ClassX Video Lessons Grade Grade 2 Learn About ‘Communities’ and Ms. Lauren???? | FULL EPISODE | Day 5 | Pre-K Singing & Fun
It’s so nice to see you again! Can you believe it’s already Friday? The week went by so fast! Do you like Fridays? I do too! Fridays are always fantastic. Today, we have lots of fun things to do. We’ll learn some fast facts, talk to an expert about their job, listen to a story about a special place, and finish our community chant. Plus, we’ll visit Professor Squirrel and Nutley to learn how animals and plants work together. And, of course, we’ll get up and move around!
Does that sound like a fantastic Friday to you? Yes? Great! One of my favorite things about Fridays is the farmers market in my community. My dog and I walk through the aisles of fresh flowers, fruits, and veggies from local farmers. I see so many people from my community, and some even play music. It’s a great time!
Oh, it’s time to get ready! We’re going to finish our community chant. Hi everyone, I’m Mr. Dan! Let’s add our last verse about community helpers, librarians. It goes like this: “Do you want another book? Librarians know where to look. They can help find what you need when searching for new things to read.”
Thanks, Mr. Dan! How amazing was that? We learned a little of the chant each day, and we finally did it! This is a fantastic Friday.
Now, we’re going to learn more about one of my favorite places to visit. Can you guess what it is? I’ll give you some clues: it’s a special place in my community with friendly people and cozy chairs. When I visit, my imagination goes wild. Any guesses? It’s my community library! I go every week to check out new books. It’s been there since I was probably about your age, maybe even before.
Here’s Armand with a fast fact about libraries: Some libraries are really old—over a thousand years! In the city of Fez in Morocco, there’s a library that’s over 1,100 years old. A woman started it in 859 CE, and she also built a school and a mosque. All three are still around today. Amazing!
Thanks, Armand! Old or new, libraries are great! And it’s not just the books that make them great. Do you know what someone who works at a library and helps people find just the right book is called? A librarian! Let’s learn more about librarians and what they do.
Welcome to the library! I’m a librarian, and I think I have the best job in the world because I get to work here. My favorite part of my job is helping you find any book you want to read. Have you ever wondered why bubbles are round or why the sky is blue? Do you want to learn more about a favorite animal or dinosaur? The library is full of books about all those things and more! I just love libraries. Once you start visiting them, you’ll love libraries too!
Librarians have pretty amazing jobs. Helping people find the perfect book sounds like a dream! Have you ever been to a library? I hope you checked out some books. I love using my library card! Pretty much anything you want to learn about the world can be found in a book. Libraries often have story time too. When I was your age, I loved to go listen to the librarian read stories to all the kids.
Are you wondering what else librarians do each day? Yes? Good! My classroom helper, Saia, is going to ask a real-life librarian questions about their day. Let’s see how her interview went!
Hi! Thank you for meeting with me today. My first question is: How long have you been a librarian?
I’ve been a librarian for 10 years. Before I was a librarian, I worked in a bookstore, so now I get to lend books out. People borrow them and bring them back instead of just selling them, which is a lot more fun for me!
What are some of the things you do each day?
Every day, I come in and organize the library. I put things in order, which is something that librarians do all the time. I work with teachers to help with research, and I love when students come in to check out books. That’s mostly what I do all day—check out books and get people interested in books they may not have been interested in before.
What is your favorite thing about being a librarian?
My favorite thing for sure is working with students and talking about stories they’ve read, hearing about books they want me to purchase for the library, and just spending time with books.
Thanks again for letting me ask you questions about your job! I think being a librarian sounds pretty cool. It’s always great to be around books!
I had no idea librarians did so much! It sounds like a great job as long as you love books and you love to learn. Books are powerful—they can take you almost anywhere. All you need is your imagination.
How does that work? Well, for example, I’ve never been to the desert. It’s pretty far from where I am, but by looking in a book at pictures of a real desert and reading about the animals there, I have a better idea of what it’s like. Maybe someday I can go visit that far-off place in real life.
Speaking of far-off places, Armand has another fast fact to share. Take it away, Armand!
Most libraries are buildings where people go to borrow books. Those buildings usually stay in one place. But what if I told you there’s a library that can come to you? Meet the Biblioburro in Colombia! “Burro” means donkey in Spanish, which makes sense because this library is literally two donkeys that carry books to areas that may not have their own library. A teacher named Luis Soriano came up with the idea to bring books to kids who live in rural parts of the country. He does this with the help of his two friends, Alfa and Beto. It sounds like a lot of fun to pick out books from a donkey! I’ll see you all next time. Armand out!
Thanks, Armand! I love how that little library moves around! And speaking of moving, it’s time to get up and move! Are you ready?
Hi there! Come on, stand up! It’s time to move! Let’s run the stay-in-place race—it’s the only race where you run in place. Ready? Go! Start jogging! You’re doing great! All right, we’re all warmed up now. Run a little faster! Keep going! Get ready to sprint—that means run as fast as you can! Are you ready? Sprint everyone as fast as you can! Whoa, you’re really moving! Whoa, time to slow down a little. You’re doing great! Rest up for the big finish! And now, time’s almost up! Run fast, fast, fast, fast, fast! And stop! You made it! Now do a victory pose!
Oh wow, you sure know how to move it! See you next time!
Can you guess what I am? That’s right, I’m a rabbit! Now it’s your turn—can you pose like your favorite animal? Nice job! I just love all kinds of animals! I like plants too, and that brings me to the next part of our day. Our friends Professor Squirrel and Nutley are here to teach us more about plant and animal communities. Just like people, plants and animals work together in very important ways.
That sneaky fox is going to hear it from me!
Nutley: What happened?
I was walking along, minding my own business, when a mean old fox tried to make me his dinner!
Nutley: What did I ever do to him?
Huh, I’m sure nothing!
Exactly, Professor! What I mean, Nutley, is that the fox was only doing what it needs to survive.
This better be where you teach me something that I don’t know because it sounds like you’re taking his side, and he’s a bad fox!
Let me explain, Nutley. There are many kinds of living things in the forest, right?
Sure, there are rabbits, snakes, grasshoppers, and us—the mighty squirrels!
So what do you think, Nutley?
There are 100 squirrels in this area!
Actually, there are 92.
That makes us pretty important, I suppose!
Oh yes, Nutley, very important! But we are not the only population in this area. There are populations of rabbits, deer, rats, mice, and foxes. Yes, foxes too! And these animals are all part of the food web.
Ah, the food web! Of course! So you understand what the food web is?
Not at all!
Okay, let’s back up. The sun gives light to all of the plants, like the grass, for example. The plants then use that sunlight to make food.
You mean plants make their own food out of thin air?
Well, yes, out of air and nutrients from the soil and water.
That’s amazing!
Yes, Nutley, it is! But unlike plants, animals cannot make their own food. So some animals, like rabbits, grasshoppers, and mice, eat grass and other plants to survive.
I prefer acorns myself!
Me too, Nutley! Now, some animals don’t eat grass or leaves or any parts of plants, but they too need food. Those animals, like snakes, must eat other animals like mice. Some animals, like rats, eat both plants and other animals for food, and snakes eat rats as well as mice.
So this is a food web?
It’s part of one, yes! Now, who do you think eats rabbits and rats and sometimes squirrels?
Mean old foxes!
That too! And so do owls and hawks!
Making a note of that!
See, Nutley? We’re all part of a food web. It’s very important to all of our lives. Imagine if there wasn’t any grass or leaves—what would the mice, the rabbits, or the grasshoppers eat? And if there were no rabbits or mice or grasshoppers, what would the snakes, the rats, and the foxes eat?
Wow, the food web really is important!
Yes, Nutley, it is! And that’s not all!
I’m all ears!
Some living things, like worms and ants, eat parts of animals and plants that are dead. They also eat the waste that animals make.
Did you say waste?
Yes, waste! It’s another way of saying poop! These worms and insects eat poop and dead things. Yes, they’re also a very important part of a food web!
Can I just say how happy I am to be a squirrel right now?
So Nutley, that fox wasn’t trying to be mean. He was merely doing what all animals in the food web do to survive.
You’re right, Professor! Now I feel bad! Hey, maybe I’ll tell him I’m sorry in a letter!
I am no longer mad at you for trying to ruin my day! We’re all just part of the food web!
You’re pal, Nutley!
Uh, Nutley, where are you going to hand-deliver my letter? Want to come?
No, and you shouldn’t go either!
Remember?
Good point!
Oh, Nutley! It’s good to think of all the ways that plants and animals in a habitat need each other, just like people in a community need each other. We really are connected!
Let’s go back to our special word of the week one more time: Community! This week, I learned so much about many of the very important people in our own communities. Can you help me remember who they are?
Yes! Great! There are people who work in schools—teachers; people who work in fire stations and help keep us safe—firefighters; people who help us stay strong and healthy—doctors; and people who help us learn more about the world—librarians!
Next time I’m out in my community, I’ll make sure to stop and thank them for all they do! I hope you enjoyed learning all about different kinds of communities with me this week. Next, I have one last set of special activities, stories, and games that are ready for you to get going on.
I had a blast spending time with you, and I can’t wait to see you again next week! I’ll see you soon! In the meantime, do your playlist, be good, and have fun!
Library Adventure: Plan a visit to your local library with your family or friends. Once there, try to find a book about your favorite animal or a place you want to visit. Ask the librarian for help if you need it. After you find your book, draw a picture of what you learned from it. Share your drawing with your class or family and tell them one interesting fact you discovered.
Community Helper Role Play: With your classmates or family, pretend to be different community helpers. You can be a librarian, a teacher, a firefighter, or a doctor. Think about what each helper does and how they help the community. Take turns acting out a day in the life of your chosen community helper. Discuss with your group why each role is important and how they work together to make the community better.
Food Web Exploration: Go on a nature walk in your backyard or a local park. Look for different plants and animals. Try to identify at least three different plants and three different animals. Think about how they might be connected in a food web. For example, which animals might eat the plants you see? Which animals might eat the smaller animals? Draw a simple food web with the plants and animals you observed, and share it with your class or family.
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Hello friends! It’s so good to see you again. Can you believe it’s already Friday? Our week together has gone by so fast! Do you like Fridays? Yes, I do too! I think Fridays are always fantastic. Today, we’re going to hear more fast facts, ask another expert about what they do in their community, listen to a story about a special place, and finish our community chant. Plus, we’ll visit Professor Squirrel and Nutley again to learn how animals and plants work together. And as always, we’ll take a moment to get up and move!
Now, does that sound like a fantastic Friday to you? Yes? Great! One of my favorite things about Fridays is that there’s a farmers market in my community. My dog and I walk through the aisles of fresh flowers, fruits, and veggies from local farmers. I see so many people from my community, including some who even play music. It’s a great time!
Oh, it’s time to get ready! We’re going to finish our community chant. Hi everyone, I’m Mr. Dan! It’s time to add our last verse about community helpers, librarians. It sounds like this: “Do you want another book? Librarians know where to look. They can help find what you need when searching for new things to read.”
Thanks so much, Mr. Dan! How amazing was that? We learned a little of the chant each day, and we finally did it! This is a fantastic Friday. Now, we’re going to learn more about one of my favorite places to visit. See if you can guess what it is! I’ll give you some clues: this is a special place in my community with friendly people who work here and cozy chairs to sit in. When I visit this place, my imagination goes wild. Any guesses? It’s my community library! I go every single week to check out new books to read. It’s been there since I was probably about your age, maybe even before.
Here’s Armand with a fast fact about libraries: Some libraries are really old—over a thousand years! In the city of Fez in Morocco, there’s a library that’s over 1,100 years old. A woman started a library in 859 CE, and she also built a school and a mosque to go with it. All three are still around today. Amazing!
Well, that’s all for me until next time. Armand out! Thanks, Armand! I had no idea—old or new, libraries are great! And it’s not just the books that make them great. Do you know what someone who works at a library and helps people find just the right book is called? A librarian! Let’s learn more about librarians and what they do.
Welcome to the library! I’m a librarian, and I think I have the best job in the world because I get to work here. My favorite part of my job is helping you find any book you want to read. Have you ever wondered why bubbles are round or why the sky is blue? Do you want to discover more about a favorite animal or dinosaur? The library is full of books about all of those things and more! I just love libraries. Once you start visiting them, you’ll love libraries too!
Librarians have pretty amazing jobs, if you ask me. Helping people find the perfect book sounds like a dream! Have you ever been to a library? Yes, that’s a lot of you! I hope you checked out some books. I love using my library card! Pretty much anything you would want to learn about the world can be found in a book. Libraries often have story time too. When I was your age, I loved to go listen to the librarian read stories to all the kids.
Are you wondering what else librarians do each day? Yes? Good! My classroom helper, Saia, is going to ask a real-life librarian questions about their day. Let’s see how her interview went!
Hi! Thank you so much for meeting with me today. My first question is: How long have you been a librarian?
I’ve been a librarian for 10 years. Before I was a librarian, I worked in a bookstore, so now I get to lend books out. People borrow them and bring them back instead of just selling them, which is a lot more fun for me!
What are some of the things you do each day?
Every day, I come in and organize the library. I put things in order, which is something that librarians do all the time. I work with teachers to help with research, and I love when students come in to check out books. That’s mostly what I do all day—check out books and get people interested in books they may not have been interested in before.
What is your favorite thing about being a librarian?
My favorite thing for sure is working with students and talking about stories they’ve read, hearing about books they want me to purchase for the library, and just spending time with books.
Thanks again for letting me ask you questions about your job! I think being a librarian sounds pretty cool. It’s always great to be around books!
I had no idea librarians did so much! It sounds like a great job as long as you love books and you love to learn. Books are powerful—they can take you almost anywhere. All you need is your imagination.
How does that work? Well, for example, I’ve never been to the desert. It’s pretty far from where I am, but by looking in a book at pictures of a real desert and reading about the animals there, I have a better idea of what it’s like. Maybe someday I can go visit that far-off place in real life.
Speaking of far-off places, Armand has another fast fact to share. Take it away, Armand!
Most libraries are buildings where people go to borrow books. Those buildings usually stay in one place. But what if I told you there’s a library that can come to you? Meet the Biblioburro in Colombia! “Burro” means donkey in Spanish, which makes sense because this library is literally two donkeys that carry books to areas that may not have their own library. A teacher named Luis Soriano came up with the idea to bring books to kids who live in rural parts of the country. He does this with the help of his two friends, Alfa and Beto. It sounds like a lot of fun to pick out books from a donkey! I’ll see you all next time. Armand out!
Thanks, Armand! I love how that little library moves around! And speaking of moving, it’s time to get up and move! Are you ready?
[Music]
Hi there! Come on, stand up! It’s time to move! Let’s run the stay-in-place race—it’s the only race where you run in place. Ready? Go! Start jogging! You’re doing great! All right, we’re all warmed up now. Run a little faster! Keep going! Get ready to sprint—that means run as fast as you can! Are you ready? Sprint everyone as fast as you can! Whoa, you’re really moving! Whoa, time to slow down a little. You’re doing great! Rest up for the big finish! And now, time’s almost up! Run fast, fast, fast, fast, fast! And stop! You made it! Now do a victory pose!
Oh wow, you sure know how to move it! See you next time!
Can you guess what I am? That’s right, I’m a rabbit! Now it’s your turn—can you pose like your favorite animal? Nice job! I just love all kinds of animals! I like plants too, and that brings me to the next part of our day. Our friends Professor Squirrel and Nutley are here to teach us more about plant and animal communities. Just like people, plants and animals work together in very important ways.
That sneaky fox is going to hear it from me!
Nutley: What happened?
I was walking along, minding my own business, when a mean old fox tried to make me his dinner!
Nutley: What did I ever do to him?
Huh, I’m sure nothing!
Exactly, Professor! What I mean, Nutley, is that the fox was only doing what it needs to survive.
This better be where you teach me something that I don’t know because it sounds like you’re taking his side, and he’s a bad fox!
Let me explain, Nutley. There are many kinds of living things in the forest, right?
Sure, there are rabbits, snakes, grasshoppers, and us—the mighty squirrels!
So what do you think, Nutley?
There are 100 squirrels in this area!
Actually, there are 92.
That makes us pretty important, I suppose!
Oh yes, Nutley, very important! But we are not the only population in this area. There are populations of rabbits, deer, rats, mice, and foxes. Yes, foxes too! And these animals are all part of the food web.
Ah, the food web! Of course! So you understand what the food web is?
Not at all!
Okay, let’s back up. The sun gives light to all of the plants, like the grass, for example. The plants then use that sunlight to make food.
You mean plants make their own food out of thin air?
Well, yes, out of air and nutrients from the soil and water.
That’s amazing!
Yes, Nutley, it is! But unlike plants, animals cannot make their own food. So some animals, like rabbits, grasshoppers, and mice, eat grass and other plants to survive.
I prefer acorns myself!
Me too, Nutley! Now, some animals don’t eat grass or leaves or any parts of plants, but they too need food. Those animals, like snakes, must eat other animals like mice. Some animals, like rats, eat both plants and other animals for food, and snakes eat rats as well as mice.
So this is a food web?
It’s part of one, yes! Now, who do you think eats rabbits and rats and sometimes squirrels?
Mean old foxes!
That too! And so do owls and hawks!
Making a note of that!
See, Nutley? We’re all part of a food web. It’s very important to all of our lives. Imagine if there wasn’t any grass or leaves—what would the mice, the rabbits, or the grasshoppers eat? And if there were no rabbits or mice or grasshoppers, what would the snakes, the rats, and the foxes eat?
Wow, the food web really is important!
Yes, Nutley, it is! And that’s not all!
I’m all ears!
Some living things, like worms and ants, eat parts of animals and plants that are dead. They also eat the waste that animals make.
Did you say waste?
Yes, waste! It’s another way of saying poop! These worms and insects eat poop and dead things. Yes, they’re also a very important part of a food web!
Can I just say how happy I am to be a squirrel right now?
So Nutley, that fox wasn’t trying to be mean. He was merely doing what all animals in the food web do to survive.
You’re right, Professor! Now I feel bad! Hey, maybe I’ll tell him I’m sorry in a letter!
I am no longer mad at you for trying to ruin my day! We’re all just part of the food web!
You’re pal, Nutley!
Uh, Nutley, where are you going to hand-deliver my letter? Want to come?
No, and you shouldn’t go either!
Remember?
Good point!
Oh, Nutley! It’s good to think of all the ways that plants and animals in a habitat need each other, just like people in a community need each other. We really are connected!
Let’s go back to our special word of the week one more time: Community! This week, I learned so much about many of the very important people in our own communities. Can you help me remember who they are?
Yes! Great! There are people who work in schools—teachers; people who work in fire stations and help keep us safe—firefighters; people who help us stay strong and healthy—doctors; and people who help us learn more about the world—librarians!
Next time I’m out in my community, I’ll make sure to stop and thank them for all they do! I hope you enjoyed learning all about different kinds of communities with me this week. Next, I have one last set of special activities, stories, and games that are ready for you to get going on.
I had a blast spending time with you, and I can’t wait to see you again next week! I’ll see you soon! In the meantime, do your playlist, be good, and have fun!
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