- Welcome to Read, Write, ROAR!

Today, we're gonna be learning all about the letter H. We'll be reading a book about houses and homes.

We'll practice building words, and we'll write a complete sentence.

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 gather your tools and then we'll start learning.

- [Voiceover] 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.

(fun music) - Hi, readers and writers, I'm Mrs. Pung.

Are you ready to be letter heroes?

Great.

Today's letter is the letter H. Can you say H?

This is an uppercase H. Say uppercase H. And this is a lowercase h. Say lowercase h. Great job.

Let's practice naming uppercase and lowercase H. I'm gonna mix them up.

Ready?

Uppercase H and lowercase h. Let's try it again.

Lowercase h and uppercase H. Say it one more time.

Ready?

Lowercase h and uppercase H. Great job.

H makes the sound hah.

Can you make that with me?

You use your throat and breathe out air through your mouth, just like this.

(breathes out) Put your hand in front of your mouth and you can feel it too.

H says hah, hah.

That's the sound H makes.

Let's look at some objects that begin with the sound hah.

Are you ready?

This is a horse.

You're right.

Say horse.

Horse begins with the sound hah, horse.

This is a shape.

Do you know this shape?

You're right.

It's a heart.

Say heart.

Heart begins with the sound hah.

I have one more object.

This letter heroes is a hammer.

Can you say hammer?

Hammer begins with the sound hah.

Great job.

(fun music) Friends, now it's time to go searching for the letter H. Let's read our sentence together.

The hungry hippo had hay for his lunch!

Read it after me this time.

Ready?

The hungry hippo had hay for his lunch!

Did you see any uppercase or lowercase Hs?

You did?

Great.

This time when we read it slowly, when you see the letter H, tell me to stop.

And I will highlight it with my marker.

Let's start searching.

Ready?

The, did you see a lowercase h?

Me, too.

There's a lowercase h right in the middle of the word, the.

Let's highlight it.

Great job.

The next word is hungry.

I heard you say stop again.

That's right.

Hungry begins with the sound hah.

And that's the letter H. Let's highlight that lower case h, hungry.

Keep searching with me.

Hippo.

Did you hear it again?

Me, too.

There's another lowercase h at the beginning of hippo.

Say hippo.

Hah, hippo.

Let's highlight it.

Our next word is the word, had.

I heard it again.

Great job saying stop.

Right there is a lowercase h at the beginning of had.

Keep searching with me.

Hay.

Hey, there's another H right at the begin of the word, hay.

Let's highlight it.

Our next word is for.

No, H there.

His, I heard you say stop.

Is there an H in his?

You're right.

There's a lowercase H right at the beginning of his.

I will highlight it for us.

And our last word is the word lunch.

Stop?

You see an H?

That's right.

There's an H right here, a lowercase h at the end of lunch.

I'll highlight it.

Great job, letter heroes, you found a lot of Hs.

Now, let's count how many Hs we found in our sentence today.

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

We found seven Hs in our sentence.

Great job.

Now it's time to practice writing uppercase H and lowercase h. Do you have something to write on and something to write with?

Great.

Watch me trace uppercase H with my finger.

I start at the top and do big line down.

Jump back up, do another big line down, and then a little line to cross it in the middle.

Let's skywrite it together.

Stand up and we'll skywrite.

Put your finger high in the sky.

Ready?

Big line down.

Jump back up.

Big line down.

And cross it in the middle.

Great job.

Let's practice writing an uppercase H. Remember we have to start at the top and we do big line down, jump a little over, big line down, and a little line to cross it in the middle.

Just like that.

Let's do another one.

Start at the top.

Big line down.

Jump back up.

Big line down.

And little line to cross it in the middle.

Let's do one more.

Start at the top.

Big line down.

Jump back up.

Big line down.

And cross it with a little line in the middle.

Great job with that uppercase H. Now it's time for lowercase h. To make a lowercase h, watch me trace it with my finger.

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

Now I slide back up to the middle with a curve around.

Could you practice skywriting that with me?

Great.

Start at the top.

Big line down.

Slide up with a small curve around.

Nice job.

Let's practice writing it.

Start at the top.

Big line down.

Slide back up with a curve around.

Lowercase h, great job.

Let's do another one.

Start at the top.

Big line down.

Slide up to the middle with a curve around.

Let's do one more.

Start at the top.

Big line down.

Slide up to the middle and curve it around.

Great job with those lowercase hs.

Today, we learned all about uppercase and lowercase H. And what sound does it make?

Hah.

Nice job, letter heroes.

(fun music) Hi, friends.

Are you ready to be word builders?

Great.

We've been learning so many new letters and sounds.

Now, it's time to put those sounds together and read some words.

All of our words today are going to begin with our letter of the day, the letter H. Remember, the letter H makes the sound hah.

I'll show you how we do it.

When I take my hammer and tap the letter like this, you'll say the letter sound.

And when I move my hammer across like that, you blend the sounds together to read the word.

Let's get started.

Say the sounds with me.

Hah, ah, pah.

Now, blend.

Hop.

Say it in a snap, hop.

I saw the rabbit hop away.

Hop.

Let's change the ending sound.

Ready?

Say the sounds with me.

Hah, ah, th.

Now blend.

Hot.

Now say it in a snap.

Hot.

My soup was too hot to eat.

Hot.

Great job.

Let's change our vowel sound, the middle sound.

Get ready to say the sounds.

Hah, ae, th.

Now blend.

Hat.

Say it in a snap.

Hat.

When it's cold outside, I need to wear a hat.

Good job.

Let's change this middle sound one more time.

Get ready to say the sounds.

Hah, ie, th.

Now blend.

Hit.

Now say it in a snap.

Hit.

I hit the ball with my bat.

Hit.

Let's change our ending sound this time.

Get ready to blend.

Hah, ie, mm.

Blend.

Him.

Now say it in a snap.

Him.

I saw him walk away.

Him.

Let's try one last word.

Get ready to say the sounds.

Hah, ie, pah.

Now, blend.

Hip.

Now say it in nap.

Hip.

This is my hip.

Hip.

Great job, word builders You built a lot of new words today.

(fun music) Friends, did you know that houses come in all different shapes and sizes?

What type of homes are in your neighborhood?

That's right.

Some houses are big and some houses are small.

Some people live in apartments.

Some people live in townhouses.

Some people live in the country, and some people live in the city.

What's important about houses are the people that live inside.

Today, we're going to be reading a non-fiction book about houses and homes.

This book is really special because the pictures were taken all around the world.

The title of our non-fiction book today is "Houses and Homes."

Remember, non-fiction tells us information that's real or true.

The author of our book is Ann Morris.

And authors write the words.

That's right.

The photographer for this book is Ken Heyman.

At the back of our book is a really special page.

I wanna show it to you.

It's called an index.

In today's index, you can see the country that each photograph was taken in.

The other really cool page is this map on the back.

This is a world map and it shows you where each one of those countries are.

Pretty cool, huh?

Let's read about some houses and homes.

I want you to watch for how the houses are the same or how they're different.

Let's get started.

This book is read with permission from HarperCollins Publishing.

The world is full of houses... Do you see all the different ones?

Big houses and little houses.

Those houses are different, different in size.

bright houses and white houses.

Do you know who lives in this big white house?

You're right.

The President of the United States lives in the White House.

Great job.

In a row or all alone.

This looks like the picture of a city.

And this house is in the country.

The city and the country are different location.

Build your house with what is handy... Wood.

Handy means useful.

All three of these houses are the same because they're made out of the same material, wood.

That means they're similar.

Can you say similar?

Great job.

Or stone, or straw, or mud.

Look closely at this house made of mud.

Notice how the mud hardens so that they can make strong walls.

That's a really neat house.

Or almost anything at all, weave it or nail it.

To weave is like to braid, to tie it together tightly.

Tie it with rope or build it on stilts.

Do you know what stilts are?

Stilts help raise the house high above the water.

Stilts help to lift things up.

Let in the air to keep it cool and fill in the cracks to keep it warm.

Do you notice, this house is where it's hot?

And this house is where it's cold.

That's a difference.

Fill it with love and make it a home.

And there's that index again, that shows us where all of those houses are located around the world.

If you like this book, you can check it out at your local library too.

Thanks for learning about houses and homes with me today.

(fun music) Writers, do you remember what we've been learning about today?

That's right.

We've been learning about houses and homes.

And today we're gonna be writing a complete sentence about our own house or home.

You could write about what your house is made of, the size, is it big or small?

You could write about the shape or the color, or you could even write about the people that live inside.

Today, we're going to be using a sentence stem or a sentence starter to help us get started.

That means some of the words are already done for us.

Right now, it says, "My house is..." But we need to work together to finish the sentence.

I need to think about my house.

And you think about your house.

What do you wanna write?

I'm gonna write about the color and the people that live inside.

So I'm gonna write my house is tan, that's the color, and full of love, that tells about the people.

Could you help me count the words in that sentence?

I already have.

My house is... Let's count the rest, tan and full of love.

How many words am I going to write?

Five.

That means I need five lines for my words.

Watch me make the lines for my words.

My house is tan and full of love.

Notice how I make sure to leave spaces between my words.

Leave spaces between your words, too.

All right.

The first word I need is tan.

Can you help me stretch out the sounds in tan?

Th, ah, un.

Three sounds.

The first sound is th.

What letter makes that sound?

T, that's right.

So I need to write a T for tan.

There's my lowercase t. The next sound is ah.

Do you know what letter makes the ah sound?

You're right.

It's A.

This is how I make a lowercase a, a round and a line down.

And the last sound is un.

What letter makes the un sound?

You're right.

It is.

It's N. This is how I make a lowercase n, little line down, up and around.

There's the word, tan.

My house is tan.

And the next word is and.

And is a high-frequency word.

You might already know how to spell it.

But if you don't, you can stretch out the sounds with me.

Ready?

Ae, un, dh.

Three sounds.

The first sound is ae.

Do you know what letter makes that sound?

You're right.

It's that lowercase a again.

Watch me make my lowercase a, around and a little line down, a. Un, the next sound is un.

Do you know that sound?

You're right.

It's N again.

This is how we make a lowercase n. A little line down, up and around.

There's my n. And the ending sound in the word, and, is dh.

What letter makes that sound?

D says dh.

Watch me make a lowercase d, around, close it up, and a big line down.

My house is tan and, the next word was full.

Can you help me stretch out the sounds in full.

Fh, uh, ul.

Three sounds.

The first sound is fh.

Do you know the letter that makes that sound?

You're right.

It's F. This is a lowercase f. I start at the top, curve up around and down, and cross it in the middle.

There's a lowercase f. The next sound in full is uh.

That's the letter U in this word.

Watch me make a lowercase u.

Little line down, curve around, up and down.

There's my u.

And the ending sound is ul.

Do you know what letter makes the ul sound?

L says ul.

In this word, I need two Ls to end the word, full.

Big line down, big line down.

That's the word, full.

My house is tan and full of... Of is another high-frequency word.

I bet you already know how to spell it.

Do you know how to spell of?

O-F spells of.

Say it with me.

O-F spells of.

In this word, the uh sound is coming from the letter O.

So we'll write o-f.

In this word, the letter f is making the ff sound.

O-F spells of.

My house is tan and full of love.

I bet you know how to spell love.

Love is another high-frequency word.

Let's spell it together.

L-O-V-E spells love.

Let's write it.

L-O-V-E spells love.

I think I'm done with my sentence.

Am I missing anything?

I am.

I'm missing punctuation.

We always have to have punctuation at the end of our sentence.

Is this a question?

No, I don't wanna use a question mark.

It's not a question.

I could use a period, or I could use an exclamation point.

An exclamation point helps us to show emotion.

And I wanna show emotion because I love my house and I'm happy that it's full of love.

So I'm gonna use an exclamation point.

It looks like this, big line down with a little dot on the bottom.

Could you read my sentence with me one last time?

My house is tan and full of love!

Now I can draw a quick picture to match my sentence.

You can draw a picture to match your sentence, too.

I'm gonna start by drawing my house.

When I use lines and shapes, it helps me to draw.

So I'm gonna use some lines and shapes to draw my house.

Watch how I do this.

I start by making a triangle rough.

I'm gonna close it up, and then I'm gonna give my house some walls.

Big line down, big line down, and I'll close it on the bottom.

That's the start.

I'll give it a little rectangle shape here for a chimney.

And I think I better do some windows and a door.

So I'll draw a window here and a door here.

How could I show that my house is full of love?

A heart.

That's right.

Hearts often show love.

How could I put a heart inside my window?

Watch how I make a heart, around to the bottom and curve around to the bottom.

There is my heart to show the love in my house.

Great job today, writers.

Don't forget to show your sentence and your drawing to someone in your home today.

(fun music) Friends, today we learned all about the letter H. We practiced building words.

We wrote a book about houses and homes all around the world.

And we wrote a sentence about our own house, our home.

Great job today.

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

- [Voiceover] 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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