(bright music) - Hello, little learners.

Welcome back to our pre-K and TK classroom.

My name is Miss Lara, and I'm going to be your teacher today.

Hello!

Now, I'd love for you to introduce yourself.

Well, that's just polite manners, isn't it?

So wherever you are, as loud as you can, tell me your name as soon as I count to three.

Ready?

Here we go.

One, two, three.

Oh, I heard it way over here.

Wow!

Let's see if I can guess your special letter.

My happy face pointing up.

For this letter, we're going to need a big line going down, a little curve at the top.

Now that makes a letter, but not the one.

And then another little line.

What letter have we made?

It's R. That's right!

Is this your special letter?

Don't worry, you'll get a turn.

I try to guess special letters all the time.

Now, the R makes a special sound.

It says rrr.

♪ The R says rrr ♪ ♪ The R says rrr ♪ ♪ Every ladder makes a sound, the R says rrr ♪ All right, I'm going to put that down now.

Today is the last day that we're going to be together talking about clothing.

Today is Friday, so I'm going to add another magnet to my tin frame and add it on top.

So now we have one, two, three magnets on top and two at the bottom.

And three and two put together make five.

That's right.

We've been studying clothing because there's a change in weather, a chill in the air, and you might have to put clothes on that make you warm.

You might have to add more layers.

So, we have a song that we sing to help us remember where things go.

Let's see if you remember.

The first thing that we're going to add to keep us warm is a boot, and where do our boots go?

They go on our feet.

That's right.

♪ My boot goes on my foot ♪ ♪ My boot goes on my foot ♪ ♪ Warm clothes for when it's cold ♪ ♪ My boot goes on my foot ♪ What else do I have in here to keep us warm?

Ooh, this long piece of cozy fabric called a scarf, and the scarf goes on your neck.

♪ My scarf goes on my neck ♪ ♪ My scarf goes on my neck ♪ ♪ Warm clothes to keep us warm ♪ ♪ My scarf goes on my neck.

♪ All right, what else do we have?

A mitten!

That's right.

And these go on our hands, so that we can touch cold things and it won't hurt our hands because it's so cold.

♪ My mitten goes on my hand ♪ ♪ My mitten goes on my hand ♪ ♪ Warm clothes for when it's cold ♪ ♪ My mitten goes on my hand ♪ And let's see, we have one more thing here that I brought.

It is a hat and your hat goes on your head.

♪ My hat goes on my head ♪ ♪ My hat goes on my head ♪ ♪ Warm clothes for when it's cold ♪ ♪ My hat goes on my head ♪ And I'm wearing a very silly hat this week.

It's from My Caps For Sale with all the monkeys who stole all the caps from the peddler.

Ooh, it's making my head very warm.

So, let's see, Ms. Maria, she works all the time, our mail person.

She dropped off a letter.

Let's see what clues she's going to give us about the book we're going to read.

Now you all remember, reading our letter helps us with tracking and we've been practicing using our pointer finger, which is this one, say, "Hello, hello, pointer."

And when we get to the end of a line, we don't stop and fly away, we return sweep and go back the other way.

All right, let's read.

Dear Ms. Lara.

It is so cold outside.

When I leave the house, I make sure to wear a coat.

Well, that's one thing I don't have in my basket.

But it's true, when it's very cold, you have to wear a coat to keep yourself warm.

How do you make a coat?

Do you use a sewing machine, needle and thread?

Hmm.

I think that some people use very fancy machines to make a coat, like a serger and a sewing machine like I showed you, but there is one book about a little lady who makes a coat with different things found in nature.

Do you want to read about it?

Okay, let's see if Ms. Maria gave us the book.

It is called The Tiny Woman's Coat.

Now, I want you to think tiny, what does that word mean?

Tiny, it means very, very small.

Now, look at the front cover.

These are blades of grass that you might step on when you go play outside, and the woman is smaller than the grass.

So, she's tinier than the grass, tiny, tiny woman.

So, do you think that this book is going to be fiction?

That means it's make-believe.

Or non-fiction, that means it's true.

Probably fiction, huh?

There's not a lot of tiny women that I've seen.

So, we're going to read this book by Joy Cowley and Giselle Clarkson.

They're the authors and illustrators of the story.

That means they wrote the words and who drew the pictures.

So, here we go.

The Tiny Woman's Coat.

Let me get it settled right here, so we can read it together.

The tiny woman wanted a coat.

"Where will I get the cloth?"

She wandered.

There she is.

Look.

And there's even a little bit of smoke coming out of her mouth.

That means it's very, very cold.

It's not actually smoke.

It's just, when it gets cold, you can see your breath, can't you?

And the leaves are falling.

All right, let's see.

"You can have our leaves," said about autumn trees.

Rustle, rustle, rustle.

So, she's going to make cloth using what?

Leaves.

Look, there she is.

Now, she's tiny, so probably one leaf will be used to cover her.

That was very generous of the tree.

The tiny woman wanted a coat.

"Where will I get some scissors?"

She asked.

Hmm, there she is thinking with her friend, the snail.

Where do you think she's going to get some scissors, out in the open like this and some tiny scissors?

Oh, her friend, the goose.

"Try me," insisted the grey goose.

Snip, snip, snip, snip.

So, look at the grey goose is cutting all the leaves to make her coat.

And look there, she made a pattern.

Remember, I showed you a pattern earlier this week?

The tiny woman wanted a coat.

"Where will I get a needle?"

Now, this is giving us clues about where she's going to get the needle.

What do you think this is?

What does it remind you of?

Let's take a look.

"Have one of mine," said the porcupine.

Sharp, sharp, sharp.

So there she is, pulling a needle from porcupine.

I wouldn't want to meet porcupine's needles.

Ouch.

The tiny woman wanted a coat.

"Where will I get some thread?"

So, there she is.

Where is she gonna get some thread?

I wonder.

"My mane, of course," said the friendly horse.

Stitch, stitch, stitch.

The mane is the top part here.

It's located on the top of a horse's head.

So, it's like a little tiny piece of hair that you and I might have.

The tiny woman wanted a coat.

"Where will I get some buttons?"

"Take some of our seeds," said the wild wet weeds.

One, two, three.

The tiny woman put on her coat and went out into the storm.

Look at the storm right here, and she's putting on her coat made of leaves, that she made with the porcupine's needle, and she made a little umbrella out of a mushroom.

She stayed as snug as a bug in a rug with her coat to keep her warm.

Here she is, so happy and joyful.

The end.

So, what do you think of the story of The Tiny Woman's Coat?

It's a good one for retelling because it goes in a sequence, and each page has a clue about what comes next.

Later on next month, we're going to read about an author who loves to leave clues in her books, Jan Brett.

So, right now we're going to practice a foundational skill that you'll need for reading, and that's comprehension and being able to sequence a story.

So, I'm using my story map to help us remember the events in The Tiny Woman's Coat.

So, let me put this down here and we'll go over to our board.

So, here is the title of our story and these pictures are clues about what happened.

They're going to help us retell the story in the order that it happened or the sequence.

So, first there was a little old lady and what did she want most of all?

Remember, there was a storm coming in, a chill in the air.

She wanted a coat, that's right, but she didn't have any of the materials to make her coat.

So, what was she going to do?

Start gathering the materials, of course.

So, the first thing she needed was some cloth or fabric.

Cloth is another word for fabric.

And the tree came over and let down some leaves and said, "You can have some of my leaves to make the coat."

So, the tiny woman accepted the leaves.

Then she said, "Okay, I have all these leaves that's going to be my cloth.

What am I going to use for scissors?"

And then the goose said, "You can use me.

I'll be your scissors."

And he took the leaves and he munched on them, and then he made a pattern for her.

Remember, I showed you what a pattern looks like.

Then she said, "All right, I have a cloth.

I have my scissors.

Now I need a needle."

Needle, where did the needle come from?

Do you remember?

It was from an animal that's kind of spiky.

A porcupine, that's right!

It said, "You can have one of my needles."

So she took a needle, then she said, "Well, I need thread."

And neigh, here comes horse.

And she plucked a hair from its mane and use that as thread.

One last thing she needed, Pete the cat had some of these too.

They were buttons.

So, where did she get the buttons?

They were seeds right from the garden.

So, she took all of those materials and as the storm came through, she was able to make her coat out of all of these things and stayed snug as a bug.

So, I hope that you go back and retell the story with your family.

Remember my teacher tip, have a story map like this next to your writing center, so that students feel able to retell the story through pictures, or if they're ready to write through words, right?

Let's go over to our project place where we're going to be making some clothing using a paper bag.

So, let's walk over here.

So, I had brought with me a dress form here today too.

So before we start our project, let me tell you what this is.

This is a dress form.

Now, this isn't an official one.

They have some that you can adjust, but it kind of looks like a person without a head, huh?

(chuckles) But people use this to create patterns for the things that they make.

So, let's say we wanted to make a coat.

We can wrap some fabric around this and take measurements and cut where we need to cut.

So, it's very useful for people who sew.

I hope that you get to see one in real life, so you can go around and kind of see how tall you are compared to it and maybe get to use one to create your own patterns.

Now for today's activity, we're going to be making a paper bag coat or a vest.

So, I love to use recycled materials and that's what we're going to do today.

We're going to use a paper bag, some scissors, glue, some scrap paper, paint, whatever you want to use to decorate your coat or a vest.

So, the first thing that you're going to need to do is take a paper bag that you get from the grocery store, and you're going to take off the handles.

So, be careful not to rip through the paper bag.

There's one handle.

Let's go to the next one, too.

One and two.

Alright, so this is what it's going to look like, just ordinary paper bag like this.

The next thing you're going to want to do is cut through the middle.

So, I'm going to draw a line where I'm going to cut, so that you can see it.

So, that if you're making this project at home, you know exactly where to cut.

That's about the middle.

You're going to take your scissors and cut straight down just with one.

So, you're not going to grab both of them, just one side and cut straight down, okay?

Thumb in the right place.

All the rest of the fingers in the right place, and scissors in front of me, cutting straight down.

This is going to be the opening to the coat or vest.

Okay, the next thing you're going to want to do to is, see this top part here?

This is going to be where you put your neck.

So, I'm going to draw kind of where we're going to cut next.

We're going to cut right around there, just like that.

So, take your scissors and cut straight.

I'm actually going to cut straight down like this.

All right.

Straight down.

And this one, I took both layers with me.

Oh, this bag still has the receipt.

Ms. Lara.

(chuckles) It's starting to look like a vest.

Now, this might not be big enough, depending on the size of your neck and head, so you can actually go through and make it a little larger.

Just don't cut through the back end.

What I mean by that is don't cut this part because you want it to kind of stay together.

So, cut through both layers and go through.

All right, let's see.

There we are.

This is what it's looking like so far.

Ooh, I think I accidentally cut a side here.

That's all right, we can fix it.

And then you're gonna want to cut arm holes, so I'm going to show you what that's like.

So, you're going to take the sides right here and you're going to cut a hole in the side and I'm actually going to make this one a little bit bigger so that we can decorate it.

There we are.

All right, we're gonna go through.

Cut, just like this is.

All right.

So, this is what the arm hole is going to look like.

Look at that, look at that.

Can you see?

So, you can put your vest on like this.

Now, don't make the mistake I made.

I'll show you my mistake.

When I was cutting out the neck, I accidentally cut a big hole in the back for airflow maybe.

(chuckles) And mistakes like that might happen and that's okay.

You can use a piece of paper and just cover it up with some decoration, but I'll use this example that I had here.

So if something happens, don't worry about it.

Don't sweat it.

Just keep going.

So, now the next thing we're going to do is we're going to decorate our coat or our vest.

So for that, I'm going to use some scrap paper.

What should we make?

Should we make some pockets?

Okay, let's do that.

I think I'm going to pick some orange pockets.

Yes, some orange pockets.

I love the color orange.

So, we're going to cut out a rectangle, or any shape that you'd like.

Now, you can decorate your coat any way that you'd like.

I'm deciding to make some orange shapes.

There's a pocket right here.

And then you can just glue it down on the side like this.

You can add some real buttons and real fabric.

Because if you're my size, you probably can't wear this.

But your size, you'd definitely rock this.

I'm going to make another pocket in the other side, so its symmetrical.

Another rectangle, and then I'm going to cut out the bottoms here.

All right.

Make another pocket.

Now, what should I decorate this with?

Should I use stripe?

Should I use buttons?

Stars?

What do you think?

Superheroes?

(chuckles) I'm not that talented.

I can't draw superheroes yet, but I'm working on it.

Okay, now I'm going to make some buttons.

Which shape are buttons?

They're round.

Circles, right?

So, we're going to use my little trick by stacking two pieces of paper on top of each other, and then we're going to cut out some circles.

I'll show you.

Maybe I'll put some buttons here on the side.

All right, let's see.

I'm gonna glue them down right here.

Let's glue on some buttons.

And then, should we make the button fancy by adding some stripes?

Yes, you know I like to make things fancy.

Woo-hoo!

Let's make some curvy lines.

You can make lines that are curvy, lines that are straight.

Let's see here.

I'm gonna make some curve lines and we'll decorate with this.

Then, of course, you can also use your crayons, your paints, whatever you have on hand to decorate your vest.

Then you can do a fashion show, of course, because who's not going to want to see your decorated vest?

You got to do a fashion show.

I wonder if you can make some paper bag shoes or boots to go with your vest?

Or can you make some paper bag hat?

Ooh, you can make a whole outfit and be a fashionista.

Ooh-la-la, cha cha cha.

Maybe I will draw some lines now or paint them on.

Yes.

We're going to get some paint since we have it here.

This is what my vest is looking like so far.

And let's paint some lines across maybe our pockets.

Should I do straight lines?

What do you think, curves?

Okay, let's see.

Here's my vest.

Now, I used to do this activity with my littles when we did community helpers.

So, you can dress up like a fireman, be a policeman/woman.

You can be a mail person.

So, I'll do my lines.

I'll create an outline of my pocket like this in some blue.

And then should I get some red?

Obviously!

We need all of our primary colors in here.

All right, let's get some red, and then we'll outline our vest.

Then, I'll show you what the finished product is going to look like.

Red, hello!

Not white.

The whites always trying to get in the way.

Okay, let's do some lines going down.

I wonder what your vest is gonna look like, what your coat or vest is going to look like?

I wish I could see it.

I wish I had a way to see you right now, if you're making this.

That way, we can share, see what you're making and then compare and see what I'm making.

That would be a lot of fun.

All right and then I'll outline it in red, and then I'll show you what my fancy vest is looking like so far and I'll go to my recommended book for you.

Maybe a little red here.

All right, this is what it's looking like so far.

What do you think?

Not bad, huh?

You can actually add more paint to kind of cover up more of the paper bag, but I happen to like the look of the paper bag.

It shows that I'm using recycled materials.

All right, so remember if you want to send in a picture, you're always welcome to.

I'd love to hear from you here at the station.

I have a recommended book for you.

It is called animals should definitely not wear clothing.

I was hoping to have time to read this to you, but instead I'll just give you a quick preview because this one's pretty funny.

Look at this camel.

Where's it wearing it hat?

On its humps!

Do camels wear hats on their humps?

No!

This look is so silly.

Let me show you another couple of pictures.

Oh, there's another hat.

So, it goes through what different animals might look like if they wore clothing.

So look it, you have to laugh at this.

Looks pretty silly, ready?

Look at the chicken.

(laughs) And what makes it really funny is it looks like the chicken laid an egg and it got caught in its pants.

Oh no, poor chicken!

Poor hen!

All right.

And then here's another picture that's going to crack you up.

Look at the walrus, looks so official with a coat and tie.

I wonder if he's going to a job interview.

What if animals did wear clothing?

Would this be what a walrus looks like?

Oh no.

And then a moose.

He can't even get his suspenders on.

How silly!

(laughs) And there's one more that cracks me up.

Oh, possums.

They'd be backwards wearing their pajamas.

How silly?

And, of course, the porcupine.

That was in our story.

If it wore a sweater, it would have holes all over it, wouldn't it?

This is a great silly book.

And I guarantee you, it's going to crack up your little one.

So, I hope that you check it out, your local library on the Sora app.

It looks like we have just enough time for us to sing our alphabet song.

All right, are you ready?

This is a good way to practice your letters.

Okay, here we go.

♪ A, B, C you later ♪ ♪ D, E, F ♪ ♪ G, I'm gonna miss ya ♪ ♪ H, I have to go now ♪ ♪ J, K, buh-bye now ♪ ♪ L, M, N, O, I had a good time ♪ ♪ P, Q, R you gonna miss me ♪ ♪ S, T, U are my best friend, ♪ ♪ V, W, X, Y, Z ♪ All right, boys and girls, I'll see you next time.

Now, let me tell you what we're going to do next week.

You know I love to dress up for you, and next week I'm going to be extra silly because there's a holiday coming up.

Have you heard of Thanksgiving?

Yes and Thanksgiving is all about Turkey.

So, you might see Ms. Lara dress like turkey lurky.

It's going to be pretty funny.

So, I hope you tune in then.

We're going to be reading all kinds of books about gratitude with silly characters and we might even disguise a turkey that does not want to be eaten for one of our projects.

So, I hope that you tune in and see and visit me next week.

Until then, Ms. Lara sends you a big squeeze and a big smooch that will hopefully last you through the weekend.

Remember to read, play, to use your imagination and five senses, to think like a scientist every day.

We'll see you again on Monday, next week.

Goodbye!

(upbeat music)