- Welcome to Read, Write, ROAR.

Today, we're gonna be learning all about the letter T, and we'll learn two new high frequency words.

We'll practice playing with sounds, and we'll sing a silly song about our names.

You're gonna need something to write on, like a piece of paper or a notebook, and something to write with, like a pencil or a marker.

So go get those things now, and then we'll get started.

- [Narrator] This program is made possible in part by the Michigan Department of Education, the state of Michigan, and the W.K.

Kellogg Foundation.

Additional support by, and by viewers like you, thank you.

(upbeat music) (soft music) - Hello, readers.

It's alphabet time.

Did you know that readers and writers use the alphabet to help them read and write?

That's right, they do.

I need you to stand up.

We're gonna sing the alphabet together.

Get ready to sing with me.

♪ A, B, C, D ♪ ♪ E, F, G ♪ ♪ H, I, J, K ♪ ♪ L, M, N, O, P ♪ ♪ Q, R, S ♪ ♪ T, U, V ♪ ♪ W, X, Y, and Z ♪ ♪ Now I know my ABC's ♪ ♪ Next time, won't you sing with me ♪ Great job singing.

Now we're gonna sign the alphabet in American Sign Language.

You can try to sign along with me.

Ready?

Watch my hand.

♪ A, B, C, D ♪ ♪ E, F, G ♪ ♪ H, I, J, K ♪ ♪ L, M, N, O, P ♪ ♪ Q, R, S ♪ ♪ T, U, V ♪ ♪ W, X, Y, and Z ♪ ♪ Now I know my ABC's ♪ ♪ Next time, won't you sing with me ♪ Great job signing along, and singing the alphabet.

This time, when we use our alphabet, friends, I'll say the letters' name and sound, and I want you to echo it back to me.

Let's try it.

A says A.

B says B.

C says C. D says D. E says E. F says F. G says G. H says H. Nice job echoing back.

I says I. J says J.

Say it with me.

K says K. L says L. M says M. N says N. O says O. P says P. Q says Q. R says R. S says S. T says T. U says U. V says V. W says W. X says X. Y says Y.

And Z says Z.

Nice job, friends.

You did a great job practicing all of our letter names, and our letter sounds.

I'll see you next time when we practice the alphabet again.

(soft music) Friends, something that makes us special is our names.

Each of us usually have a first name, a middle name, and a last name.

Sometimes we're even named after people in our family.

Do you know where you got your name?

Great.

Today, we're gonna be singing a silly song about our names.

We're gonna whisper it.

We're gonna stomp 'em.

We're gonna clap 'em.

And we're gonna shout 'em.

Let's try it.

The first name we're going to use is my name.

Jody.

Can you say Jody?

We'll put it right here.

It goes like this.

♪ Hickety, pickety, bumblebee ♪ ♪ Won't you say your name for me ♪ ♪ Buzz, Jody ♪ ♪ Let's all whisper it ♪ ♪ Jody ♪ ♪ Let's all stomp it ♪ ♪ Jody ♪ ♪ Let's all clap it ♪ ♪ Jody ♪ ♪ Let's all shout it ♪ ♪ Jody ♪ Great job.

How many parts did you hear in the word Jody?

Two, that's right.

Let's try another name.

Maybe it'll be yours.

Our next name is Aubrey.

Can you say Aubrey?

Let's try it.

♪ Hickety, pickety, bumblebee ♪ ♪ Won't you say your name for me ♪ ♪ Buzz, Aubrey ♪ ♪ Let's all whisper it ♪ ♪ Aubrey ♪ ♪ Let's all stomp it ♪ ♪ Aubrey ♪ ♪ Let's all clap it ♪ ♪ Aubrey ♪ ♪ Let's all shout it ♪ ♪ Aubrey ♪ How many word parts did you hear in Aubrey?

Two.

There were also two parts in the word Aubrey.

Let's pick a new name.

Our new name is Matio.

Can you say it?

Matio.

Sing along with me.

♪ Hickety, pickety, bumblebee ♪ ♪ Won't you say your name for me ♪ ♪ Buzz, Matio ♪ ♪ Let's all whisper it ♪ ♪ Matio ♪ ♪ Let's all stomp it ♪ ♪ Matio ♪ ♪ Let's all clap it ♪ ♪ Matio ♪ ♪ Let's all shout it ♪ ♪ Matio, Matio ♪ How many word parts did you hear in Matio's name?

Three.

Great job, there were three syllables, or three word parts in Matio's name.

Let's see who's next.

Next we have Dominick.

Can you say it?

Dominick, Dominick.

Sing along me.

♪ Hickety, pickety, bumblebee ♪ ♪ Won't you say your name for me ♪ ♪ Buzz, Dominick ♪ ♪ Let's all whisper it ♪ ♪ Dominick ♪ ♪ Let's all stomp it ♪ ♪ Dominick ♪ ♪ Let's all clap it ♪ ♪ Dominick ♪ ♪ Let's all shout it ♪ ♪ Dominick ♪ How many syllables or word parts did we hear in Dominick's name?

Three, there are three syllables or three parts in Dominick's name.

Let's do one last name.

Let's see who it is.

It's our friend Zeek.

Can you say Zeek?

Okay, sing along with me.

♪ Hickety, pickety, bumblebee ♪ ♪ Won't you say your name for me ♪ ♪ Buzz, Zeek ♪ ♪ Let's all whisper it ♪ ♪ Zeek ♪ ♪ Let's all stomp it ♪ ♪ Zeek ♪ ♪ Let's all clap it ♪ ♪ Zeek ♪ ♪ Let's all shout it ♪ ♪ Zeek ♪ How many syllables or word parts did you hear in the name Zeek?

Just one.

Great job today, readers and writers.

You helped me count word parts, or syllables in our friends' names.

You should try singing Hickety Pickety Bumblebee with someone in your home today.

(soft music) Hi, friends.

Are you ready to be letter heroes?

Great.

The letter of the day today is the letter T. Can you say T?

This is an uppercase T. Say uppercase T. And this is a lowercase T. Say lowercase T. Let's practice saying it a few times.

I'm gonna mix them up.

Ready?

Lowercase T, uppercase T. Try it again.

Uppercase T, and lowercase T. Great job.

T makes the sound T. Watch my mouth as I make that sound.

My teeth open just a little bit, and my tongue comes forward.

Watch me make that sound.

T says T. Can you do it with me?

T, great job.

Let's look for some things that begin with the T sound.

The first thing I have is a reptile.

Do you know what this reptile is?

It's a turtle.

Say turtle.

Turtle begins with the T sound.

Great.

The next thing I have is a number.

Can you guess what number might start with the T sound?

10, 10 begins with the sound T. There's the T in 10.

Say 10 with me, 10.

The last thing I have is a part of our body, and it's in our mouth.

What could it be?

Teeth.

These are my giant teeth.

Say the word teeth with me.

Teeth.

Teeth begins with the sound T. Great job.

Now, friends, I'm gonna need your help.

We're gonna go searching for that letter T in our sentence.

I'll read you the sentence.

Look for the uppercase and lowercase T's, and listen for its sound, T. The little toy train went around the track.

Did you see any uppercase or lowercase T's?

I did too.

When I'm searching with my magnifying glass, I want you to tell me to stop, and I'll highlight it with my marker.

Let's get started.

The first word is the word the.

You said stop already?

That's right.

The word the begins with an uppercase T. Let's highlight it.

Great job.

Keep searching with me.

Little, little.

Hm.

Do you see any T's in the word little?

You do?

That's right, there's two T's right in the middle of the word little.

Let's highlight both of 'em, one and two.

We found 'em both.

The little toy.

I heard the T sound there.

T, Toy.

You're right, you said stop.

There's a T at the beginning of the word toy.

Let's highlight it.

The little toy train.

Did you say stop?

That's right.

Train begins with the letter T. Let's highlight it.

Keep searching with me.

The little toy train went.

I heard the T sound again.

Great job.

This time, it was at the end of the word, at the end of went.

Let's highlight it.

The little toy train went around.

No T there.

The, the begins with lowercase T, great job.

You're doing an awesome job finding those T's today.

Let's check out our last word.

The last word is track.

Stop?

Did you hear the T sound, or see a T?

Me too, right here, at the beginning of track, has a lowercase T. Let's highlight it.

Nice work, letter heroes.

As we read our sentence one last time, let's count how many T's we found.

The little toy train went around the track.

Let's count those highlighted T's.

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.

We found eight T's in our sentence today.

Now it's time to practice writing our T's.

Do you have something to write on, and something to write with?

Great.

This is an uppercase T. Watch me trace it with my finger.

I start at the top, and I do a big line down.

Then I jump back up, and I do a line across.

Could you skywrite it with me?

Let's practice skywriting our uppercase T. Start at the top, big line down.

Jump back up, and a line across.

Uppercase T. Let's practice writing it.

Start at the top.

We're going to do big line down.

Jump back up, and a line across.

Uppercase T, great job.

Let's try another one.

Start at the top.

Big line down, jump back up, and a line across.

Let's try one more.

Start at the top.

Big line down.

Jump back up, and a line across, uppercase T. Great job.

Let's take a look at our lowercase T. This is a lowercase T. Watch me trace it with my finger.

I start at the top again, and do that big line down.

This time, I jump to the middle, and I cross it in the middle, lowercase T. Skywrite it with me, ready?

Start at the top, big line down, jump to the middle, and cross it.

Nice work.

Let's practice writing some.

Start at the top.

Big line down.

Jump to the middle, and cross it.

Great job.

Let's do another one.

Start at the top.

Big line down.

Jump to the middle, and cross it.

Let's do one last one.

Start at the top.

Big line down.

Jump to the middle, and cross it.

Nice work today, letter heroes.

We learned all about the letter T, and the sound that it makes, T. (soft music) Hi, friends.

Now it's time to learn two new high frequency words.

This is the word A.

Can you say A?

Great.

Let's say the sounds that we hear in the word A.

A, just one sound in the word A.

Watch me trace the word A with my finger.

You can skywrite it or trace with me on the carpet.

Around, and a line down, A.

Let's see if we can find it in our sentence.

Echo read with me, or read it after me.

I saw a turtle.

Did you see the word A?

Can you point to the word A?

There it is, I'll underline it, A.

Watch me write the word A.

Start in the middle, around, close it up, and a little line down.

That's the word A. I want you to stand up.

We're gonna arm tap it.

Stand up, and stretch out your arm.

Let's say the word on our shoulder, and then say how to spell it, just like this.

A, A spells A.

Can you do that with me?

A, A spells A.

Great job.

Let's learn our next word.

This is the word and.

Can you say and?

Great.

Let's say the sounds in the word and.

A, N, D. How many sounds did you hear?

Three.

There are three sounds in the word and.

Let's read our sentence, and see if you can find the word and.

I like pizza and tacos.

Your turn, pizza and tacos.

Great, did you see the word and?

Can you point to it?

There it is, let's underline it.

And.

Now it's time to practice writing the word and.

Let's say the sounds, and write it together.

Ready?

And, the first sound is A, that's a lowercase A.

The next sound is N. What letter makes the N sound?

N, great.

Lowercase N. And the last sound in and is D. Do you know what letter makes that sound?

D, great job.

There's my lowercase D. And.

It's time to stand up, so we can arm tap it.

Ready, stretch out your arm.

Let's say the word on our shoulder, and then tap as we spell the word, here we go.

And, A-N-D spells and.

Let's do it one more time.

And, A-N-D spells and.

Great job.

Today, we learned two new high frequency words, A and and.

Try to use your new words with someone in your home today.

(soft music) It's time to write.

Do you have something to write on, and something to write with?

Great.

Today, we're gonna be writing about ourselves, and we have a sentence stem to help us.

Our sentence stem means some of the words are already done.

Let's check it out, and see what it says.

My name is.

We need to fill in the blank.

Today, we're gonna practice writing our name.

Do you remember what my name is?

We sang it in Hickety Pickety Bumblebee.

That's right.

My name is Jody.

Could you possibly help me stretch out those sounds in my name?

J, O, D, E. I have four sounds in my name.

So I'm gonna write the word Jody.

You're gonna write your name, and then we'll get ready to draw a picture.

Let's try it.

The first sound in my name was the sound J.

Do you remember what letter makes that sound?

You're right.

It is, it's the letter J.

Whenever we write our names, we write our names starting with an uppercase letter.

So my J needs to be an uppercase J.

Make sure you start your name with an uppercase letter too.

To make an uppercase J, I start at the top, I do a big line down, and curve around.

There's my J.

The next sound in my name is O.

What letter do you think makes that sound?

You're right.

It's the letter O.

We need to make sure it's lowercase.

Around like a C, and close it up, O. J, O, D. D is the next letter sound.

What letter makes that sound?

You're right, it's the letter D. Watch me make a lowercase D. Curve around like a C, close it up, and a big line down.

There's my D. Jo, D, E is the sound that comes at the end of my name, but I know in my name, the letter Y is making that E sound.

So watch me make a lowercase Y to finish my name.

I start in the middle, with a little diagonal line down to the bottom.

Then I come over to the side, and I do a diagonal line down, and into the basement.

There's my name.

Jody.

Let's read our sentence again.

And then we'll count how many words.

My name is Jody.

Count with me.

One, two, three, four.

I have four words in my sentence, and you should have four words in your sentence too.

Notice at the end of our sentence, we have a period.

That tells us that that is the end of the sentence.

It's punctuation mark, a period.

Can you say period?

Great work with your sentence today.

Now we can draw a picture to match our words.

What do you think I should draw?

That's right, I should draw a picture of myself.

We call that a self-portrait.

So I need to draw me.

Let's see.

I can always use shapes to help me draw.

And I found these really cool markers that are different skin tones.

Can you help me pick one?

Which one do you think matches?

I think I'll use this one.

This matches the best.

I love how everybody's skin tone is different.

That makes us special.

To make my head and my face, I'm gonna use this marker, and I'm gonna draw an oval.

That is looking great.

I'll even draw a little neckline coming down.

That's my neck.

I do that by making kind of like a little rectangle.

There's my head, and my neck.

My eyes are blue, so I'll use my blue marker to draw my eyes.

Think about what shape you should use.

Here's my blue eyes, one and two.

Great.

I'm forgetting a few things.

What could I be forgetting?

My nose and my mouth.

Be sure to add those.

There's my self-portrait, a picture of me with the right hair color, and skin color, and eye color.

Great job today, readers and writers.

You helped me finish a sentence, and I hope you drew a picture to match.

Friends, today, we learned all about the letter T. We learned two new high frequency words.

We sang a silly song using our names.

We practiced writing our names, and we drew a self-portrait, a picture of ourselves.

Great job today, readers and writers.

I'll see you next time on Read, Write, ROAR.

- [Narrator] This program is made possible in part by the Michigan Department of Education, the state of Michigan, and the W.K.

Kellogg Foundation.

Additional support by, and by viewers like you, thank you.

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