(upbeat music) - [Together] Good morning super readers!

- Thanks for joining us in our Valley PBS classroom.

I'm Mrs. Nix.

- Hi, I'm Mrs. Vang.

- I'm Mrs. Hammack.

- And this is a place where we come together to learn, practice, and- - [Together] Grow our brains!

- To become even amazing, stronger readers, writers and thinkers.

So let's get started by warming up our brains with some - Ear training - Called - [Together] Daily Phonemic Awareness.

- Okay, So daily phonemic awareness.

What is that?

That's just a fancy way of saying it's time to turn on those ears.

So everybody turn your ear on.

Cause I want you to be listening today and I'm going to have Mrs. Vang is going to help me out.

Cause we're going to do a little thing called phoneme substitution.

And that just means we're going to change some sounds.

Now, I'm going to give you a word and then I'm going to change that.

I'm going to change a sound in that word to make a new word.

Sounds really complicated, but we're going to use these little red dots that are going to help us out today.

Okay.

So let's practice together.

You ladies are going to help me out?

- Yeah - Okay.

So here's our first word.

We're going to go BA ah, they're stuck together.

Nd So what's our word?

band, B-Ah-Nd, band.

And I want to change the ah, to an eh, Ba-Eh-Nd, now what's the word?

Bend.

And you know what?

I usually have a little yellow circle and I forgot it today, but that's okay.

You guys are doing great.

Okay.

Let's try it again.

So I've got this , tank.

Let's say our sound's Tuh- Ay- Nn- Kuh.

Tank.

Now.

I want to change the Tuh to S. What's my new word?

S- Ink.

- Sink.

- Sink, Excellent job.

All right.

Last one.

This time, we're going to change the ending sound.

Okay.

So here's my new word.

My word is send, let's say the sounds together.

S- Eh- Nn- D, Send.

And I want to change the last sound to Tuh.

So now we have Se-Nt.

Sent.

Did you hear that new word?

- [Together] I got it.

- Excellent job.

So that is a little game called phoning substitution, and you can change up your words just by listening and playing with sounds.

Isn't that kind of fun, right?

- And that is kind of what we do when we do some word building.

So they're connected because all the parts of reading connect together to help us break the code so we can be readers.

- Absolutely.

That's great.

Are you ready to do some, - Cause I'm ready.

- Dancing?

- I've got my turtle shoes on.

- All right.

So we're going to do this one.

It's called My Two-Ton Turtle.

So make sure you've got some space, and get some wiggling.

(My Two Ton Turtle Plays) - My two-ton turtle took a train to town, My two-ton turtle tried to look around, and then my two-ton turtle tried to trot, but my two-ton turtle could not trot!

- Whew My two-ton turtle tried to climb a tree, My two-ton turtle tried to see what he could see, and then my two-ton turtle wondered why, he fell flat on his back when he tried to fly.

Oh, My two-ton turtle, Oh, My two-ton turtle.

My two-ton turtle took a train to town, My two-ton turtle tried to look around, and then my two-ton turtle tried to trot, but my two-ton turtle could not trot!

- No jumping turtles today.

My two-ton turtle tried to climb a tree My two-ton turtle tried to see what he could see, And then my two-ton turtle wondered why, He fell flat on his back when he tried to fly.

Oh, my two-ton turtle, Oh, my two-ton turtle - So much fun, - Whew!

(My Two-Ton Turtle concludes) - My brain is awake now - I think so - I think we're ready to learn today.

- I think so, and we're going to continue working on our ending blends.

So let's head over and do a little fluency review before we get started.

All right.

I took a few letters out and added a few different ones in to help us just remember.

So here we have E, egg and we spell that sound with an Eh, and we can spell it in two different ways.

We have U, umbrella, Uh, and then we have some consonance.

S, sun, S R, rose, R. it's a very short sound.

Don't stretch it out because then it makes a funny sound and it's an R, and it can spell with a wr in some words, and (gasp), how appropriate, a turtle.

This is the turtle card T, turtle, Tuh.

And look how you can spell the tuh sound most commonly with just a T and then sometimes at the end of a word with an Ed.

And I'm sure that you will be reading some words like that.

So we are working on ending blends.

We have SK, ST, LT, MP, ND, whoops NK, my favorite FT, and LK.

And we're going to do some blending and building using our ending blends, but I need some help.

Oh, friends.

Are you ready to build and blend some words with me?

- I'm so ready Mrs. Hammack - Hi Mrs. Hammack - Good morning.

I'm so excited to see you.

Now.

I tried to think of some tricky words because you guys are doing so well using our ending blends.

So I wonder if you can help me practice blending these two words and then building a couple of words.

Are you ready?

Okay.

Ready?

Excellent.

All right.

I'm going to say the sounds.

I want you to blend them together to figure out what my word is.

Here we go.

Oh, look at this.

This one has a beginning blend and an ending blend, St, Uh, Mp.

St- uh- mp.

St-u-mp.

Hm, Does anybody know what that is?

- Oh Oh, I Know Mrs. Hammack!

I know what it is - Oh I bet you do!

- Its a stump.

- Great.

Tina, do you know what a stump is?

- Well, sometimes it's like, well, it's like a little tree and you cut it off and then you're left with just a stump.

- That is exactly right.

Good job.

- I thought she was going to get stumped on the word.

- [Together] Laughing - Oh my goodness.

All right let's try the next one are you ready?

Eh, Nd Eh-Nd Hm.

- Does that say end?

- Why yes, it does, very nicely blended.

End.

So we have stump and end.

All right.

Now I want you to try and help me figure out what sounds I need to put up to make the word pest, pest, oh, you know what?

Wait a minute.

That's not the word I wanted.

I want the word rest, rest.

That's what I was thinking.

Because after that crazy dance, I needed a rest.

So help me with the word rest re, eh, st Hmm.

What do you think I need?

- Oh my, would that start with an R?

- Well, yes, Ronda it does.

R, very good.

- Eh Eh St.

I think the next letter would be E. - Oh, you're right.

And that's very tricky to hear when it's in the middle of a word, isn't it re, eh, eh, R-eh-st. - Sure is.

And then I, I think it ends with that ST that you were talking about earlier.

- You are correct.

And here we have rest, - [Together] rest.

- Terrific.

Thank you so much.

- Well, you're welcome.

- All right.

Now I want to change rest to rust, rust.

- That's really tricky.

- It is tricky.

- You know what?

I remember, Ricky, he gave us some really good tips yesterday and he talked about the first sound and cause, he recognized the R is already there.

And then he talked about the end sound and that had the St, and those didn't change.

But, the middle sound, that's a hard one, but - It's called vowel sound.

- Vowel sound, yeah that was it!

I knew you would help me out, thanks!

- I got you.

- But the vowel, the vowel in the middle, it, it changed.

It went from Eh, to Uh.

- Oh, you're good listening.

I can tell you've got your listening ears turned up.

- Yes.

- What letter says the, uh, sound?

- Well, that's where it gets a little tricky for me.

I think it could be the, U like the umbrella card.

- Oh, you think so?

- I think it could be.

- If I look over here on my sound spelling card board, I can look at the vowels and I can see that.

Look, the umbrella does say the, uh, sound.

So you would be right.

It is the U to make the Uh - You're right Tina, you're right.

That's awesome.

- Very nice.

Let's give her a clap.

- Yay.

- Great job.

Thank you so much for blending and building with me today.

And now I'm going to read a sentence with our, readers and I'll see you guys later.

- All right bye Mrs. Hammack.

- Bye guys.

Thanks.

All right, readers at home.

Here we go.

I have a sentence to help us practice.

He will sit and rest on the st-uh-mp.

Stump.

He will sit and rest on the stump.

Great job.

Now we're going to work on our high frequency words because those help us to be good readers too.

And Mrs. Nicks is ready for you.

- Absolutely.

Thank you so much, Mrs. Hammack, and yes, we're going to work on those high frequency words.

Those words that we see often in our reading and our writing.

So we need to be able to read them and?

That's right.

Spell them.

Okay.

Let's go through, let's read our words for this week.

You read them with me.

Here we go.

Eat, no, under, of, and who.

And today we're going to practice this one right here.

What's this word one more time?

Of, say it with me, of, let's spell it.

O F Says of, great job.

Let's see what that looks like in a sentence.

I have this one right here.

Let's read it together.

The trunk has lots -_ stuff in it.

Does of fit right there?

Let's try it.

Read it with me.

The trunk has lots of stuff in it.

Yes.

Great job.

Now, remember, we're always trying to come up with some creative ways to practice and today's Wednesday.

So let's go through and let's do a little whack a word.

So if we were going to do a little whack a word, I have a chart just like this with all of my ABC's written out on that.

That's something you could do at home.

And then just have some sort of a fun little, maybe it's a flyswatter.

Maybe it's a pool noodle with a pencil on it.

Just like this one is, and you just practice tapping out your word.

So the word was, of, do you remember how to spell it?

That's right.

Let's go through it and look.

O F, so we're going to look.

We're going to say, O, and F spells?

Of!

You got it.

Great job.

You can go through and you can practice any of your words using something, just like this.

Great job.

Now this week, we've also been practicing a skill called reread.

And we were talking about when we're reading a story, we're looking for all those important key details, right?

What happens when we get to the end of the page?

Maybe we don't quite remember them.

That's right.

We go back and we can reread those couple of sentences just to make sure that we know what those important details are.

So today, as you're listening and reading along, maybe you might have to do a little rereading and that's okay.

Enjoy it.

We'll see you back here in just a moment.

- Animals in the desert.

What kinds of animals live in the desert?

How do they live there?

It's quiet and tranquil in the desert.

The ground is covered in sand.

It is very hot.

Instead of trees, cacti and grasses grow a large tortoise crawls slowly by, but most animals are not in site.

This may be because they are hiding under the ground or in the shade.

It's too hot to spend time in the sun during the day.

A desert is a habitat for many animals.

When nighttime falls, many mammals, birds, and insects begin to roam around the desert after sleeping all day.

It is cold at night, the snakes and lizards move underneath hot rocks to stay warm.

Some of the desert animals, like the tortoise, live alone, others live and help each other in a community.

One of the animals that lives in a desert is the coyote.

Coyotes look like small Collie dogs with pointed ears and a bushy tail.

They eat many desert animals, mice, rats, insects, snakes, birds, and eggs, and other things.

They hunt day and night.

A small number of coyotes live alone, but most coyotes live and travel together in pairs or in small family groups called packs.

Being part of a pack helps the coyotes.

A pack can find more kinds of food than a coyote hunting alone.

And while it's usually a mother coyote that watches over her young pups, sometimes another female from the pack will help.

Coyotes in a pack, talk to each other by howling.

They tell the rest of the pack where they are.

They also warn coyotes from other packs, far away.

Coyotes in a pack will not tolerate strange coyotes on their land.

The Prairie dog is not a dog at all.

It is a kind of rodent and is about the size of a rabbit.

It gets its name from the sound that it makes, which is like a barking dog.

These furry live in the Western part of the United States, including several deserts.

Prairie dogs live in families in burrows underground.

They dig the Burroughs themselves.

Very large boroughs are called Prairie dog towns.

The community of Prairie dogs works together in many ways.

They share food, they chase away other Prairie dogs, they groom each other, they even kiss each other when they meet.

Like coyotes Prairie dogs talk to each other, they make their sharp barking sounds over and over again to warn the family of danger.

Some desert Prairie dogs hibernate in the winter.

Even in the desert, winters can be cold.

The Prairie dogs settle into the burrows and sleep there until the weather warms up again.

Then their towns are busy again.

You might not expect to find a barn owl in the desert.

Barn owls that live near people will often make their nests in old buildings.

But these owls do live in deserts.

A barn owl in a desert can make its nest in a high Rocky cliff.

A pair of barn owls will usually stay together all their lives.

They work together to bring up their babies.

While the mother owl is sitting on her eggs, the male feeds her.

After the mother owl hatches her eggs, the mother and father owl, both hunt for food.

Little owlets are always hungry.

They depend on their parents for food.

The parents catch small animals, such as mice and rats to feed the owlets.

Before the owlets leave the nest, the owl parents teach them how to hunt for their own food.

- I hope you guys were paying attention to our story Animals in the Desert.

But remember as you were listening or reading a great skill or strategy is to reread if you don't know or need more information.

- Excuse me.

Did someone say reread?

- I did Rhonda.

I'm so glad you're here to help me.

I was just explaining that you can reread to find more information if you have forgotten.

So I had some questions.

Remember, cause we also talked about predicting or asking questions, and then I had to go back and reread, the texts to find my answer.

So that's what I did here.

So I had a question on the first picture and I re-read, and then I found my answer right here, because sometimes going back and rereading just gives me more information.

You see how I did that?

And then same thing.

I had another question about the coyote.

And then I went back and I re-read, and I found the answer right here and I found the answer down here.

So it's not just in one spot, sometimes it's in different spots of the story.

So that's why it's important to go back and reread the whole paragraph to make sure that we're not leaving out any important information.

So how about you help me with the next picture?

Because it's a picture of a prairie dog, but my question is what are some ways prairie dogs work together?

So can you help me reread, and let's see if we can find the answer to my question.

- Reread Rhonda is here.

Prairie dogs live in families in burrows underground.

They dig the Burroughs themselves.

Very large burrows are called prairie dogs towns.

The community of Prairie dogs work together in many, many ways.

- Oh, I'm going to stop you because guess what?

My sentence has said, what are some ways prairie dogs worked together?

And guess what I just heard?

It says prairie dogs worked together in many ways.

So that just means my brain just went, oh, this is lighting up, my answers coming up.

So let's see if we can find some of our answers.

Okay.

- They share food.

- That's a way.

So I'm gonna box it.

Yes.

They share food.

- They chase away other Prairie dogs.

- Oh, that's another good answer.

They chase away other prairie dogs.

- They groom each other.

- Good, keep going.

- They even kiss each other when they meet - Oh how sweet.

- Like coyots, oh I mean coyotes, prairie dogs.

Talk to each other.

- They talk to each other.

Okay.

- They make their sharp barking noise over and over to warn the family of danger - So look at all the ways that we found that they work together.

Good job, Rhonda.

And thank you for helping me reread.

I have lots of answers to choose from really actually.

So good job.

Thank you so much.

- Thank you, sure.

- Now let's go into our writing boys and girls because our writing today has to do with deserts and the animals.

Cause my writing prompt says, write about animals that live in the desert.

So I want you guys to think about all those animals, and let's brainstorm and get all those animals out.

And my friends are going to come and help me with our brainstorming and writing some of our sentences together.

Oh there they are.

Hello Rita and Tina, - Hello Mrs. Vang - Were you guys listening?

- [Together] Yeah we were - Okay?

Tell me all the animals that you guys remember from the story.

- I wrote down the prairie dog.

- Oh a prairie dog.

You're right.

- I wrote down, these are my distant cousins the lizards.

- The lizards.

Yeah.

- I got owls - Owls - Snakes - Snakes.

Oh, you guys were thinking - And I like how Rhoda said "coyot-ay" - A coyote.

(laughs) I like that.

- Tortoise - And tortoise.

Lots of animals right?

So give me one detail so we can say a blank lives in the desert.

Okay.

Give me one detail.

So you can give me one?

I think we only have time for one.

Let's see.

- I'm going to go.

Okay.

So what about Prairie dogs?

Prairie dogs live in the desert and Prairie dogs live in burrows together.

- They do.

That's a great detail.

So my sentence says, a prairie dog or prairie dogs, I'm not going to write "a" because Prairie dogs, Lives in or live in the desert.

They do.

And Prairie dogs live in burrows together.

Great details.

You guys did a great job helping me.

Now, let's go and listen to see what story we're going to try to check out and read.

Okay - Hi everyone.

My name is Mrs. Filayon.

I'm going to give a book talk today on Super Fly Guy.

This is one of my first grade classes, favorite books.

My first graders love reading about their favorite characters, Fly Guy and Buzz.

And in this book, Buzz takes Fly Guy to school.

Now in this book, in the beginning of the story, things are going pretty well.

Fly guys learning about phonics and reading.

He's even learning about art, but Fly Guy's problems begin when Buzz takes them to the cafeteria.

Now think about that for a second.

Is it a good idea to take a fly to the cafeteria?

Do we want flies in the cafeteria?

No we don't.

So if you would like to find out what happens when Buzz takes Fly Guy to the cafeteria, please check out Super Fly Guy.

You can get it on Sora, or you can get it from your library.

Have a wonderful day and keep reading.

- That was awesome.

I love all those books by.

- I love Fly Guy.

- Oh he's so fly.

- Knock, knock.

- [Together] Who's there.

- Radio - [Together] Radio Who?

- Radi-or not, here I come.

- Oh my golly.

You're so silly.

We look forward to seeing you back here tomorrow on Valley PBS.

Have a great afternoon.

- [Together] Bye-bye (upbeat outro music)