- Good afternoon, campers.

Welcome back to teaching in room nine our summertime edition.

My name is Julia.

I'm a second grade teacher at the Soulard school but here for teaching in room nine my lessons focus on phonemic awareness.

Welcome back campers.

Thank you so much for taking time out of your day to be here with me.

I'm so excited that I get to spend some of my summer with you, and I'm excited for us to jump right in do some reading and writing here together.

And that way I know when we returned to school in the Fall we're going to feel ready to go.

All right, friends, all you need to do to follow along with me today is you just need that big beautiful brain of yours.

And we're going to be singing lots of songs here together.

So try your best to follow along sing along at home with me.

And at the end we are going to be playing a word sorting game together.

So you're welcome to write the words down in sort along with me at home.

We always love to see our friends falling along at home.

So feel free to send in pictures or videos to the nine PBS station or you can always post them online and hashtag nine PBS.

We'd love to see you following along.

All right learners.

I mentioned my lessons focused on phonemic awareness.

What is phonemic awareness?

Well, phonemes are the smallest units of sound that letters make.

We're going to be talking about how letters have sounds and how they come together to make words.

We're going to be just like reading scientists, dissecting words to look at the individual letters the sounds that they make different letter patterns and all the ways that they're put together to make the words that we say, read or write.

So let's go ahead and review for my friends at home a little bit of what we've learned together here so far.

We started by talking about rhyming words and rhyming words have the same ending sounds.

We also learned that the letter sounds that come before the rhyme is called the onset.

And then the rhyming part is the rhyme.

So onset.

Rhyme.

We took what we already knew about rhyming words, having those same ending sounds and looked at how we can change the beginning sounds, those onsets, in order to make many new words.

We learned that similar words that have the same ending sounds are part of word families.

We looked at each themed word families where we changed the short vowel sounds but kept that ending sound the same.

And then we changed the onset to make so many new word families.

And then last week we practiced that stretchy snake, the coding strategy, where we really stretch a word out to look at all the different sounds found in the word.

The word or the sounds that come in the beginning the middle vowel sounds and the sounds at the end as well.

And we're really looking at all these parts of a word helps us to be better reading scientists and better readers and writers.

So today friends, we're going to focus on our middle vowel sounds.

Some of our learning goal today learners is, "I can" can you say this with me?

Nice and loud.

"I can" Distinguish between long and short vowel sounds in words.

Very good.

You are falling along so nicely.

So this word here "distinguished".

It's kind of a big word.

Distinguish means that we can tell them apart.

So we're going to be able to tell long and short vowel sounds apart in words.

can I get me too for my learners at home?

If you knew that vowel sounds were either short or long?

Amazing.

I'm seeing a lot of friends, saying me too.

You can give me a no, if you didn't know that.

That's okay.

We're going to practice it here together today.

So I want to go ahead and take a look at my anchor chart here behind me.

We've been learning with so many fun themes recently with teaching in room nine.

And this week, our theme is pets or animals that you might find at home.

And so we have my short vowel sounds.

These are all pets that we might have at our home.

And then my long vowel sounds these are just animals we might see in general.

So let's start with our short vowel sounds.

I bet my friends at home already knew that our vowel sounds are A-E-I-O-U.

Can I get a me too, if you knew that?

Amazing.

I had a feeling you knew that already.

Let's go ahead and sing a song.

It's to the tune of B I N G O.

[The Vowel Song] The vowels of the alphabet, I know them all by name, A-E-I-O-U A-E-I-O-U A-E-I-O-U I know them all by name all.

Very good.

Would you like to sing it again?

Let's go ahead.

[The Vowel Song] The vowels of the alphabet, I know them all by name, A-E-I-O-U A-E-I-O-U A-E-I-O-U I know them all by name all.

Very good.

Now let's look at just our short vowel sound.

Okay.

First we have "A", Can you make that sound with me?

You see my mouth is nice and wide and my tongue is pushed against my bottom teeth.

Very good.

Like in cats, that's our short A sounds.

"E", is It's really close to "A", but look how my mouth changes.

My mouth closes quite a bit on that short "E" sound.

I'm still pushing my tongue against my bottom teeth.

But it's way more closed than it was before.

So we have "A" in cat, "E" in hen.

Some of my friends might have a hen in their backyard or some chickens.

I know at the Soulard school we have some hens and chickens here as well.

Then we have "I", is Look how close my mouth is now.

It's pretty close.

I'm still pushing against my bottom teeth.

But it's not such a big sound either.

We can see I've got a cute little fish here so.

"A" cat, "E" hen, "I" fish then oh, says, Now my mouth is really nice and wide, and my tongue is flat.

And my sound is coming from the back of my throat "O" like in dog.

We've a cute little dog here.

And then lastly, maybe you have a pet bug.

The short "U" says, Again I closed my mouth a little bit more, and my tongue is pretty flat and it's not quite as loud of a noise.

like in bug.

Now of course I've got some short vowel songs to sing with you.

So I love it if my friends are singing nice and loud along with me at home.

We're going to start with our short "A" song to the tune of Baa Baa Black Sheep.

[Baa Baa Black Sheep song] "A", "A" short "A" that's your sound, "A", "A" short "A" that's your sound "A" in cat and "A" in rat, "A" in mapping , "A" in cap, "A", "A" short "A" that's your sound, "A", "A" short "A" that's your sound.

Very good.

All right.

So we did "A", "A" for short "A".

Now we're going to do, "E" for short "E" and our tune is, 10 in the bed.

[10 in the bed] There were 10 in the bed, and the short "E" said bed, red, wet, and jet, there were 10 in the bed and the short, "E" said, Very good.

You are amazing.

It's singing along with me.

I'm so impressed.

And then we've got our short "I", And our tune is Mary had a little lamb.

[Mary had a little lamb] Mary had a little pig.

Mary had a little pig that made the short "I" sound, Mary had a little fin, Mary had a little fin that made the short "I" sound Very good campers.

All right.

I'm sure you guessed it, were on the short "O" And our tune is pop goes the weasel.

[Pop Goes The Weasel] The short "O" has the sound like dog and login frog the short "O" has the sound, pop goes the short "O" Very good.

You are so good at these.

Our last one short "U" And the tune is only darling.

[Only Darling] Found a short "U", found a short "U", short "U" has the sound, bug and rug, pop and cut, short "U" has the sound Very good campers.

So again, "A", "A" short "A" that's your sound, "A", "A" short "A" that's your sound, There were 10 in the bed, and the short "E" said, Mary had a little pig, Mary had a little pig that made the short "I" sound, The short "O" has the sound "O", "O" sound.

Very good.

Found a short "U", Found a short "U", short "U" has the sound Very good campers.

So impressed, you did such an amazing job.

So now we reviewed all of those short vowel sounds.

Now we knew that vowels can also come in the long vowel sound.

One of the main ways that we hear a long vowel sound is when we have magic E and that's when we have a vowel and then we have a consonant.

And then we have that magic super sneaky and silent E at the end.

And it makes the vowel say it's long, long sounds.

And then we don't hear the E at the end.

So the tune or the song that I have for you for our magic E song and it's to the tune of twinkle, twinkle.

[Twinkle, Twinkle song] Magic E, magic E, the end of the word is where I'll be.

I don't say or "E" I just sit there silently.

But the vowel that I'm around gets to make their long vowel sound.

Very good.

We also hear long vowel sounds because of vowel teams where vowels come to gather and then they make that long vowel sound.

So let's look at our chart here.

We have "A" long vowels, always say the letter name.

So "A", "A", "A" is the long vowel sound.

And our word here is snail.

And it's an A-I where they come together to make the long "A" sound.

Snail.

We see our snail.

Then we have "E" for sheep where "E" and "E" come together to say that long "E" sound in "E" sheep Here we've got an open syllable where "I" it's a long vowel sound in the word, lion, lion.

So we hear a long "I" that's where our syllable breaks.

And then we have the "schwa" right after that.

That lazy sound afterwards.

And then here we have, "O", in goat where "O" and "A" come together to say, like in goats.

And lastly, we have another open syllable here.

"U", as in u-nicorn.

Unicorn.

So again, these are some animals or pets we might see around our home or others homes and these are animals that were maybe a little less likely to see.

You might see a snail hanging around but most likely you probably won't see a pet unicorn.

All right.

So to go along with our pet theme, I've got a lot of really great pet songs that we could sing here together.

And then you talk about some of the rhyming words and the vowel sounds that we hear in our songs.

So my first song is called puppy, dog, puppy, dog and it's to the tune of if you're happy and you know it.

[If you are happy and you know it] Puppy dog, puppy dog wag your tail, puppy dog, puppy dog let out a wail, puppy dog, puppy dog jump for a bone, puppy dog, puppy dog run on home.

Let's sing it again friends.

Puppy dog, puppy dog wag your tail, puppy dog, puppy dog let out a wail, puppy dog, puppy dog jump for a bone, puppy dog, puppy dog run on home.

Very good.

What are some of the rhyming words that you hear in that song friends?

Wow.

I heard a friend say wag your tail, Let out a wail.

Tail - wail.

Those have the same vowel sounds and the same ending sound.

So they are rhyming words.

And tail, like a puppy dog tail, and a wail like I'm wailing out loud, actually have that same A-I vowel team that come together to make the long "A" sound.

Again, long vows, say the letter names.

So "A", sort of long vowel sound.

So let's put the sounds on our fingers.

Very good.

What other rhyming song sounds did you hear in the song?

Yeah.

I heard a friend say bone and home.

They're really similar to rhyming sounds.

Bone Home Do you hear how they have that long "O" sounds.

And it's because of a magic "E" at the end.

But they have the ending sound is the difference between M and N, really similar.

So it kind of makes sense and it works for our song but they're not actually rhyming words but let's go ahead and put those sounds on our fingers.

We have bone long "O" sound because that magic E at the end.

And then, long "O", magic "E" at the end but it ends in the instead of Very good.

Now I have another song to the same tune and it's a pet that you might have if it were me I'd feel a little bit scared to have this pet.

But one of my second graders this year has this for a pet.

It is a slithery snake, Can I get a me too?

If you'd be scared to have a snake for a pet.

Wow.

I'm seeing some friends say no way.

I would love a snake or a pet.

You are braver than I friends.

So our song is called a silly slippery snake.

So I hear that same "S" sound at the beginning.

And the tune is again, if you're happy and you know it.

Oh, I wish I was a silly slippery snake, Oh, I wish it was a silly slippery snake oh, I'd slither across the floor and it slipped under the door.

Oh, I wish it was a silly slippery snake.

Very good.

Let's do it one more time.

Oh, I wish I was a silly slippery snake, Oh, I wish I was a silly slippery snake, oh, I'd slither across the floor and it slipped under the door.

Oh, I wish I was a silly slippery snake, Very good.

Snake has that long "A" sound.

Do you hear it?

Snake.

Very good.

It's because it also has a magic "E" at the end.

Let's put snake on our fingers, Snake.

Very good.

And then the rhyming words we heard in this song were floor and door.

And that is actually that bossy R at the very end that says, OR.

Bossy R, as when the letter R controls the vowel that it's right next to.

So instead of "O" saying, or, it says, Makes a totally different sound.

And then we're going to do another song called my puppy.

So just sing along with me as best you can and listen for rhyming words or maybe some longer short vowel sounds that you hear in the song.

My puppy has a dog house.

It's just outside my door.

He licks me when I pet him and wags his tail for more.

He's always there beside me.

No matter what I do my puppy is my special friend and family member too.

It's funny how my puppy knows just how I feel.

When I'm happy he is yuppie and squirms just like an eel.

When I'm grumpy he's lumpy and stays right by my heel.

It's funny how my puppy knows such a great deal.

Very good friends.

Do you like that one?

Let's go ahead and sing that one, one more time too.

My puppy has a dog house.

It's just outside my door.

He licks me when I pet him and wags his tail for more.

He's always there beside me.

No matter what I do, my puppy is my special friend and family member too.

It's funny how my puppy knows just how I feel, when I'm happy he's yuppie and squirms just like an eel.

When I'm grumpy he's lumpy and stays right by my heel.

It's funny how my puppy knows such a great deal.

Very good friends.

So what were some of the rhyming words you heard in that song?

Home.

Very good.

I noticed a friend heard that bossy "R" saying, in our song again, we heard door and more, very good.

What are some other examples?

Yeah.

Do and to.

You have that, making that long sound.

And we have feel and eel, and those are also made by the "E", "E" vowel team coming together to make the long "E" sound.

Feel Eel and then eel you just take that initial sound off that off and you just have Very good.

And then we hear "heal" and "deal" again.

Those are those vowel teams coming together to make the long "E" sound.

Very good friends.

All right.

I'm going to go ahead and share my screen and we're going to do feed the puppy.

Word sorting game.

All right.

Look at these cute little pups we've got here.

We can see this pup says it's long.

This pub says short.

So we're going to look at different bubbles and feed the puppy and then we will sort them, whether they're longer short vowel sounds.

Okay.

Let's start with the first one here.

Okay.

What's this word friends?

Cats.

Is that a short or a long vowel sound?

Shout it out, really loud for me friends.

You got it.

If you said short, you're absolutely right.

Very good.

All right.

What about this word?

Okay.

Let's sound it out.

kites.

So I see that magic "E" on the end, is making that a long vowel sound.

Long or short?

You are so good.

You're right.

That's the long "I" vowel sound.

Short "I" says, Very good.

Let's do some more.

Okay.

What about this word here?

Let's sound it out.

Dip Is that a short "I" or a long "I"?

Very good.

You're right.

Is the short "I" sound.

So we're going to feed those short vowel dog over here.

All right.

Next one.

What is this word here.

Okay.

Let's sound it out.

Bus.

So our vowel here is that "U" in the middle and it says, Is that a short or a long bowel sound?

Yeah, you're right.

It is a short vowel sound.

So it's going to go right over there.

All right.

What about this one here?

I'm seeing a magic "E" at the end.

That's our vowel there.

And then this is magic and it doesn't make any sounds at the end.

So, is "I" along our short vowel sound?

You are absolutely right, Hive is a long "I" sound.

Okay, let's do this word here.

Okay.

Let's sound it out.

Win I can see that middle vowel is an, Is that a short vowel sound or a long vowel sound?

Wow.

You're getting really good at this friends.

You're right.

is a short "I" sound.

Let's do this one next friends.

Okay.

Let's sound it out.

Bake Magic "E" again.

So is that long or short?

"A" is my vowel sound there in the middle.

Yes.

You are amazing.

Bake is a long "A" sound.

Now we're going to take bake.

Let's put the sounds on our fingers.

Bake Now we're going to change the middle vowel from "A" to "I" What new word would I have?

Yeah, you're absolutely right.

Bike Bike is our new word and we switched out our vowel sounds and we made another long vowel sound.

You were doing such an incredible job here friends.

Let's do another one.

Okay.

Split our puppies up a little bit.

So we have some more room.

Hey, let's sound out this word right here.

Mad My middle vowel is, Is that a short "A" or a long "A" sound?

What do you think friends?

Yeah, you're absolutely right.

"A" is a short "A" sound.

So it goes on this puppy over here.

Very good.

Okay.

Let's look at this one here.

Okay.

Let's sound it out.

Hard "C", I know it's so hard "C" friends because "C" if it's followed by the letters "I", "E" or "Y" we'll make it a soft "C" sound.

And so since it's a "U", I know it's a hard "C" sound.

"U" Cute.

My magic "E" on the end helps me to know that "U" says "U" and not, So is cute.

Does it have a long vowel sound or a short vowel sound in it?

Yeah, you're absolutely right.

Cute is long vowel sound.

All right, let's do a few more here friends.

What about this one here?

Let's sound it out.

Fed Is that a short vowel sound you hear in there?

Or a long vowel vowel sound?

Yes, you're absolutely right.

Is a short "E".

Let's do this word here.

Sound it out.

Pet Is that a short "E" or a long "E" that you hear here?

Yeah, you're absolutely right.

Is a short vowel sound.

And last one here.

Let's do this one.

Sound it out.

I know because this magic "E" that, that is a long "O" sound.

Home So I'm going to go ahead and put it on our long vowel sound there.

Wow.

We sorted so many amazing words here together.

We fed both of those dogs fight a few bones with our short vowel and our long vowel sounds.

And just to review friends, we practice short vowel sounds and our long vowel sounds.

Say the letter name A E I O U Amazing job friends.

Thank you for your hard work.

Enjoy the rest of your day.

And I'll see you next time.

Bye.

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