- Hi, readers.

Welcome to "Read, Write, Roar."

Today, we're gonna be reading a story all about ponds.

We'll be learning about things that live over the pond and things that live under the pond.

We'll learn some new vocabulary words.

And at the end we'll write a sentence and draw a picture using information from the story.

You'll need something to write on, like a piece of paper or a notebook.

And something to write with like a marker or a pencil.

So go gather your tools and then we'll start learning.

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(upbeat music) (upbeat music) - Hi, readers.

My name is Mrs. Pung.

Have you ever visited a pond?

Have you ever wondered what lives over the pond and what lives under the water?

Today we're gonna be reading a non-fiction book all about ponds.

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

The title of our book is "Over and Under the Pond."

The author is Kate Messner.

Authors write the words.

And the illustrator is Christopher Silas Neal.

Illustrators draw the pictures.

Our question today is, what lives over and under the pond?

Let's find out.

"Over and Under the Pond."

Over the pond we slide, splashing through lily pads, sweeping through reeds.

The water's a mirror, reflecting the sky.

Reflecting means to show an image back, like a reflection in a mirror.

Sunshine and clouds, then a shadow below.

"What's down there?"

I ask.

"Under the pond?"

Mom says.

"Under the pond is a whole hidden world of minnows and crayfish and turtles and bullfrogs.

We're paddling over them now."

There's their boat.

Over the pond, we skim past tall rushes.

Whirligig beetles loop and twirl, skaters on a warm surface.

Surface means the top layer of something, like the top layer of the pond.

Under the pond, minnows dart through waving forests of grass, while a brook trout lurks, ready to lunge.

Here's the brook trout.

Do you see his sharp teeth?

Over the pond we lift and dip and pull past a row of painted turtles on a waterlogged tree.

One, two, three.

They slip off and away.

Splash, gurgle, sploosh, under the pond.

There they go.

Over the pond, cattails rustle and shush in the wind.

Listen close.

Cuck-la-ree!

Red-winged blackbird races by.

One has grass for her nest.

Under the pond, a caddisfly larva builds a home of her own.

A secret shelter of pebbles and sand.

There she is building her home.

Over the pond, the shadows of trees lean out from the shore.

We coast under a low hanging branch.

A moose looks up with a mouthful of water of water lilies.

We've interrupted his lunch.

Interrupted means we've cut in.

Under the pond, beavers dive deep.

They pumped with powerful tails and rise to the surface with delectable roots from the mud.

Delectable means tasty or delicious.

Beavers like those.

There he is.

Over the pond, the wind gives us a push and stirs the light-dappled leaves on the shore.

They're on a branch, a new goldfinch teeters, finally, ready to fly.

There's the goldfinch, the little yellow bird.

Under the pond, tadpoles are changing, learning to hop.

They're losing tails, growing legs, growing up.

There he goes.

Over the pond, there at the shore, tall and silent and still, a great blue heron stares down into the deep.

It tenses, It takes one long legged step... and strikes!

It catches a wiggling quicksilver minnow from where it was hiding under the pond.

Over the pond, we drift, heads tipping up to the sun.

A woodpecker clings to a teetering pine, digging for ants.

Under the pond, an otter claws for fresh water mussels.

There are the muscles, they're inside of those shells.

Over the pond, a sleepy dragon fly lands for a rest.

His spindly legs tickle my knee.

Under the pond, dragon fly larva watch what swims by.

They catch minnows with monster fast jaws.

There he is catching his lunch.

Over the pond, the shadows stretch.

Ospreys circle on quiet wings.

Raccoons and mink stalk the shoreline for supper.

Under the pond, with a flip of a tail, a crayfish disappears into the dark.

Over the pond we had for home.

We glide, swish, bump, right up onto the shore, as a far-off loon calls good night.

The sky turns from sunset to dusk to dark.

Night settles over the pond.

The prowling catfish and drowsy turtles, the scuttling crayfish and tadpoles-turned-frogs.

Waiting herons and stalking raccoons.

And the hidden world under the pond.

That was a great book all about ponds.

Thanks for reading along.

(upbeat music) During our story today we learned many new interesting words.

Now we're gonna learn more about three of those words.

Let's get started.

Our first word is the word reflecting.

Can you say reflecting?

Great!

Reflecting means to show an image back, like a reflection in a mirror.

Reflecting.

Let's see what the book said about the word reflecting.

"The water's a mirror, reflecting the sky."

It's showing the image back.

Let's use reflecting in a sentence.

My smile is reflecting off of the glass.

Reflecting.

Now let's clap the syllables in the word reflecting.

Ready?

Re-flect-ing.

How many syllables?

Three syllables in the word reflecting.

Where else could you find your smile reflecting back?

Great!

Our next word is the word surface.

Can you say surface?

Great!

The surface is the top layer of something.

The top part.

It's the surface.

Let's see what our book said about the word surface.

It says, "Whirligig beetles loop and twirl, skaters on a warm summer surface."

Surface.

Let's clap the syllables in the word surface.

Ready?

Sur-face.

How many syllables?

Two syllables in the word surface.

What other animals do you remember that were on the surface in the book?

Bugs, that right.

That's right, bugs were on the surface too.

Our next word is the word interrupted.

Can you say interrupted?

Great!

Interrupted means when someone cuts in or interrupts someone.

Interrupted.

Let's see what it said in the book about the word interrupted.

It says, "A moose looks up with a mouth full of water lilies, we've interrupted his lunch."

Interrupted.

Let's clap the syllables in the word interrupted.

Ready?

In-ter-rupt-ed.

How many syllables in the word interrupted?

Four, four syllables in the word interrupted.

Now let's use interrupted in a sentence.

He interrupted the teacher when she was talking on the phone.

Interrupted.

How do you feel when you're interrupted?

Me too.

All right, let's read our words one last time.

Reflecting, surface, interrupted.

Thanks for helping me learn more about our words today.

(upbeat music) Friends, it's time for a brain break.

Stand up and we'll get started.

Today we're gonna play Simon Says.

You'll need to listen for what Simon says to do.

We're going to move like the animals in the book.

Get ready.

Simon says hop like a frog.

Great!

Simon says, move slow like a turtle.

Simon says, swim like a fish.

Simon says, stand tall like a Heron.

Move like a snake.

I tricked you!

Simon didn't say move like a snake.

Thanks for brain breaking with me today.

(upbeat music) Friend, today we learned about many animals that live over and under the pond.

Next we're gonna do a word sort.

We're gonna be sorting animal words.

All of these words today are two syllable words.

They're compound words.

That means each part of the word is a word all by itself.

Let's get started.

I'm going to need your help.

Here's the first part.

Bull, can you say bull?

Great!

Here's the second part, frog.

Can you say frog?

All right, let's put our parts together.

Ready?

Bull-frog, bullfrog.

Where should we place the bullfrog?

Over the pond or under the pond?

Under the pond, you're right.

The bullfrog lives under the water.

Bullfrog.

Bull-frog, bullfrog.

Let's do the next word.

The first part of the word is black.

Can you say black?

The second part of the word is bird.

Can you say bird?

Let's put our parts together.

Ready?

Black-bird, blackbird.

Where should we place the blackbird?

Over the pond or under the pond?

Over the pond.

Blackbirds live over the pond.

Black bird.

Blackbird.

Let's try the next one.

Here's the first part.

Gold, can you say gold?

Great.

The next part is finch.

Can you say finch?

Let's put our word parts together.

Gold-finch, goldfinch.

Where should we place the goldfinch?

Do you remember from the book a goldfinch was a little yellow bird?

Birds live over the pond.

That's right.

The goldfinch belongs over the pond.

Gold finch, goldfinch.

Here's our last word.

The first part is tad.

Can you say tad?

Great.

The second part is pole.

Can you say pole?

Let's put our word parts together.

Tad-pole, tadpole.

Remember a tadpole is a baby frog that was changing.

Where should we place the tadpole?

Under the pond, that's right.

Tad pole, tadpole.

Let's read our compound words one more time.

Blackbird and goldfinch live over the pond.

Bullfrog and tadpole belong under the pond.

Thanks for helping me sort and put words together today.

Great job readers and writers.

(upbeat music) That was fun learning about the pond.

Now it's time for us to write our sentence and draw our picture.

Do you have something to write on and something's write with?

Great, let's get started.

Our sentence today is "The pond is full of life."

Let's clap the words in that sentence.

Ready?

The pond is full of life.

Now we're gonna make sure we have enough lines for each word in our sentence.

We also have to remember that we need to leave spaces between our words.

Let's see if we have enough.

The pond is full of life.

How many lines do we have?

That's right, six lines.

Let's get started with our first word.

The first word is the word the.

You might already know how to spell that word.

Let's say the sounds in the word the.

Th-uh.

Two sounds in the word the.

The first sound is th.

T-H makes that sound.

T-H is a digraph.

Remember when we start our sentence we need to start with a capital letter.

So I need to start with the capital T. Watch how I make my capital T. Start up at the top big line down and a line across the top.

There's my T. The next letter I need to make is H. H looks like this.

Big line down, up and around.

T-H says th.

The next sound is uh.

In this word the E is making the uh sound.

So we to make a lowercase E. Watch how I do that.

Out, up, and around.

There's my E. The.

The next word is pond.

Can you say pond?

Let's stretch out the sound's.

Ready?

Puh-ah-nn-dd.

Four sounds in the word pond.

What's the first sound you heard?

Puh, that's right.

What letter makes the puh sound?

P, P makes the puh sound.

Watch how I make the lowercase P. Big line down and then a curve around.

There's my P. The next sound is ah.

Do you know what letter makes that ah sound?

O, you're right.

Let's make a lowercase O.

Around like a C and close it up.

P-O, nn is the next sound?

Do you know what letter makes the nn sound?

It's N, you're right.

Watch while I make a lowercase N. Down, up, and around.

Pon-dd, dd is the last sound in that word.

What letter makes the dd sound?

It's D. Watch how we make a D. Around like a C, big line down to close it up.

Let's read our words.

The pond is.

Is is the next word.

I'll stretch out the sounds in the word is.

Ih-zz, two sounds.

The first sound is ih.

Do you know what letter makes that sound?

I, great.

Here's how I make the lowercase I.

Little line down and a line on top.

The next sound is zz.

In this word the S is making the zz sound.

Let's make an S. Around like an S. Let's read our words.

The pond is full.

Full is the next word.

Let's stretch out the sounds in full.

Ff-uh-ll, three sounds.

The first sound is ff.

What letter makes that sound?

F, great!

This is how we make an F. Start at the top, up and around, and a little line crossing in the middle.

There's my F. The next sound is uh.

In this word, that's the letter U.

Let's make a lowercase U.

What's the ending sound that you hear in full?

Right, that's the letter L. L makes the ll sound.

In this word we need to use two L's at the end.

Start at the top big line down.

And one more big line down.

The pond is full, of is the next word.

Helped me stretch out the sounds in of.

Uh-vv, two sounds.

The first sound is uh, but in this word O is making the uh sound.

Let's make a lowercase O.

Around like a C and close it up.

There's my O.

The next sound in of is vv.

That's tricky, in this word it's the F making the vv sound.

Let's make another lowercase F. Start at the top, up and around, and cross it in the middle.

The pond is full of... do you remember the last word?

Life, that's right!

Life is our last word.

Let's stretch out the sounds.

Ll-i-ff, three sounds in the word life.

The first sound is ll.

What letter makes the ll sound?

L, we start at the top big line down.

What's the next sound you hear in life?

Ll-i-ff, I is the next sound.

Let's make the lowercase I.

Little line down with a dot on top.

The next sound is ff.

What letter makes that sound?

F makes the ff sound.

Time for another lowercase F. Up and around, down to the bottom, and cross in the middle.

Hmm, that doesn't look right.

I need one more letter at the end.

Do you know what letter I should add at the end?

It's a magic E!

The magic E taps the I on the shoulder and tells it to say its name.

Magic E helps the I to make the long I sound.

Let's add a magic key at the end.

Out, up, and around.

Now let's read our sentence.

The pond is full of life.

Hmm, is that a question or a statement?

What do you think?

It's a statement, it's telling us something.

So what should we put at the end of our sentence?

We need a punctuation mark.

Should it be a period or should it be a question mark?

A period, that's right.

Make sure you add a period to the end of your sentence.

Now we get to draw a picture.

You get to draw one too.

We want our picture to match our words.

So I think I'll start by drawing a pond.

I'll use my blue marker for that.

My pond is gonna be kind of like a squiggly sideways oval.

There's my pond.

If the pond is full of life, I should draw some living things.

What were some of the things that you remember from the book?

That's right, there were animals.

I think I'll draw an animal in my pond.

How about a green turtle?

Here's my turtle.

A round head and a shell.

He needs some legs.

Maybe a little tail.

Remember the book had painted turtles in it.

An eye, an eye, and a smile.

There's my turtle.

What other things should be around the pond?

Maybe some plants.

I'll draw some tall grasses.

Remember that there were lily pads in the book.

There were also some tall reeds.

Here's some grasses.

Animals and plants where some of the living things around the pond.

Great job today, readers and writers.

Let's read our sentence one last time.

The pond is full of life.

Don't forget to share your sentence with someone in your home today.

Friends, we learned about so many things that live over and under the pond.

Thank you for helping me learn about a new habitat.

Remember a habitat is a place in nature where animals live.

Have fun exploring and I'll see you next time on "Read, Write, Roar."

- [Announcer] 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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