- Hello scholars, welcome to Read, Write, ROAR!

Today we are going to focus on our big questions.

How do people's actions affect their environments?

And what choices can people make to reduce their impact on the environment?

(bright music) Today we are going to work with simple compound words and learn about how to reuse and recycle metal.

Scholars go ahead and get your paper, something to write with.

Let's get ready to Read, Write, ROAR!

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Kellogg Foundation.

Additional support by (bright upbeat music) and by viewers like you, thank you.

(bright upbeat music) - Hi scholars, its Mrs. Z-K, and today we are going to be working on compound words.

Do you know what makes up compound words?

You're right, it's two smaller words that are joined together that make a compound word.

Today we are going to be working with simple compound words.

We're going to be seeing how we can join together two smaller words into a new word which will be our compound word.

Let's do a warmup.

I am going to give you two words.

I want you to repeat those two words, and then we are going to join them together, and we're going to say what the compound word would be, all right?

Let's give it a go.

Out, side, together, outside, nice.

If you wanted to go play, you might go outside.

Play, ground, together, playground.

The playground is actually outside (chuckling).

Lunch, room, together, lunchroom, nice job.

What about book, case, together, bookcase.

Class, room, together, classroom, yeah, that's a compound word.

Text, book, together, textbook.

As you notice I'm giving you one word and another word, and then we put them together to make a new word.

Let's keep going.

Hall, way, together, hallway.

White, board, together, whiteboard.

And home, work, together, homework.

If we were to categorize those words that we just did, those compound words, what do you think would be the category?

What those words have in common?

Outside, playground, lunchroom, bookcase, classroom, textbook, hallway, whiteboard, and homework.

They are all words that we can use to talk about school, right?

Absolutely.

(bright upbeat music) Nice work scholars.

You really get to hang the compound already.

Well, now you need to get your paper and pencil ready.

We are not going to practice writing some compound words.

A picture is going to pop up on the screen and we're going to identify what the picture is.

We will then use some words from the word bank to see how we could make that compound word.

Remember a compound word is made of two smaller words.

So we'll have to pick two of the words from the word bank to join together to make a compound word.

Let's read the words that we have in our word bank.

You ready?

All right, we have bath, rain, foot, bell, boy, house, cow, door, dog, print, tub, coat.

Once we figured out what two words we're going to join together, then we'll be able to write together the compound word.

Are you ready scholars?

Here's our first picture.

Ooh, that's something you might put on if it is rainy outside.

What is that?

Yes, a raincoats, nice work.

So if we're trying to make the word raincoat, what two words might we use from our word bank?

Rain and coat, nice job.

Let me grab those.

Here's rain and here's coat.

So these are our two smaller words that we're going to join together.

Let's write the word raincoat together.

Is there a space in your word?

I hope not because we don't put spaces in between our words.

When we are making this into one word, there is not a space anymore.

So now it is one word, it is a compound word, raincoat.

Nice work scholars.

Here's our next picture.

Oh, like after you walk in the sand, you might see your, footprint, nice, yeah.

After you step somewhere, you will see your footprint.

What two words would we use to make the word footprint?

Foot, print, nice work.

Let me grab those.

So we have foot and print.

All right, now we can join them together and write the word footprint.

Remember, don't add a space because it is all one word now.

Footprint.

You're doing a really nice job scholars.

Let's keep going.

(dog barking) Oh, I've seen one of those in people's backyard.

Yeah, they use it for their pet, what is it?

It's a doghouse, absolutely, okay.

So our word is doghouse.

What two words are we going to use to make the word doghouse?

Dog, house, nice work.

Let me grab those.

We have dog and then the word house.

These words can be words separately, but they can also be a new word together.

Sometimes the two words can help us with what the compound word is, like the meaning of it.

Like doghouse, it's a house for a dog, that would make sense, right?

Sometimes the two words don't lend itself to the meaning.

We'll see if we can find an example of that one.

Let's write doghouse, doghouse.

Remember no space, it's all one word now, doghouse.

All right, scholars, how are we doing?

Okay.

You're ready?

All right, here's our next picture (chuckling).

That is a picture of a?

A cowboy, nice.

So the cowboy is made up of two words.

What's our two words?

Cow and boy.

Let me go ahead and find those.

We have cow and we're gonna join it together with the word boy.

All right, let's go ahead and write the word cowboy.

Now, if you were just taking the meanings of each word by itself, you might say, okay, a boy and a cow.

So a cowboy might be a boycow, but that doesn't work here, right?

So sometimes the words don't lend itself to an exact meaning.

And so you have to be really careful when you're looking at those compound words.

In this factor actually talking about a boy who might take care of cows, right?

Or ride horses (chuckling).

Here's our next picture.

Oh yeah, some people don't like to take showers, they like to take a bath in the bathtub, nice work.

And so we have a bathtub.

What are the two words it's made of?

Bath and tub, all right.

Someone moves bath down here with tub, we're gonna join those together to make bathtub.

This one does lend a meaning, right?

'Cause it is a tub as you can take a bath in.

A bathtub.

Let's go ahead and write bathtub all together 'cause it's one word now.

Now we can separate the compound word and then get our two words back by putting a space in the middle, right?

But we are trying to make a compound word.

Ooh, we only have two words left in our word bank.

Before you see the picture, look at the two words.

Can you guess what the picture is going to be?

Bell and door.

Here's your picture.

Did you get the doorbell?

(bell rings) (chuckling) Sometimes people can't hear you knock at the door.

You have to ring the doorbell, all right?

And doorbell is made up of door and bell, awesome.

Door, bell, and let's write our word, doorbell.

We are combining the two words to make one word which is our compound word.

Doorbell.

Great work scholars.

Let's re-read the compound words that you wrote down on your paper, all right?

We have raincoat, footprint, doghouse, cowboy, bathtub, and doorbell.

Scholars, you did an amazing job working with these simple compound words today.

When you're inside or outside, maybe you can look around for some compound words.

Remember, a compound word when you separate it, each part will be its own word by itself.

And then when you put them together, they also can make a new word with a new meaning.

(bright upbeat music) Oh, hi, scholars.

I just want to stop by really quick, it's Mrs. Z-K, to tell you the importance of bedtime.

Yeah you really need to have a bedtime routine.

Getting yourself ready for bed, being able to relax before your bedtime.

You're still growing, yeah, you.

And you need all that sleep and you don't wanna be grumpy in the morning 'cause you didn't get enough sleep.

So remember, go to bed on time and get plenty of sleep.

Maybe you can find a stuffy to keep you company.

Oh, hi, scholars.

Let's get moving, get up.

Yeah, you, get up.

Let me see you run in place.

And stop.

Let me see you get on your tippy toes.

Can you touch your toes?

Can you make arm circles?

Can you make bigger arm circles?

Backwards and back tiny.

And let's stretch out those arms, one, two, three, other side, one, two, three.

Let's do three jumping jacks, are you ready?

One, two, three, nice job scholars.

Thanks for moving with me.

(bright upbeat music) - Hello?

What?

Hi scholars, I'm Mrs. Fuller.

Today, we're gonna be reading a book called, "Metal Eco Activities" written by Louise Nelson, and read with permission from the Crabtree Publishing Company.

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

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?

Let's get started.

Amazing metal, hold it right there.

Don't chuck that can away, cans are made of metal.

When metal is thrown away, it stays in a landfill for a long time.

A landfill is the place where the things we throw away are buried.

Did you know a lot of things we think we should throw away can be used again and again.

To get new metal, we have to dig it up from under the ground.

Digging out metal from the ground is called mining.

This process is very bad for the planet.

It's important that we make the most of the metal we already have.

To do that, we can reduce or try not to buy more metal things.

We can make food from fresh ingredients instead of buying food in cans.

We can reuse metal items again and again.

And we can recycle, make sure you recycle your metal things.

Recycle means that when we take our items that can be recycled to our local recycling center, they make those items back into usable materials.

So we can take the items that we might throw away, and the recycling center can make them into items that we could use again.

What is metal?

Metal is a material.

We use materials such as wood, glass, fabric, and metal to make things.

Materials have properties.

Properties tell us what the material is like.

The properties of metal.

Metal can be thin or thick, it is made by people from a natural material, metal can be hard and strong, it's waterproof, and it's opaque, meaning we can't see through it.

Metal can also be made into many shapes and colors.

Look at this piece of tinfoil.

The tinfoil is a type of metal, it's very thin, it's strong, it's also waterproof, and it's opaque, meaning we can't see through it.

Take a minute and look around you to see what items made of metal you can find.

What items were you able to find that are made of metal?

Go ahead and say your items out loud.

Wow, that's a lot.

I was able to find a few items around my house made of metal.

I found some items in the kitchen, kitchen utensils.

I found tools made of metal, tin cans, a lid to my pickle jar, my car keys are made of metal, and I also found some bigger things, my refrigerator, my car, so many things around the house made of metal.

One thing that we can do to protect the environment or to reduce our impact on the environment is to reuse metal.

Remember reuse is when we use our metal for something new.

The book we're reading today gives us a few fun projects that we can make using metal cans.

Can you hear me?

Never mind cell phones.

Have you ever talked on a tin can?

Hello?

Tin can phone can also be made out of a paper or a plastic cup if that's what you have at home.

If you'd like to make this, these are some items that you'll need, two empty cans, string, paint, paint brushes, a hammer, a nail, safety glasses, and an adult.

Safety first, make sure an adult opens the cans and ensures there are no sharp edges.

Wash your cans and start the project when they are dry.

To make your tin can telephone, these are the steps to follow.

Step one, put on your goggles.

Step two, ask an adult to take off one end of the can and tap the nail into the other end to make a hole.

Then, carefully pull out the nail.

Step three, paint your tin cans white and let them dry.

Step four, paint them with any colors you want.

Step five, thread the string between the two cans and tie a knot at each end so the string can't fall out of the cans.

Step six, to use your telephone, stand as far apart as you can.

Keep the string tight, then take turns talking in the cans and listening for replies.

Your voice will travel along the string as a vibration.

That's amazing.

Hello.

So fun.

Metal madness.

Metal things such as cans and scrap metal take a very long time to rot away when they are thrown into landfills.

Luckily, metal can easily be recycled.

This means it will be used to make something new.

Even cars could be recycled.

These chairs and table are made from metal drums.

This polar bear is made from an old washing machine.

This fish is made from old car parts.

Make sure you get as much use out of metal things as you can before recycling them.

I took this picture of this sculpture when I was visiting a school the other day.

If you look real close, you can see that it's made out of old metal objects.

I thought it was pretty cool.

Terrific tins.

These lovely decorated tins can hold all kinds of useful things.

Make them to match your room or to give them as a gift.

Even back in ancient times, people would recycle metal by melting it down to make new things.

If you'd like to make a terrific tin, you will need empty cans, glue, paint, paintbrushes, string, ribbons, and decorations, Safety first.

Remember to always make sure your cans are clean and dry.

Make sure an adult has checked that there are no sharp edges.

Here are the steps you'd follow if you'd like to try to make a terrific tin.

Step one, paint all your cans white.

Step two, leave your cans to dry.

Step three, now it's time to get creative.

You can use paint, glue, sticks, pipe cleaners, buttons, or string.

How will you decorate your can?

It's fun to look around home and gather the materials that you have before you get started.

You could cover your can in glue and roll it in toilet tissue paper, or how about wooden sticks or other natural items.

If you decide to make new decorations, break down the old ones and recycle the parts that you can.

Plant in a can.

Metal cans make lovely plant pots and vases.

You will need empty cans, paints, decorations, paintbrushes, and glue.

Safety first, metal cans are sharp.

Ask an adult to help you make sure it's safe to use.

To make a planter, step one, find an old can and make sure it is clean.

Step two, paint the outside of your can.

Step three, when the paint is dry, decorate it with paper, materials, string, ribbon, or even pebbles.

Step four, fill your can with soil or water, put your plant or flower in it.

Those are lovely.

The book gave us a lot of great ideas on ways we can reuse our tin cans, make them into something else.

I'm excited to get started.

I'm gonna go gather, buy supplies and see what I can make.

Today in our book, we focused on our two big questions.

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?

And we've learned that we can do these three things, we can reduce which means try not to buy metal, we can reuse, use your metal for something new, and we can recycle, make sure you recycle metal things.

And remember that recycle means we turn our metal, plastic and paper items into the recycling center and they turn them back into reusable materials.

Thank you for learning with us today.

I hope you find time to use some tin cans and make some great projects.

And remember to reduce, reuse and recycle.

See you next time on Read, Write, ROAR!

- [Announcer] The program is made possible in part by (bright upbeat music) the Michigan Department of Education, (bright upbeat music) the State of Michigan, (bright upbeat music) and the W.K.

Kellogg Foundation.

(bright upbeat music) Additional support by (bright upbeat music) and by viewers like you, thank you.

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