1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,000 You 2 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:32,000 I 3 00:00:38,640 --> 00:00:43,040 Norby, uh-huh, it's Mandy. I come in. Uh-huh 4 00:00:45,120 --> 00:00:47,120 Will you help me with my homework? 5 00:00:51,760 --> 00:00:56,680 Come on Norby, please. I helped you build your hacking mat 6 00:01:00,160 --> 00:01:02,000 What do you want me to do? 7 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:06,560 Just read this book and tell me what it's about so I can answer questions at school tomorrow 8 00:01:06,840 --> 00:01:10,160 Why can't you read it yourself cuz you're older? 9 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:13,000 You're a better reader than I am 10 00:01:13,280 --> 00:01:18,880 So you can be a good reader too, but I can't do it for you. You've got to do it for yourself 11 00:01:20,080 --> 00:01:21,560 How? 12 00:01:21,560 --> 00:01:28,360 Well when you're reading something you have to keep thinking you think about what you're reading and about what you already know 13 00:01:28,520 --> 00:01:31,320 You just make sure you understand what you're reading about 14 00:01:34,760 --> 00:01:41,240 Mm-hmm. What is it? Uh, it's a landing light for this sergeant 15 00:01:44,500 --> 00:01:46,500 Who's that? 16 00:01:48,360 --> 00:01:50,360 Holy hoo shh 17 00:01:51,360 --> 00:01:57,260 My child, you must hurry to the land of Mosheust that evil genius 18 00:01:57,260 --> 00:02:02,280 Forzaal has concocted his worst plot yet. There is not a moment to lose 19 00:02:04,320 --> 00:02:06,320 Where did you get that? 20 00:02:06,840 --> 00:02:09,760 Last Christmas my second remember 21 00:02:11,120 --> 00:02:13,120 Sure 22 00:02:13,560 --> 00:02:20,060 Anyway, I'm going to go over to Jason's for a little while. Tell how I'll be back for dinner, okay? 23 00:02:20,360 --> 00:02:22,360 Okay 24 00:02:50,360 --> 00:02:52,360 Oh 25 00:03:10,520 --> 00:03:14,880 Thunder and lightning trumpets and drums readers rejoice a storyload comes 26 00:03:20,360 --> 00:03:22,360 Oh 27 00:03:38,340 --> 00:03:40,180 Oh Castle 28 00:03:40,180 --> 00:03:45,100 Where are we? 29 00:03:45,100 --> 00:03:54,900 It's a long story. 30 00:03:54,900 --> 00:04:00,020 This is a land called Mojust, and I have to try and save it to people from an evil story 31 00:04:00,020 --> 00:04:01,020 lord named Torzuo. 32 00:04:01,020 --> 00:04:04,740 It's kind of like a wizard of reading. 33 00:04:04,740 --> 00:04:08,300 There's someone behind that bookcase. 34 00:04:09,300 --> 00:04:11,820 Torbate, can we go home now? 35 00:04:11,820 --> 00:04:15,300 Shh, can't you read? 36 00:04:15,300 --> 00:04:23,300 Oh my, oh my, you found me? 37 00:04:23,300 --> 00:04:24,300 I can't help. 38 00:04:24,300 --> 00:04:25,300 Wait a minute. 39 00:04:25,300 --> 00:04:27,300 You're not a Torzuo? 40 00:04:27,300 --> 00:04:35,300 Or would you send a frontest story lord at your service, and this is my assistant, Mandy. 41 00:04:35,300 --> 00:04:37,300 At your service. 42 00:04:37,300 --> 00:04:40,380 Well, this is a relief. 43 00:04:40,380 --> 00:04:41,380 My name is Marion. 44 00:04:41,380 --> 00:04:45,300 I'm the librarian. 45 00:04:45,300 --> 00:04:47,860 How can we help you, Marion? 46 00:04:47,860 --> 00:04:55,940 Well, you might bring these children back to life. 47 00:04:55,940 --> 00:04:58,340 Looks like the work of Torzuo, if I'm not mistaken. 48 00:04:58,340 --> 00:05:00,220 You most certainly aren't. 49 00:05:00,220 --> 00:05:05,220 He has been coming here every day, giving our children a reading test to see if they knew 50 00:05:05,220 --> 00:05:07,980 how to understand what they're reading. 51 00:05:07,980 --> 00:05:13,860 If the children can't answer the question, you can see what happens. 52 00:05:13,860 --> 00:05:18,100 Is he coming today? 53 00:05:18,100 --> 00:05:19,100 I'm afraid so. 54 00:05:19,100 --> 00:05:22,740 In fact, I thought you two were him and his loads from the chauffeur. 55 00:05:22,740 --> 00:05:26,860 I bet I could answer his questions, but he knows me. 56 00:05:26,860 --> 00:05:29,860 He'd zap me just like he'd zap the other kids. 57 00:05:29,860 --> 00:05:34,500 Only you had someone he didn't know. 58 00:05:34,500 --> 00:05:41,500 I think we could beat him at his own care. 59 00:05:41,500 --> 00:05:42,500 No way! 60 00:05:42,500 --> 00:05:45,500 Come on, Norby. 61 00:05:45,500 --> 00:05:51,500 You're a better reader than I am. 62 00:05:51,500 --> 00:05:55,940 Don't you remember what I was just telling you about how to be a good reader? 63 00:05:55,940 --> 00:05:56,940 Uh-uh. 64 00:05:56,940 --> 00:06:02,300 Well, listen, because it's up to you to save these kids. 65 00:06:02,300 --> 00:06:05,300 I just had a reading class on this the other day. 66 00:06:05,300 --> 00:06:09,460 Today, we're going to review what we know about being good readers. 67 00:06:09,460 --> 00:06:11,140 We're going to use this book. 68 00:06:11,140 --> 00:06:13,660 Gavin spends the night. 69 00:06:13,660 --> 00:06:16,900 Before we begin, who can tell us what we should do first? 70 00:06:16,900 --> 00:06:17,900 Angie? 71 00:06:17,900 --> 00:06:20,500 Try to guess what the story is about. 72 00:06:20,500 --> 00:06:21,500 Good. 73 00:06:21,500 --> 00:06:22,500 How do we do that? 74 00:06:22,500 --> 00:06:28,380 By working at the picture on the cover, reading the title, and thinking about them. 75 00:06:28,380 --> 00:06:29,380 Very good. 76 00:06:29,460 --> 00:06:33,500 Now, who can tell us what they think this story is going to be about? 77 00:06:33,500 --> 00:06:35,140 Jason? 78 00:06:35,140 --> 00:06:40,700 I think this is about a boy who spends the night at a friend's house because it fits 79 00:06:40,700 --> 00:06:42,380 the title and the picture. 80 00:06:42,380 --> 00:06:43,380 Do you all agree? 81 00:06:43,380 --> 00:06:44,380 Yes, Angie. 82 00:06:44,380 --> 00:06:48,300 There's something else I do before starting to read. 83 00:06:48,300 --> 00:06:49,300 What's that? 84 00:06:49,300 --> 00:06:53,700 I think of what I already know about what it's like sleeping over at a friend. 85 00:06:53,700 --> 00:06:57,180 Then I'll understand the story better when I read it. 86 00:06:57,260 --> 00:06:58,340 Very good. 87 00:06:58,340 --> 00:07:01,620 We think before we read, don't we? 88 00:07:17,340 --> 00:07:19,260 Yes, Norbert? 89 00:07:19,260 --> 00:07:21,900 I don't just think before I read a story. 90 00:07:21,900 --> 00:07:24,300 I keep thinking the whole time. 91 00:07:24,300 --> 00:07:25,820 Good for you, Norbert. 92 00:07:25,820 --> 00:07:27,820 It's very important, too. 93 00:07:41,820 --> 00:07:46,860 Norbert, can you show us how you keep thinking while you're reading? 94 00:07:46,860 --> 00:07:51,660 Well, look on page 13 here. 95 00:07:51,660 --> 00:07:54,940 It says, we were having a great pillow fight. 96 00:07:54,940 --> 00:07:59,140 All of a sudden, my pillow slid out of its case and flew across the room. 97 00:07:59,140 --> 00:08:01,820 It headed for the lamp like a heat-seeking missile. 98 00:08:01,820 --> 00:08:02,820 Crash! 99 00:08:02,820 --> 00:08:04,820 Uh-oh, said Zachary. 100 00:08:04,820 --> 00:08:06,740 Then there was a loud knock at the door. 101 00:08:06,740 --> 00:08:12,180 Now, if I was reading this story, I would stop here and try to predict what would happen 102 00:08:12,180 --> 00:08:13,180 next. 103 00:08:13,180 --> 00:08:17,980 Like, they were having a pillow fight, and they knocked the lamp over. 104 00:08:17,980 --> 00:08:21,100 How do you know they knocked the lamp over? 105 00:08:21,100 --> 00:08:23,180 I don't see that written anywhere. 106 00:08:24,180 --> 00:08:33,580 Well, it says it flew towards the lamp, and then it says, Crash, and you can see it in 107 00:08:33,580 --> 00:08:34,580 the picture. 108 00:08:34,580 --> 00:08:36,820 Well, good for you, Norbert. 109 00:08:36,820 --> 00:08:39,380 What do you think will happen next? 110 00:08:39,380 --> 00:08:43,660 So anyway, the parents probably heard it, and the loud knock at the door is probably one 111 00:08:43,660 --> 00:08:45,900 of them coming to see what's going on. 112 00:08:45,900 --> 00:08:48,420 That's what would happen at my house. 113 00:08:48,420 --> 00:08:49,420 Let's find out. 114 00:08:49,420 --> 00:08:52,180 Angie, will you read for us? 115 00:08:53,180 --> 00:08:56,980 We closed our eyes tight and pretended to be asleep. 116 00:08:56,980 --> 00:08:58,180 The door opened. 117 00:08:58,180 --> 00:09:02,580 Well, well, well said Zachary's father, everyone's asleep. 118 00:09:02,580 --> 00:09:07,300 It looks like we've been invaded by flying pillows from outer space. 119 00:09:07,300 --> 00:09:08,300 Thank you, Angie. 120 00:09:08,300 --> 00:09:10,140 Good for you, Norbert. 121 00:09:10,140 --> 00:09:15,300 You thought about what you read, and about what you know, and you guessed who was at 122 00:09:15,300 --> 00:09:16,300 the door. 123 00:09:16,300 --> 00:09:18,980 Did you all think it was going to be one of the parents? 124 00:09:18,980 --> 00:09:19,980 Good. 125 00:09:19,980 --> 00:09:20,980 Yes, Jason? 126 00:09:21,980 --> 00:09:28,180 On the page before, I didn't understand what his seeking missile was. 127 00:09:28,180 --> 00:09:34,180 What do we do when we are reading something, and we don't understand? 128 00:09:34,180 --> 00:09:36,420 Yes, Norbert? 129 00:09:36,420 --> 00:09:46,580 You stop and look for clues, reread the page, look at the pictures, read ahead, and try 130 00:09:46,580 --> 00:09:47,580 to figure it out. 131 00:09:47,580 --> 00:09:52,060 Or you can ask someone, or if it's a word you don't understand, you could look it up 132 00:09:52,060 --> 00:09:53,860 in the dictionary. 133 00:09:53,860 --> 00:09:55,460 Excellent. 134 00:09:55,460 --> 00:10:17,340 Jason, can you find a clue about a heat seeking missile on page 13? 135 00:10:17,340 --> 00:10:25,980 Well, a missile looks like a rocket, a xenomod TV, anybody else? 136 00:10:25,980 --> 00:10:29,580 We could look it up in the dictionary. 137 00:10:29,580 --> 00:10:37,020 Well, it says it headed for the lamp like a heat seeking missile, and they have to get 138 00:10:37,020 --> 00:10:39,100 hot when they're on. 139 00:10:39,100 --> 00:10:41,940 So maybe it's a missile that hits things that are hot. 140 00:10:41,940 --> 00:10:43,660 Good thinking, Norbert. 141 00:10:43,660 --> 00:10:44,660 That's about right. 142 00:10:45,300 --> 00:10:47,540 And I'm very proud of all of you. 143 00:10:47,540 --> 00:10:53,220 If you can keep doing the things that we have talked about today while you're reading, you're 144 00:10:53,220 --> 00:10:56,580 going to become very good readers indeed. 145 00:10:56,580 --> 00:10:57,820 But remember. 146 00:10:57,820 --> 00:11:00,460 But remember, you have to make the effort. 147 00:11:00,460 --> 00:11:02,060 No one else can do it for you. 148 00:11:02,060 --> 00:11:04,060 Can you remember all that, Mandy? 149 00:11:04,060 --> 00:11:05,060 Mm-hmm. 150 00:11:05,060 --> 00:11:09,220 Think before you read, and think while you read. 151 00:11:14,660 --> 00:11:26,380 Oh, I'm afraid those laws arrived. 152 00:11:26,380 --> 00:11:27,380 We'd better hide. 153 00:11:27,380 --> 00:11:29,380 Good luck, Mandy. 154 00:11:29,380 --> 00:11:48,660 And now it's same as his royal badness, the one and only for Zul. 155 00:11:48,660 --> 00:11:50,660 Milpret? 156 00:11:50,660 --> 00:11:51,660 Shh. 157 00:11:51,660 --> 00:11:52,660 Huh? 158 00:11:52,660 --> 00:11:54,660 Can't you read? 159 00:11:54,660 --> 00:11:55,660 Sorry. 160 00:11:55,660 --> 00:11:56,660 Aha. 161 00:11:56,660 --> 00:11:57,660 Look. 162 00:11:57,660 --> 00:12:02,940 Another pint-sized victim for us. 163 00:12:02,940 --> 00:12:13,420 Little girl, do you know who I am? 164 00:12:13,420 --> 00:12:20,860 A big, that scary man? 165 00:12:20,860 --> 00:12:23,620 So much for the friendly approach. 166 00:12:23,620 --> 00:12:24,700 Here. 167 00:12:25,700 --> 00:12:28,940 Have you ever seen this book before? 168 00:12:28,940 --> 00:12:31,940 Mm, no. 169 00:12:31,940 --> 00:12:32,940 Good. 170 00:12:32,940 --> 00:12:41,780 Since you're such a smart little girl, I won't zap you like I zapped your friends here. 171 00:12:41,780 --> 00:12:45,500 If you can tell me what the story is about. 172 00:12:45,500 --> 00:12:46,500 Hmm. 173 00:12:46,500 --> 00:12:49,500 Think before you read. 174 00:12:50,500 --> 00:12:53,500 I think that's important. 175 00:12:53,500 --> 00:12:56,740 Looks like a giraffe. 176 00:12:56,740 --> 00:12:57,740 Well? 177 00:12:57,740 --> 00:13:05,180 Mm, I think the sound gets a giraffe for a new pet. 178 00:13:05,180 --> 00:13:06,180 A lucky guest. 179 00:13:06,180 --> 00:13:08,180 It wasn't luck. 180 00:13:08,180 --> 00:13:11,980 I figured it out by the title and the picture on the cover. 181 00:13:11,980 --> 00:13:12,980 Oh. 182 00:13:12,980 --> 00:13:14,980 I see. 183 00:13:15,060 --> 00:13:23,740 Well, if you're so smart, then read that page and tell me what happens next. 184 00:13:23,740 --> 00:13:25,540 We've got her now. 185 00:13:25,540 --> 00:13:26,540 Hahaha. 186 00:13:26,540 --> 00:13:27,540 Hmm. 187 00:13:27,540 --> 00:13:28,540 Think. 188 00:13:28,540 --> 00:13:29,540 Wow. 189 00:13:29,540 --> 00:13:30,540 You read. 190 00:13:30,540 --> 00:13:31,540 Poor giraffe. 191 00:13:31,540 --> 00:13:34,540 She hit her head on low palm tree branches. 192 00:13:34,540 --> 00:13:39,540 On the doorways into the sultan's palace, everything. 193 00:13:40,540 --> 00:13:45,340 The sultan looked out of the window at the men building the new royal zoo. 194 00:13:45,340 --> 00:13:47,980 Suddenly, he noticed their hats. 195 00:13:47,980 --> 00:13:48,980 He had an idea. 196 00:13:48,980 --> 00:13:50,780 Called the royal hatmaker. 197 00:13:50,780 --> 00:13:51,780 He cried. 198 00:13:51,780 --> 00:13:54,260 The giraffe's head hurts. 199 00:13:54,260 --> 00:13:55,900 I think that's important. 200 00:13:55,900 --> 00:14:00,340 And the sultan sees men wearing hard hats. 201 00:14:00,340 --> 00:14:04,140 Time's up. 202 00:14:04,140 --> 00:14:08,540 I think the sultan gets a hard hat for the giraffe. 203 00:14:09,540 --> 00:14:13,740 Well, she did it. 204 00:14:13,740 --> 00:14:15,340 She got it right. 205 00:14:15,340 --> 00:14:16,340 It was easy. 206 00:14:16,340 --> 00:14:19,940 I just looked for clues and the words and the pictures. 207 00:14:19,940 --> 00:14:25,620 I lose again. 208 00:14:25,620 --> 00:14:33,740 You. 209 00:14:33,740 --> 00:14:36,780 I should have known. 210 00:14:36,780 --> 00:14:41,980 I don't believe you've been introduced to my sister. 211 00:14:41,980 --> 00:14:44,980 Sister? 212 00:14:44,980 --> 00:14:45,980 Milk breath. 213 00:14:45,980 --> 00:14:47,980 Get me on in here. 214 00:14:47,980 --> 00:14:48,980 Shhh. 215 00:14:48,980 --> 00:14:49,980 Huh? 216 00:14:49,980 --> 00:14:51,180 Can't you read?