[playful music] - Jordan, Jada?

Why can't I find either child?

Oh, hi, friends.

Welcome, [scoffs] I'm playing hide and seek with my kids and I'm not doing a good job.

I'm not a really good seeker.

Plus they're really good hiders.

I mean, I could take a break right now.

Would you like to learn some sounds with me?

Awesome.

Okay, today's actually a really fun day because I was gonna teach you an exception.

Ooh, that means a vowel sound that doesn't actually follow the rules that we're used to.

But before I get ahead of myself, let's practice some sounds first just to get our ears all warmed up, okay?

What I'm gonna do is I'm going to give you a word part, then I'm going to give you the initial sound and I want you to kinda put it together.

So what do I mean?

Lemme show you.

If I said late, add s to the beginning, what's the word?

You'll then blend together s, late for slate.

Okay, so the word is less, add b to the beginning, what's the word?

Help me, b, less, put it together, bless.

Okay, you try this one.

The word is lied.

Add g to the beginning.

What's the word?

Glide, the word is lime, Add s to the beginning.

What's the word?

[flesh slaps] Slime.

Okay, the word is love.

Add g to the beginning.

What's the word?

[flesh slaps] Glove.

All right, last one.

The word is lug.

Add p to the beginning.

What's the word?

[flesh slaps] Plug.

Awesome, okay, so as I was saying before, I got really, really excited about this.

We're gonna talk about something called a vowel exception.

That means it doesn't follow the rules that we're used to it following.

So lemme show you what I mean.

[pen clicks] If I were to write this word and we were to blend it, right?

We would go, help me blend, k-i-t. Let's go a little faster, k-i-t. Read it, kit, right?

So here, we know the I is making it short sound, right?

Because it's closed in by that consonant T. If we wanted it to say its name, one way we can do that, we've learned about magic E, right?

'Cause magic E tells the vowel to say its name.

So kit would turn into kite.

Well, did you know there's another way that I can say its name, even when blocked in by a consonant?

[plastic rattles] Yep, I know.

Is your mind blown?

[mimics explosion] 'Cause mine is, all right.

The first exception that we're gonna talk about today is I-L-D.

Okay, so I-L-D says ild.

Like wild, right?

Wild, okay, so if I were to spell a word with this vowel exception, well, let's start with wild.

I would start with my initial sound, w, and then ild will just be spelled with my I-L-D. Everyone say I-L-D, ild, wild.

Awesome.

Okay, so let's spell wild.

We need the w, w, okay.

W is going to represent that w sound.

And then my ild is going to be represented by my I-L-D. See, so here, I is not making that short sound.

Otherwise we would say it's willed and that's not what this word is, okay?

So when we see I-L-D together, we're gonna think of it as the ild, the sound, right?

Even though we hear multiple sounds in that word, okay?

But we're gonna keep it chunked together.

Almost like glued together, all right.

How about we turn wild into mild?

See, I only like to eat hot wings that are mild.

I don't like them too spicy, okay?

So let's see, wild, mild.

So we're gonna change the w into m. That's right, so my W is going to change into an M and then I'm going to use my glued sound, I-L-D for mild.

Now how would turn mild into child?

Like I still can't find either child right now.

Okay, so you're right, we hear that ch sound at the beginning, and that's created by a digraph, which is two letters that make that one sound.

Do you remember?

'Cause you probably learned this in school.

What are the two letters that represent the sound ch?

Good, C-H, ch.

And then are glued sound, ild, for child.

Awesome, okay, lemme show you the other exception we're gonna talk about today.

[board scratching] So to size our, everyone tell me, I-L-D, ild, like wild.

We also have I-N-D, like find, like I still can't find either one of them.

Okay, so we have I-N-D, ind, find, you say it.

Okay, awesome.

So let's start with the word find.

So if I'm going to spell the word find, I'm thinking f-ind, and I'm thinking of ind as like one sound, right?

'Cause it's kinda glued together, so f-ind.

Well, I know F represents that f sound, so I'm going to go f and then ind, [pen squeaking] I-N-D, find.

Okay, how would I change find into mind, right?

Mind, so f-ind, m-ind.

That's right, we did use this sound earlier.

You guys are smart.

So I'm going to change the f into m using my letter M and then my glued sound, I-N-D for mind.

Okay, so we have find, we have mind.

What about, ooh, can we use a blend for this one?

We used a digraph on the last one.

Let's use a blend This time.

How would I spell the word blind?

Okay, so we hear the ind part, so I think that part we're okay with, right?

The I-N-D, what's making the bl sound at the beginning of the word?

B-l-ind, yeah, we're gonna use a blend.

So that's where we have our two letters, but they each maintain their own sound.

So b-l-ind, what am I gonna start with?

B, which is represented by the letter B.

And now what letter do I need for l?

That's right, I need the letter L. And then how am I going to represent my ind sound?

That's right, I-N-D, blind.

Like when you can't see.

Okay, do you think you're ready to try to read through some of these words and even put some into words yourself?

I know you are.

Okay, go ahead.

Have fun.

Remember we are blending and reading with our vowel exceptions, I-L-D, like wild, and I-N-D, like you hear in find.

W-ild, wild.

[no audio] Kind, you try a few.

[no audio] Child.

[no audio] Find.

[no audio] Mild.

[no audio] Blind, okay, let's see if you can spell the following.

How would you spell the word mind?

Like I don't mind if you have some of my cupcake.

That's right, I-N-D Mind.

Last one, how would you spell the word wild?

Awesome job, I-L-D, wild.

Scholars, you did an amazing job working with our two vowel exceptions, I-L-D, ild, like wild and I-N-D, ind, like find.

Keep saying if you can find these words in reading or challenge yourself to use them in your writing.

Well, until next time, I need to go find both of my children, bye.