[cheerful music] Hi scholars, thanks so much for joining us today.

So, today before we get into our sound of the day, I have my friend here to help me do some sound exercises.

What's your name?

- Jada.

And I'm four years old.

- Jada, and you're four years old.

So nice to meet you, Jada.

All right, what we're gonna do first, is we're gonna do a rhyming activity.

Okay?

I'm gonna say two words.

If the words rhyme, you're gonna give me a thumb's up.

If they don't rhyme, you're gonna give me a thumb's down.

Now, what does it mean when words rhyme?

That's a great question.

Words rhyme when they sound the same from the vowel sound, all the way to the end of the word.

So for example, the word cat and hat rhyme, because they both end in that at sound.

They sound the same from the ah to the end, tt.

Cat, hat.

Right?

Okay, how about we do one together, right?

- Yeah, yeah, yeah.

- Okay, okay.

That's a good idea?

- Yeah, it's a good idea.

- Okay.

[Jada giggling] Do these words rhyme?

Fun, run.

What do you think?

- Up.

- Ah!

Yeah!

'Cause fun and run both end in the un sound, right?

- Fun, run.

- Fun, run.

Right, okay.

Let's try another one.

How about this?

You're turn, you too.

Okay?

Wet, pet.

Good job.

Wet, pet.

How about cat, hat?

That was easy, you're looking at me like that was easy.

- Do some more cat, hat.

I'm working at school that cat, hat.

- Oh, in school you're working cat and hat rhyming?

- Yeah.

- Excellent.

- All right, how about this one, now?

So listen carefully, ready?

- Mm-hm.

- Okay.

Fast, crawl.

No, those don't rhyme.

Okay, how about...this will be the last one, ready?

- Okay.

- Ball, wall.

Good job!

Ball, wall, run.

High five.

Thanks for helping me out, Jada.

- Your welcome.

- I wanna welcome my new helper.

Why don't you introduce yourself?

- My name is Jordan.

And, I'm eight years old.

- Okay, so Jordan is gonna help me out with the phonics part today.

So, I told you at the beginning.

We're gonna be learning a new sound, right?

This sound is what we call a glued sound, or a welded sound.

Can you hang that up there for me?

Okay, thank you Jordan.

So, today we're going to focusing on the letters A-L-L. And these represent the all sound.

Everyone say, "All."

Maybe you say it...all.

- All.

- All, right?

Let's make sure we get all those sounds in there, right?

All.

The reason why this is a glued or welded sound, because it's really kind of hard to separate that sound that the A is making from the L, right?

Because it's kind of up in your nose.

- It sounds like this.

Like, kind of like this.

- You're right.

When we're saying "All," it's kind of sounding like it's really an O sound, right?

So that why we try to think of this as one sound right now when we're making our words.

Okay, so A-L-L, all.

Like ball.

Can you say that?

A-L-L, ball.

[both laughing] Oh, you wanna do the word first?

Okay, let's do it first.

Why don't you do it?

Go ahead.

- It's A-L-L, ball, all.

- All right A-L-L, ball, all.

I like that.

Okay, now lets try building some words with that all sound, okay?

So, the first word that Jordan is gonna help us write is the word "Fall."

Like if you were to like fall down, like if you trip.

Or like the season autumn, is called fall.

So, how would we spell Fall?

Well, let's think of that first sound.

What's the first sound that we hear in Fall?

- F?

- Is F a sound?

What's the first sound, I asked.

- Ff.

- Ff.

Right.

So, ff is the first sound.

Now, what letter represents that sound, Jordan.

- F. - There we go!

Okay, so can we write that first letter?

- Thank you.

That is a beautiful letter F right there.

Okay, so we have Ff.

Now, what's gonna represent the all sound in Fall?

- A-L-L. - There we go, A-L-L, our glued sound.

So can you write A-L-L?

- Right here.

- Thank you.

Can you write our A-L-L?

Excellent, okay.

Now, here we go, I got a challenge question for you.

If I want to turn the word Fall into Hall, what would I have to do?

- You would have to change the F- - Because it's no longer for Fall.

And I want Hall.

So what would I need?

- You would need an H. - Oo, so we have Hu, what's the word?

- Hall.

- Hall, excellent.

Okay now, if I wanna change Hall into Wall, what would I have to do?

- You would have to erase the H. - Okay, so getting rid of the Hu sound from Hall.

Because I wanna make the word Wall.

And then, what do I need to put there, Jordan?

- And then you need to put a B here instead.

- Really?

I want the word Wall.

- Oh, Wall.

- Yeah!

- I thought you said, "Ball."

- No, oh my goodness.

No, no, no, I don't want the word ball.

Which is another great word, but the word I want is Wall.

So, what do I need there instead?

- W. - There we go.

I need a W, because W represents that Wa sound for Wall.

Can I borrow that marker for a second?

- Yep.

- When we see these three letters, we wanna try to read them together.

Now, it's not always going to happen like that, right?

But this is just a really great strategy readers use.

That when they see these letters together, they first start with that all sound.

So, what we're gonna have you do, is practice reading some words, and see how you do with the all sound.

Remember, A-L-L says all, like ball.

[silence] How did you do?

Did you say, "Fall... "Wall... "Hall... "Tall... "and Mall?"

If you did, give yourself a high-five.

Great job, friends.

Thank you so much for working with us on reading and spelling with that A-L-L, all glued sound.

See if you can find words that have that A-L-L, all sound glued in them.

Well until next time friends, bye!

- Bye!

And have a fantastic day!

[both chuckling]