(uptempo music) - Good morning, boys and girls.

Welcome back to Room Nine.

I hope you're ready to have a good time.

It's Dr. Sanders coming to you from the largest classroom in the region and we are here to have a little fun.

That's right, we're gonna have a little fun today, but also we're gonna do some learning, especially for my pre-K and kindergarten students.

We're gonna do a little ELA and Math.

But, it doesn't matter how old you are, you can be two or 102, you can learn something.

That's right.

So let's get started.

Are you ready to get started?

Yes, before we get started, let me remind you, I work at Adams Elementary and Saint Louis Public Schools, the Saint Louis Public Schools.

And, that's it, that's all I wanted to say.

But you ready?

Let's take a look at our objectives.

Dr. Sanders wasn't ready today.

So I had to take this down and we'll just put it to the side for a minute and just let's look at our objectives.

Students will recognize letters and sounds, and students will recognize numbers up to 100.

We're gonna do a hundred eventually but, today, we're just gonna start with up to 20.

Okay?

So, here we go, let me put this back up, because we're gonna start with our number chart.

We're gonna start with that number chart.

Yes, that's chart and start, those are rhyming words.

All right, let me take my hat off so that we can get started.

Are you ready to get started?

I am.

So, here we go, we're gonna count from zero to 100 by ones.

I need everyone's help.

Everyone's help.

And, if you don't know the numbers, just try.

That's all you have to do is make sure you try.

Okay, here we go.

Zero.

One.

Two.

Three.

Four.

Five.

Six.

Seven.

Eight.

Nine.

10.

Okay, I'll slow down a little bit, I'm sorry.

11.

12.

13.

14.

15.

16.

17.

18.

19.

20.

Let's sing, you ready to sing?

21.

22.

23.

24.

25.

26.

27.

28.

29.

30.

All right, let's count really fast.

31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40.

Let's count it with a deep voice.

You ready?

41.

42.

43.

44.

45.

46.

47.

48.

49.

50.

Let's do it in a really high voice.

I'm gonna get high as I can, but I bet you all can go higher.

51.

52.

53.

54.

55.

56.

57.

58.

59.

60.

Let's do it in a regular voice.

61.

62.

63.

64.

65.

66.

67.

68.

69.

70.

Let's do it really, really slow.

71.

72.

73.

74.

75.

76.

77.

78.

79.

80.

Regular voice.

81.

82.

83.

84.

85.

86.

87.

88.

89.

90.

We're gonna whisper it and when we get to 100 we're gonna be really loud.

91.

92.

93.

94.

95.

96.

97.

98.

99.

100!

100.

All right, let's count from zero to 100 by fives.

Are you ready?

Zero.

Five.

10.

15.

20.

25.

30.

35.

40.

45.

50.

55.

60.

65.

70.

75.

80.

85.

90.

95.

100!

That's right, 100.

Now we're gonna count from zero to 100 by tens.

Here we go.

Zero.

10.

20.

30.

40.

50.

60.

70.

80.

90.

100!

100.

All right.

Okay, boys and girls, now we're gonna count backwards.

When you count backwards, it's like subtracting, right?

So, put your hands in the air and then we're gonna come down and say 10, nine, eight, and then when we get the zero we're gonna blast off, all right, when we get to one.

Here we go.

10.

Nine.

Eight.

Seven.

Six.

Five.

Four.

Three.

Two.

One.

Blast off!

Hold on, come back down, come back down.

You gotta come back with me.

All right, now we're gonna count from zero to 10 in Spanish.

We're gonna count from zero to 10 in Spanish.

And I'm gonna try my best to do the right accent but I'm just gonna zero to 10 in Spanish.

You ready?

How about you mimic me and then.

You just do it by yourself.

So, cero.

Uno.

Remember, mimic means to repeat.

So when I say it, then you say it, okay?

Here we go.

Cero.

Uno.

Dos.

Tres.

Quatro.

Cinco.

Seis.

Siete.

Ocho.

Nueve.

Diez!

Yes, that's counting in Spanish.

Spanish is a different language that a lot of people in the United States speak.

It's another language that, but it's another language.

We speak English, but also a lot of people speak Spanish.

And we'll practice that and we'll practice some other languages later.

Now, hmm, I was wondering, what should we do next?

I want to practice recognizing some numbers.

That was part of our objective, right?

So we're gonna practice recognizing some numbers from zero to 20.

And we're gonna do a few of them today.

And then, I'm gonna add them to a book, and we're gonna make sure we look at them every day.

All right?

So, I have a few numbers here we're gonna practice from zero to 20, just recognizing.

Recognize and say you see it you can say that number.

You can scream it out loud.

Okay, here we go.

We're gonna start with.

What number is this?

Two, right that's the number two!

Can you show me two fingers?

Yeah, two fingers, that's right.

That's the number two.

All right, and what's this number right here?

Or like that, what's this number right here?

Eight, thank you, that's the number eight!

Everybody say eight.

Yes, can you show me eight fingers?

Let's see.

Six, seven, eight!

Right, eight fingers!

Five plus three equals eight.

Or, I see some people have four plus four.

That's right, four plus four equals eight as well.

All right, and what number is this?

Four, right, that's the number four!

Can you show me four fingers?

Yes, four, four plus zero equals four.

What's another way?

Yes, two plus two equals four.

Hmm, one more way.

Three plus one equals four, or one plus three.

Three plus one equals four as well.

Let's make sure, one, two, three, four.

So that's the number what?

Four!

Hmm, ooh, what's this number right here?

Ooh, yes, that's the number 11!

That's 11.

What two digits make up 11?

A one and a one, you are right!

Can you show me 11 fingers?

Hmm.

I don't know, let's see.

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, 10.

Do you have 11 fingers?

No, you could use one of your toes, yes.

Or if you had a friend next to you or a grownup, you can add one of their fingers and that would be 11.

And what number is this?

Hmm, what two digits do you see?

A one and a five, yes.

Yes, that's the number 15!

That's the number 15!

A one and a five.

Five, 10, 15.

So you can show me five, 10, 15.

That's the number 15.

And I think that's all we're gonna do with our numbers for today, but we'll practice some more tomorrow, and you can always practice all of your numbers, okay?

All right, boys and girls, you've been sitting a long time, please stand.

All right, all right, all right!

All right, all right.

All right, let's dance like a robot to 10.

You ready, go!

One.

Two.

Three.

Four.

Five.

Six.

Seven.

Eight.

Nine.

10.

All right for the grownups out there, but here we go kids, we're gonna vogue, we're gonna pose.

We're gonna do five poses, five poses, like you're in a picture, okay?

Here we go, like vogue, let's vogue.

You ready, go.

Two.

Three.

Four.

Five.

All right, let's jump up and down six times, go!

One.

Two.

Three.

Four.

Five.

Six.

Let's, um, what do you want to do?

Nod our head four times, let's go.

One.

Two.

Three.

Four.

All right, let's do, hmm.

Let's sit down on three, one, two, three.

Up, down, up, down.

Sit right down on the ground or the chair or the carpet or the couch.

Just don't stand up and jump up and down on it.

All right, boys and girls, we read a book yesterday.

We read a book, it was called, "Me!

Ten Poetic Affirmations" We're gonna read one of those poems that were in there.

And then we're gonna read another book today that was given permission from an author.

But remember this book right here, Me!

it was by Julius Anthony and the ECE Prep School.

That was the author, the author does what?

The author writes the words in the story.

And it was illustrated by Kristen Jurgens.

And what does the illustrator do?

The illustrator draws the pictures in the story.

We're gonna just read one of his poems today, 'cause then I got another book that really goes with the poem.

All right.

The poem we're gonna read, I'm sorry, this is the what?

Front cover, back cover, this is the spine.

The poem we're gonna read today is called "Me!".

Me, I'm reading the title now, me!

No one looks the way I do.

I have noticed that it's true.

No one walks the way I walk.

No one talks the way I talk.

I am special, I am me.

There is no one, there is no one, there is no one I'd rather be than me!

I am so glad to be me.

And I was able to read this with permission from Saint Louis Black Author's of Children's Literature in St. Louis.

And this book is also given permission from the author, but also Saint Louis Black Authors of Children's Literature in St. Louis.

Black Author's of Children's Literature in St. Louis.

You got it.

All right, the name of this book is called "Rock What You Got".

Think about "Me!"

Think about Julius's poem about me.

As we listen to the story, I want you to think how it relates to "Rock What You Got".

And the author of this is Aja La'Starr, the author writes the words.

And the illustrator is Gloria Day.

And the illustrator does what?

The illustrator draws the pictures.

"Rock What You Got".

Check it out, she even signed it for me.

I got her autograph.

Thank you, Miss La'Starr.

"Rock What You Got".

Perfectly crafted.

Everyone is unique.

From the top of your head to the soles of your feet.

From the dimple in your cheek to the gap in your teeth.

You are just like beautiful art, a stunning masterpiece.

Maybe you are in doubt, but you should never be.

When precious time was taken out to create who you would be.

From your eyes to your size, from your lips to your hips.

From your nose to your ears, right down to your fingertips.

You, yes, you are a star in your own right.

But you must see your image with your own sight.

When you look in the mirror, always love what you see.

Celebrate how great you are and how great you will be.

Appreciate all of your quirks for they are a part of you too.

You are beyond special, you, yes, you.

So honor who you are because to the world you mean a lot.

You are perfect in every way so always... rock what you got!

Boys and girls, it doesn't matter, rock what you got!

'Cause you are you, you are special.

No one is like you.

So you have to rock what you got at all times.

It doesn't matter what people say.

You were made for you and you have to show the world that you are the best.

So you gotta, oh, oh, rock what you got.

Rock, rock what you got, oh, rock what you got!

I'm sorry, I'm just getting into it.

'Cause I rock what I got, right?

I rock this hair, I rock teaching.

I think I rock at teaching, but I love what I do.

I want you to say that, say, I'm gonna rock what I got.

Say it.

I'm gonna rock what I got.

And when your friends are feeling down on themselves, tell them rock what you got.

Sometimes we have to say it to grownups too.

They have to rock what they got, right?

Because they're good no matter what, and they're good for you.

All right, and thank you again to Miss Aja La'Starr, she's a Saint Louis author, and Julius Anthony.

If you see them say, hey, I read your book.

All right, boys and girls let's get some, let's count some letters in our friends' names.

Let's count some letters in our friend's names.

Whose name is this?

This is Bellamy, let's count her letters.

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven.

Bellamy has seven letters.

And I'm so honored to be able to read her name.

Her grandmother sent it in and it's an honor to be able to do that.

All right, and whose name is this?

Mirabella, let's count Mirabella's letters.

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine.

She has nine letters in her name.

And, whose name is this?

Rocky, that's right, let's count Rocky's letters.

One, two, three, four, five.

He has five letters.

And whose name is this?

Orion, let's count Orion's letters.

One, two, three, four, five.

Orion has five letters.

And whose name is this?

Judah, hi, Judah, let's count his letters.

One, two, three, four, five.

Judah has five letters in his name.

These are some special names to me.

I know all these people and they sent their stuff in.

Yes, yes, yes.

All right.

We're gonna take a look at some letters and we're gonna to say the letter and the sound and maybe a word that starts with that letter.

Does that sound good to you?

It sounds good to me, so that's what we're going to do.

All right, what letter is this?

That's the letter J, what sound does J make?

Juh, that's right.

Give me a word, ooh, I heard the word juice.

Yes, juice starts with a J.

And what letter is this?

Y, yes, that's the letter Y, and Y makes the yuh sound.

Give me a word that started with yuh.

Yellow, yes, yellow, yellow!

No, that's purple.

Yes, but yellow starts with Y.

And what letter is this?

A, and what two sounds does A make?

Aah and A, it says its name.

And give me a word that starts with the short A sound.

Africa, yes, Africa.

And the long A sound, an A sound?

Acorn, yes, that's the letter A.

And what letter is this?

V, V makes the vvv sound.

Give me a word that starts with the vvv.

Vest, I heard vest, you are right!

And what letter is this?

L, give me a word that starts with that L sound.

Long, long, that is a long time.

And what letter is this?

U, U makes two sounds.

It makes the uh sound, it makes the U sound.

Give me a word that starts with the short U, the uh.

Umbrella, yes, and the long U?

Unicycle, yes, unicycle.

Oh, somebody say universe, I thought they said unicycle.

All right, now we're gonna look at a couple of our sight words.

Remember, this session, we're gonna have a sight word for every letter of the alphabet.

And then we'll have a chart eventually.

So we'll go over them all the time.

This word is zip, let's spell zip.

Zip, Z-I-P, zip.

What letter does it start with, Z.

The next word is funny.

What letter does it start with?

Funny, F, yes, let's spell funny.

Funny, F-U-N-N-Y, funny.

Make a funny face.

And what letter is this?

G, let's spell G. I mean, let's spell good.

Good, G-O-O-D. That was a good job not laughing at Dr. Sanders.

What letter is this?

Down, let's spell down.

Down, D-O-W-N, down.

I'm gonna put this word down.

And what letter is this?

Just, let's spell just.

J-U-S-T, just, we have just one more word to spell.

What is that word?

Nine, let's spell nine.

Nine, N-I-N-E, nine.

Thank you for being in Room Nine, bye-bye.

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