(upbeat music) - Good morning super readers.

- Thank you for joining us in our Valley PBS Classroom.

I'm Mrs. Nicks.

- I'm Mrs. Hammock - and I'm Mrs. Vang!

- This is a place for us to learn, practice and - Grow our brains!

- to become even stronger readers, writers and thinkers.

So let's get started by warming up our brains with some- - Ear training!

- I wanted to say that so bad.

- I know, it's okay.

- Ah, so it's called - Daily Phonemic Awareness!

- Okay super readers Today, we're gonna go through and we're gonna do a little bit of segmentation and segmentation is just where we're gonna take our words and stretch it out like it's on a big, heavy rubber band because we're listening.

So turn on those listening ears.

We're listening for all of the sounds we can hear in a word.

Okay.

- Okay - Okay, ready?

- We're gonna count how many sounds we hear in those words too.

Okay.

The first word is throne.

Throne.

- Okay.

- So let's try it.

- Throne.

So stretch it out.

Th...ro...ne.

- Okay.

I think I got it.

- Th...ro...ne.

- How many sounds?

- I got four.

- I got four.

- Ooh I'm going to have to check you on that.

- All right, did you get four?

Great job.

All right let's try another word.

How about spread?

Spread.

Let's stretch it out.

Sp...re...ad.

Ooh, lots of sounds.

What do we hear?

Sp...re...ad.

- I got five.

- Five.

- All right, last one.

How about scrape?

- Scrape.

- Okay.

Stretch it out.

Sc...ra...pe.

Sc...ra...pe - Yep, that's what I got.

Five again.

Those three letter blends really add on the sounds.

- A lot of sounds, but you know what?

You can do hard things.

- That's right.

- And, we can hear all those sounds.

Speaking of sounds, - (whispers) How about we dance to some sounds?

- Oh, I love that idea.

- All right.

So I think we're gonna do a little bit of jumping too.

OK, let's do it.

(upbeat music) ♪ Jenny likes to jump, jump, jump.

♪ ♪ Jenny likes to jump, jump, jump.

♪ ♪ Johnny like to jump, jump, jump.

♪ ♪ Everybody.

Jump, jump, jump.

♪ ♪ Everybody jump.

♪ ♪ Oh yeah.

♪ ♪ Johnny like to jump, jump, jump.

♪ ♪ Johnny likes to jump, jump, jump.

♪ ♪ Johnny like to jump, jump, jump.

♪ ♪ Johnny likes me jump, jump, jump.

♪ ♪ Everybody jump, jump, jump.

♪ ♪ Everybody jump.

♪ ♪ Yeah.

♪ - (laughing) So much fun.

- It is fun.

Oh, alright.

Well, it's time for us to continue working on our three letter blends, so we better get started.

- Sounds good.

- Jump out.

(laughing) - All right.

Here we are with our three letter blends, practicing all of these blends that come at the beginning of the word.

Remember, these are like our two letter consonant blends, but we're adding a third sound.

Often, most of them in the front, you see those two letters that you're familiar with and then we're just adding that third letter.

Let's call our friends in and have them help us review and blend and build some words.

Hey friends, are you ready to come in?

- [Turtle] Woo.

Good morning Ms. Hammock!

- [Donkey] Morning.

- Oh, good morning.

How are you doing today?

- Woo!

So good.

- Oh, excellent - I'm ready to learn.

- I love it.

All right.

We're gonna start with our review of those three letter blends.

Are you ready?

All right.

We have S C R says 'scr', as in scrap.

- (repeating) S C R says 'scr', as in scrap.

- Very nice!

S P R says 'spr', like in spring.

- S P R says 'spr', like in spring.

- Nice!

S P L says 'spl', like in splash.

- S P L says 'spl', like in splash.

- Very nice.

S H R says 'shr', like in shrink.

- S H R says 'shr', like in shrink.

- Good job.

S T R says 'str', like in stripe.

- S T R says 'str', like in stripe.

- Very nice.

And T H R says 'thr', like in throne - T H R says 'thr', like in throne.

- Nicely done.

All right.

I have some words here for us to practice.

Let's take a look at this first one.

We have the S H R, three letter blend.

Ready?

Shr...ed.

- Shred.

- Shred.

- Shred.

- Nice.

All right.

Now this one is a little tricky.

So first, Let's look at the whole word so we can think about what we know about the sounds and how that works.

Are you ready?

All right, here we go.

- Okay.

- Str...an...ge.

- Str...an...ge.

- That's a very strange word.

- It is a strange word.

Good for you.

You remembered that when there's an E right behind the letter G it has that soft G sound.

Strange.

All right.

All right.

Let's look at this one.

All right.

Thr...ew.

- Threw.

- Threw.

- Good, like I threw the ball for Ricky.

All right.

Let's try this one.

Ready?

Here's another 'thr' word.

Thr...ee.

- Three.

- Three.

Very good.

All right.

Now, now's the hard part.

Are you ready?

We're gonna build some words using those blends.

Let's build the word spring.

Spring.

What's that beginning blend sound?

- I got this.

- You got this?

Okay!

What is it?

- Because its a 'spr' sound.

So it's S P R. - Good job.

- And then it's the I.

And then the N, G. - Very nicely done.

Spring.

Terrific.

All right.

How about scrub?

Scrub.

What do you think?

- Okay.

Alright.

I think I've got this one.

- Okay.

- Okay.

So S C R says, 'scr'.

- Very nice.

- Then we need 'ub' And 'ub' is a U and a B.

- Scrub.

- Nice!

Now let's read it and check.

Ready?

- All right.

- Scr...u...b.

- Nicely done!

All right.

How about the last word throne.

Now, different than throne that a king sits on.

Now, I wanna build the word that says thrown.

Like "he had thrown the ball to home plate."

- Ooh.

- Thrown.

It's the past tense of throw.

So how would I do thrown?

- Ooh, okay.

Well, 'thr" is gonna be the T H R. - But Ricky, she said like throw so if we were to write throw, wouldn't that be just be O W?

- Mhm, good thinking Tina!

- Like T H R O W. - Good Job!

And you know what?

I don't see my vow team, O W. So I'm just gonna use a regular W but remember that, that is part of the vowel.

Oh, maybe I could do it this way.

Watch this.

There we go.

Now that will help you remember.

That's the, oh, sound.

Throw.

What do we need?

Are we done?

What do we need Ricky?

- Thrown.

There's an N at the end.

- Nice.

Very good.

- So we don't say throwed.

- No.

- We say thrown!

- Thrown.

Very nice.

It's confusing.

Isn't it?

Because we have throne spelled like this, which is like a fancy chair for a king.

And then we have thrown here, which is actually a verb.

And it's the past tense of throw.

- That was really good.

- You guys are learning all kinds of things about words.

Great job.

Hey, thank you for your help today.

You've done some great blending, and now I'm gonna read a sentence with our super readers and I'll catch up with you later.

Okay?

- Okay.

Bye!

- Okay.

Bye!

- Bye!

All right.

Super readers.

Here is our sentence for today.

Are you ready?

We scream until our throats throb.

Have you ever done that?

Have you ever screamed until your throat throbbed?

Oh yeah.

Sometimes that happens.

You gotta be careful though.

Drink lots of water.

Let's check in with Mrs. Nicks and find out what high frequency words and what fun ways to practice she has for us today.

- Awesome.

Thank you so much, Mrs. Hammock and yes, we're gonna go through and we're gonna read those six high frequency words.

Those words we see often in our reading and we're using in our writing.

So let's practice them.

These ones from this week, here we go.

Push.

Front.

Heard.

Before.

Your.

and tomorrow.

Now today, I have two words we're gonna look at.

So this first one is before.

Let's spell it.

B E F O R E. Before.

Good!

And then we have the word, your.

Let me turn it this way so you can see it.

Your.

Y O U R. Your, like "from your friend", right?

Okay.

So what do these look like in sentences?

And maybe you can help me figure out which one goes in which sentence.

Is this -_-_-_-_ book or mine?

And, let's wash up -_-_-_-_ we eat lunch.

So which one is gonna go up here?

Is this before book?

No, it goes with this one.

Is this your book or mine?

Let's wash up before we eat lunch.

Great job.

Okay.

Today we're gonna do a little bit of matching up.

So we've got two words, your, and before, and just like we've done before, we've got our letters that are written on some little clips and we're gonna just match them up.

So your is spelled, how do we spell it?

You got it.

Y , so I'm gonna put a Y , what comes next?

O, here it is.

U, I think they're all over here.

Y O U. Oh yeah, and R spells your.

You can go through and you can do all of your words that way.

Just matching them up.

It's a great way to look at and think about your high frequency words.

All right.

We're gonna kick it over to a story.

I'm gonna let you listen to it.

And then Mrs. Vang is gonna meet with you and talk about some comprehension.

We'll see you in a minute.

- [Narrator] Making paper shapes.

See the crane made out of folded paper?

Folding paper to make different shapes is called origami.

People in Asia have made origami for hundreds of years.

Kids learn this art from their mothers, fathers, and grandparents.

People in Japan make decorations for special days.

One holiday is the star festival.

Children sing songs and get treats to eat.

Families hang bright origami in the streets.

Kids write wishes on slips of paper and hang them from sticks.

They hope their wishes come true.

You can make origami too.

Use these directions to turn a square of paper into a cute dog.

One, start with a square of paper.

Fold it down in half so it forms a triangle.

Two, fold it in half again, like this.

Press down the edge to make a crease.

Three, open the paper so you can see a crease in the center.

Four, start from the crease and fold down both sides of the paper to make ears.

See the dotted line?

It shows you where to fold.

Five, now your dog will look like this.

Six, fold back the top of your dog so it is flat.

Fold back the bottom so it is flat too.

Seven, you made a dog!

Now you can draw a face.

- That was fun.

Did you guys enjoy that?

Well, let's look at our story called "Making Paper Shapes" and let's see if you guys can answer some of these questions.

So what I did was I have some of our texts here and we're gonna read, and then we're going to see if we can find our answers in the text.

How about that?

Okay, but should I have a friend to come help me?

Oh, I think I can.

Who do you think should come help us?

Oh, someone tiny?

Oh, I know who you're thinking about!

Do you want Tina to come?

Well, Tina?

- Hello, Mrs. Vang!

- Tina, can you come read with us?

- Oh, I'd love to.

- Okay, so we're going to reread and then we're going to answer the question and our answer is going to be in the text.

- Okay.

- Okay so the first one says "Circle the words that tell what the crane is made out of."

And then we're gonna underline the sentence that tells what origami is.

So those are the questions that we're gonna be trying to answer.

Are you ready?

Okay.

- All right.

So making paper shapes, "See the crane made out of folded paper?

folding paper to make different shapes is called origami.

People in Asia have made origami for hundreds of years.

Kids learn this art from their mothers, fathers, and grandparents."

- Good reading!

Okay.

Were you guys listening?

So it says "Circle the words that tell what the crane is made out of."

What's the crane made out of?

Say it nice loud.

Oh, I think I hear them.

Did you hear them?

What was it made out of?

- Folded paper?

- Folded paper.

That's right.

Okay.

Now it says underlying the sentence that tells what origami is.

What's origami?

- Well, it's different shapes.

- But what do we have to do with it?

Do you remember?

It was folding paper.

- Oh, folding paper.

- To make different shapes.

So we had to get papers.

We're gonna fold them into different shapes and that's called origami.

Good!

Now it says, we're gonna talk to your partner about the reasons why origami is a tradition.

Why do you think it's a tradition?

- Well, kids can learn from their moms and dads and their grandmas and their grandpas.

- That's right.

It was right there.

Kids learned from their family.

And guess what?

People in Asia have been making Origami for hundreds of years.

- That's a long time!

- That is a long time.

Now let's read the next part of our text.

And I'm gonna read the question first.

And then as we're reading, I want to see if you guys can find the answer.

Okay?

Okay.

So write the name of the country that this page is about.

So we're thinking of a country.

Write the name of the festival.

Ooh, so there's a name, a festival that's gonna be mentioned in this text.

Okay.

Are you ready?

- Okay.

- Okay.

- "People in Japan" Is that a country?

- That is a country.

- "People in Japan make decorations for special days.

One holiday is the star festival."

I think that might be the next answer!

They found the star festival!

"Children sing songs and get treats to eat.

Families hang bright origami in the streets.

Kids write wishes on slips of paper and hang them from sticks.

They hope their wishes come true."

- Did you guys see that?

I'm so glad that you found the answers reading.

Because that's a great strategy.

Isn't it?

- I was gonna say, Mrs. Vang when you read the questions first my brain knew what to look for.

And so when I read those words, I was like, "There's the answer!".

- All right.

So that's a great strategy.

- Yeah!

- A great strategy is to read the question first so that your brain knows what it needs to find and then as you're reading, just like Tina, she knew the answer because she already knew the question.

So we know the name of the country.

What was it?

- (in unison) Japan.

- And what was the name of the festival?

It was the.

- (in unison) Star Festival.

- Just like that.

Good job, Tina!

And that's a great strategy.

So when you have to respond to a text and you already have the questions in front of you, remember a great strategy is to read the question first and then read the text because then you already know what you're gonna be looking for.

Okay.

- That was easy!

- How about we work on some writing.

You wanna come help me?

- Ooh.

I'd love to, let me go grab my pencil though.

I left it in the other room.

- Okay, go grab your pencil.

- Okay.

I'll be right.

- Okay Super readers.

Here's my writing prompt today.

It says "Write the steps on making a paper dog."

Okay.

So there was a part in there that showed directions on how to make a paper dog.

Now, what I want you to do is to read it and then close your book because what you are gonna do is you are going to now try to write the directions for me so that we can make this paper dog.

Now don't go back and look.

I want you to see if you guys can write the directions for me.

And I started our paragraph for us.

So what I started it with, "Do you know how to make a dog out of paper?

Let me tell you how."

Wasn't that a great beginning opening sentence?

It was!

So now, what do you think we're gonna put next?

Oh, I hear some of you guys already thinking, but I bet our friends already have this all written because they were watching and reading and I know they closed their books and they're writing those details for me.

Hey friends, can you guys come help me with this writing?

- Oh.

Yes!

- Yes.

I love it!

- Okay.

Remember how we made that paper dog?

- Yeah.

- So remember our book is closed.

We're not gonna look at the book.

Can you guys remember?

What's the first thing I need you to do?

- Well first you have to take a square paper and fold it two times and make it into a small triangle.

- That's right.

Okay.

So first we're gonna fold a square paper two times to make into a small triangle.

And so let me, Tina, can you hand me my paper there?

- Oh yes.

- Thank you.

Because I had it, so I had my paper and I was like, okay, so I'm gonna fold it.

Here's one triangle and here's another triangle.

So here's my two triangles.

How about that?

Okay.

And then what should I do next?

- Well next you have to open the triangle and fold down both sides of the paper to the crease for the ears.

- Is that what we do next?

Did you see that?

- Yeah.

That's amazing.

Ooh.

That's that was like magic Mrs. Vang!

- That was a great sentence, Tina.

Because I was listening to your directions and I did exactly what you did.

And I got the ears for the dog!

So I opened the triangle.

I folded down both of the sides to get the crease for the ears.

And guess what the last step is?

That's right.

We're just gonna draw the face.

- Yeah!

We have to draw a face on it!

- So I'm gonna have our super readers, because they are super writers, write that last sentence while we go and listen to our friend, because they have a new book they wanna to share with us.

- Good morning, super readers.

I'm so excited to have you here at my house.

I have a story that I wanna share with you.

And this one is called "Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon".

Now the author is Patty Lovell.

She's the one who wrote the story, but the illustrator is David Catrow.

Did I ever tell you that he's my most favorite illustrator.

I love the pictures in his books.

Remember he's the one who does all the artwork.

All right.

This one is called "Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon".

It's a great story about a little girl who happens to be the shortest girl in her entire first grade.

But you know what?

She didn't let that bother her.

Her grandma encouraged her and told her that if you smile big, then the world will smile with you and check that out.

Look at that smile.

You know, she could stack pennies on top of her teeth.

She also had a voice like a bullfrog being squeezed by a boa constrictor.

But you know what?

She didn't let that slow her down.

She's still just sang out because that's what grandma told her to do.

Now, as we go along, we go through the story.

We find out that Molly Lou Melon also is a little bit of a clutz and she still believes in herself.

Now Molly Lou Melon ends up moving to a new town and she finds some new friends.

Well maybe they're just some kids that she's hoping are gonna be friends.

Because I'm not really sure if it works out.

There's one guy who seems to get super upset with her.

Ronald Durkin.

And he's always out to get her.

And she's always out to show that he is very foolish.

I wonder if she could ever win him over with some of her amazing tricks.

You know what?

If you wanna find out, you're gonna need to check this book out from your library or you can check it out on Sora or go onto your county library.

All right.

Thanks for hanging with me.

And I look forward to seeing you back here next time.

- Is that, is that your cousin Mrs. Nicks?

- You're too silly, but you know what super readers?

If you love Molly Leu Melon, I have a second story that you would enjoy.

This one's "Have Fun Molly Leu Melon".

So there's actually two of them out there that you could check out.

- Nice.

I love that.

- Yeah it's so good!

- Okay.

Okay.

I got my joke ready.

- Okay, let's hear it.

- What's a kitty's favorite color?

- A kitty's favorite color?

- I don't know.

- It's purrple.

Purrple.

- (in unison) Purrple!

- Oh too silly.

Hey, super readers.

Thanks for hanging out with us today at Valley PBS, we look forward to seeing you back here tomorrow.

Take care and check out a good book.

We'll see you then.

- (in unison) Bye.