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02/26/24 - Phonics Song - Learn to Read

Episode transcripts for the show, "Ms. Rachel". Aired: 2019 - current.*
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02/26/24 - Phonics Song - Learn to Read

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Hi friends. Look. It's a surprise egg.

Should we open it and see what's inside.

Yeah. Okay. Let's say our special words together, and it will open.

Let's say I am smart. One, two, three.

I am smart. It’s opening.

Wow! Ooh, a new land. It’s a pretend apple.

And a pretend alligator.

Wow! What could that mean?

Can you help me figure it out? Maybe the alligator is so hungry and his favorite food is apples.

Haha, that's not it. Maybe the alligator wants to learn

to balance an apple on his head. Whoa,

I wonder if I could do that. Whoa, whoa.

I'm doing it. Whoops, so fun.

But this isn't the answer. Keep thinking!

What could this mean? I know. We can figure it out together.

What letter does Apple start with? Yes, A!

What letter does alligator start with? Yeah, A!

Alligator and apple will start with A.

That's what we needed to figure out. Good job!

Phonics. Phonics. Phonics song whoa.

Phonics. Phonics. Phonics song whoa.

A alligator ah. B ball buh.

C car cuh. D dog dih.

E elephant eh. F fan

f. G gorilla guh. H hot huh.

I igloo ih. J jump juh. K kite kuh.

L lollipop M muffin mmm. N nose n.

O octopus aw. P popcorn puh.

Q Quilt qwuh. R Robot

err. S Silly sss. T Tooth tih. U up

uh. V vacuum vuh. W water wuh.

X box x.

Y yoyo yuh.

Z zipper z.

Phonics. Phonics. Phonics song whoa. Phonics. Phonics. Phonics song whoa. Phonics. Phonics. Phonics song whoa. Phonics. Phonics. Phonics song whoa. Whoa. Oooh. Mmm. Friends, the ground is lava.

We need to get across and we can only jump on stones with the letter A on them.

Can you help jump with me? Jump on. A!

Which is next? Which one do we jump to next?

Come on. A, you got it. Ha!

Whoa! That's not the A. Jump on

A! This is getting tricky because this is a lower case A,

which one is the A? Yeah. Jump on.

A, awesome. Which one now?

We’re almost there. Jump on A.

We made it to the other side, friends. Great job helping me with upper case A

and lower case A. Now the ground is rainbow clouds!

Jump with me on the rainbow clouds! A unicorn!

What sound does this make?

Yeah, A says ah. Can you do that? Put your hands up and open.

Try it with me. Hands up and open. You did it. Let's do that with our

A sound A says ah. Awesome. So how I remember that is

let's pretend our hands are little puppets. Hello? Hey, can you do that? Hi.

I'm a puppet and say we were walking around

with our puppet friends and we saw an alligator.

We might go, ahh an alligator! A says ah.

Let's sing a song. A says ah. A says ah.

Alligator apple a says ah. Which group

has letters? Yes, this one.

Which group has numbers? Yes, these are numbers.

Nice work. Hooray! Another surprise egg.

Let's say our special words to open it because we want to see what the surprises are.

One, two, three. I am smart.

Wow. It’s opening!

Oh my goodness. I see a toothbrush

and a pretend turtle.

Can you help me figure it out? Oh no.

This turtle looks sad. I know. Maybe he's sad because he doesn't know how to brush his teeth.

I can help you, but that's not helping, hmm.

I know. Maybe I should ask him. Are you okay? Can you help me?

Thank you. Let's ask him. Turtle, are you okay? No, I'm sad.

Let's see. What's wrong? What's wrong? I don't know what letter turtle starts with.

can you help? Maybe if you tell Mr. Turtle what letter turtle starts with, he'll feel better.

Turtle starts with t

Look, you helped Mr. Turtle.

I feel. I feel happy. Turtle starts with T.

And what letter does toothbrush start with.

Toothbrush also starts with T.

That's what we needed to figure out. Toothbrush and turtle. Both start with the letter T.

What sound does T make? Yeah.

Can you do this? You take your pointer finger. Let me see you hold up your pointer finger.

Good job. Then put it near your mouth. That's right. And then move it away.

That's it. How I remember it is. It's kind of like you have a pretend toothbrush.

Get out a pretend toothbrush. Have you got yours? Now, if we pretend to brush our teeth.

Brush, brush, brush, brush, brush, brush. And we take the toothbrush away from our mouth.

We put the toothbrush down and away. Let's try it. T says

good job. You got it.

Let's do our teeth. T says

t says toothbrush, Turtle. T says. Oh

no friends. Another word that begins with A is stuck in this gooey, gooey slime.

Can you help? Thank you. Let's say our A sound so we can get it out.

A says ah,

I see something. What could it be? Ooh, a bubble. Pop!

a says ah. What do you think it is? Friends.

What is something that begins with a that looks like that?

Have we got it? it's an astronaut.

Astronaut also begins with A! Thank you for helping me get him out of the slime.

Sort the objects Mr. Aron.

Astronaut. No. Astronaut. Yes.

Toothbrush? No. Toothbrush. Yes.

Apple. No. Apple. Yes.

Tomato. No.

No. Tomato. Yes. Towel. No.

Towel. Yes.

Tambourine.

No. Tambourine. Yes. Good job, Mr.

Aron. Next, we're going to do something really, really, really, really, really, really cool.

Okay. It's kind of hard, but I know you can do it. You can do hard things.

Okay, we're going to do our two sounds. Are you ready?

Ah. Tt.

Ah. Tt. We did it!! Now we're going to blend them together.

Ah. Tt. Ah. Tt. Ah. Tt. Ah. Tt. Ah. Tt. Ah. Tt.

Ah. Tt. At.

We read a word, woohoo! We read a word, woohoo!

We are readers, hooray! We read a word,

woohoo! You must be so proud of yourself. I'm proud of you.

Squeeze pat on the back. Squeeze pat on the back.

I love myself. Next, we're going to read a book,

and you are going to read the word at. You know how to read it. Now

the word will be in red and you'll fill it in. Wow look, it's

my friend Reilly The Reading Cat. He must've heard that we're going to read a book, and he wants to listen.

Meow. He just said he loves being read to.

He can't wait to hear you say the word. So say it nice and loud. And the book is about you, Reilly!

You're going to love it. Are you ready? Let's read

Cat and His Mat. By Ms. Rachel. Illustrated by Loryn Brantz.

I'm the author of this book. That means I wrote the words. Loryn is the illustrator.

That means she drew the pictures. You could write and illustrate a book, too.

Cat wants a mat.

Where is a mat?

Is it at the park?

No. Is it

at the ice cream store? No. Is it

at the pet store? Do you think it's going to be at the pet store?

Let's see. Yes, they have a mat.

Cat buys the mat.

Cat loves his mat. His mat is where it’s at.

You got it. Hi, friends. It's Ms. Keisha.

That was a great story. Do you remember what the cat wanted?

That's right. A mat. Do you remember where

he finally found the mat? Yes. The pet store.

How do you think he felt when he found the mat?

Yes, that's right. Happy.

Oh no, friends. One of our T words is stuck in the kinetic sand.

Can you help Thank you. To get him out, we have to say our t sound nice and loud.

Do you remember our t sound? Good!

It's working. It's opening. Tt.

I see our t word! We're getting you out.

Don't worry. We're coming out. We're going to get you out.

We did it. Thank you so much. Our t word that was stuck in the kinetic sand

was tiger. Tiger starts with T.

Tiger. Hi, friends. It's me, Mychal, the librarian.

Have you ever been to the library? I'm so happy you're here at the library.

Do you know how much fun there is at the library? Guess what you can do? You can read books,

you can play with toys, play with games, play with puzzles.

You can color with your friends. Guess where you can make friends at the library.

At library story time. It's one of my favorite places to be at the library.

You get to listen to stories with the librarian. You get to dance. You get to sing songs.

You get to have the time of your lives together.

And guess what's even better? You can get your very own library card to take the books home with you.

How cool is that? We love you. You will always belong at the library.

It's your library. You belong here at the library and you always will. Find your grown up.

Come on by the library. And don't forget to tell us all about your trip. We can't wait to see you at the library. Yes!

Hooray! Another surprise egg!

let's say our special words nice and loud so we can see what these surprises are.

One, two, three. I am smart.

Wow. It is opening.

It's a really cool surprise. First, we have

another music note. So we need to figure out what song to sing

next. This is really, really cool. We have

a bathtub. And what's inside the bathtub?

little turtle.

He's so cute. Do you think the bathtub really works?

Let's turn it on. Turn it on, Turn it on, Turn it.

Find it really works for hands.

Let's get this turtle nice and clean. He loves it.

I love the water. We're getting him so clean.

What song could we sing that has a turtle and a bathtub?

I don't know. I don't know. Let's see what this turtle's name is.

What's your name? My name is Tiny Tim. His name is Tiny Tim.

That's the song we need to sing. I had a little turtle. Did you guess it?

Let's sing it together. Get out your turtle. I had a little turtle.

His name was Tiny Tim, I put him in the bathtub to see if he could swim.

He drank up all the water. Gulp gulp gulp. He ate up all the soap,

and now he's home sick, in bed with bubbles in his throat. Bubble bubble bubble. Bubble bubble pop.

Bubble bubble bubble. Bubble bubble pop.

Bubble bubble bubble. Bubble bubble pop.

Bubble bubble bubble. Bubble bubble pop.

How many syllables are in the word dog?

Clap with me. Ready? Go. Dog. One.

How many syllables are in the word playground?

Clap with me. Ready? Go. Playground.

Yes. Two. How many syllables are in your name?

Try it today. Nice work.

Excuse me. Waiter. Yes, ma'am. Could I have tea, please? Excellent choice.

Tea. Coming right up. Thank you.

Here you are, ma'am. Your tea.

I meant tea in a cup. yes. Tea in a cup.

Coming right up.

Here you are, ma'am. Tea in a cup.

Can I just have peas, please? Of course. Peas. Coming right up.

Here you are, ma'am. Your peas.

Oh no there are peas everywhere. Check, please.

Wow, friends! Another surprise egg. Let's say our special words

so we can see what's inside. One, two, three.

I am smart! It’s opening.

Let's see what's inside.

I see something really, really cool. It's some little

boats with little paddles. It's a rowboat.

What else is in here? Let's see. It's a little boy.

Let's put him in the rowboat. Put him in. Put him in. Put him

in the boat. I see something from earlier.

What was this called? An alligator.

There's one more thing. Do you know what this is?

It's a music note. It's called an eighth note. Wow. What could this mean?

maybe we're supposed to sing this song. Can you help me figure out what song we're supposed to sing?

Thank you, friends.

Do you know a song that has a rowboat in it? Row, row, row your

boat. That's what we're supposed to sing. Let's sing row, row, row your boat.

Get out your paddles. Row, row, row your boat. Gently down the stream.

Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily. Life is but a dream.

This time, let's pretend we see an alligator.

Row, row, row your boat. Gently down the stream.

If you see an alligator, don't forget to scream.

Friends, it's time to get out your magic crayon.

Wow. It doesn't have to be real, Mine is just pretend.

Or you can get out a real crayon and some paper. What color is your crayon?

Wow, that's a nice color.

Let's start with an uppercase A. Here we go.

Slant down. Jump to the top, slant down and go across.

One more time. A little faster. Slant down. Jump to the top, slant down and go across.

So proud of you. Next, let's try lowercase a.

Get out your magic crayon. Here we go.

Draw a circle and then a line down.

Now, a little faster. Draw a circle, and then a line down.

We did it! you get a sticker.

Oh no. Our word that begins with A is stuck in this ooey

gooey slime. Can you help?

To get it out, we need to say our a sound. That's the only way to get it out of the slime.

Do you remember the a sound? A says ah. Let's say it.

Ah. I see something coming out. It's working. Ah! Ah! Oh

my goodness. You see it? It's coming out. It is our alligator!

He was stuck in the slime. Thank you so much for getting me out of the slime.

Now let's draw our uppercase T. Okay, get out your magic crayon.

Let’s do our uppercase T. Here we go.

Draw a line down and then across the top. Got it. A little faster.

Draw a line down, and then across the top. Wow, now our lowercase t.

Here we go. Draw a line down, and then across the middle.

A little faster. Draw a line down and then across the middle.

You did it! Wow. You get another sticker.

Rhymes are words that sound the same at the end. Yeah. Let's jump when we hear a rhyme.

Okay, let's jump. Okay. Okay, I'm ready. House and mouse.

yeah.

Ms. Rachel. Yeah, I've got one. What about barn and cow?

No, those don't rhyme. No, they don't sound the same. No rhyme. They don't sound the same at the end.

How about Barn and yarn? Yeah. Those rhyme.

Haha. That was fun. Ms. Rachel. Yeah, I've got one.

Okay. What about horse and hat?

No, those don’t sound the same at the end but keep trying. Yeah. How about hat and cat?

Yay, those rhyme. They sound the same. Yeah. Good one.

What about a dog and a frog on a log? Start a blog.

Yeah. Yeah. Haha.

What's a blog?

Let's pretend that we're having a fair. And if you win this game, you get five tickets.

Can I play? Of course. To win, you need to throw the spider on to the ah.

And the t. I can do that! Ah. Ah.

Ah. I'll keep trying. Ah. I did it.

Now do the Tt. T. T.

I can't do it. You can do hard things.

I'll keep trying. T. T.

You did it. You get five tickets. Yay!

I'm so happy. I'm so happy. I’m so happy today.

Jump, clap, spin. Stomp, stomp, hey! I'm so happy, I'm so happy,

and nothing's gonna bring me down today.

I can sing and dance. I can hang out with my friends.

I can draw a picture of the sky.

I can spin around. I can go upside down.

Even if it's hard. I wanna try. I wanna try.

I'm so happy. I'm so happy.

I'm so happy today. Jump, clap, spin. Stomp, stomp, hey!

I'm so happy. I'm so happy. And nothing's gonna bring me down today.

What if it rains? No, no, no. I can dance in the rain.

What if it’s cold? I'll have hot chocolate to drink. What if you fall?

It's okay I can get back up again. My joy is in the way I choose to think.

Yes it is. I'm so happy. Jump. I'm so happy.

Jump clap. I'm so happy today. Jump, clap, spin. Stomp, stomp hey! I'm so

happy. Jump. I’m so happy and nothing's gonna bring me down today.

I’m so happy. I’m so happy. And even if it rains, I’ll dance out in the rain.

And even if I fall, I’ll get back up again.

I'm so happy.

We had such a fun day together. We learned the sound for A, ah.

And the sound for T, t. We put them together to read a real word, at.

I am so, so, so, so, so, so proud of you. Also, I wanted to share something.

Remember when our turtle was sad? Did you know that it's okay to be sad?

Yeah. It's okay to be sad and mad. It's okay to have big feelings.

Something that helps me when I have big feelings is taking a deep breath. Smell the roses.

Blow out the candles. Yeah. It can also help to talk to someone.

Talking about the way we feel to a grown up can help us feel better. Yeah.

And the feeling won't last forever. Because feelings change. But it's okay to not be okay.

And I promise you will feel better soon. Okay. Well, I just wanted to say that

you are an amazing kid, and I love you. Bye bye, friends.

Bye bye, friends. Bye bye, friends. I'll see you again real soon.