[cheerful upbeat music] ♪ OKAY, SO HERE'S A REALLY COOL READING LESSON FOR ALL YOU PRE-K AND KINDERGARTENERS.

I HEARD THIS ONE IS REALLY SUPER DUPER GOOD, SO, YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS IT.

HERE WE GO.

HELLO, SUPER LEARNERS.

MY NAME IS MRS. KELLOGG, AND I'M SO EXCITED TO BE HERE WITH YOU TODAY.

FOR TODAY'S ACTIVITY, YOU WILL NEED A PAPER, A PENCIL, AND A STUFFED ANIMAL FRIEND.

ASK AN ADULT TO HELP YOU FIND THESE ITEMS.

WHILE YOU ARE GETTING YOUR MATERIALS READY, I AM GOING TO GO GET MINE READY.

I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.

♪ ♪ I WOULD LIKE TO START OUR LESSON TODAY BY ASKING YOU A QUESTION.

WHAT IS A SNACK FOOD THAT PEOPLE LIKE TO EAT WHEN THEY WATCH MOVIES?

IT TASTES SALTY AND BUTTERY, CRISPY AND CHEWY, TOO.

IT IS WHITE AND FLUFFY, AND IT MAKES A POPPING SOUND WHEN YOU COOK IT.

[popping] HAVE YOU GUESSED WHAT IT IS?

TELL YOUR GUESS TO YOUR ANIMAL FRIEND.

THAT'S RIGHT, POPCORN!

SUPER LEARNERS, YOU THOUGHT REALLY HARD TO PUT THOSE CLUES TOGETHER.

TODAY, I'M GOING TO READ YOU A BOOK ABOUT POPCORN.

WE WILL LEARN INFORMATION ABOUT HOW CORN GROWS AND HOW IT BECOMES POPCORN.

LET'S LOOK AT THE FRONT COVER OF THE BOOK.

THE TITLE, OR NAME, OF THIS BOOK IS "POPCORN."

TELL YOUR STUFFED ANIMAL FRIEND THE TITLE OF THE BOOK.

BY TAKING TIME TO READ THE TITLE, WE FIND OUT RIGHT AWAY WHAT THIS NON-FICTION BOOK WILL BE ABOUT.

WE WILL LEARN ABOUT POPCORN.

NOW, I KNOW THAT POPCORN IS MADE FROM CORN, BUT I'M NOT SURE HOW IT IS MADE.

I WANT TO LEARN ABOUT AND THINK ABOUT HOW POPCORN IS MADE.

I WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH.

AS I READ THIS BOOK, I'M GOING TO BE THINKING ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH.

WHILE WE ARE READING THE BOOK, IT MIGHT HELP US TO HAVE A TOOL CALLED AN "ANCHOR CHART," TO HELP US REMEMBER WHAT WE READ.

LET'S MAKE AN ANCHOR CHART TOGETHER.

YOU'RE GOING TO BE USING PAPER, BUT I AM GOING TO PRETEND THAT THIS WHITEBOARD IS MY PAPER.

FIRST, I'M GOING TO WRITE THE TITLE OF THE BOOK AT THE TOP OF MY PAPER.

DO YOU REMEMBER THE TITLE?

"POPCORN."

THAT'S RIGHT.

TRY WRITING IT AT HOME.

OR YOU CAN PRETEND TO BE POPCORN.

FIRST, YOU CURL YOURSELF UP LIKE THIS, AND THEN YOU POP, LIKE THIS.

TRY POPPING AT HOME.

[pop] POPCORN IS NOT JUST THE TITLE OF THE BOOK.

IT IS ALSO THE MAIN IDEA OF THE BOOK, OR WHAT THE BOOK IS MOSTLY ABOUT.

THE BOOK IS ALL ABOUT POPCORN.

OKAY, NOW I'M GOING TO START MAKING MY ANCHOR CHART.

WATCH ME AT HOME, AS I SHOW YOU WHAT TO DO.

GET YOUR PENCIL READY.

I'M GOING TO MAKE 4 BOXES ON MY PAPER BY MAKING A BIG CROSS IN THE MIDDLE OF MY PAPER, LIKE THIS.

I USED THESE STRIPS HERE TO MAKE MY CROSS, BUT YOU CAN WRITE IT AT HOME.

MAKE A LINE GOING DOWN AND A LINE GOING ACROSS, JUST LIKE THAT.

NOW, YOU TRY IT.

SHOW YOUR STUFFIE WHAT TO DO.

GREAT WORK, SUPER LEARNERS.

MY FIRST BOX WILL HAVE A NUMBER 1 IN IT.

THIS MEANS WHAT HAPPENS FIRST IN THE STORY.

YOU TRY IT AT HOME.

SHOW YOUR STUFFED ANIMAL FRIEND WHAT TO DO.

MY SECOND BOX WILL HAVE A NUMBER 2 IN IT.

THIS MEANS WHAT HAPPENS SECOND IN THE STORY.

YOU TRY IT AT HOME.

SHOW YOUR STUFFED ANIMAL FRIEND WHAT TO DO.

MY THIRD BOX WILL HAVE A NUMBER 3 IN IT.

THIS MEANS WHAT HAPPENS THIRD IN THE BOOK.

YOU TRY IT AT HOME.

SHOW YOUR STUFFED ANIMAL FRIEND WHAT TO DO.

MY FOURTH BOX WILL HAVE A NUMBER 4 IN IT.

THIS MEANS WHAT HAPPENS FOURTH IN THE BOOK, OR LAST.

YOU TRY IT AT HOME.

SHOW YOUR STUFFED ANIMAL FRIEND WHAT TO DO.

HAVE YOU HAD ENOUGH TIME TO MAKE YOUR ANCHOR CHART?

YOU'VE SHOWN GREAT EFFORT IN MAKING YOUR CHART.

OKAY.

LET'S READ THIS BOOK TO LEARN MORE ABOUT POPCORN.

"POPCORN," BY KAREN ALEXANDER.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE PHOTOGRAPH.

YES, I SEE THE CORN PLANTS.

THEY ARE GROWING.

HERE THEY ARE.

LET'S TURN THE PAGE AND READ MORE ABOUT POPCORN.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE PHOTOGRAPH.

HERE IS AN EAR OF CORN.

HERE IS THE COB, AND HERE ARE THE KERNELS.

OKAY.

WE JUST LEARNED THE FIRST STEP OF MAKING POPCORN.

LET'S VISIT OUR ANCHOR CHART.

HERE IS OUR BOX FOR WHAT HAPPENS FIRST.

DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENS FIRST?

LET'S LOOK AT THE PHOTOGRAPHS TO HELP US REMEMBER.

TELL YOUR STUFFED ANIMAL FRIEND WHAT YOU THINK HAPPENS FIRST.

FIRST, THE CORN HAS TO GROW.

LET'S DRAW A PICTURE OF CORN GROWING.

SHOW YOUR STUFFED ANIMAL FRIEND HOW TO DRAW CORN GROWING.

I THINK WE SHOULD TRY WRITING HERE.

LET'S WRITE "CORN" TO GO WITH OUR PICTURE.

THE WORD "CORN" HAS 4 SOUNDS IN IT.

LET'S SOUND IT OUT.

C...O...R...N. LET'S WRITE THE LETTERS FOR OUR SOUNDS.

"C" SAYS "[kh]."

SO, LET'S START BY WRITING THE LETTER "C." WE START AT THE TOP AND CURVE AROUND AND BACK UP AT THE BOTTOM... JUST A LITTLE.

THOSE "C"s ARE COOL.

NOW, THE NEXT SOUND IS "[oh]."

LETTER "O" SAYS "[oh]."

WE MAKE A CIRCLE TO MAKE THE LETTER "O."

START AT THE TOP AND GO AROUND AND BACK UP TO THE TOP.

THOSE "O"s ARE OUTSTANDING.

THE THIRD SOUND IS "[rr]."

AND WE KNOW THAT LETTER "R" SAYS "[rr]."

WE MAKE A STRAIGHT LINE DOWN AND THEN COME BACK UP TO THE TOP AND MAKE A LINE CURVING OVER.

THOSE "R"s ROCK.

OUR LAST SOUND IS "[nn]."

AND WE KNOW LETTER "N" SAYS "[nn]."

WE MAKE A STRAIGHT LINE GOING DOWN, AND THEN COME BACK UP, AND OVER AND DOWN.

NICE LETTER "N"s. OKAY, LET'S SOUND OUT WHAT WE WROTE.

"CORN."

WE CAN ALSO PRETEND TO BE POPCORN GROWING.

FIRST, WE CROUCH DOWN, AND THEN WE STAND UP SLOWLY, LIKE THIS.

GREAT JOB GROWING, SUPER LEARNERS.

OKAY, THAT IS THE FIRST STEP TO MAKING POPCORN.

THE CORN HAS TO GROW.

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?

LET'S GO BACK TO THE BOOK AND READ ON.

WOW!

WE JUST LEARNED THE SECOND STEP TO MAKING POPCORN.

LET'S GO BACK TO OUR ANCHOR CHART, SO WE CAN FILL IT IN.

SO, FIRST, THE CORN HAS TO GROW, AND WE PUT THAT HERE.

HERE IS THE BOX WHERE WE WILL TELL ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS SECOND.

CAN YOU TELL YOUR STUFFED ANIMAL FRIEND WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?

WE NEED TO GET POPCORN KERNELS.

I'M GOING TO DRAW PICTURES OF POPCORN KERNELS NEXT.

HERE ARE MY POPCORN KERNELS.

TRY TO DRAW THIS AT HOME.

SHOW YOUR STUFFED ANIMAL FRIEND HOW TO DRAW POPCORN KERNELS.

YOUR DRAWINGS ARE GREAT.

WE CAN ALSO PRETEND TO BE POPCORN KERNELS.

WE DO THAT BY SCRUNCHING OUR BODIES UP SMALL, LIKE THIS.

GOOD JOB.

OKAY, I WANT TO READ ON AND FIND OUT MORE ABOUT WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN TO MAKE POPCORN.

LET'S GO BACK TO THE BOOK.

LOOK, I CAN SEE IN THE PHOTOGRAPH WHAT HAS HAPPENED.

THE POPCORN KERNELS WERE HEATED UP, AND THEY POPPED.

[popping] HERE IS ALL THE POPCORN.

SOME OF IT LOOKS LIKE IT JUST POPPED, BECAUSE IT'S STILL UP IN THE AIR.

I WONDER HOW IT IS HEATED AND POPPED.

LET'S KEEP READING TO SEE IF WE CAN FIND OUT.

IT IS FUN TO SEE POPCORN POPPING, BECAUSE EVERY TIME A KERNEL POPS, IT'S LIKE A SURPRISE.

ALRIGHT.

SO, MACHINES CAN HEAT UP AND POP POPCORN.

THIS IS A BIG MACHINE THAT YOU MIGHT SEE AT A MOVIE THEATER.

I AGREE WITH THIS, TOO.

IT IS FUN TO HEAR POPCORN POPPING, BECAUSE WHEN YOU HEAR IT POP, YOU KNOW A YUMMY TREAT IS ALMOST READY TO EAT.

THIS IS A LITTLE MACHINE YOU MIGHT USE AT HOME TO MAKE POPCORN.

NOW WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENS AFTER WE HAVE OUR POPCORN KERNELS.

WE HAVE TO POP THEM IN A MACHINE.

LET'S GO BACK TO OUR ANCHOR CHART AND FIND THE THIRD BOX.

WHAT DO WE NEED TO DRAW A PICTURE OF HERE?

TELL YOUR STUFFED ANIMAL FRIEND.

YES, POPCORN POPPING.

THIS WILL BE FUN TO DRAW.

WE CAN DRAW IT LIKE THIS.

NOW, YOU TRY IT AT HOME.

SHOW YOUR STUFFED ANIMAL FRIEND HOW TO DRAW POPCORN POPPING.

I THINK WE SHOULD TRY WRITING HERE.

LET'S WRITE "POP" TO GO WITH OUR PICTURE.

THE WORD "POP" HAS 3 SOUNDS IN IT.

LET'S SOUND IT OUT.

"[p]... [ah]...

[p]."

LET'S WRITE THE LETTERS FOR OUR SOUNDS.

"P" SAYS "[puh]."

SO, LET'S START BY WRITING THE LETTER "P." WE MAKE A STRAIGHT LINE DOWN AND THEN COME BACK TO THE TOP AND CURVE AROUND AND BACK TO THE STRAIGHT LINE.

THOSE "P"s LOOK GREAT.

NOW, THE NEXT SOUND IS "[ah]."

LETTER "O" SAYS "[ah]."

WE MAKE A CIRCLE TO MAKE LETTER "O."

START AT THE TOP AND GO AROUND AND BACK UP TO THE TOP.

NICE "O"s!

THE LAST SOUND IS "[puh]," AND WE KNOW THAT THE LETTER "P" SAYS "[puh]," SO WE GET TO WRITE THE LETTER "P" AGAIN.

WE MAKE A STRAIGHT LINE DOWN, AND THEN COME BACK TO THE TOP AND CURVE AROUND AND BACK TO THE LINE.

THOSE "P"s LOOK GREAT.

OKAY, LET'S SOUND OUT WHAT WE WROTE.

"[p]... [ah]...

[p]."

"POP."

WE'LL ALSO ADD A SPECIAL MARK CALLED AN EXCLAMATION POINT, TO SHOW THAT IT'S EXCITING TO POP.

AN EXCLAMATION POINT LOOKS LIKE THIS.

LOOK AT WHAT WE WROTE.

"POP!"

GREAT WRITING, SUPER LEARNERS.

WE CAN ALSO PRETEND TO BE POPCORN POPPING.

WE START OUT AS KERNELS, LIKE THIS.

AND THEN WE POP, LIKE THIS.

[pop] GREAT POPPING.

WELL, THERE IS ONE STEP LEFT TO HAVING POPCORN.

CAN YOU GUESS WHAT IT IS?

TELL YOUR STUFFED ANIMAL FRIEND.

LET'S SEE IF YOU ARE RIGHT.

THERE IT IS.

THIS BOOK IS MAKING ME HUNGRY.

LET'S TURN THE PAGE.

HERE'S A PHOTOGRAPH OF A MOTHER EATING A POPCORN SNACK WITH HER DAUGHTERS.

IT SURE LOOKS GOOD.

AND NOW WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENS LAST WHEN WE MAKE POPCORN.

WE EAT IT.

LET'S GO BACK TO OUR ANCHOR CHART TO COMPLETE IT.

HERE'S THE FOURTH BOX.

THIS IS WHERE WE WILL DRAW A PICTURE OF WHAT HAPPENS LAST.

DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENS LAST?

WHISPER YOUR ANSWER TO YOUR STUFFED ANIMAL FRIEND.

THAT'S RIGHT.

WE EAT THE POPCORN.

I'M GOING TO DRAW A PICTURE OF 3 PEOPLE EATING POPCORN.

HERE ARE MY PEOPLE... AND HERE IS MY BOWL... OF FRESH, HOT POPCORN.

DOESN'T THAT LOOK DELICIOUS?

SHOW YOUR STUFFED ANIMAL FRIEND HOW TO DRAW PEOPLE EATING A BOWL OF POPCORN, JUST LIKE I SHOWED YOU.

YUM.

WE CAN ALSO PRETEND TO EAT POPCORN LIKE THIS.

[imitating chewing] SO, TODAY, WE HAD A CHANCE TO READ A NON-FICTION BOOK ALL ABOUT POPCORN.

WE LEARNED THAT, FIRST, WE NEED TO GROW THE CORN, NEXT, WE NEED TO GATHER THE CORN KERNELS, THEN WE POP THE CORN KERNELS, AND, LAST, WE EAT THE POPCORN.

I HOPE YOU GET TO TRY MAKING AND EATING SOME POPCORN TODAY.

HAVE A GREAT DAY.

THAT WAS A GREAT LESSON.

I'M SO GLAD YOU WERE HERE TO SHARE IT WITH ME.

WE HAVE SO MUCH WE CAN LEARN, AND I'M SO THANKFUL WE'RE ABLE TO SHARE THIS TIME TOGETHER.

HI, FRIENDS.

IT'S MS. B. I'M SO EXCITED TO MOVE WITH YOU TODAY.

WE'RE GOING TO LEARN HOW TO DO MOUNTAIN POSE.

MOUNTAIN POSE HELPS YOU FOCUS YOUR THOUGHTS, AND IT ALSO HELPS YOU STAND NICE, TALL, AND STRONG.

ARE YOU READY?

OKAY.

WE'LL TAKE A NICE, BIG BREATH IN THROUGH OUR NOSE... [inhales] SEND OUR FINGERTIPS UP TOWARDS THE SKY... LET ALL OUR AIR OUT... [exhales] RAINING OUR FINGERTIPS BY OUR SIDE... FACE YOUR PALMS FORWARD, JUST LIKE THIS.

FROM HERE, WE'LL CLOSE OUR EYES TOGETHER... AND BREATHE 3 TIMES.

NOW, REMEMBER, YOU ARE A MOUNTAIN.

YOU ARE STRONG.

YOUR FEET ARE IN THE EARTH.

LET'S TAKE OUR BREATH IN... [inhales] LET IT ALL GO... [exhales] ONE MORE BREATH IN... [inhales] LET IT ALL GO... [exhales] LAST BREATH TOGETHER, MAKE IT NICE AND BIG...

IN THROUGH YOUR NOSE... [inhales] LET IT ALL GO... [exhales] AH.

AND LET'S JUST STAND HERE AND BE STRONG FOR A MOMENT TOGETHER.

AND WHEN YOU'RE READY, YOU CAN OPEN YOUR EYES.

YOU DID SUCH AN AMAZING JOB.

I CAN'T WAIT 'TIL WE MOVE AGAIN.

UNTIL NEXT TIME, FRIENDS.

BYE!

HELLO, READERS.

MY NAME IS MS. CLIETTE.

I AM SO EXCITED TO BE LEARNING WITH YOU TODAY.

BEFORE WE GET STARTED ON OUR LESSON, LET'S SAY HELLO WITH OUR WELCOME SONG.

♪ HELLO, READERS HELLO, READERS ♪ ♪ HOW ARE YOU?

HOW ARE YOU?

♪ ♪ I'M SO GLAD TO SEE YOU I'M SO GLAD TO TEACH YOU ♪ ♪ HELLO, YOU, YOU, AND YOU ♪ VERY GOOD.

I'M SO GLAD THAT YOU CAME TO LEARN WITH ME TODAY.

READERS, DID YOU KNOW THAT ALL LETTERS IN THE ALPHABET HAVE SPECIAL NAMES?

THEY CAN BE PUT INTO 2 CATEGORIES: CONSONANTS AND VOWELS.

DO YOU KNOW WHICH LETTERS ARE THE CONSONANTS AND WHICH LETTERS ARE THE VOWELS?

THERE ARE 21 CONSONANTS AND 5 MAIN VOWELS.

CAN YOU NAME THE LETTERS THAT ARE THE VOWELS?

IF YOU KNOW THEM, YOU CAN SAY THEM ALONG WITH ME.

READY?

OKAY.

DO YOU KNOW THE SHORT VOWEL SOUNDS FOR...

OKAY, I'LL SAY THEM FIRST, AND THEN YOU CAN SAY THEM ALONG WITH ME.

I'M GOING TO ADD SOME MOVEMENTS ALONG WITH EACH SOUND, TO HELP US TO REMEMBER THEM.

SHORT "a" SAYS "[aa]."

SHORT "e" SAYS "[eh]."

SHORT "i" SAYS "[ih]."

SHORT "o" SAYS "[ah]."

SHORT "u" SAYS "[uh]."

ALRIGHT, THIS TIME, I WANT YOU TO SAY THE SHORT VOWEL SOUNDS WITH ME.

SEE IF YOU CAN ALSO DO THE MOVEMENTS WITH EACH OF THE SOUNDS.

READY?

OKAY.

SHORT "a" SAYS "[aa]."

SHORT "e" SAYS "[eh]."

SHORT "i" SAYS "[ih]."

SHORT "o" SAYS "[ah]."

SHORT "u" SAYS "[uh]."

NICE JOB.

IN ADDITION TO OUR LETTER SOUNDS DURING EACH OF OUR LESSONS, WE ARE GOING TO LEARN WORDS CALLED "HEART WORDS."

SOME WORDS CONTAIN ONE OR MORE SOUNDS THAT ARE SPELLED A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY THAN THEY'RE USUALLY SPELLED.

AND SINCE THESE PARTS ARE DIFFERENT THAN USUAL, WE HAVE TO LEARN TO SPELL THEM BY HEART.

WE CAN CALL THESE WORDS "HEART WORDS."

TO DO THIS, WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO CREATE OUR VERY OWN HEART WORD DICTIONARY.

YOU WILL NEED 2 PIECES OF PAPER AND SOMETHING TO WRITE WITH.

WHILE YOU GRAB YOUR ITEMS, I'LL GO GRAB MINE.

I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.

♪ ♪ I'M BACK WITH MY 2 PIECES OF PAPER AND SOMETHING TO WRITE WITH.

I GRABBED A MARKER, BUT A PEN, CRAYON, OR PENCIL IS JUST FINE TOO.

ALRIGHT, NOW, LET'S GET STARTED MAKING OUR HEART WORD DICTIONARY.

YOU'RE GOING TO NEED TO START BY STACKING YOUR 2 PIECES OF PAPER TOGETHER, AND THEN FOLD THEM IN HALF HAMBURGER-STYLE.

THAT'S THE SHORT WAY.

WOULD YOU LOOK AT THAT, READERS?

IT'S A BOOK.

BOOKS ALWAYS HAVE A COVER, AND THEY HAVE A TITLE.

SO, I'M GOING TO DRAW A HEART AND WRITE THE WORD "WORD," SO THAT I KNOW THAT THIS IS MY HEART WORD DICTIONARY.

TODAY, WE ARE GOING TO ADD 2 HEART WORDS TO OUR HEART WORD DICTIONARY.

LET'S DISCUSS THE WORD "PEOPLE," AS IN, "THERE WERE SO MANY PEOPLE AT THE PARTY, THAT WE RAN OUT OF CAKE."

WE CAN USE OUR LETTER SOUNDS TO SPELL SOME OF THE SOUNDS IN "PEOPLE."

AND OTHER SOUNDS, WE HAVE TO LEARN TO SPELL THEM BY... THAT'S RIGHT, BY HEART.

"PEOPLE" HAS 4 SOUNDS.

[puh... ee... puh... ull].

SAY THOSE SOUNDS WITH ME.

[puh... ee... puh... ull].

THE FIRST SOUND, "[puh]," IS SPELLED WITH THE LETTER "P." WHAT LETTER?

THAT'S RIGHT, LETTER "P." THE THIRD SOUND, "[puh]," IS ALSO SPELLED WITH THE LETTER... "P." WHAT LETTER?

YEP, THAT'S RIGHT.

"P." THE SECOND SOUND, "[ee]," IS SPELLED-- THE SECOND SOUND HAS "[ee]."

THIS SPELLING IS ONE THAT WE HAVE TO MEMORIZE BY HEART.

THE LETTERS THAT SPELL "[ee]" ARE "E O."

WHAT LETTERS?

THAT'S RIGHT.

"E O."

THE LAST SOUND IS "[ull]."

THIS SOUND IS SPELLED WITH "L E." WHAT 2 LETTERS?

THAT'S RIGHT.

"L E." WE HAVE TO MEMORIZE THAT PART BY HEART AS WELL.

THERE ARE 2 PARTS TO LEARN BY HEART.

LET'S SPELL "PEOPLE" TOGETHER.

WHAT WORD?

THAT'S RIGHT.

"PEOPLE."

NOW, LET'S WRITE THIS WORD DOWN IN OUR HEART WORD DICTIONARY.

ALRIGHT, READERS.

LET'S GET READY FOR OUR SECOND HEART WORD.

LET'S DISCUSS THE WORD "WATER," AS IN, "I DRINK 8 GLASSES OF WATER EACH DAY."

WE CAN USE OUR LETTER SOUNDS TO SPELL SOME OF THE SOUNDS IN "WATER."

THE OTHER SOUNDS WE LEARN TO SPELL BY HEART.

"WATER" HAS 4 SOUNDS: [wuh... ah... t... er].

SAY THOSE SOUNDS WITH ME.

[wuh... ah... t... er].

THE FIRST SOUND IS SPELLED WITH THE LETTER "W." WHAT LETTER?

THAT'S RIGHT.

"W." THE THIRD SOUND, "[t]," IS SPELLED WITH THE LETTER "T." WHAT LETTER?

YOU GOT IT.

"T." THE LAST SOUND, "[er]," IS SPELLED WITH 2 LETTERS, "E R." WHAT 2 LETTERS?

THAT'S RIGHT.

"E R." THE SECOND SOUND IS THE PART THAT WE HAVE TO LEARN BY HEART.

THE SECOND SOUND, "[ah]," AND IT IS SPELLED WITH THE LETTER "A."

WHAT LETTER?

THAT'S RIGHT.

"A."

LET'S SPELL "WATER" TOGETHER.

WHAT WORD?

"WATER."

GOOD.

I HOPE THAT AFTER THIS LESSON, YOU'LL SHARE YOUR HEART WORD DICTIONARY WITH SOMEONE WHOM YOU LOVE.

TOGETHER, YOU CAN KEEP ADDING ON TO YOUR DICTIONARY.

THAT WAS A GREAT WARM-UP, READERS.

NOW, WE ARE GOING TO LEARN ABOUT "R"-CONTROLLED VOWELS, OR AS I LIKE TO CALL THEM, "BOSSY R." I CAN'T WAIT TO SHOW YOU.

TODAY, WE ARE GOING TO LEARN ABOUT "R"-CONTROLLED VOWELS.

THE LETTER "R" IS A CONSONANT, AND IT IS VERY BOSSY.

WHEN THE LETTER "R" IS BEHIND THE VOWELS "A," "E," "I," "O," AND "U," IT CHANGES THE SOUND OF THE VOWEL.

TODAY, WE WILL FOCUS ON HOW "R" BOSSES AROUND THE LETTER "E." AT THE BEGINNING OF OUR LESSON, WE REVIEWED THE SHORT SOUNDS OF THE SHORT VOWELS.

HOWEVER, WHEN THAT BOSSY "R" IS BEHIND THE VOWEL, IT CHANGES THE SOUND.

LET ME DEMONSTRATE.

WHEN THE LETTER "R" IS BEHIND THE LETTER "A," IT NO LONGER SAYS "[aa]," IT NOW SAYS "[ar]," LIKE IN THE WORD "STAR."

WHEN THE LETTER "R" IS BEHIND THE LETTER "E," IT DOES NOT SAY "[eh]," IT NOW SAYS "[er]," LIKE IN THE WORD "GERM."

YUCK!

WHEN THE LETTER "R" IS BEHIND THE LETTER "I," MM-MM, IT DOESN'T SAY "[ih]," IT NOW SAYS "[er]," LIKE IN THE WORD "STIR."

WHEN THE LETTER "R" IS BEHIND THE LETTER "O," NO, IT DOESN'T SAY "[ah]" ANYMORE.

IT NOW SAYS "[or]," LIKE IN THE WORD "HORN."

HONK, HONK!

WHEN THE LETTER "R" IS BEHIND THE LETTER "U," IT DOES NOT SAY "[uh]," IT NOW SAYS "[er]," LIKE IN THE WORD "CURL."

DO YOU HEAR HOW BOSSY THE LETTER "R" CAN BE?

THE LETTER "R" CONTROLS THE SOUND OF THE VOWEL THAT COMES BEFORE IT.

IN OTHER WORDS, IT BOSSES IT AROUND AND CHANGES THE SOUND.

TODAY, WE WILL LEARN ABOUT HOW "R" BOSSES AROUND THE LETTER "E." WHEN THE LETTER "R" HAS THE LETTER "E" IN FRONT OF IT, IT MAKES THE SOUND "[er]."

LET'S SEE HOW THIS WORKS.

I'M GOING TO BUILD A FEW WORDS.

LET'S START WITH THIS ONE.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS WORD IS?

I'M GOING TO TAP OUT THE SOUNDS IN THIS WORD TO FIGURE OUT THE WORD I BUILT.

REMEMBER, "E R" MAKES THE "[er]" SOUND, SO, WE WILL TAP OUT THOSE 2 LETTERS TOGETHER TO MAKE ONE SOUND.

ARE YOU READY?

OKAY.

[huh... er].

"HER."

THIS WORD IS "HER."

CAN YOU SAY "HER"?

LISTEN TO THE SOUND THAT THE "E R" IS MAKING IN THE WORD "HER."

BOSSY "R" MAKES THE "E" SAY "[er]."

LET'S BUILD ONE MORE WORD.

LET'S TAP OUT THE SOUNDS IN THE WORD "[n... er...

d]."

WHAT WORD DID WE MAKE?

"NERD."

VERY GOOD.

WE MADE THE WORD "NERD."

LET'S READ THESE 2 WORDS TOGETHER.

READY?

OKAY.

"HER, NERD."

WOW.

YOU DID AN AMAZING JOB TAPPING OUT THE SOUNDS IN EACH OF THOSE WORDS.

YOU ALSO REMEMBERED THAT "E R" IS READ TOGETHER TO MAKE ONE SOUND, "[er]."

"E R" IS AN "R"-CONTROLLED VOWEL.

NOW THAT WE HAVE PRACTICED READING "[er]" WORDS, LET'S SEE IF YOU CAN READ A COUPLE OF SENTENCES AND SPOT THE WORDS THAT HAVE "R"-CONTROLLED VOWEL "E R." OKAY, GET YOUR READING EYES READY.

LET'S READ THE FIRST SENTENCE.

I SEE AND HEAR BOSSY "R" BOSSING AROUND THE VOWEL IN FRONT OF IT.

DO YOU?

WHAT WORD HAD THE "R"-CONTROLLED VOWEL "ER"?

YES, LET'S UNDERLINE THOSE 2 WORDS.

"WATER" AND "FLOWER."

ALRIGHT, LET'S READ OUR LAST SENTENCE.

SEE IF YOU CAN SPOT BOSSY "R" IN THIS SENTENCE.

HMM.

DO YOU SEE BOSSY "R" AGAIN, DOING ALL THAT BOSSING?

WHAT WORD HAD THE "R"-CONTROLLED VOWEL "ER"?

YES, WE WANT TO UNDERLINE THE 2 WORDS "GERM" AND "HER."

TODAY, YOU DID AN AMAZING JOB IDENTIFYING BOSSY "R" WORDS THAT HAD THE "R"-CONTROLLED VOWEL "E R." WHEN YOU ARE READING ON YOUR OWN, AND YOU COME ACROSS A WORD, REMEMBER TO PRACTICE THIS SKILL YOU LEARNED TODAY, TO HELP YOU TO DECODE THOSE WORDS.

I HOPE THAT YOU HAD FUN TODAY.

I WILL SEE YOU NEXT TIME, READERS.

BYE-BYE.

I LOVE THAT LESSON.

OUR TEACHERS ARE SUCH IMPORTANT PEOPLE, AND WE'RE SO GRATEFUL FOR THEM.

IF YOU SEE A TEACHER TODAY, SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT THEY DO TO HELP US GROW.

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