(upbeat guitar 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 ♪ (upbeat music) - Good morning, second grade.

Happy Friday, my name is Mrs. Vang I'm so excited to have you join me so that we can become amazing readers.

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That's why I was like good morning.

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(indistinct speaking) (upbeat guitar 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 ♪ (upbeat music) - Happy Friday, second graders.

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

And I know you guys are becoming amazing readers.

Now I have another book to share with you guys.

Again, this week, these are books that I've not read before that was recommended to me by a librarian and I wanted to share them with you because I loved reading these new books and I wanted to share them with you guys.

This is a book called, "Why?"

Written by Adam Rex illustrated by Claire Clean.

Now in this story, there's a super villain named Dr. X-ray.

And when he comes in he's threatening a crowd, one little brave girl keeps asking him, "why?"

And he keeps and he keeps answering and answering it until he tries to figure out why he's doing what he's doing.

Can you imagine that?

So I love this book because it really shows the power of curiosity, right?

When you're curious, you will find lots of answers.

So if you want to read this book called "Why?"

make that you are checking it out to read.

And there are several ways that you can do that.

You can use the Sora app if you have it, you can check at your county library or you can go to your school library to get this book.

Again, this is where I got that book at the school library from Thomas, if you are at Thomas, you know, Mrs. Martinez has this book in the library for you.

So I hope that you are checking out books and reading.

With reading, I hope you guys are also writing because boys and girls make sure that you're writing to me here in our PBS classroom.

You can write to me about what you're learning what you're reading or write a story for me.

Use the address you see below or some of you guys are very very tech savvy and you guys can email.

Make sure you guys are sending your email to the email address below.

And don't forget to include your username not your username, I don't want that.

Put your return address in so I can send you one of these fun activity books, all right?

Because if you don't have one, you're missing out on a lot of fun, all right?

Okay, boys and girls, you guys ready?

It's Friday so that means we've been working super hard all week, I know, and you guys are becoming awesome readers and making that brain of yours super strong and super smart.

Cause I know some of you guys are ready for third grade.

I know you're super excited, some of you guys are so ready cause you guys have learned so much this year.

Now, remember this week we were focusing on some?

That's right, our short vowel diagraphs.

But before we go into our phonics instruction let's focus on our listening skills.

So get that listen ears, turn them up nice and high.

We're just going to practice them phoning blending today.

That's where I'm going to say some sounds you can blend them together try to guess my word.

Are you ready?

Okay, let's see if you guys can do this, ready?

First set of sound, d, ea, f, what is it?

Deaf, good job.

You notice how we did that once you so you need to be listening I'm only going to say the sounds once.

Okay, ready?

Next set of sounds.

R, ou, gh, what's my word?

Rough, good job.

Okay, last set of sounds.

M, y, th, what is it?

Myth, how did you do?

Two thumbs up, awesome job, boys and girls.

Okay, now let's go and review what we've learned all week.

We've been learning the short vowel diagraphs sounds.

Now remember I also call these my rule breakers, right?

Because they don't follow the rules.

I've taught you these spelling patterns already and these spelling patterns don't follow those rules because they make the short vowel sound.

So say them me again, ready?

This week we have learned that ea can also say, e, like the short e eh, like my egg card.

ou can say, ah, like my umbrella card which is the short u sound.

And the y can say i like, the insect card which is my short i sound.

And notice that y is always in the middle of my word because if it's at the end, it's not as short vowel sound.

Okay, so today, I want you guys to help me build a word, ready?

Here's my word, head, h, ea, d. Help me build it, what sound do you hear?

And I hear some of you guys you're thinking that's easy.

This is it I bet it is that's how smart you guys are.

Which sound is going to say, e?

ea, now remember as you're reading and you've learned all those different sounds.

If it doesn't make sense, the other way change it to the short vowel sound e, h, ea, d. Good job, that's a d, head.

Good job spelling that now.

Now that you can spell head, guess side, if you want to spell the word l, ea, d guess what?

All you have to do is get change the h, to a l, and you get the word lead, right?

Or you're right, ea can say lead, right?

But it can also say, l, ea, d, lead.

Now what if I wanted to spell the word bread?

I'm going to keep the ed, and I'm just going to add the, the beginning blend br, bread.

Good job.

How about tread?

Oh, you guys got it?

Tr says tread.

Last one, how about the word spread?

That's a tricky one.

Sp, r, ea, d. That's what we call our three letter blends, you're right.

There's that, s, p, r, spread, how did you do?

Awesome job, remember when you spell one word you can spell a lot more by looking at that word pattern.

Good job, boys and girls.

Okay so I have another story for you guys today.

Now, remember, before we read a story, let's focus on let's go and focus on our fluency, right?

So as you're reading, you're going to work with your accuracy, reading the words correctly.

You're going to focus on your rate, which is not reading too fast not going to slow.

Working on your expression, right?

Really reading with feeling so that you don't sound like a robot.

And of course, paying attention to those punctuation marks they're there to help us read.

Now this is an informational text called "Don't Dread The Rules."

And as you're reading, I want you to redefine out why we should follow the rules.

Lots, there are lots words with our short vowel diagraphs in this book so look for those spelling patterns.

Are you ready?

Let's read it together.

Don't dread rules.

(gentle music) Do you dread rules?

You shouldn't fear them, all of us have to follow rules.

Rules are a bit like laws.

Pause and think about why people make rules.

We are taught rules to keep us safe.

With rules, we stay out of trouble at school.

Moms and dads ought to follow rules too.

Rules at work help workers treat each other fairly.

When you head off to school in the morning, you follow rules, you may walk or take a bus.

On the bus you can talk, but rules say that you can't raise your voice.

You also have to sit in a seat instead of standing up.

Even if you brought a snack or lunch in your backpack you can't eat it on the bus.

Once you get to school there are more rules to follow.

Children can't run in the halls or call out bad words.

In class, you raise your hand to talk about a book or paper you have read.

This helps other kids learn.

Good manners count too.

Put your hand over your mouth when you sneeze or yawn so you don't spread germs.

Some school have a rule that everybody in gym class must wear special shoes so they don't fall.

Some kids have a whole uniform they wear in gym class.

When you play games like soccer, there are rules you should know so both teams play fairly.

In soccer, you can hit the ball with your head but you can't touch it with your hands.

This woman works on the school yard, she makes sure children follow the rules at recess, rules help children stay safe.

One rule is that you should take turns, you should also share.

If you're caught breaking a rule, you may get a warning.

Then you will be more careful next time.

You have rules at home too, your family may have rules about doing chores, having friends over and getting ready for bed.

You also follow rules when you play games together it's good to talk with your mom and dad about rules they want you to follow make sure you understand them.

Rules help keep people in your town safe as well.

If you are a smart person, you follow the rules.

When you're going for a bicycle ride a good rule is to wear a helmet.

When you're going for a car ride a good rule is to wear a seatbelt.

So be cool at home and school don't break a single rule.

So why do we need to follow the rules?

That's right, we have rules to keep us safe.

Now, did you find any words with our short vowel diagraphs this week?

I found a few, here they, let's read together.

Head, instead, ready, trouble and gym.

Now I didn't put the other vowel sounds because all the other vowel sounds and there will be way too much to write so we are just focusing on that short vowel sound.

Now look at all the high frequency words I read let's read it, children, instead, voice, everyone, paper, person, whole, woman, words.

You see how many words there were in that story?

And that's why boys and girls it's so important to learn these high-frequency words.

So let's finish off the week with our last two words that we're going to focus on this week, because we've already learned the other 10.

Now, remember, if one of these words are difficult or hard for you, make sure that you are writing it down on an index card, or on a paper and you're practicing reading and writing it nightly or daily so that you get that extra practice in, okay?

So my two words for today help me read and write them ready?

Woman, ready?

Woman spell it, w, o, m, a, n, woman, good.

Next word words.

Good, one more time, words, spell it w, o, r, d, s, words.

And remember that s means it's plural.

Good job more than one.

Okay, let's read the sentences.

And let's see if we can put these words into the sentence so they will make sense, ready?

First sentence, the hm rode her bike to work.

Second sentence, I read some new hm in a book today.

Now, if you're using your context clues the good a woman rode her bike to school and I read some new words in a book today.

Awesome job, boys and girls.

Now very quickly remember all we've been we also have been learning about alphabetical order and we have been learning to the second letter.

Meaning if the words have the first same letter go to the second word.

I mean the second letter to help you alphabetize cause it's important to know when we are looking at words in a dictionary or the source, or if you just want to put words or names in alphabetical order.

So I have some words here for us, and if you need to write the alphabet on top.

Right, private, rough, rule and people.

I want you guys to see if you guys can put them alphabetical order for us and I'm going to start it for you.

So does the r or the p start?

I mean, does the p or the r come first in our alphabet?

The p, so.

So now we're going to do the second letter is it pr or or pe?

pe so I'm going to start it for you.

So people and I want you guys to finish alphabetizing my list of words, all right?

Awesome job, boys and girls you guys are doing such a good job have a great weekend and make sure you come back so that we can continue our learning, bye.

(upbeat guitar 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 ♪ (upbeat music continues)