♪ 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 ♪ (playful music) - Good morning second grade.

Oh, you guys caught me again reading another favorite book of mine that I wanna share with you guys.

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

Now, some of you guys are already amazing readers so I have been sharing some of my favorites chapter book series.

Now, this series is called the Ready Freddy series.

Now remember, series just means there's more than one book with the same characters, and in this case, it's the Ready Freddy.

I remember sharing some of these and these were the easy readers.

So, if you were reading those and you're ready for the chapter books, then start reading the chapter books of the Ready Freddy.

And don't forget, if you are unsure of what the series is gonna be about, you can look at the back of the book.

And in this one it actually shows...

It actually has a little paragraph that explains what this book is gonna be about and what the series.

And it says, "Freddy Thresher doesn't mean to cause trouble."

But did you know that he's a first grader and his last name is Thresher?

So, that makes him an expert on shark and that's why the series are called Ready Freddy.

Now, you know what also I like about this book is it gives you little clues on the back.

It says, "Look for the word thin hidden in every picture."

Did you know that?

So that's what I was doing.

I was looking at this picture when you guys came on and I was trying to find the word thin.

And guess what, do you see it?

It's right there.

Isn't that amazing?

So, if you're reading these Ready Freddy books, there are some cool things that you can look for just by reading the back of the book.

So, if you enjoyed these books, make sure that you guys are writing to me and tell me how much you enjoyed them.

Or if you are reading other chapter books and you want to share that with me so I can share with all the other second graders, make sure you're writing to me here in our PBS Classroom so that I can get the books to share with everyone.

All right, you can write to me, or you can email me.

You see the address and the email address below.

And I'll go get these books so that I can share with all the other second-graders.

All right, but if you wanna read these Ready Freddy books, you can check out it on Soar, if you have the Soar app.

You can check it out at your county library or at your school library, all right.

And don't forget when you write to me, write your home address or your return address and I'll send you one of these fun activity books, all right.

And these are gonna be perfect for summer because these fun activities will keep you busy all summer long.

All right.

Okay, boys and girls.

Let's see which school came up... Let's see which school was in our top countdown.

Are you ready?

Okay.

Today, we're going to review the number two school.

Let's see if it's your school.

Are you ready?

Okay, ready.

And Hidalgo Elementary.

Awesome job Hidalgo.

I think this is the first time that you guys have been on our countdown and you came in number two.

Awesome job, Hidalgo.

Now, if you didn't see your school in our top countdown remember make sure you're doing your job and make sure that you're checking out those books on Soar and that you are reading.

All right?

Okay, boys and girls, let's get started with our lessons to make our brains super strong so they can be super smart.

So, we're going to start off with: You're right, with our listening skills.

So turn your listening ears on because we need to hear sound in order to read and write sounds.

So today we're gonna be practicing our phoneme substitution again, but this time I'm going to substitute the vowel sound and we're going to make a new word.

So let's see if you guys can help me practice with blending the words and then changing the vowel sound.

Are you ready?

Okay, I'm going to use my dots here to help us.

Ready?

Okay, here's my first set of sounds: S, OI, L. What's my word?

S-OI-L.

Soil.

Good.

Now I'm going to substitute that OI sound, that was my vowel sound, to a EA.

What's my new word?

S-EA-L. What is it?

Seal.

Good job.

Soil, had the OI.

Where you substitute the EA, seal.

Good job.

Okay, let's keep going.

Okay, next set of sounds.

Ready?

R, AI, D. What's my word?

Raid.

I'm going to change the, or substitute, that A sound for the OA sound.

What's my new word?

R-OA-D. What is it?

Road.

Good job.

Okay, last set of sounds.

Let's see if you guys can help me substitute my vowel sound again.

Ready?

SH, OU, T. What's my word?

Shout.

Okay, and what's my vowel sound?

OU.

I'm gonna substitute that out for an EE.

Okay, what's my new word?

SH-EE-T. What is it?

Sheet.

Awesome job, boys and girls.

Practicing your listening skills with the substitution game.

Awesome job.

Okay.

Now remember, all this week we have been practicing our vowel team syllables because we've already learned all of our sound spelling patterns.

Now we just need to know how to read words with more than one syllable.

And so this is another syllable type that we can look for the patterns to help us read.

I have all of our vowel team sound spelling cards up here.

That's all of my long vowels, the book card, the spoon car, and the straw card.

Remember all those about teams?

Which means all of these vowels are together and they make one sound.

So if I'm reading a word, first thing I do is my brain automatically looks for that vowel team.

The vowel team.

So here I see the O-W and we know the O-W, particularly with the L, that's one word that says low.

And what is E-S-T mean?

We've been learning that this week.

That's -est.

Put it together, lowest.

Good job.

Let's look at the next word, ready?

This says...Did you see that O-W?

Keep it together with this word.

I know this word.

What is it?

Bow.

El-bow.

What's my word?

Elbow.

Good job.

And one last one, ready?

This says P-OI-NT.

Point.

And my E-D, it's actually another syllable.

Point-ed.

Pointed.

Now, if I wanted to change the word pointed to the word painted, what do I need to change?

My vowel team, you're right.

So instead of the OI, it's going to be the AI, which is the a A-I.

You see how I did that?

That's what you could do.

That's another strategy when you are writing.

So let's practice reading words with my vowel team syllables.

Ready?

Okay.

Help me read this story.

This is a story called Freyda Cooks.

Are you ready?

Okay.

And remember to look for those vowel teams and then divide them into syllables to read it.

Ready?

"Freyda stands by the stove.

It is her turn to make oatmeal for breakfast.

She does not know how to cook.

She is afraid she will never learn.

Her sister tries to explain, but Freyda cannot get it.

She gives the oatmeal a try.

She has to measure and pour and stir.

She is not certain that she is doing it right, but she keeps at it.

It is a pleasure to make something nice.

Then Freyda's sister runs into the house.

"Did you make the oatmeal?"

she asks.

She takes a bite.

Freyda was not certain her sister will enjoy the oatmeal.

There is a look of delight.

There are good meals ahead for Freyda and her sister."

How did you do, boys and girls?

Awesome.

Did you see all those words that have those vowel teams?

Did you divide them into syllables in your head to quickly read those words?

Awesome job.

Let's quickly just go over them.

Here's that word that we've been... That we have read already this week.

Oat and meal.

I knew that said oatmeal.

Good.

Did you find another one?

There was a lot in here, boys and girls, that helped us when we were reading with those two syllable words with the vowel team.

Here's cer-tain.

Again, right?

And did you find another one?

Which one is it?

Plea-sure.

Good job.

Pleasure.

Awesome job, boys and girls.

Okay.

Now, just with knowing syllable rules, right?

It's also important to know how to read and write our high-frequency words.

So let me turn my chart around so that we can practice our two high-frequency words for today.

Remember, all week we had 10.

Every day we're going to have two that we're going to practice reading and writing.

Okay.

So help me read the first word, ready?

Terrible.

Good job.

Help me spell it.

T-E-R-R-I-B-L-E.

Terrible.

Good.

Next word: complete.

Good.

Help me spell it.

C-O-M-P-L-E-T-E.

Complete.

Good job.

Now, let's read my two sentences and help me try to figure out which one of those words will go into my sentence so that it will make sense.

Don't forget to use your context clues to help you.

Ready?

Let's do the first sentence.

"What is that (mumbles) noise?"

Oh, no.

Oh, I think I hear some of you, but let's do that second one.

Ready?

"When will you (mumbles) your homework?"

Oh, I know this is a sentence I say all the time to my kids.

I always say, "When will you complete your homework?"

Does that sound familiar?

Oh, it does.

I know.

So that must mean the word terrible goes with the first sentence.

"What is that terrible noise?"

Good job.

Oh, and do you notice something?

They're both what type of sentence?

They are both questions.

Good job.

Okay.

Now let's go into our comparative endings.

Remember, this is a skill that we've already learned, but it's important to know how to read and write them so that you are writing them and reading it correctly.

So if I was reading a story, right, "The shell is (mumbles) than that shell."

I know if I'm comparing two things, it's the R ending.

If I'm comparing more than two things, we use the S ending.

And remember those rules: If a word ends with the Y, we change it to an I; if it has a vowel and a consonant, we need to double that consonant; and then if a word ends with an E, we need to chop the E before adding E-R and E-S-T.

So if I'm reading this first sentence, "The shell is..." blank, "than that shell."

How many things am I comparing?

Two.

So is it tiny, tinier, or tiniest?

The shell is tinier.

Good job.

And do you see what I did?

I changed that Y to an I and I added E-R. "Tinier than that shell."

And that's why it's important to know the E-R, the E-S-T. Now let's do the next sentence.

It says, "This is the (mumbles) shell I've ever seen!"

Now, what is it comparing?

Two shells?

Or more than one shell?

Or more than two?

All that you've ever seen.

So is it tiny or tiniest?

Tiniest and again remember that rule, there was a Y, I changed it to an I and I added E-S-T.

Awesome job, boys and girls.

Man, we did so much work.

Don't forget to come back tomorrow because I have another story for us to read so that we can practice our vowel teams syllable.

You guys are doing an amazing job.

So have a great day learning with your teacher.

Have a great day learning, read a good book, and don't forget to write and tell me all about it.

Have a great day.

I'll see you tomorrow.

Bye-bye.

(guitar strumming) ♪ 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 ♪