- Hello, scholars.

And welcome to second grade on read, write, roar.

Today we're gonna focus on answering two big questions.

The first one is how do people's actions affect the environment?

Hmm.

Our second question is what choices can people make to reduce their impact on their environment?

Today, we are going to be making a mystery word and learning all about recycling.

We're also going to look around for items around your house and decide if those are things that we can recycle or not.

Recycling is a way to protect Earth surface.

So scholars go ahead and get your paper, and the pencil and let's get ready to 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.

(upbeat music) - Hi, Scholars.

I'm Mrs. Z-K. And today we are going to work on a mystery word.

A mystery is something that is unknown.

We can figure out what a mystery might be by gathering clues.

One clue that we do have is that our mystery word is going to use all of these letters.

I know.

It must be a really long word.

It's a pretty important word too.

Let's get your paper and pencil ready.

We're gonna write these letters down.

(soft music) Let's start here with our vowels.

We have two i's, two e's.

A o, and a.

Our consonants are R, S, M, V. We have three of the letter N. And then T, T, L. Nice.

Scholars, if you have some scissors available to you, you can go ahead and cut these letters out and make little letter tiles like Mrs. Z-K has right here on her board.

That way you can build words with me.

If you don't have scissors right there, don't worry about it.

We're gonna go ahead and build words, and then we're gonna write them.

So you can write them down with me.

So how our mystery word works is we're going to build up to our big word.

So we're going to make a lots of little words, and we're gonna change those words by changing sounds and letters.

And we have to be really accurate readers.

We have to look at all the letters and all the sounds that are in the word to figure out what that word is.

And figure out how to change that word to something different.

We're going to start with a word that only has three sounds.

It's a color.

Oh, like brown color.

Hmm.

Tan.

Yes, tan is a light brown color.

Tan.

And if you have your letter tiles, go ahead and build with me.

Otherwise you can start writing it down.

I want you to check your spelling, tan.

Hmm.

It's our first word.

Now we're gonna change the sound in the word tan.

Our middle sound to be a number.

You have fingers and you have this many toes.

It's the number ten.

Ten.

And the a, so I'm gonna change out my a to e. We have the number, ten.

Go ahead and check your spelling and write your word down.

Nice work.

Ooh, this next word.

I have an example to show you.

Well, I have some glasses that don't have it.

Now.

I have glasses that do have.

It's kind of a synonym for the word shade.

The word tint.

Some glasses have a tint on them to protect your eyes from the sun.

We're gonna change our word ten to the word tint.

T we get -int Hmm.

What do you think, scholars, check your spelling.

Did you get it?

Tint.

That's a different word.

Oh, I have one of these for you in case your breath is a little stinky.

Would you like a, mint?

What's sound are we gonna change in the word tint to make the word mint?

The beginning sound, nice.

Hmm.

Remember to check your spelling.

You have what I have here.

We just went from tint to mint.

Our next word is actually something that is in your house.

The hot air or the cold air might come through it.

It's called a vent.

Yes, vent.

And our beginning and middle sound are gonna change here.

V en e, e. We got e back.

Check your spelling, scholars.

Our word is vent?

Here's a clue for you.

Let's change our beginning sound.

If you go camping, you might sleep in a, a tent, nice, go ahead and write it down.

Let's see what you get.

Check your spelling.

Tent.

Mr. Case was scared of sleeping in the tent overnight.

We're going to change the middle of this word.

So we're gonna keep that beginning and ending sound.

If your dog is being really good, you might give him or her a, treat.

So let me take this middle part out.

Let's figure out what sounds we need here.

Treat.

Tr Bring my T, R here.

Treat.

Now has lots of different ways to make the long E sound.

What do you think it is?

In the word treat we're using an ea for the long e sound.

So check your spelling, scholars.

Yep, we have the word treat.

We're gonna keep this ending part here.

We're gonna change the beginning sound.

And it's something that hamburgers are made out of, meat.

So we're taking the beginning blend here.

Let's get these out the way, meat.

And a m. Well, how'd you do, did you get it?

The word is meat.

Nice.

This time we're gonna keep all the same letters, but we're gonna switch a little.

We're gonna change our ending sound to the beginning sound and our beginning sound to the ending sound.

This is when you play together as a team, let's flip a little.

That's why building words can be fun.

That was pretty cool.

So check your spelling.

Team, you play as a team.

You could win the game.

Let's change our ending sound.

Let's make a word that's another color.

This color is kind of like blue and green mixed together.

The color is teal.

Go ahead and try it on your own first.

Teal.

I told you we were changing that ending sound.

Go ahead and check your spelling.

You nee to change it to a o. Teal.

Teal is a very pretty color.

Well, let's change our beginning sound this time and say that we are going to go out to eat, and eat a what together?

A meal.

Yes.

Go ahead and check it.

How'd you do?

Oh, that was an easy one.

We're gonna switch it up a little bit.

The end will stay the same.

But when you read a story specifically a fable, you learn a lesson of what is right and what is wrong.

That is called the what of the story?

Well, that's a tricky one.

The lesson of the story is called the whats of the story?

The moral of the story.

Oh.

So that o sound is gonna stay there.

And actually our m sound is gonna be at the beginning still.

M or.

Or is OR m-o-ral.

Moral.

How'd you do on that one, scholars?

Did you get it?

If not it's okay go ahead and check it, and then rewrite it, moral.

It's when you learn something, this one is what you might try to do if you upload a video online.

You want lots and lots of people to view it so that your video can become, viral.

Yes.

When whole bunch of people have seen your video.

It has now become viral.

So we're gonna keep that -ral.

Let's change all this.

Vvvvv Go ahead and try it.

Vi ral.

Nice.

How'd you do?

Nice work.

I'm going to give you a math problem.

Two plus two equals, it equals four.

And you probably knew really quickly, huh?

That's some math that you did in your, in your head.

What does that kind of math called?

It's called mental math.

When you do a right inside your head.

Mental is our next word.

It still has the o sound, but we can take away everything else.

Mental, go ahead and try it on your own first.

Let's go ahead and check it.

Mmm ennn ment al, mental, mental math.

Yes.

Check your spelling.

How'd you do?

Nice work.

Scholars, so we're gonna change our word, mental to be a bigger word.

We're actually going to keep this part of our word, but it's gonna go to the end.

This word is a word we use to describe our surroundings.

It's our environment.

Yes.

Environment.

So I'm going to actually take away this ending o.

And I'm gonna move our word mint over and we're gonna try to build the word, environment.

You can try on your own.

Then we'll check together.

Sounds will be here.

En en vi ro so environment is actually spelled environment, not funny.

Environment.

I'm gonna put this together.

And this word is environment.

An environment is our surroundings.

It could be our environment of where we live or an environment of a habitat.

The surroundings outside, environment.

Oh, go ahead and write that down.

Give you some times that's a long one.

Now we're gonna add a ending to this word to make it even longer.

So this word describes what is happening to our environment.

What is happening to our surroundings?

It's called environmental.

So that mental that we had up here, remember we had the, o we're gonna put that back, environmental.

Oh, so we add the ending and we have a whole new word.

Environmental, is what's happening to our surroundings, we're gonna add another ending to this word.

And this describes a person who is passionate or advocates for the environment.

This person might suggest things that you can recycle, or things you can do to help your environment.

These people are called.

What do you think?

There you go, environmental environmentalist, - ist.

- ist.

Yes, and with adding the ist, it makes it be the person who wants to do something for the environment.

So an environmentalist.

That's our mystery word, scholars.

We did it.

Oh my gosh.

Look at how long that word is.

Environmentalist was our mystery word.

I wonder if you can practice being an environmentalist.

Advocating for your environment making sure people aren't polluting, or that they're recycling.

Just taking care of our Earth.

(soft music) - Hi, scholars.

I'm Mrs. Fuller.

Today, we're gonna be reading a book called, "Garbage or Recycling," written by Deborah Chancellor illustrated by Diane Ewen.

And read by permission from the Crabtree Publishing Company.

As we read today, I would like us to listen for information that'll help us answer two big questions.

The first, how do people's actions affect the environment?

And our second big question, what choices can people make to reduce their impact on the environment?

The characters in the story are learning about garbage, and how items that they typically throw away might be recycled or reused.

Items like different types of plastic, and glass.

These items take a lot of energy to create, and if we can reuse or recycle them, it helps to lower our impact on the environment.

Let's get started.

"It was a rainy weekend.

Nasir and Nadia were bored.

But Nadia, had a brainwave.

"Let's make a model out of junk."

She said.

"Should we make a robot?"

Asked Nasir.

"Great ideas," said Nadia, "We can enter it into the school competition."

Their school is having a competition called, the School Recycling Competition.

Make a Junk Model from Recycling.

"We need to use things that can be recycled," said Nadia.

She picked a can out of the recycling box.

"We could call our model, a recycling robot."

Cans made from a metal called aluminum can be recycled to make new cans or used to make parts from planes, and bikes.

Nasir, and Nadia made a pile of things that can be recycled and a pile of things that can't.

We need to sort our garbage.

Over half of the trash that ends up in our garbage cans could be recycled instead.

We can recycle paper, cardboard, glass, most metals, and some kinds of plastics.

"Look at all this plastic," said Nasir.

"It's a shame, we can't recycle it," said Nadia.

Dad came into the kitchen.

"What a mess?"

He said.

"We need to go to the landfill and the recycling depot," said Dad.

The twins helped carry all the plastic to the car.

Plastic garbage can be harmful to wildlife.

Sadly, a lot of it ends up in the ocean.

We all need to use less plastic to stop this from happening.

The twins were shocked by what they saw at the depot.

"Look at all this waste," said Nasir.

"Can any of it be recycled?"

Asked Nadia.

"Some of it can," said Dad.

"What about the rest?"

Asked Nasir.

"It will be buried at the landfill site," said Dad.

When plastic is thrown out, it takes a long time to break down into safe, natural materials.

Some plastic bottles take 500 years to do this.

The twins didn't like that idea very much.

"We must recycle as much as we can," said Nadia "And reuse what we can't recycle," said Nasir.

We need to reuse things instead of throwing them away.

Don't throw out your old toys, share them with someone else instead.

Back at home, Nasir and Nadia began building their junk model.

The twins worked very hard and the day flew by in a flash.

"Look at our recycling robot," said Nadia.

"Wow!"

Said Dad.

"It's amazing."

Reuse things made from glass, metal, and plastic.

Reusing items saves the energy it would take to recycle them or to make replacements.

The twins couldn't wait to take their junk model to school.

They entered the competition and won first prize.

The recycling robot helped everyone sort out recycling from garbage.

It's quiz time.

I'm gonna read a statement from the information that we read in the book.

And I would like you to tell me whether that statement is true.

Meaning it's a correct answer or false, meaning it's a wrong or incorrect answer.

Based on the information that we read in the book.

Number one, it's impossible to recycle a soda or juice can.

What do you think?

False.

Aluminum cans are recycled to make parts for planes and bikes.

Number two, over half of the garbage we throw out could be recycled instead.

What do you remember?

True.

Good.

We need to sort our trash more carefully.

Number three, plastic garbage often ends up in the sea.

Hmm.

True.

Lots of plastic waste ends up in the sea and is harmful to sea life.

Number four, plastic bottles can take up to five years to break down into safe materials.

True or false?

False.

That's right.

Plastic bottles can take up to 500 years to break down.

Number five, we can't reuse things made of glass.

Hmm.

False.

Glass can be reused.

This saves the energy it takes to make new glass.

Great job, scholars.

The children in the story had a great idea.

They decided they would look through their garbage to see if they could find items that could be recycled instead of taking all their garbage to the landfill.

So I'd like your help looking through part of my garbage to see if I can find items that I can put in the recycling.

Maybe some items I could reuse and items that need to stay in the garbage.

Remember we read in the book that the items that can be recycled are cardboard and paper, tin cans, glass, and different kinds of plastic.

And I made a chart of the seven different kinds of plastic that can be recycled.

Plastic recycling is the triangle symbol with the numbers one through seven.

So we'll wanna check on the plastic to make sure it's the right kind.

Let's have a look.

So how about an old newspaper.

Can that be recycled or should it stay in the garbage?

Paper and cardboard can be recycled.

Great.

How about a paper towel too?

It's cardboard.

I'm gonna put it in the recycling.

How about an egg carton?

And this egg carton is made out of cardboard.

So cardboard and paper, recycling.

How about this bubble wrap?

It's plastic.

So I'm gonna look for the symbol.

It has the triangle with a seven.

So yes, this can be recycled.

This plastic container.

I'm looking for the symbol.

Yup.

And I see the symbol right here.

I'm gonna get a close so you can see.

It is a triangle with the number one.

So yes, this can be recycled.

Here's a different plastic container.

This one has the triangle symbol right there in the corner.

It's a triangle with a five.

So five.

Yes, this can be recycled.

How about a piece of cardboard?

Cardboard and paper, recycled.

What about plastic fruit container.

Let's see where that's.

Chup, yep.

Right here.

It has the triangle right here in the corner with a one.

So recycle.

How about an old envelope from some mail paper?

Paper.

Yes, that could be recycled.

I have a soup can.

Metal cans, recycle.

Great.

Thank you for your help sorting out my garbage.

Looks like I have a load to take to the recycling.

Let's head down there.

I'm here at my local recycling center where we can bring plastics that have the symbol for number one through seven, and we can bring aluminum cans.

And it's important to remember that when you bring back plastic and can recycling, but you don't put them in a plastic bag, you just put them in the container individually.

This is where we bring our paper and cardboard recycling.

And you can see, we just put it in the back of a semi-trailer.

Cardboard, boxes and any clean paper.

And then it's taken to our local paper mill.

Thank you for learning with us today.

And take a look around your home for items that can be recycled.

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.

(upbeat music)