I mean, what's the big deal?

Calendars are so important.

We've talked about calendars before with days of the week, and now we're gonna talk about months of the year.

Calendars help to organize all of those days and months in a year in one place.

So let's take a look.

Now, imagine that you're moving forward into the future (imitates whooshing) to 2027.

Now, taking a look, it's January right now.

That's the first month of the year.

Do you have any guesses on how many months there are in a year?

I heard Ezriel with four.

Few more than four.

I heard Arianna say nine.

That's very much closer.

Hmm, it's 12 months, and let's take a look and see what their names are.

So, in a year, we have 12 months, and we start with January, which is here on our calendar.

Then we move to February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December.

Which month is your favorite?

Oh, I heard lots of Octobers and Decembers.

Do you know which one's my favorite?

It's July.

Now, to help you remember the months of the year, I've got a song.

Here we go.

♪ January, February, March, and April ♪ ♪ May, June, July, and August ♪ September, October, November, December ♪ ♪ 12 months in a year This time, it's your turn.

Here we go.

♪ January, February, March, and April ♪ ♪ May, June, July, and August ♪ September, October, November, December ♪ ♪ 12 months in a year Stop and think.

Which month is your birthday?

Mine is right here in December.

I hope that you had fun with me today, and I'll see you again soon.

Lots of love and a big smile.

Bye!

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

My name is Mrs. 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 in to 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 breast stroke.

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 ready?

One, two, three, four, five.

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

All right, our next kick is going to be our breast stroke 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 'em 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 (inhales) and out (exhales).

Breathe in (inhales) and out (exhales).

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, and 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!

(upbeat music) (animals chirping) - Welcome back to our amazing classroom!

And yes, Mr. Bare Hands Beran, wildlife expert, is sitting right next to me.

You didn't see that, did you?

Oh, you did?

What do you think it is?

- [Bare Hands Beran] This is an Arizona blonde tarantula.

And like her name suggests, you can find them in the arid areas of Arizona.

- Okay, just a question, but why is it the Arizona blonde tarantula?

- Well, so if you look at it, the really light colors on top of it kind of reminds you of a blonde.

- [Dr. Sanders] Okay, okay.

- [Bare Hands Beran] And she's much lighter in color than some of the darker tarantulas.

Like, there's a Texas brown tarantula about the same size, but it's very, very dark.

- Okay, now tell us about, you know, they look kind of scary, but up close, they actually look very...

I think, oh, man, they're fine now, but when I see 'em on TV, I'm like, "Ah!"

- Yeah, well, the Arizona blonde tarantula is a very docile species, very easy to manipulate and to handle.

Their husbandry, the care for them, is very, very simple.

You know, they don't require a whole lot.

And their venom is not very toxic.

- Okay, okay, so I could probably hold it, right?

- Oh, absolutely, you can hold her.

- Ooh.

- There you go.

Very nice.

- Oh, I like it, I like it.

- Yeah, so these guys are ambush stalk predators, okay?

So, sometimes they'll sit and they'll wait for an insect to come by, but they're not opposed to eating small lizards, and little snakes, too.

And then if they pick up on a vibration of a prey item, they'll follow that vibration all the way to the animal, and then they'll jump on them.

- So you said a lizard or a snake.

Could she eat a snake?

- Oh, sure, there's small snakes like ring neck snakes and earth snakes.

- Oh, okay, the smaller ones, okay.

- Yeah.

- All right.

- And there's a lot of species of snakes that are only like this big.

- Okay.

Most of time we think of snakes, they're really long.

- But she is a protein eater, so she would be an insectivore.

And then that would be similar to a carnivore, wanting to eat proteins.

So, small insects, small lizards, small snakes.

But she is an opportunistic eater, and so anything she can catch, she'll eat it.

- [Dr. Sanders] Okay.

Babies, how many babies or how many eggs?

Does she have a lot of babies, or does she have eggs?

- No, so what will happen is female tarantulas live longer than male tarantulas.

Male tarantulas become active whenever they're about two years old.

Females will live anywhere from 15 to 20 years.

But the males, after two years, after they successfully mate with a female, they die.

- Oh.

- Yeah.

But she will create an egg sack about this big around, and there'll be up to 50 to 60 young tarantulas inside of it.

They start as a little egg that just develops legs.

And like most arachnids, they have eight legs, and they have the two little tentacle pinchers up at the front.

- Okay, and do you recommend these as pets?

- Sure, these guys are very easy to take care of.

They're fairly docile, as you can see.

They're not very lovey-dovey, but they do make interesting and unique pets.

- And they can't hurt you that much with their venom.

- Yeah, so unless you're allergic to bee stings, their venom is uncomfortable, I wouldn't want to get bit, but you're not gonna be suffering any ill effects.

- Well, thank you very much for bringing our tarantula in!

Ooh, look at Dr. Sanders.

Yes, yes, yes!

But thank you very much, and I'll see you in a bit!

- [Children] 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", my lessons focus on letters and sounds.

Today we're gonna be focusing on listening for and picking out the beginning and ending sounds in words.

Then we're gonna switch up those sounds to make some new words.

Let's go ahead and start by reviewing what we already know about letters and sounds.

♪ Letters spell sounds and come together to make words ♪ ♪ Words are made up of letters and sounds ♪ ♪ They blend together to make a word ♪ ♪ Words have meaning, and they then come together ♪ ♪ To form sentences that we can read or write ♪ Great job, learners.

Today, like I said, we're focusing on listening for beginning and ending sounds in words.

Then we're gonna be switching out those sounds to make new words.

Let's go ahead and start by learning about something called onset-rime.

I say, you say, onset-rime.

Nicely done.

Onset are the beginning sounds in words.

Rime is the part of the word that sounds the same at the end.

It has the vowel sound and the sounds that come after it.

We're gonna go ahead and practice with some of these words here.

♪ Onset-rime are the parts found in a word ♪ ♪ Blend the first sound with the rime ♪ ♪ And tell me what you heard L, ip, blend it all together.

Lip.

Nicely done.

Now if I switch up this beginning l sound and I switch it to s, let's read our new word together.

S, ip.

Blend it.

Sip.

Great job.

♪ Onset-rime are the parts found in a word ♪ ♪ Blend the first sound with the rime ♪ ♪ And tell me what you heard S, un.

Blend it together.

Sun.

Great job.

Now if I switch this s in the beginning to b, what's my new word?

Let's read it.

B, un.

Bun.

Great job.

♪ Onset-rime are the parts found in a word ♪ ♪ Blend the first sound with the rime ♪ ♪ And tell me what you heard Let's read this one together.

M, op.

Blend it.

Mop.

Great job.

Now take the m in mop and switch it to h. What is our new word?

Let's go ahead and read it here together.

H, op.

Blend it.

Hop.

Great job.

♪ Onset-rime are the parts found in a word ♪ ♪ Blend the first sound with the rime ♪ ♪ And tell me what you heard N, et.

Blend it all together.

Net.

Great job.

Take the n in the beginning of net and let's put in g. Let's read our new word.

G, et.

Blend it.

Get.

One more.

♪ Onset-rime are the parts found in a word ♪ ♪ Blend the first sound with the rime ♪ ♪ And tell me what you heard C, at.

Blend it all together.

Cat.

Great job.

Take the c in cat and let's switch it to h. Okay, let's read our new word.

H, at.

Hat.

Nicely done, friends.

Now we're going to practice something called segmenting, which just means stretching out the sounds that you hear in words to be able to tell where those sounds are.

And then we're gonna focus on the ending sound and switch that out to make a new word.

So we're gonna start by switching our song up just a little bit.

♪ Segmenting sounds is when you take a word ♪ ♪ Stretch it out so you can hear ♪ ♪ All the sounds you heard All right, let's take this first word up here.

The word is s, ip.

Let's tap the sounds on our fingers, ready?

S, i, p. What was that last sound that you heard in the word sip?

What's this sound?

Yeah, you're right, it's the p sound.

Now, if we take that p in sip and change it to t, let's see what our new word would be.

S, i, t. Blend it all together.

Sit.

Great job.

We're gonna practice switching out beginning and ending sounds to really make sure that we've got it.

Okay, we're gonna start with switching out those beginning sounds.

Say it nice and loud, friends, say the word, me.

Great job.

Now, let's take that m in me and switch it to h. What's our new word?

Yeah, you're right, he.

Say the word, he.

Yeah, now take that h in he and switch it to t, t. What's our new word?

Yeah, tea!

Great job.

Say the word, tea.

Great job.

Switch out that t in tea to w. What's our new word?

Yeah, you're right, we is our new word.

Say the word, we.

Now switch that w in we to s. What's my new word?

Yeah, see.

Great job, one more.

Say the word, see.

Now switch the s in see to k. What's my new word?

Yeah, key.

Great job.

Let's practice switching out that last sound now.

This one's a little bit trickier.

Go ahead and say the word, bite.

Let's tap out those sounds.

B, i, t. Okay, now take that t and switch it to k. What's my new word?

B, i, k. Bike, yes!

Great job.

Say the word, goat.

What's that last sound?

T, great job.

Now switch the t to l. What's my new word?

G, oh, l. Yeah, goal, great job.

Say the word, lake.

Great job.

Now change the k in lake to t. What's my new word?

Yeah, late.

Wonderful.

Say the word, save.

Great job.

Now take that v in save and change it to m. Yeah, same!

Wonderful job.

One more, friends, say the word, beak.

Now take that k in beak and change it to n. Yeah, bean, great job.

I am so proud of you, friends.

You were really listening for the beginning and ending sounds in words and switching 'em up to make new words.

Kiss your brain, friends.

You did such a great job today.

I'll see you next time.

Bye!

(upbeat music) (animals chirping) (upbeat music) - Now some fun facts about our Arizona blonde tarantula.

- Yeah, these are amazing, fascinating creatures.

Like most arachnids, they have eight legs, and on the end of each one of their legs, they have these tiny hooks so that they can hang on, and you can actually turn them upside down like that.

Another fun fact is they have no teeth.

They have two fangs, but they actually have to digest their prey from the outside and then suck it in.

You see all these little furs right here, these hairs on the back?

They actually use those as little projectiles, and they'll flick them at you, and it is very irritating, especially if you get them in your facial area.

They do have two sets of eyes, a primary and a secondary set of eyes, and they can feel sound through their whole body.

So they can't really hear, but they can feel sound.

- Like when you say, "Boom."

- Yeah.

- Okay.

- They can definitely hear that.

Another amazing fact about tarantulas as a whole is that there are over 900 species, and they come in every single color, including a really beautiful dark royal blue.

- Ooh.

- Yeah.

- Well, thank you for those fun facts, and we'll see you in a bit.

(phone dinging) - Great day, it's Candice with KHAOS, and I wanna introduce you to my friend, Christina.

Here's Christina right here.

Christina is absolutely cool.

Christina loves to swim and hang out with her friends, and she's really good with doing math.

She can do math problems in her head.

Can you do math problems in your head?

Christina also is a kid that she lives with her grandparents, and so sometimes, she really misses her parents and her sisters because they stay out of town, and she doesn't really know how to express her emotions and talk about how she feels, so sometimes she turns things into anger.

And I know we all do that sometimes when we don't really have words for our feelings.

And so Christina is learning how to RESET.

Can you say reset?

RESET stands for remember, every situation encourages thought.

And so Christina often has to RESET because in many situations, she feels like people are against her, and really, people aren't really against her.

And so she has to RESET before she responds or RESET before she reacts so that she doesn't make a decision and respond in a negative way when she doesn't need to.

And so the next time you're in a situation and you think it's something bad, I need you to take a minute and RESET before you respond.

And sometimes when you RESET, that means taking a deep breath.

It may mean counting to 10.

And so I want you to try the RESET skill and tell a trusted adult how it works out, and then we'll talk about it.

I look forward to seeing you soon.

Air hugs and cyber kisses.

(phone dinging) - Hey everybody.

Ooh, did you enjoy that adventure today?

Yes, yes, Me as well.

But you know what time it is?

It is time for us to get outta Room 9.

But before we do that, let's spell our favorite word, and 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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Call or text 988.