♪ Good morning to a brand new day ♪ ♪ Time to learn and the games you play ♪ ♪ Learning things is so much fun ♪ ♪ Learning is good for everyone.

♪ (bright upbeat music) Good morning second grade.

Welcome back to our PBS classroom.

My name is Mrs. Vang and I'm so excited to have you join me so that we can become amazing readers and writers.

Boys and girls, I have another book to share with you guys and these book this week, remember, comes from a librarian at Thomas Elementary, Mrs. Martinez.

So, thank you Mrs. Martinez for recommending these books for all the boys and girls to read.

Now, here's a book that I have not read before but it's a pretty silly and a sweet, it's a really sweet story.

This is a book called Super Dog: The Heart of A Hero.

And this is about a sweet little dog named Dexter.

And look at little Dexter.

He always gets made fun of because he's so small.

And so, he made a goal to get stronger and become, that's right, a super dog so that he can help other animals.

And guess what?

He sticks to it and at the end, he ends up saving the cat that was so mean to him, Cleevis.

So, boys and girls, if you wanna read about Dexter, make sure you guys are looking for this book on the Sora app, if you have the Sora app or your county library or remember, if you're in Fresno Unified, you can also be checking out books with your library at your school, all right?

Okay, now boys and girls, let's see which school is coming up in our top two second spot, our top two in our countdown.

Remember to get on our countdown, your school, you and your school, you guys have to be checking out those books on Sora and you have to be reading them.

And that's how we check to see which school is reading the most.

So today, let's see which school came in our number two spot.

Are you ready?

Okay, coming at number two is Heaton.

Awesome job Heaton Elementary.

You guys are doing an awesome job checking out those books and reading.

Good job.

Now, notice they're all elementary schools.

We used to have some middle schools and some high schools.

So, if you have older brothers and sisters in high school and middle school, make sure that or remind them so that they are checking out books to read also.

Okay, now, don't forget boys and girls, I will love to hear from you guys.

So remember, you can always write to me here at the studio and tell me what you're learning, tell me what books you're reading or just tell me a funny story.

I will love to hear from you guys.

Use the address that you see below and write to me or you can email me, okay?

And don't forget boys and girls, to write your return address because when I see your return address, that's your home address, I'm gonna send you one of these fun activity books.

They're super fun, boys and girls and guess what?

They're free.

So, when you write to me, put your home address and I'll send you one of these fun books, okay?

Awesome, boys and girls.

Okay, are you ready to get started with our lessons today?

Awesome job.

Okay, that's, so we always start with?

That's right, we're gonna start with training our ear so that we can hear sound.

So, turn your ears up.

Remember, we need to hear sound in order to spell and read sounds, right?

Awesome, so today, again, we're gonna be focusing on syllables 'cause remember, when you can break words into syllables, it's easier for you to break words apart to read and or write.

So, it's an important skill in identifying how many syllables are in a word.

Are you okay?

So, let's practice.

I'm gonna say a word.

I want you to count the syllables for me.

Now, your teachers might have taught you to clap it.

And if that works for you, use it.

I used to teach my boys and girls to tap and count.

If that works for you, use it.

Now, another teacher I know taught the kids to use their whole body and they would tap their whole body to see how many syllables there were in a word.

If that helps, use that strategy.

Lots of strategies that you can use.

Use the one that works best for you, okay?

I'm gonna tap and count 'cause that's the one I used the most with my second graders, when I taught second grade.

Are you ready?

Thumbs up, I see those thumbs up.

Good job, okay.

I'm gonna say a word, tell me how many syllables.

Ready?

Here's my word, chewing, chewing.

Oh, I see you guys, good job.

Chewing, two syllables, good job.

Next word, perfume.

Good job, perfume, two syllables.

Good job, I see you guys.

Last word, ready?

Loose, loose.

Good, loose, just one syllable.

Did you get that?

Awesome job, boys and girls.

Okay, now, let's go into our phonics instruction of the week.

Now, this week we had two sounds that we were learning.

It's what we call a variant vowels or what we call our vowel teams, okay?

'Cause there are two vowels together.

This week we were focusing on the spoon card and the spoon card says, /u/.

Say that with me, /u/.

Good job.

And look at all the different ways I can spell that /u/ sound.

And this is why this is so hard because they a lot of these spellings, I mean, it makes the same sound but there's so many different ways to spell the /u/ sound.

I can spell it the OO, U consonant silent E, U, EW, UE, OU and UI, /u/, okay?

Remember, if you need to hold that soup spoon up to your mouth and say, /u/, good.

Now, the next sound or vowel team that we've learned is the book card.

And the book card says, /.

Say that with me, /.

Good, OO says /.

Kind of like when you get hit in the gut and you go /, right?

Right deep down in the belly, /.

Now and it's the, double O is the most common but sometimes, not often, there are a few words that does have the OU and the U that has the / sound.

And so, just make sure that when you're reading it and you're saying, /u/ and it doesn't make sense, change it to the / 'cause there's just a few words, okay?

So, now let's practice blending some words together here.

Ready?

Okay, so, help me blend the set of words or letters.

Ready?

BL says bl.

UE says, good, /u/.

What's my word?

Blue.

Now, what kind of blue is this?

Good, this is the color blue.

B L U E is blue, the color blue like my pocket chart here is blue.

But guess what?

What if I change it to the EW?

What word does it say now?

Blew, you're right.

It's the same, blew.

That's what we call homophones.

They sound the same but they're spelled differently and they have different meanings.

This blew is like the wind blew off my hat, blew.

Good job, boys and girls.

Now, what if I change that blue to a fl?

Now, what's my word?

Flew, good job, boys and girls.

Okay, now, last set of letters.

Ready?

This says, tool.

What is it?

Tool, good.

How do I change it to pool?

Change that /t/ the /p/.

Good job, boys and girls.

Okay, now, today's Thursday so I have a story for you guys and it has /u/ and our / sounds in it.

So, before we read, let's practice our fluency.

Remember, we always read the words correctly.

That's working on our accuracy.

We're gonna read not too fast and not too slow, working on our rate.

And reading with feelings so working with our expression so that we don't sound like a robot.

And then finally, focusing or following those punctuation marks, okay?

So today, we're gonna read a non-fiction text.

Remember, non-fiction means?

Good, real.

So, it's a real texts or real information called It Couldn't be Done.

So, as you're reading, boys and girls, I want you to be looking for our / and our /u/ sound.

Are you ready?

Let's read together.

- [Narrator] It Couldn't be Done.

People have always said, it couldn't be done.

Let's look at people that showed it could be true.

They want it to change the rules.

Could we fly to the moon or live in space?

Some people say that it couldn't ever be done.

Yet it did.

In 1969, astronauts landed on the moon.

Now, astronauts can stay in space for a long time.

They can take dried and fresh foods like fruit with them.

Alexander Graham Bell.

Could we speak to someone far away.

People said that it couldn't be done.

Thanks to a man named Alexander Graham Bell, now we can.

The phone enabled us to speak to others in many places.

Now, we can even use a cell phone in the park, in the woods or on a ship.

Charles Jenkins.

Could you watch a sports game without being there?

It couldn't be done, people said.

Thanks to a man in Charles Jenkins, now we have the joy of watching TV.

We can watch sports, news, shows and a lot more.

We even put on the TV while we have the flu.

You know what I think?

Maybe try flying cars.

What do you think?

Oh, I bet you guys have some good ideas.

Now, did you read words with our focus spelling pattern, the /u/ sound and the / sound?

I found a lot.

Let's read them together.

Ready?

Foods, moon, flu, rules, fruit, news, true.

And look, woods, could, couldn't and put.

How did you do?

Awesome and look at the high-frequency words I found.

There was the word always and ever.

Good job, boys and girls.

So, we're more high-frequency words that we've learned previously also.

Did you notice that?

I know and you know this is a perfect story segue 'cause it's time to practice our high frequency words 'cause remember, they show up most frequently when we are reading.

So, let's practice our two focus words for today.

Ready?

Let's read and write.

Here's the first one, meant.

Read it again, meant.

Good, spell it with me, M E A N T, meant.

Good job.

Next word, nothing.

Good, read it again, nothing.

Good, let's spell it.

N O T H I N G, nothing.

Good job.

Now, let's read these two sentences and see which word would go into the sentence to make it make sense.

Ready?

His smile he was happy.

Next sentence.

There is to see here.

Okay, I think I heard you.

His smile meant he was happy, good reading.

And there is nothing to see here.

How did you do?

Awesome job, boys and girls.

Now, let's quickly go over into our contractions, I mean contractions with not remember contractions, two small words put together.

We're working with the not this week.

Let's read my sentence.

It says, they are not home right now.

What's the congestion for are not?

They, good, they aren't home right now.

Can we read it this way, they aren't home right now?

Yes, good job.

Next one, I could not find my keys.

Contraction, I couldn't find my keys.

Awesome reading, boys and girls.

You guys are doing such an awesome job at learning along with me to become amazing readers and writers.

I'm so proud of you, boys and girls.

So, give yourself a pat on the back and say, I did a good job.

Good, I hear you 'cause you're doing such a good job.

So, boys and girls, I can't wait to see you guys tomorrow in our PBS classrooms so that we can continue all of our learning.

Have a great day learning and I'll see you 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 every one ♪