(upbeat music) - [In Unison] Good Morning!

- Happy Monday.

Good morning, Super Readers.

- Hello.

- Good morning and thank you for joining us in our Valley PBS classroom, I'm Mrs. Nix.

- I'm Mrs. Hammack.

- And I'm Mrs. Vang.

- This is a place for us to learn, practice, and... - [In Unison] 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!

- Called, - Daily phonemic awareness!

- All right, Super Readers, today, I'm gonna give you a little bit of a challenge because, I don't know if you've ever thought about it, but words really are just made up of sounds and we can take those sounds and kind of move them around and make new words.

- I can't wait to see what you have planned.

- I like this game.

- Watch what we're gonna do.

This one's called phony reversal.

So, we're gonna practice saying a word one direction and then we're gonna flip it around and say it the other direction.

We're gonna - I get it, reverse.

- reverse it.

- Got it, okay.

- So, we'll blend down and then we're gonna blend kinda up.

- Oh my gosh.

- We can do it.

All right, we'll start with some easier words.

So, here we go, how about this?

T-A-P. - [In Unsion] Ta-P, tap.

- Now, let's reverse it.

- [In Unison] P-At, pat.

- Oh my gosh, that's like magic.

- Pretty amazing, right?

- That is pretty cool.

- I'm gonna say it was hard to keep those sounds in my mind.

- Right?

- Well, that's why we're practicing with some easier words.

So let's try another one.

Okay, how about this one?

- [All] P-A-Ck.

P-A-Ck, pack.

- Now let's reverse it.

- [In Unison] C-A-P, Cap.

- Wow.

- [In Unsion] Pack, cap.

- Wow, that is a cool trick.

- Okay, so are you ready for a little bit of a challenge now?

Okay, I'm gonna give you four sounds on this one.

All right, here we go, how about, S-T-O-P. - Okay.

- [In Unison] S-T-O-P, stop.

- Now go reverse.

- [In Unison] P-O-T-S, P-O-T-S. Pots.

- Oh, wow.

That stumped me for a while.

- A little bit, right?

So stop, if you reverse it is just - [In Unison] Pots.

- That is amazing.

- Hmm.

- So again, something you can just kind of play with all of your sounds at home or standing in line.

- I wonder if it works on every word.

- Ooh, do all words reverse?

- Ooh, that might be a fun game.

Is it a real word?

- I like that, we'll have to do that one too.

- I think so, you know what else is really fun?

- Yes, I know, donuts are really fun.

- Let's dance, come on.

Let's warm up those brains.

Let's do it.

(lively music) This one's a good one.

- I gotta go the right way.

♪ Koala, koala, as happy as can be ♪ ♪ Koala, koala, won't you come and dance with me ♪ ♪ Koala, koala, sitting high up in the tree ♪ ♪ Koala, koala, munching eucalyptus leaves ♪ - All right, let's go around, woo.

And switch around, good job.

♪ Koala, koala, as happy as can be ♪ ♪ Koala, koala, won't you come and dance with me ♪ ♪ Koala, koala, sitting high up in the tree ♪ ♪ Koala, koala, munching eucalyptus leaves ♪ Ta-da!

- Oh, so fun.

- That was fun.

- I love that.

- Nice and easy way to warm up, right?

- We're gonna have some word fun this week.

- Okay - because we are going to learn the chair card.

- [In Unison] Ooh.

- I know, it is a little tricky, but you know what?

Look, look, look, can you see how big and smart their brains are getting?

- I totally, totally see that.

- They can do this.

- Absolutely.

- Are you ready Super Readers?

All right, I'll see you guys later.

- [In Unison] All right.

- All right Super Readers.

This week, we have one of our trickiest sounds and this is our chair card.

And we have this card here because we're talking about the air sound.

So, there are four ways that we can spell the air sound.

We're just gonna concentrate on the first three this week.

And next year you'll get an opportunity to learn that fourth one, but let's take a look at our chair card here.

We have A-I-R says air A-R-E says air and E-A-R says air, right?

So we have three different ways that we can say that sound, or make that sound, and this is where the tricky part is, as we're learning to read or write, we have to try to figure out which spelling pattern that we use.

And the way that that happens is just by more and more practice, the more you see those words the more you'll remember which spelling pattern to use.

So you ready to get started?

Let's call some friends to help us.

Hey, you guys, are you ready to learn a new spelling pattern?

- Woo, yes, let's do it.

- That's so exciting!

- Good morning.

- Good morning.

Wow, you look bright and shiny and ready to learn.

- Oh yes, let's do it.

- Okay, so I was telling our Super Readers that this week we're working on the chair card because we're gonna focus on the air sound.

Can you say that sound?

- Air.

- Good, very good.

Now there are three ways that we're gonna learn to spell that sound.

And there's a fourth way, but we're gonna worry about that later because I think three is enough and this is a tricky one.

So I want you, I'm gonna say the spelling pattern and the sound and then I want you to say the spelling pattern and the sound.

And Super Readers, I want you to say the spelling pattern and the sound 'cause we wanna really get that locked into our ear.

Remember we hear it first and then we say it and we see it and say it.

Okay, all right, here we go.

A I R, says air.

- [In Unison] A I R says air.

- Very nice, A R E says air.

- [ In Unison] A R E says air.

- Good job, and E A R says air.

- [In Unison] E A R says air.

- So I have a question for you before we start blending some of our words, what is it that might make this sound spelling card, and those patterns, tricky for readers?

- Well, Mrs. Hammack, when I'm looking at those words like A I R yeah, that actually says air, like the word air.

- You're right.

- But when I look at A R E that says are like, are you happy?

- That is great.

- And E A R can say ear, like, I can hear with my ear, so.

- You're right.

- Those have some other sounds.

- Excellent observation.

You are right, when we see this all by itself, it's going to say are but when it's in a word it can say air.

Now, that's where we have to kind of use our good word detective skills and when we sound out a word, we try it with the sounds that we know those spelling patterns make, And if it doesn't sound right then we try another pattern that we know.

And that's the same with ear because you're right.

Sometimes that says ear, but for this week these are the ones we're going to practice.

And they, this week, they're going to say air.

Okay?

- Okay.

- So whenever you see one of these linked together that's going to be one pattern and we're going to use it as the air, as in chair sound, okay.

- Oh, that's gonna be tricky because I almost said air, are, and ear.

- Right?

- It's hard.

- It is hard, you're right.

- My brain is so strong.

- That's right.

- I can do this.

- You can do hard things.

So let's, let's practice, blending this first word.

We do have a diagraph here that I know that you know and what sound does C H stand for?

- [In Unison] Ch.

- Good, And then remember this says - [In Unison] Air - So let's put it together.

- [In Unison] Ch-Air, chair.

- Oh, yeah, that good chair card.

- Like the chair card, right, good job.

All right, so let's look at this one.

Now here we have the C and the C says what sound?

- [In Unison] Ck.

- Good, Ck.

And then we have - Air.

- So let's put that together.

- [In Unison] Ck-Air, care, care.

- Oh, care, yeah.

- Like I'm taking good care of you.

- I was gonna say, take care of yourself.

- Oh, I love it, all right, and our last spelling pattern that we're gonna look at is the E A R saying air.

And this word starts with the w sound.

The W stands for the w sound.

Are you ready to try it?

- Mhm.

- All right, let's do it.

- W-Air, - Wear, wear, yeah, like, ooh, ooh.

- Is that like where are you going?

- Mm-mm - Oh, Ricky says, no.

- It's a sight word, I know my sight words.

- Oh, well tell me what it means, Ricky, what is that one?

- This wear?

- Yeah.

- This, this is like, like, like I wanna wear my hat today.

- Yes.

- Is that the right word?

Cause I know the other where is a, it has a W H - Oh, good thinking.

- And has an E R E, 'cause that's my sight word.

I know it.

- You're right.

So this wear is when you wear something on your body.

Very nice and the other one is a location, good thinking.

Wow, see, you already know so many things about words with these spelling patterns and all this week, we're gonna look and listen and practice other words with these different spelling patterns.

And the more we practice, the more your brain will start to recognize which spelling pattern to use when you wanna write those words.

Thank you for your help, you were awesome today.

- I know, I think we're gonna have to go and practice them.

Do you wanna go practice Ricky?

- Yeah, let's go practice.

- I think that's a good idea.

- All right.

- All right, I'll see you guys later.

- Bye, Mrs. Hammack.

- Goodbye.

Hey, Super Readers.

Let's try a sentence together.

Okay, let's look.

I will share my pear with Blair.

Did you catch that?

Share, pear, like the fruit, and Blair is somebody's name, great job.

If this was tricky for you, don't give up.

Remember, practice, practice, practice, and we'll get it.

I know you can do hard things.

Let's check in with Mrs. Nix and see what high frequency words she's gonna practice with us this week.

- Awesome, thank you so much, Mrs. Hammock and yes.

So Super Readers we have six words this week, so let's go through and read them together.

Okay, here we go.

Favorite, young, surprise few, wonder, and gone.

Good, this is the one we're gonna practice today.

This word is favorite.

Say it with me, favorite.

Now let's spell it.

F A V O R I T E. Favorite, nice, good job.

Now, what does this look like in a sentence?

Let's go through and let's look at our sentence today.

I like grapes, but pears are my favorite fruit.

Did I hear you say that you saw the word pears just like what Mrs. Hammock was talking about.

Oh, you're such a good detective, great job.

But yeah, favorite fruit.

Okay, let's go through and let's practice some of our high frequency words using the game of tic-tac-toe.

So I need a friend to come on up and help me.

So let's have Mrs. Hammack come back over and we'll play a little game of tic-tac-toe and this time we're gonna play it a little bit differently because it's getting to the end of the year and I think we can go through and choose our word and then just write it on the board but we've got different colors.

Okay, now, remember with tic-tac-toe you wanna get three in a row, either down, across, or diagonal, and you need three words.

- Okay.

- All right, Mrs. Hammack, I'll let you go first.

- Okay, hmm, I think I'm going to choose the word, gone.

- I like how she said it too - and I'm going to write it right here, G O N E. - Gone.

- Did she do it correctly?

She did, you know what?

I'm gonna go right in the middle with today's word, which is favorite, help me spell it.

- [In Unison] F A V O R I T E. - Okay, gone, favorite, I think I'm gonna go down here and I'm gonna do wonder.

W O N D E R. - All right.

- Wonder.

- And I wonder who's gonna win our game but we'll continue to play this while you guys check out this story.

And I believe Mrs. Vang is gonna come back and work with you a little bit about summarizing.

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

- [Narrator] Celebrate the flag.

What makes a flag special?

Flags, way high up in the sky.

We recognize the stars and stripes, in red, white, and blue colors, as the flags of the United States.

Every country in the world has its own flag.

At international sporting events, like the World Cup and the Olympics, flags wave high.

States have flags too.

States can use their flags to display different aspects of their history.

The Colorado flag includes white to show its snow capped mountains, blue for its blue skies, red for the soil, and golden yellow for the sun.

People hang flags outside of their houses and march with them in parades.

Flags represent something special.

They show people's pride in something.

In the United States, you find the flag waving everywhere on certain days of the year, like Memorial Day and the 4th of July, but people fly the American flag on other days, too.

Schools, banks, and post offices display the flag every day that they are open.

Most public institutions show only show the flag from sunrise to sunset.

A flag can only be flown at night if it is illuminated or lit up.

The American flag also waves in most sports arenas and stadiums in the United States.

At the start of many sporting events the crowd faces the flag and sings the National Anthem.

The flag has been part of many important events for the United States.

The flag can show our pride in our country.

When astronauts landed on the moon for the first time in 1969, they planted an American flag on the moon surface, to represent our country in space.

The American flag hasn't always looked the way it does today.

When the United States was just starting out there weren't 50 states.

The first flag had 13 stars and 13 stripes because there were 13 colonies that would later become the first states.

George Washington picked the colors for the first flag in 1776, the United States was fighting for its independence from England.

Washington was the leader of our army.

He knew America would soon be independent.

He thought this new country should have its own flag.

George Washington thought very carefully about the design for the new flag.

He believed that our country should be good and fair to its people.

He wanted the flag to show these ideas.

So he picked certain colors to represent those ideas.

The white stands for goodness.

The blue stands for justice.

The red stands for bravery.

Today, the country has 50 states.

So the flag has 50 stars, but the 13 stripes have stayed the same.

The purpose of the stripes is to remind us how much the country has grown since the original 13 colonies.

The 50 star flag was introduced on July 4th, 1960, after Hawaii officially became the 50th state.

Our flag has also had some fun nicknames.

They include: Old Glory; the Stars and Stripes; the Red, White, and Blue; and the Star-Spangled Banner.

The largest American flag hangs from the George Washington Bridge between New York and New Jersey, every year during important holidays.

Each stripe is five feet wide and the whole flag weighs 450 pounds.

Every year on June 14th, the country celebrates flag day.

On this special day, we honor the flag and the history of the United States.

Many towns have parades.

The streets are lined with people, waving flags and wearing red, white, and blue colors, to honor Old Glory.

- Did you guys enjoy that story called, Celebrate The Flag?

I learned so many new details, did you?

Well today I wanna work on a reading skill called summarize.

To summarize, what we're gonna do is we're just gonna tell the gist of each picture.

So we're not gonna tell everything but just the most important part.

So, to summarize, I think we should have one of our friends come and help us.

What do you think?

Oh, I see lots of nodding heads.

- Mrs. Vang, Mrs. Vang, can I come and help?

- Of course, Tina.

Hello.

- Oh, hello.

- I listened so well.

- I love that, you're willing to help us summarize.

- I did.

- So remember, summarize.

We're not gonna say everything, but we're just gonna tell the most important part of each picture.

Can you help me summarize?

- Okay, so that first picture talks about that every country has its own flag.

And I think that one is showing like at the Olympics where everybody had their own flag flying high and in the United States, all the states have their own flags and that flags represent something special and they show your pride in something.

- That's right, how about this one?

- Hm, do you guys remember?

- Well, in the United States you find the flag waving everywhere on certain days of the year, like Memorial Day and 4th of July.

And they even put a flag on the Moon.

And so it's a way to represent our country even out in space.

- That's so awesome, did you guys know that?

Ooh, a lot of them are nodding the head and some that was a new fact.

Okay, how about this one?

This is, is this our flag?

It doesn't look right.

- Well, that's what they talked about.

It, it didn't always look the way that it does today and that the first flag had 13 stars and 13 stripes for the 13 colonies.

and George Washington picked the colors of the flag.

What was the year?

1776, I think.

And he thought very carefully about the design of the flag.

And he believed that our country should be good and fair to its people.

And he wanted a flag to show those ideas.

And so the white stands for goodness and the blue stands for justice and the red stands for bravery.

- Ooh, I like that.

Now I know those are great facts.

Okay and then last.

- Well the last one talks about that today the country has 50 states, so the flag has 50 stars.

But, the 13 stripes have stayed the same.

The flag also has some fun nicknames.

I liked them.

There was Old Glory, and Stars and Stripes, and Red White and Blue, and the Star-Spangled Banner, And then every year on July 14th or June 14th, not July, June 14th, we get to celebrate flag day.

I think that's coming up pretty soon right?

- It is.

- And then we get to honor our flag and the history of the United States.

- That's right.

Oh, great job summarizing.

Now let's go into our writing.

I'm gonna really quickly read our writing prompt and I wanna see if you guys can continue with it.

So it says: How would you design a flag to represent your family?

So think about your family and I started it for you, so I want you guys to finish it.

So I put, if I could design a flag for my family I would include my family's favorite colors.

And I want you to add in more details.

What colors, what symbol would you put on it?

And then I want you to draw your flag so that we can see it.

So that's your assignment tonight.

Now I'm gonna see 'cause I'm gonna take you to a friend who's gonna show us a book that they want you to read.

- Good morning, Super Readers.

Hey, I wanna tell you about this awesome book that I was just reading all about.

It's called The Hiccupotamus, and it's so fun.

Have you ever had the hiccups?

(hiccup) Oh!

(giggling) I think our friends have it.

So this one is so funny and the words are so silly.

I want to show you this little page right in here.

Look, they go through and try to figure out how to make her not have the hiccups anymore.

And they do all sorts of different remedies to try and help her so she doesn't have the hiccups anymore.

But you know what happens?

Look, look, she gets stuck to a buffalo and she has to be tied up with some licorice.

and then look at all these things.

It's so funny.

They poured him in tubs of vinegar, and tickled his chinny-chin-chinigar.

But you know what?

You know what?

Right here, he started to feel better.

And it was a miracle until, well, I can't tell what happens at the end of the story 'cause it's so funny and you're going to have to check it out.

And you can do that by going to Sora or your library but you should check this out.

It's by Aaron Zenz, The Hiccupotamus.

(hiccuping) Have a good one, bye bye!

Thanks for watching Valley PBS (laughing) - Knock, knock!

- [In Unison] Who's there?

- Abe.

- [In Unison] Abe who?

- A B C D E, - Oh, I know.

- Oh, my!

- A B C D E F G (laughing) - You're so silly.

Hey, thanks for watching us today on Valley PBS.

We look forward to seeing you back here tomorrow.

Same time, same place, take care.

- [In Unison] Bye.

(upbeat music)