- Hi, readers.

Welcome to "Read, Write, Roar."

Today, we're gonna be reading a book all about animal habitats.

We're gonna be learning some new vocabulary words and searching for text features.

At the end, we'll write a sentence using the new information from our story, and we'll draw a picture.

You are going to need something to write on like a notebook or a piece of paper and something to write with like a pencil or a marker.

So go gather your tool, and then we'll start learning.

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(paper crinkles) (upbeat music) (lion roars) (chill music) - Hi, friends.

I'm Mrs. Pung.

I've been thinking a lot about animals.

What animals live in your community?

Why do you think they live there?

What things do animals need?

Today, we're gonna be trying to answer that question, what things do animals need?

We're going to be reading a book today called "Where Do Animals Live?"

That's the title.

This is a non-fiction book.

Non-fiction books have lots of interesting text features.

The author of our book is Bobby Kalman.

Authors write the words.

This book doesn't have an illustrator, because, as you notice, all of the pictures are photographs.

Let's get started.

Here's our title page.

"Where Do Animals Live?"

by Bobby Kalman.

This page is called the table of contents.

The table of contents tells us what we're going to find inside the book.

It tells us all of the different areas and what page number those things can be found on.

Let's get started.

This is a heading.

The heading is in bold.

It tells us about the important information that's going to be found on those pages.

What is a habitat?

Hmm.

A habitat is a place in nature.

Animals live in habitats.

Some habitats are on the land and some habitats are on water.

Turtles live on land and in water.

A turtle has come out of the water to warm its body in the sun.

The alligator is warming itself too.

Do you see that that, the turtle and the alligator?

On this page, there was a bold word.

A bold word is usually a vocabulary word.

It tells us that this word is important.

Here's another heading.

What do animals need?

That was our question today.

Let's find out.

To stay alive, animals need air, water, and food.

They need sunlight to keep them warm.

Animals find everything they need and their habitats.

This is a caption.

It's telling us about this picture.

Hummingbirds get food from the flowers in their habitats.

This crocodile caught a fish to eat in its habitat.

The crocodile lives in water, but it comes up to breathe air above the water.

Here's another heading.

This is a forest habitat.

A forest is a habitat with many trees.

There are different kinds of forests.

The sloth lives in the rainforest.

A rain forest gets a lot of rain.

It's name told us that, didn't it?

Here's another caption.

It's the word sloth.

Do you see the baby sloth hanging upside down?

This three-toed sloth eats and sleeps in the trees of the rainforest habitat.

Here's another heading, dry deserts.

Deserts are dry habitats.

They do not get much rain.

Plants called cacti grow in some deserts.

Cacti have sharp spines.

Spines are like needles.

Here's some more captions.

Let's see what they say.

Cacti and spines.

The arrows are pointing to those pictures.

I think it would have hurt if you touched a cactus.

Iguanas are lizards that live in the desert.

They eat cacti.

This iguana climbed to the top of a cactus.

Now, we're gonna check out a really text feature at the back of our book.

At the back of our book, this is called an index.

An index tells us about those important bold words and what page numbers they can be found on.

Look, right here is the word forest.

We saw that it's on page eight and nine.

An index is a really helpful way to find things in a book.

What a great non-fiction book.

Thanks for helping me read today, readers.

(chill music) Today, we learned three new vocabulary words from our book.

Let's find out some more about those words.

Our first word is the word habitat.

Can you say habitat?

Great.

A habitat is a place in nature where animals live.

Habitat.

Let's see what the book said about the word habitat.

Some habitats are on land.

Some habitats are in water.

Habitat.

Let's clap the syllables in the word habitat.

Ready?

(claps) Habitat.

How many syllables did you hear?

That's right, three syllables in the word habitat.

Now, let's use habitat in a sentence.

A shark lives in an ocean habitat.

What habitats are in your community?

Great.

Our next word is the word forest.

Can you say forest?

Great.

A forest is an area with many trees.

Forest.

Let's see what our books said about the word forest.

There are different kinds of forests.

This sloth lives in a rain forest.

Forest.

Let's clap the syllables in the word forest.

Get ready.

(claps) Forest.

How many syllables did you hear?

Two.

Two syllables in the word forest.

Let's use the word forest in a sentence.

A squirrel lives in a tree in a forest.

Forest.

What other animals might live in a forest?

You're right.

Our last word today was the word desert.

Can you say desert?

Great.

A desert is a dry area that does not get much rain.

Desert.

Let's see what our book said about the word desert.

Plants called cacti grow in some deserts.

Iguanas eat cacti.

Now, let's use the word desert in a sentence.

Ready?

A cacti is a plant that grows in the desert.

It's time to clap those syllables.

Let's clap the syllables in the word desert.

Ready?

(claps) Desert.

Great job.

How do you think it feels in the desert?

You're right, it feels dry and warm.

Let's say our words one more time.

Habitat, forest, desert.

Today, try to use our new words with someone in your home.

(chill music) Hi, friends.

Now we're going to get to do some organizing and categorizing of words.

We have two words and two different habitats that we looked at today, the forest habitat and the desert habitat.

Let's get started.

Our first word is the word wet.

Can you say wet?

Great.

Which habitat do you think we should place wet in?

Was the desert wet or the forest?

That's right, the forest was wet.

Let's put the word wet in forest.

Our next word is the word dry.

Can you say dry?

Great.

Which habitat was a dry habitat?

Was it the forest or the desert?

That's right, our book told us the desert was dry.

Let's put the word dry in the desert.

Now our next word is the word iguana.

Can you say iguana?

That's great.

Where did the iguana live?

Do the iguana live in the forest, or did the iguana live in the desert?

That's right, our book told us iguanas live in the desert.

Next, is our friend the sloth.

Where do you think you would find a sloth?

A sloth could be found in the forest.

We have two more words.

Here's our next word.

Can you help me read this word?

Truh ee, tree.

Where do you think we would find a tree?

Do you remember?

Our book told us there were lots of trees in the forest.

Now, this is our last word that we're going to sort today.

Can you help me with this word?

Cactus.

This is a cactus plant.

Where do you think you would find a cactus?

That's right, a cactus can be found in the desert.

Let's put the cactus in the desert.

Great job helping me sort and organize our words.

Now, let's read our words.

Ready?

A forest is wet.

You might find a sloth hanging from a tree.

In the desert, it is dry.

You might see an iguana eating a cactus.

Great job helping me sort and organize our words.

(chill music) Wow, that was fun learning about animal habitats.

Let's see if we can find the answer to our question, what do animals need to survive?

The word survive means to stay alive.

So what did our books tell us that animals needed to survive?

Do you remember?

That's right, animals need air, food, and water, those three things.

Let's put that into a complete sentence, and then we'll draw a picture.

You're going to need something to write on and something to write with.

Do you have your tools?

Okay, let's get started.

Let's count the words in that sentence.

Animals need air, food, and water.

We have six lines, one for each word.

Hmm, the first word was animals.

What is the first sound you hear in the word animals?

Ah.

What letter makes a ah sound?

Do you know?

You're right, it's the letter A.

Whenever we start a sentence, we want to use a capital letter.

So the first letter I'm going to write is the letter A.

Let me show you how to make a capital A.

Start at the top, big line down, slant big line down, and then cross in the middle, capital A.

Our next sound is uhn, uhn.

What letter makes that sound?

N, you're right.

Watch how I make the letter N. Little line down, up, then around.

An, hmm.

An ih.

Ih, that's a vowel.

It's the letter I.

Watch how I make a lowercase I.

Little line down and a dot on top.

An ih mm.

Mm, do you hear that sound?

You're right, it's the letter M. Watch how I make the letter M. Little line down and two humps around.

An im ulls.

That's a little tricky.

In the word animals, the ull sound, that's al.

Watch how I make the lowercase A.

Make a C, close it up, and little line down.

An im ull.

Hmm, lowercase L, it starts at the top and all the way down.

Animal.

Oh, I need to say animals.

What's that last sound you hear at the end, ss?

That's the letter S. When we put the S at the end of animal, it tells us more than one.

Let's make an S. Around like a snake.

Animals.

Great job with the first word.

Animals need.

Let's stretch out the sounds in need, uhn ee duh, three sounds.

The first sound is uhn.

We've already made that sound.

It's the letter N. Let's do that again.

Down, up, and around, uhn.

The next sound is ee.

That's the long E sound.

In the word need, we have to use two Es to make the ee sound.

To make an E, we go out, up, and around, out, up, and around.

Uhn ee.

What's the last sound?

Duh, duh.

That's the letter D. Let's make the letter D. Around like a C, and then straight line down Animals need.

Hmm, what were the things we said animals need?

Air, that's right.

You and I breathe air too.

What sounds do we hear in the word air?

Eh err.

Two sounds in air.

The first sound is the long A sound.

To make the long a sound in the word air, we use ai, so we'll start with a lowercase A.

Around like a C, and then close it up, little line down.

A and then I. Lowercase I, line down with a dot.

Eh err.

Err, that's the R sound.

We're gonna make a little lowercase R. Little line down, up in a curve.

Animals need air.

When we make a list, we have to remember to put in our commas.

Commas tell us that we're listing or when to pause.

This is what a comma looks like.

It looks like a period with a little tail.

That's a comma.

Animals need air.

What else did animals need?

You're right, they need food just like you and I do.

What are the sounds we hear in the word food?

Fuh ooh duh, three sounds in the word food.

The first sound fuh.

Do you know what letter makes that sound?

You're right, it's the letter F. We're gonna make a lowercase F. Here we go.

We're gonna hook up at the top and align all the way down.

Then we cross it in the middle, F. Next is the ooh sound.

If you don't know ooh, that's okay.

It's oo.

Oo makes the ooh sound in the word food.

So we're gonna make two lowercase Os.

Make a C, close it up.

Make a C, close it up.

Fuh ooh duh, duh.

We've heard that sound in the word need at the end.

It's the same sound as the word food.

It's a lowercase D, so we're going to make a C, and then big line down to close it up.

Animals need air, food, time for another comma, and, hmm.

And is a high-frequency word.

You might already know how to spell it.

If not, we can say the sounds, eh uhn duh, three sounds.

A, N, and D. Lowercase A, here we go.

Make a C, close it up, little line down.

Ah uhn, uhn, that's N again.

Little line down, up, and around.

And D, make the C ,and then big line down to close it up.

Animals need air, food, and, do you remember the last thing?

You're right, it was water.

Let's think about the first sound and water.

Woo woo, that's W. Let's make a lowercase W. To make a lowercase W, it's little slant down, little slant up, little slant down, and little slant up.

That's a W. The next sound is ah.

Hmm, ah.

In this word, the lowercase A is making the ah sound.

So let's make a lowercase A.

Make a C, close it up, line down.

Ooh ah tuh.

Tuh, that's T. To make a lowercase T, we're gonna start at the top, all the way down, and then cross it in the middle.

Watt err Err is the ending sound in the word water.

When you hear err at the end of a word, sometimes it's er.

In this word, it is.

So, err, lowercase E, and then lowercase R. Out, up, and around, and then little line down with a curve at the top.

Animals need air, food, and water.

Hmm, I missing one thing.

Do you know what should go at the end of my sentence?

You're right, a punctuation mark goes at the end of a sentence.

But is this a question or is it a statement?

It's a statement.

It's telling us something.

So what do I use, a question mark or a period?

We're gonna use a period, you're right.

So let's put a period at the end of our sentence.

Great job.

Now, we get to draw our picture.

We need to make sure our picture matches our words.

So let's read the sentence.

Animals need air, food, and water.

Hmm, for air, I think I'll draw a cloud.

I'm gonna use blue for that.

To make a cloud, I use lots of little C shapes.

It makes my cloud look fluffy.

There's my cloud.

Hmm, I wonder what I could do for food.

Let's draw a tree.

Some animals eat plants.

I use green for my tree.

That looks great.

Hmm, animals need air.

We have air and food.

What about water?

Yeah, we can draw a river.

Great idea.

I'll use my blue again.

To make a river, I'm gonna start up here, and we're gonna come a squiggly line down, and then another squiggly line up.

There's my river.

Wouldn't it be fun to put a fish in the river, or maybe a snake?

Let's do that.

I'm gonna use my bright green.

Let's draw a fish.

I'm gonna give him some fins and and eye and a smile.

Great fish.

How about a snake?

We'll put it over here.

And I'm gonna give him a little tongue and an eye.

That was fun drawing a picture.

Let's read our sentence one last time.

Animals need air, food, and water.

Our picture matches our words.

Be sure to share your picture with someone in your home today.

(cheerful tone) That was so much fun today, friends.

Thanks for helping me learn about animal habitats.

I'm excited to get outside and do some exploring.

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

- [Announcer] This program is made possible in part by Michigan Department of Education, the state of Michigan, and The Kresge Foundation.

(upbeat music) Additional support for educational programming provided by (upbeat music) and by viewers like you.

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