(gentle music) - Good afternoon, learners.

Welcome back to "Teaching In Room 9" our region's largest classroom.

My name is Julia, I'm a second grade teacher at the Soulard School, and here for "Teaching In Room 9" my lessons focus on letters and sounds.

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

I'm so glad I get the chance to be here with you and I'm excited for us to do some learning here together.

Now as always, we love to see our learners following along at home with us, so always feel free to have your grownup take a picture or video of you following along at home, post them online at #NinePBS.

All right, friends, we are gonna start by getting our bodies and our brains ready to learn by doing our mindful moment exercise.

When we do this it allows our body and our mind to recenter and gives us all the right tools in order to be able to focus and really take in new information.

We are going to start by doing a five senses gratitude exercise.

We will start by sitting up straight and tall as we'll be taking some deep breaths together in through our nose and out through our mouth.

As we do this, we're gonna be using our five senses to really focus our mind on things that we are grateful for.

Now friends, what are our five senses?

Go on and shout them out nice and loud for me.

Yeah, I'm hearing some really great ones.

I heard that I use my eyes to see.

I heard that I use my nose to smell.

I heard that I use my ears to hear.

I heard that I use my mouth to taste.

And last but not least, we use our hands or our fingers to be able to touch.

All right, friends, sit up nice and straight and tall, go ahead and take a deep breath, in through your nose and breathe out through your mouth.

Breathe in through your nose and breathe out through your mouth.

Again, breathe in through your nose and out through your mouth.

Great job, friends.

Keep taking those deep breaths in through your nose and out through your mouth.

Now what is something that you can hear right now?

If you can hear someone in your family I'd like you to say, "I am grateful for my family."

Great job.

What can you see right now?

If you can see your home, I'd like you to say, "I am grateful for my home."

What can you smell right now?

If you can smell food cooking or maybe food that you've eaten already together today I'd like you to say, "I am grateful for food to eat."

Now what is something that you can feel right now?

If you can feel the clothes on your body, I'd like you to say, "I'm thankful for clothes to wear."

Finally, what can you taste?

If your mouth isn't too dry, I'd like you to say, "I am thankful for clean water to drink."

Great job, friends.

I'm so proud of you.

It's so great for us to take a moment and think about some of the things that we are grateful for to help put us in a really positive mindset to get through our day.

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

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

We're gonna start by reviewing a few strategies that we talked about together so far.

Now we wanna make sure that we've chosen a smart spot that's away from any distractions that might take away from our learning.

Are you in a smart spot right now?

All right, we also want to try our best to show whole body listening or body basics.

This might look a little different for everyone, but it might look like sitting up straight and tall, making sure our eyes are on the speaker, that our ears are listening, that our mouth is quiet, and our heart is ready to learn.

Something else that might help us when we are learning at school is to remember to make smart choices.

Sometimes these are called green choices, and choices that maybe aren't as smart might be called red choices.

Green choices that we talked about together so far might be using gentle hands, working together as a team, sharing, and really working hard and trying our best.

Some new green choices might be keeping my hands to myself, and always remembering to use my words.

Red choices that we talked about together so far might be having an out of control body, using mean or unkind words, taking all the materials or toys so that no one else can play or using our hands instead of using our words.

Some new red choices might be taking other people's turns when we're playing together or maybe talking over someone instead of listening with our ears and waiting for our turn to speak.

I say, you say, friends.

We are in control of our body and our choices.

Great job, friends.

Always remember that you are in control.

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

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

In our time together before we practiced all of our letter sounds and we practiced lots of skills to help us work with those letter sounds.

We're gonna be just like reading scientists looking at all parts of a word and looking for any sounds or letter patterns that we know to help us better understand how to read and write new words.

Today, friends, our learning goal or objective is...

I want you to saw this with me really nice and loud, ready?

I can...

I think you be a little louder, let's try that again.

I can... Oh, that was really good.

Understand and hear short vowels in words.

Great job, friends.

So we're focusing our learning all on short vowel sounds this week.

But let's go ahead and do a little warm up here together.

So tickle your brains, learners.

Get ready, we're gonna start by singing our letter sounds.

And if you remember our song from before, try to sing along with me or jump in whenever you feel comfortable.

Or if you don't know my song, that's okay, just try to say any letter sounds that you know.

Are you ready, friends?

I'm gonna try to do my best.

I've lost my voice this week, so my voice is a little bit off this week.

All right, ready?

♪ A says ah, ah ♪ B says buh, buh ♪ C says cuh, cuh ♪ These are letter sounds ♪ D says duh, duh ♪ E says eh, eh ♪ F says ff, ff ♪ These are letter sounds ♪ G then says guh, guh ♪ H then says ha, ha ♪ I says ih ♪ J says juh ♪ K says kuh ♪ L says ull ♪ And M says mm, mm, mm, mm ♪ N says nu, nu ♪ O says aw, aw ♪ P says puh, puh ♪ These are letter sounds ♪ Q says quh, quh ♪ R says er, er ♪ S says ss, ss ♪ These are letter sounds ♪ T then says tuh, tuh ♪ U then says uh, uh ♪ V says vuh ♪ W says wuh ♪ X says kss ♪ Y says yuh ♪ And Z says zz, zz, zz ♪ Now we're all done with 26 letters ♪ ♪ Letters come together to make words ♪ Amazing job, learners.

I'm so proud of you.

I could tell some of you really are starting to remember and know your letter sounds.

Go ahead and kiss your brains, friends.

So proud of you.

All right, we're gonna keep working with our letter sounds and do a little warm up, starting with rhyming words.

♪ 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 ♪ Very good, friends, all right.

I'm gonna go ahead and give you two words.

You're gonna repeat the words or say them back to me and then you're gonna shout out the rhyme.

Again, the vowel sound and the sounds that come after it.

All right, are you ready to go ahead and practice?

All right, ready, say the words peel, feel.

Great job, and our rhyme in peel and feel is?

Yeah, it's eel.

Very good, let's try another one, friends.

Say the words raise, gaze.

Great job.

And what is our rhyme in raise and gaze?

Yeah, aze is our rhyme.

Say the words lace, race.

Great job.

And our rhyme in those two words is?

Yeah, ace, very good.

Say the words fine, line.

Yeah.

And our rhyme in fine and line is?

Yeah, it's ine, very good.

One more, friends.

Say the words best, nest.

Great job, learners.

And our rhyme in those two words is?

Est, great job.

All right, now this time, I'll say a word, you say it back to me, and tell me just the beginning sound you hear.

All right, let's practice here together.

Say the word nice.

Great job.

And the first sound you hear in nice is?

Nn, very good.

Make sure you're giving me the sound and not the letter.

So in nice the letter is N and the sound is nn, make sure you say the sound.

All right, say the word basket.

Great job, and the first sound in basket?

Buh, buh, very good.

Say the word fishing.

Yeah, and the first sound you hear in fishing?

Fuh, very good, yeah, that's the first sound we hear in fishing.

Say the word dancer.

Yeah, the first sound you hear in dancer is?

Duh, duh, very good.

Last one, say the word page.

Great job, and the first sound you hear in page is?

Puh, puh, very good.

All right, we're gonna do the same thing now, but this time I'll say a word, you repeat it back to me and tell me the very last sound you hear.

So this time I'm not asking you for the rhyme, just the very last sound you hear.

All right, let's try it.

Say the word goes.

Yeah, and the last sound you hear in goes?

Zz, very good.

Say the word dive.

Great job, and the last sound you hear in dive is?

Vuh, very good.

It kind of tickles your mouth, doesn't it?

Say the word fed.

Great job.

And the last sound you hear in fed is?

Duh, duh, very good.

Say the word page.

And what's the last sound you hear in the word page?

Juh, juh, very good.

Last one, learners, say the word hope.

Great job, and the last sound you hear in hope is?

Puh, puh, very good, I'm so proud of you, friends.

And last week together we talked all about syllables.

So we'll start by reviewing our syllables and then we'll move on to our short vowel sounds.

So we learned last week that syllables are built around a talking vowel.

Can you try that with me?

Syllables are built around a talking vowel.

Very good.

And we learned a song that went along with it.

See if you can remember or try to sing along with me.

♪ Syllables are the beats in words ♪ ♪ Syllables are built around a vowel ♪ ♪ Vowels are A, E, I, O, U, and then sometimes Y ♪ ♪ But you must hear the vowel ♪ And each vowel gets a clap ♪ Oh, syllables are the beats in words ♪ ♪ Syllables are built around a vowel ♪ Very good, friends.

So we're reviewing those syllables, the beats in words, and they're all around talking or vowels that you can hear.

So we'll focus all on our vowel sounds.

So we're gonna start by looking at this chart right here.

It says at the top, "Go shorties, it's your big day, "and we just want to hear what short vowels say."

Can you try that with me?

Go shorties, it's your big day, and we just want to hear what short vowels say.

Great job.

And I'm gonna teach you some songs that go with each of our vowel sounds.

And again, vowels are A, E, I, O, U, and then sometimes Y.

All right, so let's go ahead and start with our short A vowel song.

And I really want you learners to have your listening ears turned up, 'cause you're gonna hear some examples of words in our song and then we're gonna add them to our chart here together.

So you really gotta be listening.

All right, are you ready?

Here's our short A song.

♪ Ah, ah, short A ♪ That's your sound ♪ Ah, ah, short A ♪ That's your sound ♪ Ah in cat and ah in rat ♪ Ah in map and ah in cap ♪ Ah, ah, short A ♪ That's your sound ♪ Ah, ah, short A ♪ That's your sound Wow, great job.

Who was really listening and heard some of the words in our song?

Shout it out for me nice and loud if you heard it.

Oh, great job, learners.

I heard a friend at home say ah in cat, very good.

So we're gonna add cat to our chart here.

Cat has cuh, ah, tuh, and it would just be on syllable, cat, because we just have that short A, ah, ah, ah, talking vowel sound.

What was the other words you heard in our song?

Yeah, if you change the cuh in cat to er, you get the word rat, very good.

All right, what else did you hear, learners?

Oh, I can really tell some of my friends at home were listening and following along.

Yeah, you're also right, we have the word map.

Mm, ah, puh, map has that short A sound, very good.

And then what was our last one?

Yeah, if you change the mm in map to cuh, you get the word cap, great job.

All right, let's sing our song one more time.

♪ Ah, ah, short A ♪ That's your sound ♪ Ah, ah, short A ♪ That's your sound ♪ Ah in cat and ah in rat ♪ Ah in map and ah in cap ♪ Ah, ah, short A ♪ That's your sound ♪ Ah, ah, short A ♪ That's your sound Very good, learners.

All right, same thing, listening ears turned up so we can add our short E words to our chart.

All right, ready?

♪ There were 10 in the bed ♪ And the short E said eh, eh, eh ♪ ♪ Eh, eh, eh ♪ Bed, eh, eh, red, eh, eh ♪ Wet, eh, eh, and jet, eh, eh ♪ There were 10 in the bed ♪ And the short E said eh, eh, eh ♪ ♪ Eh, eh, eh Very good.

All right, learners, what words did you hear in our song that have the short E sound?

Oh, great job.

I can tell some friends are really paying attention.

We had bed, eh, eh.

And then we took the buh in bed and changed it to er, eh, duh, what is the word?

Red, very good.

Red, eh, eh.

What else did we have?

Yeah, wuh, eh, tuh, wet, very good.

And then we took the wuh in wet and changed it to juh, juh, very good, to make jet.

All right, let's sing our song again.

♪ There were 10 in the bed ♪ And the short E said eh, eh, eh ♪ ♪ Eh, eh, eh ♪ Bed, eh, eh, red, eh, eh ♪ Wet, eh, eh, and jet, eh, eh ♪ There were 10 in the bed ♪ And the short E said eh, eh, eh ♪ ♪ Eh, eh, eh Very good.

All right, now we're gonna do our short I sounds.

Here's our short I.

♪ Mary had a little pig, ih, ih, ih ♪ ♪ Ih, ih, ih ♪ Mary had a little pig that made the short I sound ♪ Very good, please forgive my little croaky voice this week.

All right, let's do another example.

♪ Mary had a little wig, ih, ih, ih ♪ ♪ Ih, ih, ih ♪ Mary had a little wig that made the short I sound ♪ Let's do another one.

♪ Mary had a little lip ih, ih, ih ♪ ♪ Ih, ih, ih ♪ Mary had a little lip that made the short I sound ♪ Then last one.

♪ Mary had a little sip ih, ih, ih ♪ ♪ Ih, ih, ih ♪ Mary had a little sip that made the short I sound ♪ All right, so the words we have here were puh, ih, guh, blend it, pig, very good.

That was our first one.

Then we changed our puh in pig to wuh, ih, guh, blend it, wig, very good, that was our second one.

And then we did... Yeah, good memory.

Ul, ih, puh, blend it, lip.

And then we change the ul in lip to ss, ih, puh, blend it, sip, very good.

All right, we're gonna move on to our short O.

♪ The short O has the ah, ah sound ♪ ♪ Like dog and log and frog ♪ The short O has the ah, ah sound ♪ ♪ Pop goes the short O Very good.

What words did you hear in that song, friends?

Oh, good listening, yeah.

Some of my friends heard the word duh, ah, guh, blend it, dog.

And then we changed the duh in dog to ul, ah, guh, blend it, log, very good.

And we took the ul and we put in a blend, fu, er, ah, guh, blend it, frog, very good.

And then the other one I thought of when I was doing this in my head, I thought of pop goes the short O, has puh, ah, puh, pop.

Very good, so we can add that to our chart as well.

Let's sing our song one more time.

♪ The short O has the ah, ah sound ♪ ♪ Like dog and log and frog ♪ The short O has the ah, ah sound ♪ ♪ Pop goes the short O Very good.

And then last but not least, let's do our short U song.

♪ Found a short U, found a short U ♪ ♪ Short U has the uh, uh sound ♪ Bug and rug, pup and cup ♪ Short U has the uh, uh sound Very good.

What did you hear, learners?

Yeah, I heard a friend at home say buh, uh, guh, blend it, bug.

Now change your buh in bug to er, er, uh, guh, blend it, rug, very good.

And then what were the other two, do you remember?

Yeah, puh, uh, puh, blend it, pup.

And then last but not least, change your puh in pup to cuh, uh, pup, blend it, cup, very good.

All right, let's sing our song one more time, friends.

♪ Found a short U, found a short U ♪ ♪ Short U has the uh, uh sound ♪ Bug and rug, pup and cup ♪ Short U has the uh, uh sound Very good, learners.

I am so proud of you.

If you are feeling like this might be a little bit tricky for you and you wanna practice some more, don't worry, friends, we'll definitely do some more practicing here together.

Let's go ahead and practice a little bit by sorting some pictures and listening for the short vowel sound we hear in those words.

So I'm gonna go ahead and start by sharing my screen real quick.

All right.

Pardon me.

So you can see, friends, that I have A, E, I, O, U here at the top.

All right, so I'm gonna put down a picture, we'll see what it is, and then we'll put it in the right category for our vowel sound.

All right, what do you see here?

Yeah, I see a couch and I see the arrow is pointing to what the couch is sitting on.

What is that called, what do you think?

Very good, yeah, that is a rug.

Let's do our sounds, er, uh, guh, blend it, rug.

So uh, uh, uh is our short vowel sound.

Is that the A, E, I, O, or U sound?

Very good, yeah, that is our short U.

All right, what about this picture here?

I can see a person next to a little cat, looks like that person has on a doctor coat.

What is that occupation or job called that takes care of animals when they're sick?

Yeah, very good, it is a veterinarian or a vet.

Do your sounds, vuh, eh, tuh, blend it, vet.

So I know eh, eh, eh is my short vowel sound.

Which letter makes the eh, eh sound?

Yeah, you're totally right, short E. All right, what about this one here?

Yeah.

♪ Mary had a little pig, ih, ih, ih ♪ ♪ Ih, ih, ih ♪ Mary had a little pig that made the short I sound ♪ Very good.

All right.

What about this one here, friends?

What is that a picture of?

Yeah, you're absolutely right, it's a map, so our sounds, muh, ah, puh, blend it, map, very good.

And it's a short A sound, very good.

And last but not least, we have this picture right here, it's a little friend, he's using a mop to mop up the mess, so for our sounds, mm, ah, puh, mop, which one has the ah, ah sound?

Yeah, it is the short O sound.

Very good, learners.

I'm gonna go ahead and stop sharing my screen.

Like I said, if it's feeling a little tricky for you, no worries, we're gonna review our short vowel sounds again together next week and practice even more.

And don't forget, practice always make progress.

Today we had focused on, we started with our five senses gratitude mindful moment exercise, we talked about some red and green choices that help us when we're learning in school, we reviewed our syllables and did a little word warm up, and then we focused all on our short vowel sounds, singing our songs, adding the words from our songs to our chart here, and then we practiced sorting some words there at the end.

All right, learners, thank you so much for all your hard word today, I'm so proud of you, and I can't wait to see you next time, bye.

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