[upbeat music] - What are you girls doing?

- Wearing our sunglasses.

- But why?

- We're protecting our eyes from the sun.

- But we're inside.

- We're practicing.

- We're practicing!

- You're practicing wearing sunglasses inside.

Well, I mean, I guess that makes sense, but you know what?

It is important to use sunglasses to protect your eyes.

And that's great because the word use actually has our sound for today, the long U sound.

Are you ready to learn with me today?

All right, let's go.

I'll catch you two later.

All right, friend, before we begin our work for today, let's get our ears ready and listen and play with some sounds.

Today we're gonna segment some words.

So, I'm going to give you some words and I want you to break them up into their individual sounds.

So for example, if I said the word, cat, you would say.

Cu, aah, tt.

Okay, Jordan, do you think you can help us with this?

- Yeah.

- Yeah, alright, so let's try it.

How would you break up the word fuse?

- Ff, oo, zz.

- Good, ff, oo, zz.

How about the word glue?

- Guh, ll, oo.

- Guh, ll, oo, awesome.

How about the word tune?

- Tt, oo, nn.

- Tt, oo, nn.

How about the word cube?

- Cu, oo, bb.

- Cu, u, bb.

How about the word huge?

- Hh, u, gg.

- Hh, u, gg.

All right, here's the last one.

A little tricky, you got it?

- Yeah.

- All right, the word is flute.

- Ff, ll, oo, tt.

- Ooh, you got it!

Ff, ll, oo, tt, excellent.

All right, so today, we're gonna be working with the long U sound.

Now, in this case we're spelling long U, U, consonant, E. So sometimes in school you might hear this like magic E, because E, do you know what E does, Jordan?

What does E tell you to do?

- It makes the vowel turn into the name.

- It makes it turn into its name.

So instead of saying, uh, so like for example, if I have the word, what's this word, Jordan?

- [Jordan] Cut.

- Right, so, cc, uht, cut.

So if we add our magic E there, cut turns into?

- Cute.

- Cute, right, cc, u, tt.

Because E is telling the U to say its name.

Okay, so let's do this with a couple of words.

Can you erase the board for me?

- Yeah.

I don't even know, it's a little bit or something.

I don't even know.

- Okay, so let's start off by blending the CVC word first.

- A CVC word?

- Good question.

It's a word that's spelled with a constant and a vowel and a constant.

So, here's one example.

- I learned that in school.

- So here's one example, have a seat so they can see the board.

- So, Jordan, can you sound this out sound by sound first?

- Cc, uh, buh, cub.

- Cub, now when we add our magic E to the end, what does this word turn into now?

- Cube.

- E is telling you to say you to say U.

So, cc, u, buh, cube!

Right, okay.

How about, what's this word?

- Tub.

- Okay, so, tt, uh, buh, tub.

Now if I add.

- E. - Magic E, what is this word gonna turn into?

- Tube.

- Okay, let's blend that.

- [Both] Tt, oo, buh.

- Tube.

All right, you ready for this one?

Let's see.

Now I'm not gonna do CVC, I'm gonna start adding a blend into this one, okay?

What's this word?

- Plum, plum.

- Ooh, I love the way you continuously blended that.

She was like, plum, plum.

Like a fruit.

All right, now I'm gonna change plum.

I'm gonna have my magic E there.

So now what is this word turn into?

- Plume.

- Plume.

Nice, okay, let's do two more, right?

What's this word?

- Hug.

- Aw, this is hug.

Let's blend this one.

- [Both] Hh, ugh, hug - Now be very careful, when the letter G is next to an E, I, or Y, it's gonna change its sound to Juh okay?

- Yeah, so can I draw?

- Okay.

- So, it just doesn't turn into a J, it's just a sound J, right?

- It makes the sound Juh.

Okay, so now instead of hug, let's blend this.

It's gonna be.

- [Both] Hh, oo, juh, huge.

- Like when something's really big.

- Like a ginormous giant!

- Like a ginormous, huge giant.

Alright, let's do one more, okay?

What's this word?

- Us.

- Us.

Okay, now, just like G changed its sound, guess what?

S is gonna change its sound.

It's no longer gonna make the SS sound.

It's now gonna represent the ZZ sound when I bring magic E there, okay?

- Plus this could be a trick word.

- In some cases some people do call this a trick word.

Okay, so let's add our magic E. What is this word?

So it was us, not it's?

- Use.

- Youzz, use.

- And also sometimes, the S makes that Z sound.

So that's why it's making the Z sound.

- Correct, so sometimes S can represent that Z sound.

- It's like a buzz.

It's making the Z sound.

- It's making the same ZZ sound like in buzz, but buzz is spelt with Z.

Okay, so let's practice reading some of these words really quickly.

Are you ready to do that with us?

Great!

Let's review, think of our sound for today, and let's see how you do with these questions.

What sound does U make in this word?

If you said, Uh, you are correct because U is making its short sound.

What about this one?

What sound does U make in this word?

If you said U, you are correct.

It's making its long sound because E is telling U to say his name.

So the word is cute.

- It's time for the lightning round.

When a word appears on the screen, read it as fast as you can.

If you need to blend the sounds first, do so.

Ready, set, let's go!

- So, how did you do?

Did you say?

Cub, cube, tub, tube, hug, and huge.

If you got all six correct, give yourself a high five.

- Remember, U, consonant, magic E helps the vowel, or in this case U say it's name or its long sound, which is what, friends?

- [Girls] U!

- That's right, U!

Scholars, you did such an awesome job today.

Thank you so much for working with me on the long U sound spelled U, consonant, E. See if you can see the spelling in some of the words that you're reading in the books that you're reading.

Well, until next time, why don't you guys head outside?

- Okay!

- Okay!

- And I'll see you guys next time, bye!