(soft upbeat music) ♪ Good morning to a brand new day ♪ ♪ Time to learn and games to play ♪ ♪ Learning things is so much fun ♪ ♪ Learning is good for everyone ♪ (soft upbeat music) (bright upbeat music) - Good morning, boys and girls, welcome back.

I'm so happy that you are here to join me as we are learning.

My name is Mrs. Vang, and I'm so excited, so that we can become amazing readers and writers.

Now, I'm gonna start off by recommending a book for us to read.

This is a book called "Martin's Big Words" and it's the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Now, are you wondering why you're at home today?

That's right, today is the day that we honor Dr. Martin Luther King for all of his work with equal rights.

And so, this is an awesome book to read because it tells the story of his life but through his own words.

So again, this is a book called "Martin's Big Words" and the title is actually in the back.

Did you notice that?

And I also love this book because of the illustration.

So, see if you can find this book at your counter library or on Sora to read more about Martin Luther King, Jr. And all his work that he did for equal rights.

Okay, are you guys ready to get started?

Oh, I bet you are, okay.

So first we're gonna warm up that brain, wake it up.

Because for some of you, we've been on vacation for a while, so we're gonna warm up our brain by playing a mystery word.

You're right.

So let's remember all of those letters and sounds that we've learned.

So I'm gonna show you some sound spelling cards.

Your job is to blend them together, to try to guess my word.

And once you guess my word, try to write it and let's see if you can spell my mystery word.

Are you ready?

All right, let's get started.

Okay, my first sound for you is, the sun card and the sun cad says /s/.

The next card is the turtle card.

And that says, /t/.

The next sound is the rose card, and that says, /r/.

Good, I can glad you know, that's /t/.

/r/ that's our three-letter blend /t/, /r/.

Let's see on what our next sound is.

The tree card.

And that tree car says "E," your rights.

That long vowel sound /E/.

And our last one is a turtle card again, and that says /t/.

Okay, blend it together now.

/s/, /t/, /r/, /e/, /e/, /t/.

/street/ What's my word, "street."

Awesome job, "street."

Let's check and see if you spelled it correctly.

S-T-R-E-E-T. You are right.

And that long "E," we spelt the, with the double "E." Thumbs up if you got it right.

Awesome job, boys and girls practicing those letter sounds.

Now that our brain is warmed up, let's get ready and we'll start with, that's right?

Let's get our listening ears turned on 'cause we need to train those ears.

So, we're gonna start with our phonemic awareness.

Today we're gonna play a game called phoneme addition, where, we're gonna add a sound and we're also going to do some phoneme deletion, meaning we're gonna delete a sound.

Let's see if you guys can do this.

So, let's turn those listening ears on and let's see if you guys can guess my new word, ready?

So, if I have the word "old."

Say with me, "old."

If I add the /g/ to it, what's my new word?

"Gold," good job, "gold," okay.

Let's try this one.

What if I have the word, "eat."

Good, say with me, "eat."

Good, now add the, /h/, /h/, blend it together, what's my new word?

"Heat," awesome job, boys and girls.

Okay, now we're gonna practice a phoneme deletion.

So, we're gonna take away a sound, ready?

Okay, say this word with me, "smile."

/S/ mile.

Now, take away the /s/.

What's my new word?

"Mile" awesome job, boys and girls practicing those, good.

That's our listening skills.

Okay, now let's go into our sound for the week.

Ready?

Let me turn this around.

Okay.

And boys and girls, before we start, let's do a quick.

Let me move this round, there you go.

Let's do a quick review of all of our vowels that we've learned in the last couple of weeks.

Okay, so look in the last couple of weeks we've been learning the long vowels and remember long vowels are easy because they say their own name.

But the tricky part about the long vowels are, you're right.

Look at all the different spellings that we had to learn.

So, let's practice what we've learned in the last couple of weeks.

So this is my train card.

Train says, "a."

We've learned the five card.

Five, this is our long "I," long "I" says, "Igh".

We learned the tree card.

The tree card is the long "E" sound.

The long "E" says, "E." And we have also learned the good, the long "O" sound.

And the long "O" says, /O/.

You're looking at all the different ways that we're spelling that long "O" word.

I mean those, what?

We can spell it as long "O" spelling pattern.

And today we're gonna work out, work and finish up our long vowels and focus on the long "U," which is the, you're right.

The cube card that says /u/.

So, if you look at my, my chart here I have the four different ways that we can spell the /U/ sound.

/U/, we've already learned can be spell "U", consonant silent 'E".

And remember, that's my skill.

Your bossy "E" or your super "E" that makes the, /U/ says, /U/.

"U" by itself can say /U/.

"UE" can say /U/ and "EW" can say /U/.

Now, don't get tricked because boys and girls, "U" makes a very similar sound to another sound that says the /O/ sound.

"O" and "U" sound very similar especially when you are trying to write words with these sounds and they're spelled or have the same sound, spelling patterns.

So, very tricky.

So, but let's focus on our long "U" for this week.

So, "U" consonant silent "E" like in the word "cube."

"U" by itself, like in the word "unit."

"UE" says /U/ like in the word you "f-/ue/-l, "fuel" and "ew" says /U/ as in the word, "few."

So, let's practice building.

So, if I wanted to spell the word "cues, cues," let's see.

Help me blend it up, oh, not blend it.

Let's segment it, ready?

/C/ ues.

What's the first time we heard?

/C/ which is the "C" card.

/C/, /U/ now, which one of these spelling pattern would I use?

"Cues" right, and I'm gonna, it's the "UE," did you know that" "Cue."

But if I said, give me some "cues" then I need an "S" because I'm asking for more than one, "cues."

How did you do?"

Awesome job, boys and girls.

Now, let's practice.

I'm gonna remove this out of the way.

And let's practice reading some words with the long /U/ sound.

Look, let me grab my Brittany fingers so that we can read, ready?

Help me practice.

This says "mule, cues, fume, unit, cute, fuel, music and huge."

Did you see the red letters and the different spelling patterns?

Awesome.

Okay, let's keep going.

"Team, wheel, piece, and she."

Oh, did you notice those are review words?

Awesome.

I put that in just to help our brain practice reviewing some of the sounds that we've learned already.

And let's read our sentence, ready?

"That mule is huge!"

Oh, guess what I saw at the end?

That's right, an escalation.

So, let's read that sentence with a little more feeling.

"That mule is huge!"

Awesome job.

Now, let's practice our sentence dictation.

I have a sentence for you and I want you to try to write it and let's check to see if you spelled it correctly.

Ready?

Here's my sentence.

"Three cute kittens ate the stew."

Six words.

"The three cute kittens ate the stew," six words.

Okay, ready?

First word is, "three."

Good job.

Don't forget, awesome job.

We need that, "capital."

"Three cute."

Here's our word with that "U," consonant sound "E." "Three cute kittens, K-I-T-T-E-N-S." Good, "ate.

Three cute kittens ate the stew, /st/-ew."

Hmm, let's think back to our spelling pattern.

And guess what?

It's actually the "Ew" that makes the /U/ sound stew.

So, check yours, words with my word and let's see if your words match my sentence.

Don't forget that period.

Awesome job, boys and girls, you guys are doing so awesome.

Now, let's go and practice our high-frequency words.

So, I'm gonna move this back.

Remember all week gonna have 10 high-frequency words?

And we're just gonna focus on two words a day.

'Cause remember high-frequency words are words that show up most frequently when we are reading and or writing.

So it's important to know how to read them so that you can say those longer words for your brain to sound them out.

Are you ready?

Awesome, so, we have two words that we're gonna practice today.

Our first two words are the word "America" and "beautiful."

Help me say it, "America," good.

Well, actually help me read it.

Let's say it that way.

Help me read it, "America."

Good job, help me spell it.

A-M-E-R-I-C-A, America, and guess what?

We, it's a proper noun boys and girls.

So don't forget that capital letter.

Capital "A", M-E-R-I-C-A, America.

And the next word is "beautiful."

Help me read it.

"Beautiful," good job.

Helped me spell it.

"B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L.

Beautiful."

You're right, two long words, boys and girls but I know you're gonna know how to read and write them the more we practice that.

Okay, now I have two sentences for you.

I want you to try to see which one of these words would go into my sentence so that it all makes sense.

Ready?

That sunset it is-_-_-_, hmm.

Help me read the second sentence.

We took a trip across-_-_-_, hmm.

Are you thinking?

Awesome, that sunset is-_-_-_, you're right.

I heard you shouting at the TV, good.

"That sunset is is beautiful."

That makes sense.

And, "we took a trip across America."

And that's one of, actually, one of my goals, is to take a trip across America.

How did you do?

Awesome.

Now, let's quickly practice reading the rest of the words that we're gonna be learning this week.

Ready?

Climbed, began, come, country, didn't, give, live, turned and then beautiful and America.

Awesome job, boys and girls.

We will continue learning our high-frequency words all week.

Now, don't forget to come back so that we can continue our learning with our long "U" words and that will finish up our long vowel spelling patterns.

Now let's, don't forget boys and girls, I'm gonna leave you with our positive message of the day.

And it comes to us from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Because today's the day that we're honoring him for, on his birthday.

And it says, "if you can't fly, then run.

If you can't run, then walk.

If you can't walk, then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward."

And that's so true boys and girls, keep going.

You're doing an awesome job.

And don't forget to come back here tomorrow.

I'll see you then, bye bye.

(soft upbeat music) ♪ Good morning to a brand new day ♪ ♪ Time to learn and games to play ♪ ♪ Learning things is so much fun ♪ ♪ Learning is good for every one ♪ (soft upbeat music)