(Grover snickering)

I just need to finish packing my backpack.

Let's see, I've got my books, my pens, my markers,

my crayons, my jar of pickles in case I get hungry.

And my trusty saxophone.

You know, in case anybody wants to hear any music.

And there! I'm all finished packing.

Now we can go to school on Sesame Street.

(bell clunking) (Grover grunting)

(Grover yells)

I'm okay.

♪ Oh. Oh. ♪

♪ Yeah. Yeah. ♪

♪ Sunny day, sweeping the clouds away. ♪

♪ On my way . ♪

♪ To where the air is sweet. ♪

♪ Where the air is sweet . ♪

♪ Can you tell me how to get . ♪

♪ How to get to Sesame Street? ♪

♪ How to get to Sesame Street? ♪

[Children's Choir Together] Sesame Street!

(Elmo laughing) - All right,

have a good one Elmo.

- Oh, you too, Gordon. - Great coffee, Chris.

- Aw, thanks, Uncle Gordon. - Bye bye.

- Boy. That was a good breakfast, Chris.

- Oh, I'm glad you liked it, Elmo.

Oh, Hey, Welcome to Sesame Street.

- Hey, what's going on?

- Uh, I was just saying hello, you know,

being friendly. - (laughing) No,

what's going on out there.

- Out where?

(Elmo and Chris yell)

Um, I don't know.

- Well, let's go check it out Chris, come on.

- Yeah, yeah. (Elmo laughing)

- Uh, excuse me. Hi there.

- Hi. - Oh, hello.

You must be my new neighbors.

- Neighbors?

- My name is Buck Awe.

Professor Buck Awe.

That means I'm a teacher.

And today I'm opening my brand new school right here.

- What kind of school is it?

- Oh, a very special kind of school.

- Yeah. - Introducing...

Professor Buck's School for Clucks.

(triumphant music)

It's a chicken school, you see?

- Wow. Well Elmo's never heard of a chicken school before.

- That's because this is the first of its kind.

Now chickens can learn their One, Two, Threes and ABCs,

just like everyone else.

- Yeah. - Yes, but chickens

don't go to school.

- Not yet they don't.

But I'm a man with a dream (inspirational music)

to open a free range chicken school

right here on Sesame Street.

So there will be no chicken left behind.

- Wow. Well that sounds great., doesn't it, Chris?

- Uh. (school bell rings)

- Oh, that's the school bell.

That means my chicken school's about to begin.

- Yeah, but I don't think you're gonna find chickens

who are actually gonna go to school.

(chickens clucking)

(energetic music)

Uh, I guess I was wrong.

- Welcome everyone to Professor Buck's School for Clucks.

- Wow. The chickens seem really excited to be here.

- They as well, Elmo.

You would be too if you were cooped up all day

inside of a, um, whatever it is chickens live in.

- A...chicken coop?

- Exactly. Yes, of course. Of course.

All right class. Class, choose a desk and pull up a nest.

(energetic music)

- Elmo wishes he could go to chicken school too.

- Uh, Elmo, you already go to preschool.

- Uh, well, Elmo, maybe you could be in my class

for one day just so that you see what it's like

to learn like a chicken.

- Oh really?

- Yeah. Do you have a chicken costume by chance?

- Who doesn't? (Elmo laughs)

- I don't.

- Ta-da!

Chicken Elmo is ready for school.

(Elmo imitating chicken clucks)

- Hey, excellent, Elmo.

Come join the class, we're about to begin.

- Okay.

- Okay. Have fun chicken Elmo.

I'll be over here in Hooper's, okay?

I'm still not sure how this chicken school

thing is gonna work, but whatever?

- Good morning class.

- [Elmo} Good Morning. (chickens clucking)

- My name is Professor Buck Awe.

- [Chickens Together] Buck-awe!

- That's right. Buck Awe, yes. Very good.

So I wanted to start - (chickens continue clucking)

Uh huh, that's my name!

Correct. Very good.

[Student Chicken] Buck awe!

- Okay. Yes. Class, we've established who I am.

All right, so let's move on and,

and if you'd please just take your-

[Chickens Together] Buck awe!

- Why won't they stop?

- Um, actually, I don't think they're saying your name.

I think they're just clucking.

- Oh.

- Yeah. That's kind of what chickens do.

- Yes, of course. Cluck. I knew that.

Um,

I am- (chickens clucking)

the professor- (chickens clucking)

chicken- (chickens clucking)

teacher. (chickens clucking)

Uh, class.

Class, it is time to begin school.

So please listen- (chickens clucking)

to me.

Listen to me, class.

- At Elmo's preschool,

we learned a good way to get everybody to listen.

- You did.

- Uh huh, yeah. By listening with your whole body.

- I think you mean listening with your ear?

- Well, yes, it's true we hear with our ears,

but like listening, like really paying attention to someone.

Well, it involves a lot more than that.

- Yeah, that's right.

We even sang a song about it in preschool.

- Do you think you could sing that for us?

I-I-I-It might help.

- Okay.

- Oh, come to the front of the class.

Come on up, Elmo.

- Okay. Well everybody, the song goes like this:

♪ How do we listen? ♪

♪ Elmo knows how! ♪

♪ With our whole bodies. ♪

♪ Let Elmo show you how. ♪

♪ Ears are hearing what you have to say. ♪

♪ Eyes are watching what you do today. ♪

♪ Mouth is closed and quiet too. ♪

♪ Body is calm and facing you. ♪

- Join us class.

♪ Ears are hearing what you have to say. ♪

♪ Eyes are watching what you do today. ♪

♪ Mouth is closed and quiet too. ♪

♪ Body is calm and facing you. ♪

- It worked!

Oh, wonderful, Elmo.

- Yeah

- Look, they're all listening with their whole bodies.

Thank you, Elmo.

- Well, Elmo is happy to help.

(Elmo imitating clucking)

- All right class.

Now that we're all listening with our whole bodies.

Let's begin our first lesson.

Whom here knows how to say the alphabet?

(all clucking together)

No, I can't understand any of them.

- That's because they're all talking at once.

You gotta get them to raise their hand

if they have something to say.

- Oh, Oh, Professor Buck Awe. Professor Buck Awe.

- Look! Like that! - Professor Buck Awe.

- Yes, Elmo.

- Elmo has another song from preschool.

Yeah. It's all about raising your hand.

- Oh, how wonderful. Another strategy.

Come up and share it with the class.

(Elmo laughing)

- Okay, here we go.

♪ When you have something to say in school. ♪

♪ Don't shout it out! ♪

♪ You have to follow the rule. ♪

♪ Raise your hand when you wanna talk. ♪

♪ Lift it high. ♪

♪ That's what you do. ♪

♪ Come on now. ♪

♪ Raise your hand when you wanna talk. ♪

♪ And wait for the teacher to call on you. ♪

♪ Raise your hand when you wanna talk. ♪

♪ Lift it high. ♪

♪ That's what you do. ♪

♪ Raise your hand when you wanna talk. ♪

♪ And wait for the teacher to call on you. ♪

- It's a wonderful song,

but I wonder if we could change it

a little bit for the chickens?

- Like how?

- Well, how about this?

♪ Raise your wing when you wanna bock. ♪

♪ Lift it high. ♪

♪ Bock bock. ♪

♪ That's what you do. ♪

- Come on now.

♪ Raise your wing when you wanna bock. ♪

♪ Bock ♪

♪ And wait for the teacher. ♪

♪ Bock ♪ ♪ To call on you. ♪

♪ Bock, bock, bock, bock. ♪

♪ Raise your wing when you want to bock. ♪

♪ Lift it high. ♪

♪ Bock, bock. ♪

♪ That's what you do. ♪

♪ Bock, bock, bock, bock. ♪

♪ Raise your wing when you want to bock. ♪

♪ Bock. ♪

♪ And wait for the teacher. ♪ ♪ Bock. ♪

♪ To call. ♪ ♪ Bock. ♪

♪ On. ♪ ♪ Bock. ♪

♪ You. ♪ ♪Bock. ♪

[All Together] Yeah!

(Elmo laughing)

- Oh, wonderful, they're doing it!

- Hey hey hey hey, cool song, Elmo.

- Thank you.

- All right, guys. It's snack time.

I have crackers and skim milk.

(chickens clucking frantically)

- Ahh!

- Oh oh, hey, hey, hey, hey.

Back to your desks!

Come on guys!

- Help. - Come on!

Oh. I'm so sorry.

- Wha? What happened?

Feathers. Everywhere.

- Yeah. Looked like a chicken stampede.

- Yeah, they all wanted the snack at the same time.

- Oh, teaching chickens is strenuous work.

I don't know if I have the energy to go on.

- Well, listen, Buck.

You just have to get them to to stand in line

and wait their turn.

- Oh ho, yeah. And how am I gonna do that?

Do you have another song?

- Uh-huh!

- Go for it. (Elmo laughs)

- Okay, chickens.

Here's another song Elmo learned at preschool.

♪ Stand in line. ♪

♪ Keep it nice and straight. ♪

♪ Stand in line. ♪

♪ And you'll have to wait until it's your turn. ♪

♪ It's what everyone must learn. ♪

♪ So stand and line and you'll be doing great. ♪

- Okay class, you heard what he said.

(chickens all cluck)

♪ Stand in line. ♪

(chickens all cluck)

♪ Keep it nice and straight. ♪

(chickens all cluck)

♪ Stand in line. ♪

(chickens all cluck)

♪ And you'll have to wait until it's your turn. ♪

♪ That's what everyone must learn. ♪

♪ So stand in line and you'll be doing great. ♪

(chickens all cluck)

- Aha, the strategy worked, they stood in line.

(Elmo laughs)

Thank you again for all of your help, Elmo.