- Hi there learners.

Welcome to Read, Write, Roar.

Today, we will continue to think about communities and Ms. Rogers is going to reading an informational text with you that is about citizenship.

You'll also learn as some new high frequency words and then I'll talk with you about what a government is, what that word means and we'll use some maps to help us think about that word.

I hope you're ready to start reading, writing and roar.

If you don't have something to write with or something to write on, go get those things and meet us right back here so we can get going.

- [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.

(exciting music) (lion roars) (bright music) - Hello citizens, it's Ms. Rogers here.

Today, we will continue to learn more about our big idea of how citizens work together in our community.

The book that I'll be sharing with you today is called "Be An Active Citizen in Your Community".

It is written by Helen Mason.

We have special permission to read this book from Crabtree Publishing.

Now we have read several informational texts to learn about our big idea and you probably remember that an informational book is one that tells us facts or information about the world around you.

Now, many informational books have text features.

Text features are a part or a tool in the book that helps us to understand and figure out what's important.

Let's look at our chart.

Text feature, example, bold words bold words are usually those words that are darker print and they look different from all the other words.

For example, help your neighbor.

This word neighbor is darker than all the other words in this sentence.

Table of content; table of contents will us what is in the book and also what page to find them on.

For example, my neighborhood will be found on page three.

Working together will be found on page 20.

Heading; heading usually is at the top of a page and it's bigger than all the words underneath it.

It tells a us what the content will be about on that page.

Now I have something special written here and we will find out what this is as we read our story.

Let's begin.

"Be An Active Citizen in Your Community" The first thing I see when I open the page is this.

What do you think it is?

Let's look at our anchor chart to see.

Are they bold words, a table of content, heading.

If you said it's a table of content, you are correct.

It tells us what will be in this book and also the page number to find it.

Let's continue.

What is a community?

A community is a place where people live, work and play.

They live in houses and apartment buildings.

People in the community depend on each other.

Farmers grow food store owners buy food from farmers and then sell it.

Police officers keep the farms and stores safe.

Electrical companies make sure that everyone has electricity.

Everyone works together.

I see two text features on this page.

Let's look at the one at the top.

What is a community?

Would this be bold words, table of contents or a heading, or a heading, or a heading?

Yes.

It's a heading.

It's going to tell us what this page is about.

Now, if we look closely, we see another special text feature.

It's the second word.

And that word is community.

Will it be bold words, table of content or heading?

Yes, it is a bold word.

So this bold word is telling us to pay special close attention to what that word is and maybe we'll learn a little more.

People also have fun in communities.

There are parks to explore, there are playgrounds to enjoy.

Some communities have swimming pools, others have arenas.

Hmm, I see a photograph here and I also see words over here written in white type.

Let's see what it says.

Many communities have museums and libraries.

These are places to learn new things.

(sighs) This looks a lot like my illustration here.

I have a person with balloons.

Let's see what I wrote.

John brought balloons to the block party as a means to celebrate.

So this is called a caption.

Let me hear you say caption.

Excellent.

So this caption tells us more about what the photograph or illustration is about.

So I'm going to go ahead and add caption.

Open this so we'll remember what it is.

Caption - Caption.

caption.

Now, as I read the book, I want you to keep your eyes open to see if you can find bold words, table of contents, heading or a caption.

Let's continue reading.

What is a citizen?

The people who live in a community are its citizens.

Citizens can be old or young.

Both grandparents and babies are citizens.

You are a citizen too.

Citizens have rights.

A right is something you are allowed to have or do.

You have the right to ride your bike?

Citizens also have a responsibility to make their community a great place for everyone.

A responsibility is something you should take care of or do.

You have a responsibility to obey your community's rules?

Rules keep people safe.

Now, if we look at this page here, we see bold word table of contents, heading or caption?

Yes, we see a heading and I see one, two, three, four, four special words.

Yes.

We have four bold words.

And it's telling us more about the page.

Now, remember what this is called, a caption.

Yes, it's telling us more the illustration or actually in this case, this is a photograph.

So let's read what it says.

You follow the rules when you wear a helmet while riding your bike.

What is an active citizen?

That is a heading.

So we're going to find out who and what are active citizens.

Active citizens help make their communities great places to live.

Some active citizens work with people who are new to the community.

They welcome new people and help them learn about the community.

Other active citizens work to keep rivers and lakes clean.

They help fish and other animals stay healthy.

They make sure the water is safe to drink.

On this page, I see we have two captions.

Let's read it to see what it says.

These active citizens are play planting trees to help keep their community beautiful.

All citizens have a right to save drinking water.

We each need about eight cups of fluid each day.

That's helpful to know.

What do active citizens do.

There's another heading.

Every community has written and unwritten rules.

Active citizens follow both types of rules.

Written rules are called laws.

Laws are rules made by the government and enforced by police officers.

Laws are made to keep everyone safe such as how fast someone can drive a car.

Unwritten rules are rules everyone knows are the best way to behave with each other, such as being polite to your neighbor.

All active citizens follow three important unwritten rules.

Number one, show respect.

Number two, play fair.

Number three, help others.

Let's read our caption.

These active citizens pick up garbage.

What unwritten rules are they following?

Let's look closely.

Are they showing respect, playing fair or helping others or possibly something that's not even on the page.

What do you think?

Put up a number one if you think it's respect.

Put up a number two if you think it's playing fair and number three helping others or four something else.

Ah, I see some twos there.

I see a one.

I see a four.

(chuckles) Very good.

So they are so showing respect to each other and they're helping each other.

Showing respect.

Respect means you follow rules and laws to show you care about the rights of others.

People show respect in many ways.

They say please, and thank you.

They listen to others.

They compliment others.

They offer help when people need it.

Communities have different kinds of people.

Some people come from different places.

They may trust differently or eat different foods.

Active citizens know it is good to be different.

Active citizens show respect to everyone.

What do you think?

You are at a community pool.

How can you show respect for others?

Are any images on this page an example of not showing respect for others?

Which one do you think is not respect?

I think you're right.

This little girl right here is seemingly pushing a little boy off the diving board and his facial expression shows surprise.

So he probably wasn't expecting that to happen.

And that's quite unsafe.

Now, I want you to think about how you can be a great citizen.

Would it be saying please and thank you, listening to others, giving a compliment or offering help when others need it?

We've learned so much about responsibilities.

Now, make sure that you follow the laws and the rules to keep everyone safe and show respect to your fellow citizens.

(bright music) Hello learners, it's time to work on some high frequency words.

We learn these words because they're going to show up a lot when we are reading and writing.

If we understand how these words work and learn how to spell them, it will help us when we read and write them.

Here we go.

Our first word today is were.

My friends and I were volunteering in our community.

Were, were, let me hear you, were.

Excellent.

I hear two sounds.

Let's take a look at our word.

I see one, two, three, four, four letters.

So let's see what's going on here.

So my W represents the W sound and E-R-E represents the R sound., even though it's spelled a little funny.

So if I put my sounds together or blend them, I have of W-E-R-E, you try.

Now let's write our word.

You can sky write your word, you can write your word on the sheet of paper or in the palm of your hand with your finger.

So I'm going to put my word on the board and I'm going to spell it.

Were, W-E-R-E spelled were.

W-E-R-E, were.

My second word for you today is said.

My friend said he wanted to volunteer as well.

Said S-A-I-D, said.

your turn.

S-A-I-D, said.

I hear three sounds.

Let's take a look at this word.

One, two, three, four, I see four letters.

The S represents the S sound.

The A-I represents the A sound and the D represents the D sound.

So we have S-A-I-D, said, let's go ahead and write it.

Remember, sky write, write on a sheet of paper or pretend to write in the palm of your hand.

So let's go ahead and write our word said.

S-A-I-D spells said, S-A-I-D, said.

We learned two new high frequency words were and said.

Now that you know how these words work you can learn how to read and write them.

Excellent job.

(bright music) - Hi there learners, it's Mrs.

Spear and welcome back.

We've been doing a lot of learning about communities and you've been learning about citizenship with Ms. Rogers.

Can you say citizenship?

Nice.

(upbeat music) We are going to think a little bit more about citizenship and read a little bit more but we're first gonna learn a new word.

The word we're going to learn is government.

Can you say government?

Nice job saying government.

That's a big word.

Let's see what it says a government is.

A government, that's what this word looks like, is a group of people.

Can you picture that in your mind?

There's a group of people.

Okay.

What do those people do?

It says they run a country, province, state or community.

When you run something, it means not run like this but meaning that you're in charge of, and you take care of the things there and keep things moving along.

So let's dig into that a little bit more because those are some big thoughts to think about.

What's a country or a state or a province or a community.

Let's think right now and learn some more.

This shows our country that we live in.

If you are someone who's watching this that lives in the United States.

This says United States and this says country.

This is showing a bigger area.

That's Canada up there.

And here's where the United States line is.

And of course we have Alaska that we can't see right here on the United States.

And there's also Hawaii that we can't see over here as well.

So let's think about this.

A country would be the United States.

We have a government that runs our country.

Can you say country?

Great.

And tell me what country do you live in?

Yeah, United States, or if you're watching this from someplace else, name the country that you live in.

(upbeat music) So we've looked at the word country.

And as I was pointing out where the United States says I was saying, this show's a bigger place.

And I pointed out that this is Canada up here.

This is Mexico down here.

And we're gonna take a little zoom in to a country of Canada.

Because another place that we learned that a government can run things is in a province.

So let's think about what a province is.

This is an illustration to show a province.

Can you say province?

Excellent.

So here we go.

This is the state of Michigan.

This is showing the big province of Ontario.

That is a province.

So in countries, there can be a place called a province.

One more time, say province, great.

A province can have a government that runs things.

Now let's get back to thinking about our country because it said a government can run a country, a province or a state.

We live in the United States.

Do you know how many states are in the United States?

That's right, we have 50 in the United States.

Which state do you live in?

That's great to know.

I live in the State of Michigan so that's what I'm showing.

Now, we just learned about that province, which is over here in Canada, and this is showing a picture of the state that I live in Michigan.

This is the lower peninsula of Michigan.

And we cross a really huge bridge called the Mackinaw Bridge to get to the upper peninsula of Michigan.

And all of that is the state of Michigan.

Michigan has a government that runs the state whatever state you're in also has a government that runs the state too.

(upbeat music) Let's zoom back out to the bigger idea that we have a country, our country being the United States.

In the United States, I live in a state, maybe you did too, called Michigan, which is right here.

Let's take a look at what that looks like.

Okay.

Here's the State of Michigan.

There's a part of Michigan, a big, big city in Michigan a great city called Detroit which is down here.

Now in the city of Detroit you might consider that whole area a community.

So communities also have governments that run them.

This is just a picture showing the places around Detroit that you might consider Detroit's community.

Wow, government is one word, but now I've just learned, it really has a lot of pieces to it that are important for us to know if we wanna be good citizens.

The really big idea is that a government is a group of people that run a particular place like a country, a province, a state, or a community.

Let's do some reading together and learn a little bit more.

(upbeat music) We are so thankful today because we have a chance to read this book.

"What Is Citizenship" by Jessica Pegis.

Thanks to Crabtree Publishers.

We're gonna zoom in on this government part.

Hey, look at this question.

What is government?

What is government?

Are you thinking of some things we just learned about government?

Great.

Keep those in your mind.

As I'm reading and make some connections.

Countries meet the needs of citizens through government.

A government is a group of people who run a country, province, state, or community.

We just learned that, right?

Citizen, these are the people that live in those places.

Either a country or province or state or community, those people are called citizens.

Can you say citizens?

Nice job.

Citizens, elect leaders by voting for them.

That's how it works in our country.

We vote for people in office.

Citizens have a say in how the government is run.

Oh, who are some of the people in government?

Look at that.

Connecting back to our who.

A president, we have a president in our country of the United States, a president or prime minister is an important person in government.

Primary looked at Canada.

Canada has a prime minister instead of a president but that is their big leader in their country.

So you can have a president or a prime minister.

He or she leads the whole country.

So let's just think about the whole country.

So there's a big leadership position a person that leads the whole country is the president or a prime minister.

This person works with other people in government who pass laws and help run the country.

Police, firefighters, teachers and many other workers are part of the government.

Did you know that?

Those positions, police and firefighters and teachers, they are part of a government and they help to provide services that citizens need.

We've been talking about that with community helpers, right?

Community helpers are people that provide services.

They're in buildings, right?

Let's read some more about government and citizens.

How a community stays strong.

Let's think about that strong.

Do they mean strong, like big muscles?

No.

They mean working together, right?

What are other ways a community stays strong, working together, getting along being kind to each other, having talks and discussing what's most important for the community.

Let's find those some more.

Communities stay strong by making sure every citizen's needs are met.

Government provides some of the services to meet a citizen's need.

A government can build schools and hospitals.

Maybe you're at a school watching me right now.

Maybe you've been to a school.

Maybe you've been to a hospital or have seen a hospital.

That's part of the government can help build hospitals build schools, to provide services to the people, the citizens that live in a community.

A government can supply clean water and pick up garbage.

I'm always so thankful for the people who come to pick up our garbage.

It can run buses and trains.

It can make laws to keep citizens safe.

So picture in your mind, some of these things that we just learned about people that come and collect the garbage to keep our communities clean are part of government services.

People that keep us safe, like police officers and firefighters are part of government services.

People that teach and work in a school that's given money and funded by the government are part of government services.

They help meet the needs of the people that live in the community.

(upbeat music) Thanks for coming to the, to Read, Write, Roar, and learning about citizenship with Ms. Rogers and with me.

Think about ways that you can be an active citizen wherever you are.

- [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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