(upbeat music) - [All] Good morning super readers.

- Thank you for joining us in our valley PBS classroom.

I'm Mrs. Nix.

- I'm Mrs. Hammack.

- And I'm Mrs. O'Leary.

- This is a place for us to learn, practice and - [All] Grow our brains.

- To become even stronger readers, writers and - [All] Thinkers.

- So let's get started by warming up our brains with some.

- [All] Ear training.

- Called.

- [All] Daily phonemic awareness.

- Okay, that daily phonemic awareness is so important.

It's kind of that foundational piece when we're starting to learn how to read and to write.

Now, today, we're gonna do phoning blending.

So I'm gonna give you some sounds, some phonemes, and we're gonna blend them.

We'll use our arms today.

- Okay.

- Okay, so let's give you some sounds.

Hre we go, t-oy, t-oy, toy.

Toy, good, absolutely, toy, great.

Let's do another one, s-oi-l. - [All] S-oi-l, soil.

- Great job, I loved how you put them all together.

You made almost like the sounds kind of touch each other.

Great job.

Okay, how about this one?

- Ch-oi-s. - [All] Ch-oi-s, choice, choice.

- Great job.

- I like choices.

- I do too.

And you know what?

I think we have a choice to make today.

Oh goodness.

- I think we're gonna to dance or not to dance.

- Oh, to dance, to dance.

(all laughing) - Let's do it.

- Okay.

- So, get yourself a little space.

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(all laughing) - We are so silly, and I love it.

- Oh, goodness.

- Awesome, awesome, I love it too.

Okay, ladies, I think we'll continue on with our word work and hit phonics next.

Sounds great.

- Okay we'll see you in a bit.

- All righty, boys and girls.

So our focus sound for this week is oi.

Say it with me please, oi.

That's right.

And we're using our sound spelling card, the boy card, to help us with our sound of oi, and it's spelled two different ways.

The first way is an O and an I.

And then the second way is an O and a Y, which comes at the end of a word or a syllable.

So let's start off with our blending like we do each day.

And I'd like to invite our friends to come too.

- Okay, good morning Mrs. O'Leary.

- Good morning.

- Hello, thank you for joining us this Thursday.

Ready to blend some words.

- Oh yeah.

- Oh yes.

- All right, I've got the first one right up here.

- Okay.

- Okay.

- We'll start at the beginning with the very first sound, which is.

- [All] N-oi-se, ooh.

- What'd you notice about that?

- I was trying to put a S, but you're right, it didn't make the s sound, it made more of a, like a z.

- Yep, that's remember when we learned about the zipper card.

Sometimes the S has the z sound especially in the end of a word.

- You are absolutely right.

- That's right.

- And we didn't even hear the E, it's a silent E. - Yeah.

- Let's do it one more time, okay?

- Okay, okay.

- [All] N-oi-z.

- Faster.

- [All] N-oi-s. - Noise.

- Yeah.

- Yeah, good job, very good job.

Our second word that we're gonna blend today.

Let's start here for sound.

- [All] S-oy, soy.

- Well, that rhymes with boy and toy and, - And joy.

- And joy that we learned the other day.

- Yeah.

- That's right, good job.

- But is soy a word.

- Yeah, yeah, it is.

- It is a word.

- It is like a soy bean.

They make stuff with it.

- Oh, I know exactly what that is.

Those are good snacks.

- Yes, they do.

They make things with soy beans, good job.

Okay, you wanna build a couple words?

- Okay, let's do it.

- Yeah.

- Okay, I'm gonna think of a word that might rhyme with what we just said.

We were talking about soy, and then I made reference to toy and boy.

How about coy?

How about coy?

What do you think?

How can we build that word?

- Think about that first sound, it could be tricky.

- Could be a C or a K. - What do you say?

- Could be a C or a K. - She's right, she's right.

- Tricky, that's tricky, those Cs and Ks are tricky.

- Which one do you wanna try?

- Well.

- What do you think?

What do you think?

- Good collaborating, good talking, I love.

- You wanna try the K?

- Yeah, I wanna try the K. - Okay, let's put it up there.

And then what's the ending?

- Oy, just like soy and boy, like would be OY.

- Yeah, yeah, oy.

- The same ending.

That's right, that's right.

So now, wait a minute, go ahead.

- That doesn't look right.

- Hmm, that doesn't look right, nope.

- Are you remembering something different when you've seen the word coy?

- Yeah, it better be the C, because that one doesn't look right.

- Oh, yeah, yeah.

- That does that look right?

- That's better, oh, much better.

- Yeah, this is one that we just kind of have to remember, isn't it boys and girls?

- Well, and I think that now I'm remembering that sometimes if we know the vowels that C goes with, then we can remember when it's a C instead of a K 'cause K doesn't usually go with O.

- Not usually.

- Not usually, sometimes.

- Sometimes yeah.

- 'Cause sometimes they don't follow the rules.

- That's right, that's right.

I love the way you thought about this, and we figured it out, and you're absolutely right.

Coy is C-O-Y.

Let's do one more.

- Okay.

- How about, a fun word, enjoy?

Enjoy.

- I like that word.

- That's a good word.

- I do too.

- Enjoy.

- Enjoy, that could be a tricky one too.

- That has two syllables.

- That's right.

- So, wait a second.

I think you're trying to trick me because in is I-N, but I don't.

- It's not injoy, it's - [All] Enjoy.

- You got it Rita.

So it would start with a what?

- E. - That's right Tina.

And then our next sound would be the n, e-n. - Now joy.

- Now joy.

- J-O-Y.

And now the Y because it's at the end.

- Yes.

- That's right.

You're remembering, such a good job.

Let's blend it.

- [All] E-n-j-oy, enjoy.

- Oh, I have enjoyed having you help me.

Thank you so much.

- Thank you so much Mrs. O'Leary.

- Yes, we'll see you later.

- Okay, bye, bye.

- Bye bye.

- Great, great blending and building, good job.

And so boys and girls, let's end our phonics with reading a sentence together.

All right, so ready, begin.

That boy enjoys noisy toys.

Woo, that's almost like a mouthful of tongue twister.

That boy enjoys noisy toys.

And you know what?

I really enjoy learning about high frequency words.

And Mrs. Hammack is gonna help us with that next.

- That's right.

We have six this week.

We've had new and build, toward, we have money and fall and above.

And today we're going to focus in on fall, F-A-L-L, fall.

It's a short one, right?

Okay, here's our sentence.

Be careful not to fall.

Right, there we go.

And then we need, actually, we could put an exclamation point there, right?

Because we could say that with a lot of feeling.

Be careful not to fall.

If we say it that way, we need to have an exclamation point.

All right, today, we're gonna play one of my favorite little games it's called I Spy a High Frequency Word.

So I'm gonna give you some clues and I want you to look and see if you can figure out which word I'm talking about.

Okay, I spy will with my little eye a word that starts with a vowel.

Do you see one of our high frequency words?

Let's look.

Oh, nope, nope< that's not a vowel.

Nope, nope.

Oh, here it is.

Above starts with the A, great.

Okay, how about this one?

I spy with my little eye a word that has the e sound at the end.

Oh, so now we've gotta do some a little bit of reading, right?

We've got fall, no, e. Knew.

How about this one?

Money.

Oh, did you hear the e at the end?

Money.

Remember when we studied about the ey at the end of a word?

Great job.

All right, one last one.

I spy with my little eye a word that has two of the same letter next to each other.

Do you see it?

That's right, it's our word for today, fall.

It has a double L at the end, great job.

Now, this is a game you could play just like we did, or you could play with a partner, which that's probably even more fun 'cause you can give each other clues.

Today we're gonna read or listen to a story called "Small Joy."

I want you to see if you can figure out what on earth "Small Joy" is all about.

And then Mrs. Nix is gonna ask you some questions about it.

We'll see you back here in a few minutes.

- [Narrator] "Small Joy."

Many people live in tiny houses.

Tiny houses look small, but they feel big inside.

This tiny house has one bedroom and one bathroom.

Caption, tiny houses can go where their owners go.

Tiny houses do not take a long time to build.

Tiny houses do not cost a lot.

And tiny houses do not take up a lot of energy or materials.

They are good for the earth.

Captions, Dee climbs a ladder to get to her bedroom.

This tiny kitchen has everything Dee needs.

(upbeat music) - Did you like hearing about tiny houses?

Have you ever thought about having a tiny house?

I bet that would be a lot of fun, right?

Okay, so we're gonna do something similar to what we did yesterday in that we're gonna really start to stop and think about what the author has done in the text to give us some clues to find some information.

Okay, so I think I'm gonna ask Rita to come and help us out again today.

So Miss Rita.

(Rita laughs) Oh, hey.

- As fast today.

- You are fast, you're on top of it, I love it.

Would you like to help me out and our super readers with a little bit of information about our text we just read.

- Hmm.

- Okay.

- I thought that was such a fun story.

- It is, it's a lot of fun.

And I think maybe even having a tiny house, would you like to have a tiny house?

- Yeah, 'cause I'm tiny.

- Yeah, it would be a lot of fun.

Okay, so let's go through, and maybe before we do our reading part, here's a trick that I always like to do is, sometimes I like to read what my instructions are so I know why I'm gonna read.

You wanna help me do that?

- Yeah, sure.

- Okay, so let's go back here.

It says, re-read and you is the prompts to take notes in the text.

So, what's our first one that it's telling us?

- That says that underline words in the caption that tell where tiny houses can go.

- Okay, do you remember what a caption is?

Do you remember?

- Hmm, I'm not sure I remember.

- Yeah, I think our readers do, they're pointing right here.

I can hear them all the way through.

And so it says tiny houses can go, where can they go?

Where their owners go.

- Yep, that means if their owners go to Disneyland, they can take their tiny house with them.

- How fun would that be?

That'd be amazing.

Okay, let's go up here.

And now it says, write three things that are good about tiny houses.

Now, to do that we need to go back into our text and let's find three things.

So help me out Rita.

Let's go.

- Okay, all right.

Tiny houses do not take a long time to build.

Tiny houses do not cost a lot.

And tiny houses do not take a lot of energy or materials.

They are good for the earth.

- So you know what, Rita?

I heard three things just in your four sentences.

- Yeah, me too.

- What was that first one?

- It was, they don't take a long time to build.

- Absolutely, what was our next one?

I think.

- Oh, they don't even cost a lot of money.

- No, they're actually very, very inexpensive.

And then what was our last one?

- Well, the last one is that they don't use a lot of energy.

Doesn't take a lot of stuff to make them run.

- No, when it's really small.

I mean, think about your air air conditioning.

- They're good for the earth.

- Yeah, it's gonna help out, and even just building the house, it doesn't take a lot of wood to build this house because it's not very big.

- That's true.

- Yeah, so can we switch gears just a little bit, and I wanna ask you another question.

- Okay.

- Why would "Small Joy" be a good title for the selection?

"Small joy."

Well, can we maybe talk about what is, what does joy mean?

- Yep, joy means, well, it's kinda but not exactly, but it's kind like being happy.

- It is, joy does kind of make you feel, well when you're joyful and happy and excited.

- Yeah, it's a good feeling.

- It is a good feeling.

Okay, so we know it's something positive and then it says right here, write clues from the text and photos that tell what people like about tiny houses.

So what did we read?

- I think they like the same things that we talked about up there.

- I kind of think so too.

So they're fast to build.

They don't cost a lot, and they don't take up a lot of energy or materials.

So those are things that we just read about.

What about in our photo?

What are some things that looking at our photo can give us some clues as to why people might like having a tiny house?

What do you see?

- Well, that guy's sitting on the porch, he looks pretty happy.

- He does.

- I bet it's 'cause it has wheels and he can take it with him wherever he goes.

- Absolutely, see these wheels right here and I can even see the truck.

And so they're pulling that little tiny house with that truck.

- Yeah, and it's an actual hose, so like, you know, sometimes when you go out of town, it's hard to sleep 'cause you have your own bed, but if you could take your house with you, then you got your bedroom and your coffee maker, and you know, all the stuff that your house has.

And that would be really cool.

- That would be really nice.

I definitely hear you when you talk about bringing your own bed from home, that's really sometimes really important, right?

- Yeah.

- And so look, they could just bring their house along with them.

So yeah, they have things that their regular big houses would have.

(Rita laughs) - You don't even have to pack your suitcase.

- No, you just bring it along.

So Why do you think the author named this selection "Small Joy"?

Do you think that there's just a little tiny bit of happiness?

- Oh yeah, definitely.

I think that it is because the houses are tiny, so that's small.

- Oh, that's the small, okay.

- Yeah, and then the joy is that they bring people happiness.

- That's right.

And so it's really telling you why people like tiny houses, right?

- Yep, that's what I think.

- The joy of the small houses.

So that's pretty smart.

- Hey, this activity with you, we were acting like authors.

- We kind of were, right?

- We're thinking like authors.

- Absolutely, that's really important.

And I love that you were here today to help our super readers hear that because I that's part of what becoming an amazing reader and writer is all about.

- Yep, thank you.

- When you're writing, you're acting like an author.

- That's right.

- So it's important to think about what do the authors do in their stories.

- Yep, 'cause then we can copy them in our own stories.

- Absolutely, I love it.

- I like it too.

- Awesome, thank you Rita so much for helping me today.

I think I'm gonna go over and we're gonna do a little writing, all right.

Okay, see you later, bye.

- I'll see you in a little bit Okay, so we read all about those tiny houses today.

And I love our writing prompt because we get to be a little bit creative with our writing today.

This one says, what would you have in your tiny house?

And so I bet as you're sitting there and you're thinking, Hmm, what kinds of things would you put in your tiny house?

What's important to you?

Now, remember you also are limited on space.

So what things might you not include?

That could be just as important.

All right, I've started our writing.

I would have many small things in my tiny house.

Now, I think we'll go and invite miss Rhonda to come over and help us do a little bit of finishing.

So hi Rhonda.

(Rhonda brays) - Hello darling, it's so nice to be here.

- Oh, it's so wonderful to have you here.

Now.

- Thank you.

- Could you imagine, Rhonda, living in a tiny house?

- Wow, I don't know.

I'm kind of a big donkey, but I imagine I could fit in one.

I think I would like that.

- I bet you could.

- Absolutely, so what kinds of things do you think you would like to have in your own tiny house?

- Hmm, let me think now.

Well, first, I think I would have maybe a tiny dog to keep me company.

- Oh, well, that would make sense.

So then you wouldn't have to be in there all by yourself.

You could have a tiny dog.

- Yeah.

- Oh, that's very sweet.

So, I would have many small things in my tiny house.

First, I would have a tiny dog to keep me company.

What else would you think you could have in your tiny house?

- Well, let me think about that for a minute.

I think next I would have a soft bed for my tiny dog and for myself to sleep in.

- Okay, that absolutely makes sense.

'Cause I would think I want both.

Ooh, thank you, thank you, you've got so many notes there.

Good job.

- I do, I do darling.

All right, I like it.

'Cause look right here.

Next I, and it wouldn't fit.

So I love it, look at this, and you've got your whole sentence, would have a soft bed for my tiny dog and I to sleep in.

- Well, I love that right, that's just beautiful.

- And what we've got, first, next.

And then maybe I could say, finally, I would include a kitchen where we could fix all our meals.

Does that sound good to you?

- That would be pretty important.

If we're bringing all of our things with us, we'd wanna make sure that we could have food, right?

(Rhonda brays) - I love food, I love food, I need a kitchen.

- Oh yes, I would think that that would be very important to have a little kitchen in there.

So finally I would include a small kitchen where we could fix all our meals.

So look at that.

So she's got a tiny dog and a soft bed and a kitchen.

Those are things (Rhonda brays) that are important.

Now, do you have a concluding sentence for us today Miss Rhonda?

- Well, I do, or my friend Rita might be able to help me 'cause she helps me a lot with writing.

- Oh Rita.

- Sorry, I was over there trying to get a new pen 'cause our pin was going crazy.

- Oh well that happens, absolutely.

Okay, Rita, well, were you able to hear all those fun things that miss Rhonda came up with for her tiny house?

- Yes I did, 'cause we were thinking partners.

- We were, we really were.

- Oh, I love it.

- Oh, that's so fun.

Now do you have a concluding sentence?

- Yeah, we said these are just a few of the things that I would have in my house.

(Rhonda brays) - Oh, I love, that's great.

You just kind of said our first sentence all over again.

Great thinking, I love it.

What would you have in your tiny house at home?

How fun would that be to brainstorm some ideas.

All right, let's kick it over to our friend who has an awesome story to check out.

We'll see you back here in a minute.

- Bye.

- Bye.

- Good morning, super reader.

This is Mrs Vang, and I have another book I wanna share with you guys.

This is a book called, "Come on, Rain" by Karen Hesse, illustrated by Jon Muth.

Now, have you ever been sitting in a hot, hot day wishing like you can have rain, just wishing?

Well, in this story, the character Tesse and her friends are wishing for rain because it's such a hot day.

And guess what they keep saying?

They keep saying, "Come on rain."

And you know what?

It finally rains, like little droplets.

And guess what?

Her and her friends get to go and play outside in the rain.

Do you like to go outside and play when it's rain?

Oh, I do, I love playing in the rain, but that's not it.

At the end, do you know who joins them in playing in the rain?

Well, I'm not gonna tell you.

You have to read and find out who comes and joins them when they're playing outside.

So if you wanna check out this book, you can check at your school library or you can check it out on Sora.

I hope you guys read it.

Tell me how you like it.

Thanks for watching Valley PBS.

Bye, bye.

- Hey, was that Mrs. Vang?

- Yes, I miss her.

- No, but I bet she's having fun.

- I think so.

- I think so too.

- So I have a question, did you hear?

What do you call a neighbor?

No, how does it go?

Oh, that's right.

What do you call a horse that lives next door?

A horse that lives next door?

- I don't know, I have one that lives next door, but he's your?

- Neighbor.

- Oh, of course he is.

- I told you guys I have to give a joke.

- You did.

- That's awesome, I love it.

Hey, you know what?

Thanks so much for hanging out with us today on Valley PBS, we look forward to seeing you back here tomorrow.

- That's right.

Take care and make sure you're reading a book.

- We'll see you.

- Bye.

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