>>DOTT/ DUSTY: ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS, SHOOT!

>>DUSTY: OH!

AGAIN WITH THE SCISSORS?!

>>KIDS: HI!

>>DOTT: OH, YOU'RE HERE, YOU MADE IT!

>>DUSTY: YOU'RE THE FIRST TO ARRIVE!

>>DOTT: I'M DOTT LIKE THE POLKA DOT, AND THIS IS MY DOG DUSTY.

>>DUSTY: LIKE THE DUST!

HEY DOTT, WHAT BADGE AM I GETTING TODAY?

>>DOTT: TODAY'S ALPHABADGE IS CALLED... >>DOTT: "THE U CLOSED SYLLABLE BLEND BADGE" >>DUSTY: WOOF, I'M SUCH A KLUTZ!

>>DOTT: THE ALPHABOTTEERS ARE HERE!

LET'S GO OUTSIDE AND SAY HELLO.

>>DUSTY: WE'RE COMING!

>>ALPHABOTTEERS: WE USE OUR ♪ EYES, WE USE EACH EAR.

♪ THE LETTERS SHOW, THE SOUNDS ♪ ♪ WE HEAR.

♪ OUR READING BUDDIES WILL HELP ♪ US GROW ♪ THESE BADGES SHOW YOU ALL WE ♪ KNOW.

♪ >>DOTT: WE GET A NEW ONE EVERY ♪ TIME ♪ >>DUSTY: AND WITH YOUR HELP, ♪ WE'LL TAKE THAT CLIMB!

♪ >>ALL: LET'S GO!

♪ ON A LETTER ADVENTURE.

♪ LET'S GO!

♪ LEARNING'S BETTER TOGETHER!

♪ ♪ WE'RE THE ALPHABOTTEERS!

>>DOTT: ALRIGHT EVERYBODY, DROP YOUR BACKPACKS OFF INSIDE AND MEET BACK HERE FOR AB'S SOUND OF THE DAY.

>>DUSTY: WHILE YOU'RE AT IT, COULD YOU DRUM UP SOME GRUB FOR OL' DUSTY?

>>DOTT: UH...DUST...THAT MEANS YOU TOO... >>DUSTY: GEH-UH- RIGHT.

HEHE.

HEY, STOP!

>>DOTT: AND YOU, COME ON.

>>MARTY: HELLO READING BUDDIES!

I'M MARTY, THE GARDEN GNOME, AND THIS IS MARY.

SAY HELLO MARY.

>>MARY: "HELLO MARY"!

>>MARTY: WE'RE HERE TO GIVE YOU... >>MARTY, MARY, KIDS : "THE FANCY SHMANCY WORD OF THE DAY"!

>>MARTY: WE'RE GONNA GIVE YOU A FANCY WORD, AND TELL YOU WHAT IT MEANS.

DRUMROLL PLEASE.

>>MARY: YABBADABBADABBA... >>MARTY: TODAY WORD IS..."CLUMSY"!

>>MARY: LET'S SAY IT TOGETHER!

"CLUMSY" ON THREE 1,2,3... >>ALL: "CLUMSY!"

>>MARY: "CLUMSY" MEANS, MOVING IN A WAY THAT ISN'T GRACEFUL, OR SMOOTH.

>>MARTY: HEY!

THE ALPHABOTTEERS ARE COMING BACK!

SEE YA LATER ALLIGATOR >>MARY: IN A WHILE CROCODILE, FREEZE!

>>ALPHABOTT: BUZZ BUZZ BUZZ BUUUUUUZ!

>>DOTT: YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS, IT'S TIME FOR ALPHABOTT'S SOUND OF THE DAY!

>>ALPHABOTT: /U/,/U/,/U/.

>>ALPHABOTTEERS: /U/,/U/,/U/!

>>DOTT: THAT'S A FUN SOUND AB.

/U/, LIKE UP.

TODAY, YOU'RE GOING TO HELP DUSTY EARN "THE U CLOSED SYLLABLE BLEND BADGE"!

>>ALPHABOTTEERS: OOH!

>>DOTT: A BLEND IS WHEN CONSONANTS KEEP THEIR OWN SOUNDS WHEN THEY'RE TOGETHER.

THAT'S RIGHT.

BLENDS CAN BE FOUND AT THE BEGINNING OR END OF A SYLLABLE.

AB, LET'S SHOW THEM WHEN THE LETTER U IS /U/ IN WORDS WITH BLENDS.

>>ALPHABOTT: BUZZ BUZZ!

>>DOTT: "LUMP".

THIS WORD IS A CLOSED SYLLABLE -THERE IS JUST ONE VOWEL AND THAT VOWEL IS CLOSED IN BY A CONSONANT, (OR IN THIS CASE A BLEND OF M AND P.) THE VOWEL SOUND WILL BE SHORT, KIND OF LIKE IT'S ANXIOUS THAT THE CONSONANT IS CLOSING IT IN.

SO U REPRESENTS /U/ IN THIS WORD.

LET'S READ IT TOGETHER.

L-U-M-P.

LUMP!

>>DOTT: THE WAY A WORD IS SPELLED SHOWS US... >>ALPHABOTTEERS: ...HOW TO READ THE SOUNDS!

>>DOTT: THANKS FOR GIVING US OUR SOUND AB.

>>ALPHABOTT: BUZZ BUZZZ!

>>DOTT: BE SURE TO LISTEN FOR THAT /U/ SOUND TODAY, AND YOU'LL EARN THAT "U CLOSED SYLLABLE BLEND BADGE" , LITTLE BY LITTLE... >>ALPHABOTTEERS: ...LETTER BY LETTER!

>>DOTT: OFF YOU GO!

>>DUSTY: ...JUST SKULKING AROUND...NOTHING TO SEE HERE...JUST SKULKING A- >>DOTT: NOT SO FAST DUSTY... >>DUSTY: HEY DOTT!

I'M SKULKING HERE!

>>DOTT: DID YOU CLEAN YOUR DOGHOUSE THIS MORNING?

>>DUSTY: OF COURSE!

THAT JUNK STUNK... AND IT WILL CONTINUE TO STINK UNLESS YOU HELP ME CLEAN UP MY ROOM?

WELL, WILL YA?

>>KIDS: YES!

>>DUSTY: HOT DOG!

RACE YA THERE.

READY, SET, GO!

>>DUSTY: A,E,I,O, YOU WIN AGAIN!

ALRIGHT, TIME TO SORT OUT THIS JUNK.

TODAY LET'S SET ASIDE THINGS THAT HAVE THE /U/ SOUND SOMEWHERE IN THEIR NAME.

REMEMBER- /U/ LIKE UP.

>>JUNK: WELL, IF IT AIN'T THE RUNT OF THE LITTER!

>>DUSTY: OH, SHUSH!

DIVE!

DIVE!

DIVE!

AND ONE OF THESE, AND ONE OF THESE!

LUNCH!

L/U/N/CH.

DOES LUNCH HAVE THE /U/ SOUND?

>>KIDS: YES.

>>DUSTY: HAHA, YEAH!

BOY, I'M GLAD I FOUND THAT!

>>DUSTY: TRAIN!

T/R/AI/N.

DOES TRAIN HAVE THE /U/ SOUND?

>>KIDS: NO!

>>DUSTY: HM.

NOPE!

CHUGGA, CHUGGA SOMEWHERE ELSE.

UMP!

U/M/P.

DOES UMP HAVE THE /U/ SOUND?

>>KIDS: YES!

>>DUSTY: HAHA YEAH!

YOU'RE SAFE!

BASEBALL!

SPORTS!

>>JUNK: NOOOO..... SEE YA TOMORROW DUSTY!

>>DUSTY: SEE YA TOMORROW JUNK!

HEY!

THANKS FOR HELPING ME CLEAN ALL THAT UP.

NOW LET'S GET OUT OF HERE AND GET SOME FRESH AIR!

>>DUSTY: HI JAMPA!

>>JAMPA: OH, HI DUSTY.

>>DUSTY: HEY, IS THAT A NEW PICTURE FOR YOUR SCRAPBOOK?

>>JAMPA: YEAH!

>>DUSTY: WHAT'S THAT A PICTURE OF?

>>JAMPA: A SLUG!

>>DUSTY: A SLUG!?

I'VE HEARD OF THAT- AND DO SLUG FLY?

>>JAMPA: NO DUSTY!

>>DUSTY: NO THEY DON'T.

>>JAMPA: SLUGS DON'T HAVE LEGS, OR ARMS.

>>DUSTY: THEY DON'T HAVE LEGS OR ARMS, HEY, HOW DO THEY MOVE?

ARE YOU BEING A SLUG?

BLEH, BLEH, BLEH, BLEH OH HO HO.

OH MY GOODNESS.

I FEEL AS SNUG AS A BUG IN A RUG.

THANKS FOR SHARING YOUR SCRAPBOOK WITH ME JAMPA.

>>JAMPA: BYE DUSTY.

>>DUSTY: BYE JAMPA!

>>REGGIE: TESTING, TESTING, 1, 2, 3.

>>MAYA: SOUNDS GREAT REGGIE!

>>REGGIE: THANKS!

>>MAYA: GREAT COSTUMES, ZIGGY!

>>ZIGGY: THANKS!

>>MAYA: DOTT!

YOU'RE THE TRAIN THAT GETS STUCK.

>>DOTT: "I MUST GET OVER THE MOUNTAIN, BUT HOW?"

>>MAYA: PERFECT!

>>DUSTY: WHEW!

THAT SUNBEAM WAS THE ULTIMATE NAP SPOT!

>>MAYA: DUSTY!

YOU'RE JUST IN TIME!

>>DUSTY: I'M ALWAYS IN TIME!...

IN TIME FOR WHAT?

>>MAYA: TO BE THE STAR OF MY PLAY!

"THE LITTLE ENGINE- THE MUSICAL!"

>>DUSTY: WELL, YOU'VE COME TO THE RIGHT CANINE!

I WAS BORN TO BE ONSTAGE.

SOME ARE BORN GREAT, SOME HAVE GREATNESS THRUST UPON THEM.

OOH!

HEH.

>>MAYA: DUSTY, YOU'RE "THE LITTLE ENGINE."

HERE'S YOUR SCRIPT.

>>DUSTY: SCRIPT?!

UM...ARE THE PICTURES?

>>KITT: "YOU CAN'T DO IT!"

>>COSMO: "YOU'RE NOT LIKE US!"

>>MAYA: MAYBE WE CAN PRACTICE AFTER SNACK TIME.

LATER, WE'LL READ OUT LOUD.

DOES ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS?

>>DUSTY: READ... OUT LOUD!?

>>AB: BUZZ, BUZZ.

>>DUSTY: HEY.

ALPHABOTT'S IN ART MODE!

COME ON, LET'S SEE WHAT THEY'RE UP TO.

WOAH!

>>ALPHABOTT: BUZZ BUZZ.

>>ZIGGY: EVERYDAY'S A GREAT DAY WHEN YOU'RE DRAWING, RIGHT ALPHABOTT?

>>ALPHABOTTEERS: BUZZ, BUZZ!

>>DOTT: HI AB, HI ZIGGY.

WHAT ARE YOU DRAWING TODAY?

>>ZIGGY: I WAS LAYING IN A FIELD, UNWINDING, WHEN I LOOKED "UP" AND SAW THE BEAUTIFUL SKY.

IMAGINE, IF I DIDN'T LOOK "UP" I WOULD HAVE MISSED IT.

TO REMIND EVERYONE TO LOOK "UP" ONCE IN A WHILE, I DREW THESE ARROWS POINTING... >>DUSTY AND DOTT: UP?

>>ZIGGY: YEAH!

>>DOTT: WOW ZIGGY!

THIS IS REALLY UPLIFTING!

>>ZIGGY: YEAH, THANKS.

>>DOTT: ZIGGY, DO YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE I SEE?

>>ZIGGY: WHAT?

>>DOTT: THE LETTER U!

>>DUSTY: OUR NEW ALPHABADGE!?

>>ZIGGY: DOTT, I SEE IT TOO!

>>DUSTY: WELL I DON'T!

THAT'S NOT A LETTER, IT'S JUST A COUPLE OF ARROWS POINTING UP.

>>DOTT: DUSTY DON'T WORRY, WE'VE GOT YOU COVERED.

WILL YOU HELP US SHOW DUSTY THE "U" IN UP?

>>KIDS: YES!

>>DOTT: GREAT!

WE'LL NEED OUR MAGIC PAINTBRUSH... NOW LET ME SEE, I KNOW I PUT MINE AROUND HERE SOMEWHERE • OH, I REMEMBER NOW.

BOOOP!

FIRST THINGS FIRST.

WE NEED THIS!

NOW WE NEED ZIGGY'S ARROWS, POINTING UP.

>>UP: U, UP, /U/!

>>DOTT: LET'S ALL START ON THE DOTTED LINE.

N OW, WE MAKE A LITTLE CUP, LIKE THIS.

WE ADD SHORT VERTICAL LINE DOW •.

AND WE'RE DONE!

THE LETTER U.

>>UP: U, UP, /U/!

>>DUSTY: I SAW IT!

>>ZIGGY: YOU CAN SEE SO MUCH IN ART • WOAH!

I HAVE TO RINSE OUT MY BRUSHES!

SEE YA LATER PAINTER!!!

>>DUSTY: I REALLY THINK I'M GONNA GET THAT "U CLOSED SYLLABLE BLEND BADGE"!

>>DOTT: YOU'LL BE UNSTOPPABLE DUST, WITH YOUR HELP OF COURSE.

AB, SWITCH INTO LEARNING MODE PLEASE.

>>ALPHABOTT: BUZZ!

>>DOTT: WANNA GO INSIDE AND PLAY WITH THIS /U/ SOUND A LITTLE MORE?

>>KIDS: OK!

>>DUSTY: ALRIGHT!

SEE YA IN THE READING ROOM.

>>DOTT: U-UP-/U/ • U-UP-/U/ • U-UP-/U.

>>AUDIENCE: YEAH!

WAHOO!

ALRIGHT!

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>DOTT: WELCOME BACK TO... >>ALL: "WHERE IS IT!?"

>>DOTT: THE GAMESHOW WHERE YOU HAVE TO LISTEN FOR A SOUND IN A WORD.

I'M YOUR HOST, DOTT!

YOU ALL KNOW OUR CHAMPION, DUSTY!

>>DUSTY: HI RUSTY!

I'M ON TV!

>>DOTT: TODAY YOU'RE LISTENING FOR THE /U/ SOUND.

IT'S UP TO YOU TO TELL US WHERE THE SOUND IS IN EACH WORD.

HERE WE GO.

THE FIRST WORD IS "MUST".

>>DUSTY: MUST.

M/U/S/T.

WHERE IS /U/ IN MUST?

>>KIDS: THE SECOND SOUND!

>>DUSTY: ARE YOU SURE?

OK. IS IT THE SECOND SOUND?

>>DOTT: THAT'S RIGHT!

THE NEXT WORD IS..."STUB" >>DUSTY: STUB.

S/T/U/B.

WHERE IS /U/ IN S/T/U/B?

>>KIDS: THE THIRD SOUND!

>>DUSTY: THE THIRD SOUND!

>>DOTT: YES!

THE NEXT WORD IS..."CLUCK".

>>DUSTY: CLUCK.

C/L/U/CK.

WHERE IS /U/ IN C/L/U/CK?

>>KIDS: THE THIRD SOUND!

>>DUSTY: OK...DEFINITELY THE THIRD SOUND DOTT!

>>ALPHABOTT: BUZZ BUZZ!

BUZZ BUZZY BUZZ!

>>DOTT: AH HAHA!

AND THAT SOUND MEANS YOU WIN!!

YOU'VE WON A TRUCKLOAD OF PLUMS!

JOIN US NEXT TIME, WHEN WE'LL BE LISTENING FOR A DIFFERENT SOUND!

>>AUDIENCE: YEAH!

ALRIGHT!

WOO HOO!

>>DUSTY: GET READY TO SQUAT, >>DUSTY: GET READY TO SQUAT, WITH, DOTT!

>>DOTT: WE'RE ALL JUST GETTING OUR STEPS IN.

HEY, DO YOU WANT TO STAND UP AND MOVE WITH US?

>>KITT: YEAH COME ON!

>>COSMO: YOU GUYS GOT THIS!

>>DOTT: BE SURE TO LISTEN FOR THAT /U/ SOUND WHILE YOU EXERCISE.

>>DUSTY: WHAT'S UP FIRST DOTT?

>>DOTT: OUR FIRST MOVE IS CALLED..."THE SPEED BUMP" HAHA.

HERE WE GO "THE SPEED BUMP- WOAH THE SPEED BUMP- WOAH THE SPEED BUMP WOAH!

AND STOP!

>>COSMO: HOW ABOUT THIS DOTT?

IT'S CALLED- "THE TRUMPET"!

YOU JUST PLAY THE TRUMPET.

>>DOTT: I LOVE IT.

SIMPLE!

LET'S ALL TRY.

5, 6, 7, 8- THE TRUMPET THE TRUMPET THE TRUMPET AND STOP!

>>KITT: I'VE GOT ONE!

IT'S CALLED "THE DRUM".

>>DOTT: THE DRUM, I LOVE IT.

LET'S ALL GIVE IT A GO- THE DRUM THE DRUM THE DRUM AND STOP!

>>COSMO: NICE WORKOUT FOLKS!

>>KITT: WE CRUSHED IT, REALLY!

>>DOTT: OH THANK YOU!

>>COSMO: WE DID INDEED!

>>DUSTY: WOOF.

THAT WORKOUT MADE ME SWEAT.

WOAH- LOOK AT ALL OF THESE BUBBLES.

LET'S GET POPPING!

>>DOTT: HUMP...BACK.

HUMPBACK.

>>DUSTY: HA HA!

>>DOTT: R-U-S-T. RUST!

>>DUSTY: HA HA!

>>DOTT: P-U-M-P. PUMP!

>>DUSTY: GOTCHA!

WOAH, WOAH WOAH, WOAH!

>>MARY: OH HI READING BUDDIES, WE'RE PACKING SOME BOXES FOR A RUMMAGE SALE.

>>MARTY: ALL DONE.

LOOKS PRETTY GOOD.

WHOOPS.

ARE YOU ALL DONE MARY?

>>MARY: YES, BUT MAYBE I SHOULD TAKE IT OVER MYSELF- YOU'RE A LITTLE CLUMSY.

>>MARTY: CLUMSY!?

YOU MEAN I DON'T HAVE GRACE!?

I'M NOT SMOOTH!?

WHOOPS.

>>MARY: SEE, THAT'S WHAT I MEAN- YOU'RE CLUMSY.

>>MARTY: I'M NOT CLUMSY MARY, PLEASE- MAY I?

I'M JUST REALLY STRONG, AND I WANNA HELP.

>>MARY: OH, OK MR.

CLUMSY BONES.

HERE YA GO.

>>MARTY: SEE?

I'M NOT CLUMSY.

SO, IF YOU EXCUSE ME- WOAH!

WOO!

EHHH!

THAT WAS A CLOSE ONE.

WOAH!!

WELL, AT LEAST THIS ONE IS OK • WHOOPS.

>>MARY & MARTY: CLUMSY!

"MOVING IN A WAY THAT ISN'T GRACEFUL, OR SMOOTH."

>>AUDIENCE: WOO HOO!

BRAVO!

BRAVO!

>>JAMPA: BRAVO!

BRAVO!

BRAVO!

BRAVO!

>>DOTT: DUSTY LOVES HIS BATHS.

>>DUSTY: WELL, I DON'T WANT TO LOOK FRUMPY!

>>ALPHABOTT: BUZZ!

>>DOTT: PERFECT TIMING AB!

IT'S TIME TO TRANSFORM SOME WORDS THAT HAVE /U/ AND CONSONANT BLENDS!

ALPHABOTT - WOULD YOU PLEASE GIVE US OUR LETTERS?

>>ALPHABOTT: BUZZ BUZZ!

>>DOTT: OK, LET'S READ WHAT WE HAVE HERE.

R/U/S/T.

RUST.

NOW, DUSTY, HOW DO YOU PRONOUNCE 'U' IN R/U/S/T?

>>DUSTY: /U/, LIKE UP!

I KNOW THAT U IS /U/ BECAUSE IT'S CLOSED IN BY THAT BLEND!

>>DOTT: DUSTY!

WOW.

VERY GOOD!

THE LETTER U IS MAKING THE /U/ SOUND.

NOW LET'S TRANSFORM 'RUST' INTO 'RUNT'.

HOW WOULD WE DO THAT?

>>DUSTY: WE HAVE TO CHANGE THE /S/ TO /N/.

>>DOTT: GOOD JOB.

WE NEED THE LETTER 'N' TO MAKE R/U/N/T.

RUNT.

NOW, CAN YOU TRANSFORM 'RUNT'- INTO 'RANT'.

>>DUSTY: /A/.

WE NEED TO GET RID OF THAT 'U', AND REPLACE IT WITH THE LETTER A!

>>DOTT: YES!

NOW WE HAVE R-A-N-T. RANT.

OK, CAN YOU TRANSFORM 'RANT', INTO 'GRANT'.

>>DUSTY: WE HAVE TO ADD THE /G/ TO THE BEGINNING.

>>DOTT: WE ADD THE LETTER G, /G/ TO THE BEGINNING OF RANT, TO MAKE 'GRANT'.

GRANT!

OK DUSTY, CAN YOU TRANSFORM 'GRANT', INTO 'GRUNT'.

>>DUSTY: WE WANT THE /U/ SOUND AGAIN.

REPLACE THE 'A' WITH A 'U'.

>>DOTT: YES.

SWITCHING OUT 'A' WITH THE 'U' GIVES US G/R/U/N/T.

GRUNT!

OH DUSTY YOU TRANSFORMED ALL OF THOSE WORDS!

THANKS AB!

>>ALPHABOTT: BUZZZ BUZZ!

B..U...ZZZ.

BU...ZZZ.

ZZZ.

>>DOTT: OH, ALPHABOTT'S BATTERY MUST BE DRAINED.

SHE'S BEEN HELPING US OUT SO MUCH TODAY.

HEY DUSTY, COULD YOU TAKE HER TO REGGIE FOR A QUICK CHARGE?

>>DUSTY: SURE.

DO YOU WANNA COME WITH US?

>>KIDS: OK!

>>DUSTY: HAHA GREAT!

COME ON ALPHABOTT, LET'S GO!

>>ALPHABOTT: BUZZ.

>>DUSTY: HEY REGGIE!

WOULD YOU MIND GIVING AB A QUICK CHARGE?

>>REGGIE: OH, OF COURSE DUSTY OH!

HEY READING BUDDIES!

COME ON IN.

♪ ♪ >>REGGIE: WOWIE ZOWIE, HER BATTERY IS DRAINED!

HEY, COULD YOU HELP CHARGE ALPHABOTTS BATTERY?

>>KIDS: YEAH!

>>REGGIE: WE CAN DO IT!

OK, FOR EVERY SOUND WE HEAR IN A WORD, WE HAVE TO PRESS A BUTTON.

AFTER A FEW ROUNDS, ALPHABOTT WILL BE FULLY CHARGED.

LET'S GET TO WORK!

>>SPEAKER: RUST.

>>DUSTY: RUST.

THE WORD IS RUST.

HOW MANY SOUNDS DO YOU HEAR IN R U-S-T?

>>KIDS: FOUR!

>>DUSTY: LET'S SEE.

R-U-S-T. RUST!

>>REGGIE: WOWWIE ZOWWIE!

>>SPEAKER: SHRUG.

>>DUSTY: SHRUG.

THE WORD IS SHRUG.

HOW MANY SOUNDS ARE IN SH-R-U G?

>>KIDS: 3!

>>DUSTY: 3?, LET'S SEE!

SH-R-U-G. SHRUG!

HM.

LET'S TRY 4!

SH-R-U-G. SHRUG!

>>REGGIE: I BELIEVE IN YOU, KEEP GOING.

>>SPEAKER: CLUB.

>>DUSTY: CLUB.

THE WORD IS CLUB.

HOW MANY SOUNDS ARE IN C-L-U-B?

>>KIDS: 4!

>>DUSTY: 4?

C-L-U-B.

CLUB!

>>REGGIE: ALMOST THERE!

>>SPEAKER: UMP.

>>DUSTY: UMP.

THE WORD IS UMP.

HOW MANY SOUNDS ARE IN U-M-P?

>>KIDS: 3!

>>DUSTY: 3!

U-M-P. UMP!

>>REGGIE: SHE'S FULLY CHARGED!

GREAT WORK READING BUDDIES!

THAT'LL BE TEN CENTS DUSTY.

>>DUSTY: TEN CENTS TOWARD THE "GET REGGIE TO SPACE CAMP FUND"!

THANKS REGG.

>>REGGIE: AW, THANKS DUST.

>>KIDS: AWW!

>>DOTT: TODAY'S HEART WORD IS "WAS", AS IN "DUSTY, WAS EATING OUT OF THE TRASHCAN AGAIN!"

>>DUSTY: I WAS.

WAS RHYMES WITH BUZZ!!

"BUZZ BUZZ" >>DOTT: WAS IS A HEART WORD, WHICH MEANS IT HAS ONE OR MORE SOUND SPELLINGS WE MAY NOT KNOW YET.

WAS HAS THREE SOUNDS.

/W/UH/Z/.

THE FIRST SOUND, /W/, IS SPELLED WITH THE LETTER W. THE LAST SOUND /Z/, IS SPELLED WITH THE LETTER S, WHICH ISN'T MAKING ITS USUAL SOUND, /S/.

THE SECOND SOUND /UH/, IS SPELLED WITH THE LETTER A, WHICH ISN'T MAKING THE USUAL SOUND WE KNOW, /A/.

THESE ARE PARTS WE HAVE TO KNOW BY HEART.

LET'S READ IT TOGETHER.

W/U/Z... >>ALL: WAS!

>>DOTT: DUSTY, WHERE ARE YOU?

IT'S TIME TO REHEARSE.

DUSTY, ARE YOU UPSET?

>>DUSTY: READING OUT LOUD MAKES ME UNCOMFORTABLE.

THEY'RE ALL SO GOOD.

>>DOTT: ARE YOU AFRAID OF BEING JUDGED?

>>DUSTY: YEAH...I SOUND SO...CLUMSY.

>>DOTT: YOU KNOW, DUSTY, I'VE STRUGGLED TO READ OUT LOUD TOO.

I STILL STUMBLE OVER CERTAIN WORDS.

>>DUSTY: AND NO ONE CALLS YOU...DUMB?

>>DOTT: NO.

AND EVEN IF THEY DID, I KNOW THAT EVERYBODY STRUGGLES WITH SOMETHING.

>>DUSTY: YEAH... EVERYONE DOES STRUGGLE WITH SOMETHING • AND, HEY, MAYBE EVERYONE'S GOOD AT SOMETHING TOO!

>>DOTT: EXACTLY.

YOU KNOW DUST, THINK YOU'D, TRUST ME TO HELP YOU?

>>DUSTY: UM...I TH-I-N-K I >>DUSTY: UM...I TH-I-N-K I CAN... >>DOTT: GOOD, AGAIN.

>>DUSTY: I THINK I CAN...I KNOW I CAN BECAUSE I'M THE LITTLE ENGINE- THAT COULD!

I THINK I CAN, I THINK I CAN, I THINK I CAN!

>>DOTT: I THINK I CAN!

>>DUSTY: I'M THE LITTLE ENGINE!

>>DOTT: HE'S THE LITTLE ENGINE!

>>DUSTY: AND WE'RE GONNA GO UP THAT HILL!

NEXT STOP- ALABAMA!

SCHENECTADY!

ALL ABOARD!

>>DOTT: ...AND YOU DUSTY, I AWARD YOU WITH YOUR NEW ALPHABADGE, "THE U CLOSED SYLLABLE BLEND BADGE".

WEAR IT WITH PRIDE.

>>DUSTY: HUBBA WHUUUH?!

UNBELIEVABLE!

>>DOTT: "LITTLE BY LITTLE... >>ALPHABOTTEERS AND DUSTY: ...LETTER BY LETTER!"

>>DOTT: TIME TO GO HOME!

GIVE YOUR UNIFORMS TO AB.

I'LL I'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.

♪ >>DUSTY AND DOTT: READING ♪ BUDDIES, YOU DID GREAT WORK ♪ TODAY.

♪ READING BUDDIES, I REALLY WISH ♪ YOU COULD STAY.

♪ WE'LL SEE YOU SOON, FROM THIS ♪ SAME SPOT ♪ WITH DUSTY AND DOTT AND ♪ ♪ ALPHABOTT.

♪ WITH YOUR READING BUDDIES, ♪ YOU'LL NEVER READ ALONE!

>>KIDS: BYE!

BYE BYE!