Learning Across Kansas; 104; Elementary

(dramatic music) (crowd cheers) (bell rings) - Hello and welcome to I'm Tabatha Rosproy and I'll be your host for today's episode. Learning Across Kansas is a partnership between the Kansas Department of Education and the Public Broadcasting Service. Our goal is to bring into your home, in a new way. While we are facing the social distancing and health problems, that Today our show is going That is a big word. Let's clap it out to see how big it is. (claps) CI-TI-ZEN-SHIP.

I heard four syllables in that word, and even though it's got four syllables, there are way more than four A citizen is a person so we are all citizens and being a good citizen, to help your neighbors and your friends. First, we're going to who will teach us, ways have learned to be good citizens. Then we'll hear from Mrs. Nobach, who's going to teach us how to sing a song kindly and respectfully. Let's go. - Hey kiddos, so this week about citizenship and what it means to be a good citizen. So today I'm gonna share with I have some special guests that are gonna help me teach to be a good citizen, it's my very own class of second graders, from Tecumseh South Elementary School. So here they are, to show you the ways that

(soft music) Alexis helps pick up trash. Emma shows kindness. Adele is respectful. Garrick does not litter. Emery helps in her neighbor's garden. Josee brings happiness to others. Brechin helps others. Ronnie treats others how Kayden cleans up after herself. Nora cleans up our classroom. Neviah is very helpful. Emmerson helps to feed her animals. She also helps her grandpa. RJ stands up for people.

Elizabeth helps others. Shane is kind to others. They all have great ways to Here are a few more. Be honest, share, don't bully, say the pledge of allegiance, follow the rules, listen, take care of the earth, say thank you, be responsible. So now think about ways and then think of something special you could do for your Have fun and thanks for-- - Hi boys and girls. This is Mrs. Nobach and today's show is about citizenship. And citizenship is basically We can be respectful, we can be responsible and we can be resourceful So I thought we could be by singing, a beautiful song And that song is America The Beautiful. So we have to remember a

back up straight, good posture, tall vowels so we can understand and the last thing is deep breathing. So I have my little toy right here to show you what deep That space below your diaphragm, which is a muscle in your As you take a breath, notice how it gets bigger, all that space is filling with air, and as you breathe out, that space is getting smaller, it's contracting, boys and girls, that is deep breathing and that is the key to beautiful singing. so, boys and girls, this is (mumbles) and now we're going to take and put it in the song We're going to breathe four times. That's right four times and I'll show you a deep breath by doing this with my hands. So let's try it. ♪ O beautiful for spacious skies ♪ ♪ For amber waves of grain ♪

♪ For purple mountains majesties ♪ ♪ Above the fruited plains ♪ ♪ America, ♪ ♪ America ♪ ♪ God shed His grace on thee ♪ ♪ And crown thy good with brotherhood ♪ ♪ From sea to shining sea ♪ Very good job boys and girls. Thank you for singing so beautifully and respectfully to America The Beautiful. Have a wonderful day. - Thank you teachers, that was so informative. And look, I have a ball In my class we use this ball to help us breathe too, but just for a different reason. We know that when we have a big

we need to take a deep breath (breathes) before we do something We're gonna take a break now, but practice your deep - [Narrator] Hey parents, With Kansas School buildings closed and homes being turned into classrooms, parents and caregivers in their students learning. This is a new experience for most of us, so lets show one another a little grace. When you and your students or stressed, take a break. It's really okay. Keeping students interested is the key to success. Remember, you have an entire and teachers to lean on. Reach out, together Kansans Can. - Welcome back. Next up we're going to go see Mrs. Wynn, who is going to talk to us about recycling and why good citizens recycle. Then we are going to see Mrs. Henwood

who is going to teach us about kindness and how that relates to cause and effect. Let's go. - [Mrs. Wynn] Where does your trash go? (lorry engine roaring) Hey, welcome to our landfill. Let's look and see what at the landfill. Ah, check it out, pieces of clothing. Oh, plastic water bottles? What else can we find? Paper, more plastic. Oh my gosh, look at all the What is your relationship, with the earth? Are you the kind of citizen

that could be recycled, like plastic and paper? Aluminum and even cardboard or are you the type of citizen that takes the time out of your day to keep recyclables out of a landfill? Everyone has the choice Will you be one? Aluminum cans could take two to 500 years to completely decompose. It could take, plastic water to completely be composed. On average cardboard spends Recycling is an easy to help keep our landfills free of trash and our earth clean. - I'd like to use this to and tell (mumbles) that is so sweet (mumbles)

Have a good day. Oh, hello friends? Today I have done I decided that I would do And sometimes when we do that, that's just a great way So today I decided to stop at the local coffee shop and I decided to pay and because I did I just feel so happy. So being a good citizen can be doing something and it brings you joy. Hey, that kinda reminds Check this out. A cause is something or someone The effect is a change that is a result of something else. So let's look at an example. I bought someone a special treat,

so I felt happy. I bought someone a because it's the event that took place. It's what the person did. I felt happy is the result of that action, so it is the effect. Now you try. I had a lemonade stand, so I could raise money for a good cause. What is my cause in this sentence? That's right, I had a lemonade stand is my cause, it's the event that took place. What's the effect? Yes I could raise money for because it is the result Good for you. Thanks for helping me out. So I wonder if you can come up with a way to be a good citizen and do something nice for someone else

so that you can feel good about yourself. Find an adult or someone in your house and share with them your idea, see you next time. - Wow. Thank you teachers. I learned a lot from both of your segments and I have this can that I was but now I know, it takes to break down in our earth and if I throw it in the trash it'll just fill up a landfill. So I'm gonna put it in the recycling, like good citizens should. We have another break right now but we'll see you when we come back. (dramatic music) Welcome back.

Next step we are going who is going to teach and measurement. I wonder how those two things go together. Then we are going to hear as she teaches us about how hundreds and hundreds of tiny insects And she'll follow that up with teaching us how to Let's go. - Hey there friends? Mrs. Rogers here and I'm Today we've been learning all about what makes a good citizen and how you can be a good citizen too. Good citizens are responsible, they're honest, they follow the rules and most importantly And that one's so important and one that I tell all my students because kindness rules. That's right. Hey, speaking of rules, do you know what I have here? Well, here's a hint,

it has numbers on it and it's a tool that we use to measure how long something is. If you guessed a ruler, you are right. Rulers help us measure Well, today we're gonna with our kindness rules Let's go. Let's measure this pencil. You'll notice that good mathematicians always start their measurement by lining the object up at zero. So how long is the pencil? Is it two inches, four inches or eight inches? This pencil is four inches long. How long is the fork? Is it two inches, five inches or seven inches long? You got it, the fork is seven inches long. How long is this dine?

Is it one inch, five inches or eight inches long? Can't trick you, this dime is one inch long. Hey, you're great at this game. Do you wanna practice on Well, what if you don't Is there a way that you You bet, you can measure things with all kinds of things Like blocks or snacks or even markers. Oh my friends, you did a fabulous job today and I'm so proud of you. Don't forget kindness rules. I'll see you next time. Bye. - Hi there? I'm just out having a picnic today. Have you ever heard somebody say that there's an uninvited Do you know who that is? If you said ants, then you are right,

but have you ever watched an ant colony? Today we're talking about citizenship and from watching an ant colony, you will see how citizens in our community. Let's go watch one. Come on. Watch the way these ants are cooperating, gathering food, helping one another, and working together to create a place for all of them to live. Well that's what we do, We cooperate with each other, we work together and we help each other to I thought that today to being good citizens, it will be fun to share with you some ant treats that I made for my picnic. First of all, I made some ants on a log, which is taking some celery and I put some peanut butter on it and then my ants are some raisins.

And then I took some hazelnut spread and I put it in the celery stick and I put some blueberries On this one, I took some cream cheese and I stuck some chocolate chips on top and they are my ants. One of my favorite treats was and I put it on a larger pretzel stick and then I sprinkled some ants on it. Don't worry, those are really just chocolate sprinkles. And I also thought that it would be fun to crunch up some chocolate cookies and then when I put them down, I'm gonna make them into an ant hill and I'm gonna sprinkle on top of these, some ants. Remember these are really but they look like ants on an ant hill. I think that maybe what I'm gonna do is make one of these ant treat plates and give it to a friend of mine. She's been feeling a

and I think this would You know, when we're we're trying to think of ways to be kind and ways to help other people. Maybe this week, you can and you can find a way I anticipate that you if you do that. See what I did there? Well, I'm gonna go back and I'll see you next week. - Okay, those two Thank you teachers. I could easily make my own ruler and my own ants on a log, like Now we've got another break coming up, but in the meantime I think I'm going to I'll see you soon. - [Narrator] Kansas School for the remainder of the academic year, but school is still in session.

Keeping students engaged during this extraordinary time is critical for their ongoing success. We salute our teachers, who are committed to finish this year strong. We're all ready for our but until that time, Kansas students keep learning and keep working towards your goals. Together, Kansans Can. - Hello again and welcome back. Our next two segments are the We're gonna start by hearing who is going to teach can encourage people and Then we are going to hear from Mrs. Baugh, who will teach us how to while being good citizens. Lets go. - Hello artists? Did you know part of being a good citizen is helping your community That's why we're gonna look Robert Tapley Bustamante.

He makes giant murals on the and uses symbols in his work. These murals bring the community together. A symbol is a picture So if I was driving down the highway and saw that red octagon symbol, I would stop. Or if you were in the hallway, you would notice that sign Let's look at symbols in the Mr Bustamante painted part of this mural at the Brown vs a Board of Education National Historic Site in Topeka. It celebrates the that allowed all kids to Can you tell us about the - Yeah, sure. There are a lot of symbols there's actually like, a like right over here. That was one of the pieces, I actually painted. A lot of symbols came from the There is a coloring book contest

and there's about 400 coloring pages done, and then all the kids did those. So all these images and stuff Even, behind me you'll see of a Martin Luther King jr, Rosa Parks, there's even a symbol of like four different holding hands. And then even above that, you will see a whole crowd of people that kind of spell out - Could you use symbols in your other work outside of this collaborative mural? - Oh yeah, sure. Something I've been really and a flower was I was that has the state flower and the state insect, which so I had to weave that into a topic that basically included women's rights and the right to vote, which is celebrated, it's a hundred year. - Thanks Robert for And little artists, can you create a public Try using sidewalk chalk to

for your community or an artwork to hang in your window to show your school spirit Happy creating. - Hello everybody? Mrs. Baugh here again. Hey, so for today's PE lesson, we are going to do some jump rope with or without a jump I'm not gonna use a jump rope, I'm gonna show you how Also in this lesson, we how we can be a good citizen and how it can be kind to each other. Are you ready? All right, boys and girls, here we go. I'm pretending I have a jump rope. Today's lesson is modified active at home and this is okay, so you can pretend like I'm gonna say the rhymes and we're all gonna jump together. Are you ready?

Here we go. ♪ I can jump ♪ ♪ I can hop, ♪ ♪ How many jumps before I stop ♪ ♪ One, ♪ ♪ Two, three, ♪ ♪ Four, five. ♪ Oh my goodness. So you could keep going or you could just make a certain number. Okay, you could also do with a long jump rope or pretending, okay? Okay, this one I want you It's got some good words in it. You should feel your Make sure your ready, pretending you have your jump rope. Here we go. ♪ Up and up ♪ ♪ Down and down ♪ ♪ Jump and make the world go round. ♪ ♪ One, two, ♪ ♪ Three, four ♪ ♪ Five ♪ Did you jump with me? I hope you did. Okay, so in our last jump rope rhyme, I said up and up, down and down,

jump and make the world go round. What makes our world go around? You know what? I think we do. Me you and all the other That's right. There's all different kinds of people. And I have a question for you. What if we all work together? What if we're all kind and respectful citizens? That would be really awesome, wouldn't it? So boys and girls, I want you to do some things today. I want you to get your heart beating fast, you can make your own jump rope rhymes, and I also want you to to be a good citizen and how you can be kind and how you can be respectful. All right, I'll see you next time. Bye - Thank you so much for I've got my sidewalk chalk

and I'm ready to go outside and then draw messages and my neighbors. You know, being a good citizen Sometimes it's hard to to do what's best for everybody. But like I tell my students, we have to (stretches) stretch our brains and our hearts until they can be big enough to care for everybody in our communities. On behalf of Kansas educators, I want you to know that we love you, we miss you, and we can't wait to see you soon. Thanks for joining us today on this episode of Learning Across Kansas. We'll see you next time. (upbeat music