- Hello, second grade scholars.

Welcome to Read, Write, Roar.

Today we're gonna focus on our big question, how can small acts show kindness?

We're also going to read and write words with a prefixes dis, un, and in, and write an opinion piece about kindness and empathy.

So go ahead, get your paper and pencil ready, and let's read, write, roar.

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- Hi, word builders.

Thanks for coming to learn with me, Mrs. Z-K. Today we're gonna work with the prefixes dis, un, and in.

A prefix is a meaningful word part that we can add to the beginning of a word.

It creates a new word.

That new word has a new meaning.

(upbeat music) Our prefix can give us a clue as to what our new word might mean.

Today, our prefixes that we're working with are dis.

Can you say that?

Un.

And in.

Nice.

(chimes) I have many words for us to practice today using these prefixes.

Our words are going to have the prefixes dis, un, and in.

Remember the meaning is going to mean not or opposite of.

That's gonna give us a clue as to what our new word means.

Let's go ahead and get started.

(chimes) Our first word, we're going to add the prefix in to the word accurate.

Let's sound that one out.

We have in-ac-cur-rit.

What word?

Inaccurate.

Nice job, scholars.

That's a big word.

So I wanna show you my target practice here.

Look at that bullseye there.

Ooh!

One of those is accurate.

Boom, right in the target, right in the middle.

But one of those is an inaccurate, which again means not accurate.

It did not hit the middle of the bullseye.

Sad.

More practice.

(laughs) Alright, our next word we're going to add the prefix dis to the word advantage.

Let's sound that one out.

We have dis-ad-van-tage.

Ooh, long one again.

Disadvantage.

Nice job.

Yep.

And that one is going to mean the opposite of an advantage.

So let me show you this.

There's a race happening.

And I tried to draw a picture of this pretty clearly.

Can you see this race?

And there, these two people are racing.

One of them is in a car.

This person has an advantage.

The car has motor and wheels, which makes it go a lot faster to the finish line, where this person has to run on their feet.

This person has the disadvantage, right?

So this race is not fair at all.

Oh my.

(laughs) All right, our next word, we're gonna add the prefix un to the word done.

Ooh.

Let's sound that one out.

We have undone.

What word?

Undone.

You're right.

Sometimes you might look down at your shoe and notice that your shoe laces are undone.

Oh no.

That means that they are not done, not tied up.

Give me a second here.

Let me go ahead and tie those up.

Can't walk around with undone shoelaces.

(laughs) All right.

(chimes) Next word, we're going to add the prefix dis to the word agreeing.

Let's sound that one out.

We have dis-a-gree-ing.

What word?

Disagreeing.

You're right.

So when you agree with someone you might nod your head and say, yeah, yeah.

But when you're disagreeing you are not agreeing with them.

Yeah, my son thinks that vanilla ice cream is the best, but I think chocolate is the best.

Are we disagreeing?

We are.

Yeah, because we don't agree on the same thing, but that's okay because it's just our opinion.

We can have different favorites.

All right, our last word, scholars, it's a long one too.

We're gonna add the prefix in to the word frequently.

Let's sound that one out.

We have in-fre-quent-ly.

What word?

Infrequently, which means not frequently.

Frequent is something that happens a lot or most of the time.

Like I frequently eat cereal for breakfast.

Do you?

Yeah?

Okay.

But if I am saying I infrequently do something, it would be to eat brownies for breakfast.

What about you?

Yeah, hopefully that's an infrequently breakfast item.

(laughs) All right, scholars.

Let's go ahead and reread our words one more time.

Yeah, cause they were long ones.

You're right.

All right, we have inaccurate, disadvantage, yeah, we got undone, disagreeing, and infrequently.

Nice job, scholars.

Well now, it's time for some riddles.

You're going to hear some descriptions of these words, and you're going to get a chance to practice writing these words down.

All right?

Go ahead and get your paper and something to write with, and I'll wait here.

(mellow music) All right, scholars, are you ready?

So you're going to hear some descriptions of the words that we just practice reading today.

You're going to decide what word fits those descriptions, and you're gonna write it down on your paper.

Really quick, let's go over what a syllable is before we get started.

A syllable is a sound or a word chunk that has a vowel in it that makes up a word.

So for an example, we have in-ac-cur-rit.

All of those are syllables.

In-ac-cur-rit.

Four syllables in that word.

You're going to hear me give you descriptions.

How many syllables are in each word?

You're going to have to clap 'em out or count them out to figure out which word am I talking about?

Remember, once you know, go ahead and write it down on your paper.

All right, let's get started, scholars.

Our first word has two syllables.

It also has a silent E. (laughs) Yeah.

It's probably that short word, isn't it?

You're right.

Did you write down undone?

Undone has (claps) two syllables.

It also ends with that silent E. Nice work, scholars.

Here's your next one.

This word is going to have four syllables.

Ooh.

The last syllable rhymes with the word be.

So you need to count out one, two, three, four and think about that last syllable.

Does it run with be?

I'll give you a little bit longer to write it down cause these words are pretty long.

All right, did you write down infrequently?

I hope so.

In-fre-quent-ly.

That's four.

And our last one ly rhymes with be.

(laughs) All right, hopefully I'm not tricking you here.

Here's our next one.

Four syllables again.

One of the syllables is a word that is something you can drive.

Ooh.

So when you're chunking up the word listen to the syllables that you say.

are one of those things something you can drive?

Remember, that one had four syllables.

Once you got it, go ahead and write it down.

You ready?

Did you write down disadvantage?

I hope so because we have dis-ad-van-tage.

A van is something you can ride in or drive, right?

Disadvantage.

Nice.

All right, scholars.

Here's your next one?

This word is going to also have four syllables.

These words were so long.

This word also has a suffix.

The second syllable is only one letter.

Ooh.

So let's look at the words with suffixes.

Oh, I see them, ing and ly.

Remember, when you know it, go ahead and write it down.

All right, scholars, did you write down disagreeing?

I hope so, because disagreeing, its second syllable is just one letter.

Dis-a-gree-ing.

And yes, it's just an a, but it still makes the uh sound.

And there's that suffix ing.

(laughs) All right, scholars.

So there's only one word left.

Which word haven't you wrote down yet?

Go ahead and write it down now.

Okay, can you clap that word out?

How many syllables does it have?

Hopefully you wrote down the word inaccurate.

Inaccurate has one, two, three, four syllables.

And it is split right in between the double consonants.

Did you see that?

That's kind of cool.

So when you're able to describe words like these, you're able to make your own riddles.

You could try that at home.

I also would like you to look for these words in the books that you're reading, or try using them in your writing.

(upbeat music) Scholars, are you ready to take a break and do some facial gymnastics?

Have some fun with me.

All right, let's see if you can raise one eyebrow.

What about the other?

Ooh, that one's kinda hard.

Can you blink really fast?

What about wiggle your nose?

(laughs) That's hard.

What about poke your lips out?

Blow bubbles in each cheek.

Can you stick out your tongue?

Can you touch your nose with your tongue?

Not quite.

(laughs) Thanks for having some fun.

(upbeat music) - Hi, readers and writers.

I'm Mrs. Ziegler.

Let's get ready to jump into a few pages of the story "Lubna and Pebble" to help us understand the message.

After we read part of the story, we will write an opinion piece together.

Are you ready?

Here we go.

I'm going to start here.

When Lubna opened her eyes, it was morning.

They had landed in a world of tents.

Lubna clutched Daddy's hand and gripped her pebble.

Somehow she knew they'd keep her safe.

Lubna and her dad are refugees.

They were forced to leave their home because of the war and ended up in this world of tents or a place that would serve as their shelter for a temporary amount of time.

But Lubna was worried.

"What if pebble gets a cold?"

"That must never happen," said Daddy.

He went and found a shoebox and a tea towel.

"Thank you."

Lubna grinned.

Then she put pebble to bed and kissed it good night.

Lubna is quite scared and a little lonely in this new, strange place, and the only person she has to talk to is her dad and this pebble.

She has a lot to cope with.

It must be very challenging for her.

She's lucky to have such a caring dad.

Soon, a little boy arrived.

At first he had no words, just blinks, and sneezes, and stares.

"This is my best friend, Pebble," Lubna said.

The little boy coughed, and sneezed, then smiled.

"Hello, Pebble.

My name's Amir."

Lubna and Amir became good friends, and they did a lot of playing together, and she shared stories with him.

But soon Lubna and her dad would leave to find a new home and Amir was left behind.

Lubna was happy and sad, and she wanted to make sure that Amir felt that same comfort that she felt when she was gonna leave.

So Lubna gave Amir the shoe box with Pebble and the pen.

"What do I do if Pebble misses you?"

Asked Amir.

"Draw the smile back on."

Said Lubna.

"And what do I do if I miss you?"

"Tell Pebble all about it," Lubna said.

Amir nodded and held the shoe box tight.

This is a powerful short story about Lubna and her act of kindness.

Lubna gave Amir the one thing that brought her comfort in that strange place.

She gave near her pebble.

She had what we call empathy.

Can you say that word with me?

Empathy.

Empathy means the ability to understand someone else's feelings.

Because Lumina had so much empathy, she was able to show kindness to Amir, which helped him feel better when she left The message of "Lubna and Pebble" is that empathy and kindness can make a big difference.

Now that we typically looked at the message of our story, we're gonna do some writing together.

I'll wait while you go get something to write with and something to write on.

(chimes) Today we're going to write an opinion piece.

Can you say this word opinion?

Opinion.

An opinion is a personal belief.

For example, in my opinion, I believe that dogs are better than cats.

I know.

A fact about dogs would be that black labs are a type of dog.

The topic of our opinion piece today is gonna be about the message of our story that empathy and kindness can make a difference.

(chimes) First, I'll show you my finished opinion piece.

Then we'll write one together using an opinion frame.

Let's get ready.

(upbeat music) (roars) Okay, I'm gonna show you my finished piece of writing one part at a time.

The first sentence is the topic sentence.

I introduce a topic and state my opinion.

Read along with me.

I believe that showing empathy and kindness make the world a better place.

Next, I give two reasons that support my opinion.

Here's my first reason.

First, when you know how someone feels, you can do something to show them you understand.

That will make the world better because you never know how far your actions will ripple out and affect others.

Here's my next reason.

Second, when you are kind to someone else, they are more likely to be kind to you or others around them in return because kindness makes them feel happy.

Last, I summarize the purpose of the writing by saying the same thing as our topic sentence but in a little different way.

This last sentence is called our concluding statement.

Here's mine.

In my opinion, these are just a few reasons why showing empathy and kindness are so important and make the world a better place.

There's my opinion piece.

Now let's review the important parts of an opinion piece one more time before we write our own.

Number one, we need our topic sentence.

That's where we state our opinion.

Number two, we give our reasons that support our opinion, and we use linking words like because, also, and and.

Number three, we give our concluding statement where we restate our opinion.

Now, we're going to write an opinion piece together using an opinion frame.

This will help us organize our writing.

Remember, our topic is about empathy and kindness.

Our first sentence will start with I believe.

That will let the reader know that we're sharing our opinion.

What do you think we should write?

How can we state our opinion about empathy and kindness?

How about, I believe that empathy and kindness can make a difference.

I like that.

There's our topic.

The next part of our opinion frame is our first reason that supports our topic sentence.

Let's write the first one together.

First, how about this?

Showing empathy lets others know that you really care about them.

Do you like that?

I do too.

Let's write that down.

That's a great first reason.

Now, see what you can come up with for your next reason.

This one starts with a word also.

That's a great linking word.

See if you can come up with another reason that supports your opinion that you believe empathy and kindness can make a difference.

(chimes) What did you write at home?

Here's what I said for my second reason.

Also, when you are kind to others and treat people the way you want to be treated, the world will be a little brighter.

Last, we need to summarize the purpose of our writing.

How can you restate your opinion in a different way?

Take some time to write.

I'll share mine in just a bit.

(upbeat music) (roars) What did you come up with at home?

Here's what I wrote.

In my opinion empathy and kindness make a difference because they make people feel happy and loved.

Great job, writers.

Let's reread this opinion piece we wrote together starting from the beginning.

Ready?

I believe that empathy and kindness can make a difference.

First, showing empathy lets others know that you really care about them.

Also, when you are kind to others and treat people the way you want to be treated, the world will be a little brighter.

In my opinion, empathy and kindness make a difference because they make people feel happy and loved.

We stated the topic and shared our opinion.

We gave reasons with linking words and came up with a great conclusion.

Nice job, writers.

Gave herself a Pat on the back.

(chimes) We stated the topic, we gave reasons that supported our opinion with linking words, and we came up with a great conclusion.

Great job, writers.

Give yourself a Pat on the back.

Thanks for joining me today.

You did a great job of writing an opinion piece that summarized your understanding of message that empathy and kindness can make a big difference.

Next time you have an opinion to share, see if you can come up with some good reasons to support your opinion.

Thanks again, and we'll see you on the next Read, Write, Roar.

(upbeat music) - [Narrator] This program is made possible in part by Michigan Department of Education, the state of Michigan, and the Kresge Foundation.

Additional support for educational programming provided by and by viewers like you.

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