(bright upbeat music) - Hi friends.

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.

But here for "Teaching in Room 9" my lessons focus on phonemic awareness.

Exercises that work with and really being aware of the smallest units of sounds that letters make.

And all of those different ways that letters come together to make the words that we read.

Let's go ahead and jump right in and do some learning and reading here together.

Now, as always, we're going to start by warming up our brains.

Go ahead and tickle those brains, by reviewing out everything we've learned so far here together.

If you want to follow along with me today, all you need is that big, beautiful brain of yours and your body.

And if you'd like at the end of the lesson we're gonna be doing some reading and writing here together, so feel free to grab a piece of paper and something to write with.

Otherwise, just feel free to follow along with me.

I'd really love to see my friends at home following along with me, whether it's singing songs or doing your mirrors on activities or reading and writing.

And you are always welcome to send your pictures or videos of you following along at home into the Nine PBS station.

Or always feel free to post them online and #ninePBS I'd love to see you following along.

All right, learners.

We're gonna go ahead and get started by singing a song that we have learned here together that reviews some of our skills.

And I introduced you to a friend a while ago and she helped us to sing this song the first time.

So I thought we could bring her back and have her sing this song with us.

Her name is Bonita the Skeleton.

Can you say hi to Bonita?

Hi Bonita!

Hey yo.

It is so great to be back here with you.

I cannot wait to hear you singin' along and reading here together with us.

Welcome back friends.

Thanks Bonita.

We're so excited to have you here and to have you singing along with us.

Are you ready to go ahead and get started singing your song?

All right.

The tune is to "The Ants Go Marching".

When we first learn how to read, we look at books.

When we first learn how to read, we look at books.

You have the front and back covers.

Then you have a spine like mine.

The spine holds books together and keeps them straight and tall.

Boom, boom, boom.

On the front cover, you'll find the a-author.

The author is who worked so hard to write the book.

Then the illustrator is the one who drew all the pictures.

And you have a title, that is the name of a book.

Boom, boom, boom.

Between the covers of the book, you'll find the pages.

On the pages are the letters that make words, the words then form the sentences that came straight from the author's mind.

They will tell a story or teach us facts.

Imagine that, boom, boom, boom.

When we read, we always go from left to right, when we read we're always sure to touch each word.

Each time we start at the capital letter reading every word until we get to the end, period.

And then we did it.

Boom, boom, boom.

Once we read the book from front to back, it's done.

But hold on just you wait, there is much more fun.

Let's talk about what we just read.

Do we understand the words?

What was the author trying to say to us this day?

Boom, boom, boom, boom.

Wow, that was incredible.

What do you think, Bonita?

That was absolutely amazing, friends.

Thank you so much for inviting me to see you singin' along with us here.

You are amazing.

Thanks Bonita.

That is so sweet of you.

We're so glad that you're able to join us.

Can you say bye to Bonita, friends?

Bye, Bonita.

Bye, y'all.

See you next time.

All right.

Isn't that fun that she was able to come back and see us?

It's been a while since we've seen her.

All right, friends.

We also learned so many different ways that you can hear long vowel sounds.

And one of those ways is this, right here.

Magic E. And we learned a song to the tune of "Twinkle Twinkle" that reviews Magic E. Magic E, magic E, the end of a word is where I'll be.

I don't say "ah" or "ee", I just sit there silently.

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

Wonderful job, friends.

Absolutely.

We know that magic E comes at the end and it makes the vowel that's right next to it make its long vowel sound.

All right, we're gonna go ahead and do some mirrors on to review some of those other skills.

Are you ready?

Mirrors on!

Letters are consonants or vowels.

And vowels are short or long.

Long vowels can be heard in many ways.

Open syllables are long vowels not followed by a consonant and a syllable.

Y twins are when Y says "I" in a one syllable word.

Or when Y says "ee" in a two syllable word.

Vowels teams are two or more letters that come together to make a long vowel sound.

AI, AY, A, EA, EE, E, IE, IGH, I, OA, OW, o, UE, EW, Ooh, OH, OH makes two different sounds.

Ooh, like in the word spoon.

Uh like in the word book.

Vowel diphthongs glide in your mouth and make one sound in a syllable.

OI, OY, oy, oy, oy, oy, oy.

OU, OW, ow.

Ow!

AU, AW, aww.

Aww, yeah!

Consonant blends are when letter glide together, but you hear all sounds.

Mirrors off!

Oh my goodness, that was absolutely incredible.

We've really learned a lot here in our time together.

We also learned something called the floss rule.

And this is when with certain letters, you have to double the final or the last consonant in a word.

And we learned a song with this, to the tune of "If You're Happy and You Know It".

When the letters L, F, S or Z are following a short vowel in a word, and the word part is only one syllable, then you have to double final consonants.

Very good!

And then friends, we learned this guy right here.

And it's called Bossy R. Let me see your very best Bossy R. Oh, very bossy, friends.

I love it.

All right, so obviously, we're gonna do some mirrors on.

Are you ready?

Mirrors on!

Bossy R is when the letter R changes the vowel sound.

AR, ar like in the word car.

OR, or like in the word storm.

The next three vowels make the same sound.

ER, er, hammer.

IR, ir, bird.

UR, ur, surf.

Mirrors off!

That was amazing.

I know it's kinda tricky that those three vowels make the same sound.

The more we practice, we know which one to use in which word.

And all these things that we've talked about, our vowels, use Bossy R and diphthongs, they're gonna stay together in syllables.

We learned a lot of different ways that we can divide up syllables.

And understanding how to break apart syllables and looking at those different parts of a word, helps us to be better readers.

The song that we reviewed some syllables with, was to the tune of "Row, Row Your Boat".

Syllables are sounds we hear in each and every word, clap the sounds in magnet and tell me what you heard.

Mag-net.

Syllables are sounds we hear in each and every word.

Clap the sound in tiger and tell me what you heard.

Ti-ger.

Very good.

Syllables are sounds we hear in each and every word.

Clap the sounds in turtle and tell me what you heard.

Tur-tle.

Good, one more.

Syllables are sounds we hear in each and every word.

Clap the sounds in rainbow and tell me what you heard.

Rain-bow.

Very good.

Nicely done, friends.

Now we're really gonna put all of that learning here together.

And we are going to have this learning goal here today.

I can read high frequency words.

Whoa.

That's a big word.

Can I get a "me too" at home if you've heard the word frequency before?

Yeah, I'm seeing some me toos.

You can give me a no if you haven't heard it.

That's okay.

The word frequency just means that we see it a lot.

We're going to practice reading high-frequency words here together and putting all of those wonderful things we've learned together and practicing them by reading and writing.

All right.

And then we really talked about all of these different types of syllables.

And I had taught us a song again to the tune of "If You're Happy and You Know It".

There are seven different types of syllables.

There are closed and open vowels and Magic E, then consonant -le and these all stay together, they are vowel teams and Bossy R and diphthongs.

One more time.

There are seven different types of syllables.

There are closed and open vowels and Magic E. Then consonant -le and these all stay together.

They are vowel teams, Bossy R and diphthongs.

Very good, friends!

That was amazing.

All right, we're also gonna go ahead and start by doing a little bit of a phonics warmup.

Again, tickle those brains.

Get them ready to go.

And then we'll end by doing those high frequency words here together.

I'm gonna go ahead and share my screen just so you can get a visual of this first activity that we're gonna do here together.

You can see these three different rocks.

What I'm gonna do, is I'm going to read a word set, and you're going to tell me the two words that rhyme.

Are you ready?

Really turn those listening ears up.

You gotta listen for the same vowel sound and the same ending sounds.

Those are how words are rhyming words.

All right.

Here's your first set.

Slow, plate, glow.

Slow, plate, glow.

What are the two rhyming words?

Amazing!

If you said slow and glow, you are absolutely right.

They have that same O vowel sound in it.

Very good, let's try another one.

Glee, flee, place.

What are the rhyming words here?

Glee, flee, place.

Yes, if you said glee and flee, you're absolutely right.

Those two words actually only have that first sound, the initial sound that's different.

They both have the same -lee sounds after them.

Very good.

All right, here's your next set.

Plan, flop, clan.

What are the two rhyming words?

Plan, flop, clan.

Very good.

If you said plan and clan, you're absolutely right.

They have that same -l -ah -n sounds.

Very good!

All right, let's do another one.

Clay, clear, play.

What are our rhyming words here?

Clay, clear, play.

Yeah, if you said clay and play you're absolutely right.

They have that same -l -ay sounds in them.

Those are our rhyming words.

A little bit tricky because, the words clay and clear have that same cl- blend in the beginning.

But I know I didn't trick you because you are way too smart.

All right, one last one on these.

Here's your last set.

Blend, slide, glide.

What are your rhyming words here?

Blend, slide, glide.

Amazing job, readers!

I know I couldn't get anything past you.

Slide and glide have the same, that -li -d sounds in them.

They have that same I vowel and the duh!

And they even have the letter right before it, - li -d that rhyme.

Very good, friends.

Stop sharing my screen.

All right, now we're gonna do a little more of the phonics warm up.

You were listening for which word begins with the same sound, like ch- ch-, as in the word cherry.

Captain or chin?

Captain or chin?

Which one has that same ch- sound as in cherry?

Yeah, you're right, ch-ch-chin has that same sound like in cherry.

Which word begins with the wh- like in wheel?

Wh- like in wheel.

White or paint?

White or paint?

Yeah, if you said white, 'cause the same wh- like in wheel, you're absolutely right.

Nicely done.

Which word begins with the same th- th- like in the word thimble?

Miss or thorn?

Miss or thorn?

Yeah, you're right.

Thorn has the same th- digraph like in thimble.

Very good.

Which word begins with the same sh- like in shamrock?

Supper or shaker?

Supper or shaker?

Which one has the same sh- sound?

Yeah, if you said shaker, you're absolutely right.

If some of these are feeling a little bit tricky for your brain, that's okay.

We're going to practice them more and more here together.

And the more practice we make, the more progress we're gonna make as well.

All right, last one with this.

Which one has the same th- like in the word that?

There or tackle?

There or tackle?

We're listening for that same voiced th- digraph, as in that.

Yeah, if you said there has the same th- as in that you're absolutely right.

Nicely done.

All right learners, I'm going to go ahead and give you the sounds on my fingers.

We're gonna blend it.

Feel free to put them on your fingers too.

Ready?

H-ah-n-d, blend it.

Hand, very good!

Like my hand.

Ruh-ah-m-puh, blend it.

Ramp!

Very good.

Huh-u-m-puh, blend it.

Hump, very good!

Bah-a-n-duh, blend it.

Band.

Buh-e-l-t, blend it.

Belt, very good!

Tuh-i-l-tuh, blend it.

Tilt, very good!

Juh-u-m-puh, blend it.

Jump, yes!

Two more, friends.

You're doing such a great job.

L-a-n-duh, blend it.

Land, very good.

Last one.

Guh-i-f-tuh, blend it.

Gift.

Amazing.

This time I'm going to say a word and you're going to repeat it.

And then we're gonna add a sound at the beginning of the word and you're gonna tell me what the new word is.

Okay, are you ready?

Let's practice.

Say aim.

Aim.

Good, now add a bl- at the beginning.

So we have aim, add a bl- at the beginning and the new word is...

Blame!

Very good.

Say eek.

Good, now add a ch- at the beginning.

Ch-eek, put it together, what do we have?

Cheek, yes!

Say ice.

Good, now at a pr- at the beginning.

And the new word is?

Price!

Very good.

Say ide.

Now at a pr- at the beginning.

Put it together, what do we have?

Pride!

Very good.

Last one of these.

Say or.

Yeah, it's a bossy R, I love that you noticed that.

Or!

Very good.

Now add a sh- at the beginning and your new word is?

Shore, very good!

That time we added on a sound.

This time, we're gonna take away a sound.

And you're gonna tell me what is left.

Okay?

Say groan.

Groan, like I'm gonna groan.

Now take away the gr-, what do you have left?

Gr-own.

Take away the gr-, what's left?

Own!

Very good.

Say champ.

Good.

Now take away the ch-, what's left?

Ch-amp.

Take away the ch-, what's left?

Amp.

Very good.

Say brake.

Brake.

Very good.

Now take away the br-, what do you have left?

The word is brake.

Br-ake, take away the br-, what's left is ake!

Vert good!

Two more, friends, you can do it!

Say strive.

Strive.

Now take away the st-.

What do we have left?

Rive, very good.

St-rive.

Strive.

And if you take away the st-, you have rive.

Last one.

Say that.

Good, now take away the th-, what's left?

Yes, at!

Th-at.

That.

If you take away the th-, what's left is at.

Oh my gosh, that was incredible.

I'm so proud of you, friends!

You're really getting so good working with all these different letters and letter types.

All right, now I'm going to share my screen and we're going to review the words that we read together last time and read a few new words together this time.

Okay.

All right.

We're gonna start with the words we read last time.

What word is this, friends?

You can see here, I've got my vowels in pink or my vowel sounds.

And if I have something like this, bossy R here, you'll see I have it connected together underneath.

I have green dots for each sound and I've got my dash here, is showing dash long vowel sounds.

If you see a little macaroni noodle, that is a short vowel sound.

Let's go ahead and read this together.

Oh-v-er, blend it.

Over, test it.

O-ver.

That's an example of an open syllable.

Where it is a long vowel sound that gets its own syllable.

Over.

Very good.

What word is this, friends?

Okay, let's sound it out.

N-ew.

You can see that -ew is a long vowel sound and it has that dash above it to show it's a long vowel sound.

N-ew, blend it.

New.

Test it, where you gently touch the syllables underneath your chin.

New.

Just one syllable, 'cause it just has one talking vowel.

If you use this word in a sentence, I would say, "I got a new toy."

New toy.

Very good.

Next.

All right, let's sound it out.

S-, now I see one of those diphthongs, - ou, -ow, ow!

S-ou-n-d, blend it.

Sound.

Test it.

Sound.

Very good.

Even though there's all those letters, it only has one syllable, 'cause that diphthong is our only talking vowel there.

Very good.

What's this word here, friends?

Okay, I can see a magic E here on the end.

That does not make a sound, so I put a swipe right through it.

And that always makes our long vowel sound there for that vowel A.

Sound it out.

T-ake, blend it.

Take.

Test it, take.

Always take your time.

Very good.

All right, and this is the last one we read together.

I see two long vowel sounds here.

We've got a y twin at the end, and because we have two talking vowels, and so it'll be two syllables, it's gonna make the -ee sound.

O-n-l-ee, blend it.

Only.

Test it, on-ly.

Very good, friends!

We have another open syllable, where it's a long vowel that gets its own syllable, and that y twin there at the end.

Amazing.

What's this word here, friends?

You are so good!

I knew you'd know this word.

This is the word me.

Mm-ee.

- ee again, this is an open syllable.

It makes the long vowel sound and it's not followed by a consonant.

M-ee, me.

What if I took this mm sound, and I changed it to a wuh-?

Wuh- what new word would I have?

You are so smart!

We, absolutely!

What if I changed that -wuh to a -buh?

What new word would I have?

Be, very good!

I'm so proud of you, friends.

All right, let's do another one here.

Okay, I can see we've got a vowel team right here, EA, EE, ee.

Yuh-ee-urh-zz.

Sometimes S makes that zz sound at the end.

Blend it.

Years.

Test it, years.

Just one talking vowel there, that vowel team.

Years.

Okay, let's do another one.

Okay, I see another magic E. We swipe it because we don't, it doesn't make a talking vowel sound.

But it makes this A, aa, long vowel.

Instead of ah, ah, this E also tells this C to say ss, instead of kuh.

It makes the soft C sound.

This E is so bossy that it tells A and C what to say.

All right, sound it out.

Puh-l-ace, blend it.

Place.

Test it, place.

Just one talking vowel.

Very good, friends.

Okay, one more.

Let's do this word here.

L-ih-ih, there's that macaroni short, short, t-t-, we've got two letters that come together but they only make the one sound.

Uhl, this is a perfect example of consonant LE making that uhl sound.

And if you ever see double letters, you're always gonna chop the syllable right there.

Sounds up, l-i-t-uhl, blend it.

Little.

Test it, lit-le.

Very good, friends.

All right, let's review.

Say it with me, nice and loud.

Little!

Place.

Years.

Me.

Amazing job, friends.

I'm gonna stop sharing my screen.

You did such an incredible job reviewing all of the different syllable types and the way we divide up words in order to read those high frequency words.

Words that we'll see a lot when we're reading.

Amazing job.

Thank you for your hard work.

Have a great rest of your day.

Bye.

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