♪ 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 ♪ (bouncy folk music) - Good morning, second grade.

How are you doing?

I hope you had a great weekend and I'm so excited that you're here to join me.

Remember, my name is Mrs. Vang and I can't wait to learn with you so that we can become amazing readers and writers.

Now, did you know that in the month of February, we celebrate Black History Month?

Black History Month is an annual month long celebration of the African-American community and its impact in or on U.S. history.

So all week, I'm gonna have biographies for us to read and a biography is a book about someone's life.

And I'm gonna start off with this book called, "Portraits of African-American Heroes".

And in this book, there are 20 African-American figures that we can learn about.

Such as, let's see, Thurgood Marshall, who was our Supreme Court Justice.

And Judith Jamison, who was an American dancer.

And let's see if you guys know this one.

Who's this one?

That's right, Martin Luther King Jr.

So if you want to read more about these African-American heroes, make sure that you are checking on Sora or checking it out at your county library.

Now, speaking of Sora, let's see which schools came in at our top countdown.

So today's Monday, so we're gonna start with the school that came in at number five.

Let's see which school came in at number five.

Are you ready?

And it's Olmos!

Awesome job, Olmos.

You guys are doing an awesome job reading or checking out books on Sora and reading.

I'm so proud of you!

Now, boys and girls, if you have books that you want to share with other boys and girls, make sure you're writing to me here at the studio.

I will send you one of these awesome activity books when I get your letters.

I love getting letters, boys and girls, so make sure you're sending it to me here at the studio or you're emailing it to me.

Like I got this letter from Josiah who drew me a picture, which is perfect because Valentine's day is coming up.

And he tells me that his favorite color is blue and he loves science.

So boys and girls, don't forget to write me a letter and tell me all the things that you are doing or things that you like.

Okay, are you guys ready to get started with our learning?

Awesome!

Remember, our job is to make our brain strong.

Because the stronger our brain gets, the smarter we get.

You're right!

So let's review with a mystery game.

You know, it's Monday!

We've got to warm up our brain, 'cause it's been resting all weekend.

Okay, remember, these are all review sounds.

I'm gonna show you some sound spelling cards.

Your job, blend it together, try to write it down if you can and then we'll check to see if you can guess my mushy word.

Are you ready?

Okay, let's get started.

Ready?

My first sound and my mushy word is the "shell" card.

And the shell card says, "sh".

Good.

The next sound is the "my shirt" card.

And remember, we learned this last week.

"My shirt" card says, "ir".

Put it together.

"Sh", "ir".

Last sound, my "turtle" card, good.

"The turtle" card says, "t".

Good, blend it all together now.

"Sh", "ir", "t".

What's my word?

"Shirt".

Good job!

"Shirt"!

Now let's check to see how you spelled it.

"Shirt" is spelled S H I R T. "Shirt".

How did you do?

Awesome job!

I see some thumbs up.

Good job, boys and girls.

Remember, last week we learned that "ir" sound and there are four different ways to spell that "ir" sound.

And shirt is spelled with a I R. Good job, boys and girls.

Okay, now that our brain is warmed up, let's go and practice our high-frequency words.

Remember, high-frequency words are words that shows up most frequently when we are reading and writing.

So it's important to know how to read and write them automatically.

All week, we're gonna have 10 words.

Every day, we're gonna focus on two words.

So our two words for today, I want you guys to help me read and spell them.

Ready?

The first word is "heavy".

Help me read it again.

"Heavy".

Good job.

Help me spell it.

H E A V Y, "heavy".

Good job.

My next word is "people".

Help me read it.

"People".

Good job.

Help me spell it.

P E O P L E, "people".

Good job.

Okay, now I have two sentences for you.

Help me read the sentences and we'll try to figure out which one of these words will go into the sentence so that it'll make sense.

Ready?

Let's read the first sentence.

The first sentence says, "Mike picked up the mmm cat."

Hmm, is it "heavy" or "people"?

Keep thinking.

Let's do the next sentence.

Ready?

"Mmm watched the game."

Oh, does that help you?

Good, so let's look at the first sentence.

"Mike picked up the..." Good, I hear you guys.

The "heavy" cat.

Do you have a heavy cat?

My cat is pretty heavy.

Good job, boys and girls.

That must mean "people" goes in the second sentence.

Let's read it.

"People watched the game."

Awesome job.

Oh, I hear you.

Don't forget, if it's a word that starts the sentence, we always put a capital letter.

So let's change that.

So now "people" has a capital letter.

Good job, boys and girls.

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

Ready?

I'm gonna grab my reading finger to help us read.

Ready?

We'll start with the two that we learned today.

"Heavy", "people", "together", "carry", "outside", "warm", "problem", "ago", "certain" and "everyone".

How did you do?

Awesome job, boys and girls.

Okay, now let's go into our, that's right, our phonemic awareness.

So we're gonna be practicing our listening skills.

So get your listening ears, turn them up so that we can practice some identifying rhymes.

In this game, I want you to tell me... Give me a thumbs up.

Yes, my two words do rhyme.

Or give me a thumbs down.

No, my two words does not rhyme.

Okay, let's see.

Okay, get your listening ears.

We'll listen for rhyming words.

Okay, my first set of words.

Ready?

"Harm", "farm".

Say it.

"Harm, "farm".

Do they rhyme?

Yes, they both say "arm".

Good job, give me a thumbs up.

Awesome!

Okay, the next set of words.

Ready?

"Born", "board".

Say that again.

"Born", "board".

Do they rhyme?

No, they do not rhyme.

"Born" has the "orn", "board" has the "oard".

No, they do not rhyme.

Good job.

Okay, last set of words.

Ready?

"Court", "cart".

Ooh, say that again.

"Court", "cart".

That's right, they do not rhyme!

Thumbs down.

"Court" has the "ourt", "cart" has the "art".

Good job, boys and girls, with your listening ears.

Okay, now, let's go and learn our "Sound Of The Week".

Let me turn this around.

We're gonna go into our phonics instruction.

Now remember, last week we learned an r-control vowel pattern and we learned that "ir" sound.

We're gonna continue learning that r-control vowel pattern this week.

This week, we're gonna be focusing on my "corn" card, which says "or".

Can you say that with me?

"Or".

Good job.

And we're also gonna be learning our "star" card.

Let me grab my finger, so I can stretch over here.

My "star" card, which is gonna say "ar" and they are both part of our r-control vowel spelling pattern.

So if you look at the "corn" card, there are three ways that we can spell the "or" sound.

Okay, it makes one sound.

Say them with me.

Ready?

We're gonna say O R. Says "or".

O A R says "oar".

Keep them all together, boys and girls.

They make one sound.

O R E says "ore".

Again, keep all of the letters together, because they all make one sound.

They make the "ore" sound.

Now, for my "star" card, A R is going to say "ar".

Help me say that again.

A R says "ar".

Good job.

So, let's go back and practice reading some words with the "or and "ar" sound.

So if you look at the first spelling pattern, the O R says "or", like in the word "corn".

Help me say it.

"Corn".

O R can be in the beginning or in the middle of my word.

"Corn".

Now, O A R says "oar", like in my word "roar".

And it's usually at the end of my word.

O R E says "ore", like in the word "store".

And because there's that E, it's usually at the end of a word.

Okay?

And A R says "ar", like "star".

And A R can happen in the beginning, middle or end.

Just know if you hear that "ar" sound, we spell with the A and the R. Now, let's practice reading some words with the "or" and the "ar" sound.

Are you ready?

Okay, help me read and I already wrote them in red for you.

So let's practice reading with the "or" and "ar" sound.

Ready?

This says "for".

Good.

"Chore".

Oh, there's that A R. Good.

"Cart".

Change it to that "ar".

"Cart".

"Born".

A R again.

"Dark, "corn", "North", "soar".

Good.

"More".

Do you guys see those patterns?

O R E at the end?

O R in the beginning or the middle?

Here's an O A R at the end again.

"Boar", "start", "horn".

Good job.

Let's practice reading the sentence together.

Ready?

It says, "We got a board at the store by the shore."

How did you do?

Awesome job, boys and girls.

Now, let's go and practice our sentence dictation.

This is where I'm gonna say a sentence, I want you to write it so that we can check it together.

Ready?

Here's my sentence.

"Can I have more corn for Norm?"

How many words was that?

Seven words!

Lots of the "or" sound.

They'd be thinking about which spelling pattern you are gonna be using.

Ready?

Here's my sentence again.

"Can I have more corn for Norm?"

Okay, let's start it.

Ready?

First word was "can".

Good job.

"Can I have..." These are all high-frequency words.

We can spell them.

"Can I have more..." Here's that "ore".

Good job.

Here's that O R E. "Can I have more corn..." "Corn", here's that "or" again.

O R in the middle.

"For" "Norm."

And that's his name, so we need a capital N. And "Norm" has the O R, "for" has the O R. Let's read it again.

"Can I have more corn for Norm?"

How did you do?

Oh, I hear you!

You're right!

It's a question!

Don't forget your question mark.

Awesome job today, boys and girls.

You guys are doing such a great job learning.

I'm gonna leave you off with our positive message today.

And this week we're gonna be working on our quotes from famous people.

Today comes from Michael Jordan.

He says, "I failed over and over again in my life, and that is why I succeed."

So boys and girls, just because you fail at something, doesn't mean you should give up.

Keep trying, 'cause I know you can do hard things.

Have a great weekend.

Oh, not a weekend!

Have a great day!

I'll see you back here tomorrow.

Bye bye!

♪ 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 ♪