- Hello, and welcome, second grade scholars, to "Read, Write, Roar."

Today, we're going to focus on our big question, what kinds of plants and animals live in various habitats and why?

We are also going to read and write words with the prefixes pre and over, as well as listen to a fictional story about an animal that lives in the rainforest.

Pay careful attention to the words and the illustrations to better help understand the message.

So go ahead and get your paper and pencil and let's get started.

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(light music) (paper crumpling) (lion roaring) (lion roaring) - Hello word builders.

Thanks for coming to learn with me, Mrs. Z-K. Today, we're going to work on building words and sounding them out with prefixes.

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

That new word is going to have a new meaning.

Prefixes give us clues as to what our new word could mean.

Here's our prefixes we're going to work with today.

Pre- and over-.

When we at pre- at the beginning of a word it's going to mean before or in front of.

And today when we add over- to the beginning of a word, it's going to mean too much of that thing.

Will you read these prefixes with me?

Pre-, over-, nice job, scholars.

I have a lot of words for us to practice today with those prefixes pre- and over-.

(light music) Now, when we sound out the word, remember we do it, we loop it by syllables.

Over-, the prefix over- has two syllables.

So you'll see me say, o- ver-, when we loop at word.

Are you ready?

All right.

We're going to add the prefix over- to the word bake.

We will have overbake.

What word?

Overbake.

Do you see that picture?

Oh, this looks like some burnt muffins.

I think maybe that they were baked too much or too long.

Yeah?

So those muffins must have been overbaked.

(giggling) Our next word, we're going to add the prefix over- to the word joyed.

Overjoyed.

What word?

Overjoyed.

Do you know when I was 10, that they have a surprise party for me?

And when I walked in, I was very much surprised but I was also overjoyed.

Oh my goodness, that someone would do such an act of kindness for me.

Now joy is a feeling of happiness.

So if you are overjoyed, you have too much joy.

You can't help yourself.

And your body may show that you're so excited.

Right?

(light music) All right.

Our next word, we're going to add the prefix pre- to the word heating.

Sound that out.

We got preheating.

What word?

Preheating.

So this is when you heat something before you cook it or before you cook something.

So I thought of that maybe I would be preheating my oven when I wanted to make a fresh batch of brownies.

You'll notice on the directions that they always do tell you to preheat your oven to a certain temperature.

So it means to heat your oven before you start cooking.

All right scholars, our next word, we're going to add the prefix pre- to the word cleaned.

And we have precleaned.

What word?

Precleaned.

I wonder if you've ever precleaned at school before the end of the day?

Maybe you picked up some paper or some markers that were on the floor.

And that means that you precleaned up, before the janitor came to actually clean the classroom.

That's also an act of kindness.

Nice job, scholars.

All right.

And what if we add the prefix pre- to the word paid?

We would have the word prepaid.

What word?

Prepaid.

Nice job, scholars.

And prepaid means that something was paid for before you actually got the item.

Right?

So if maybe you go to school and you have to pay for your lunch, maybe your adult prepaid for your lunch for the entire week.

That means they pay for your lunch before you even ate it.

Right?

Yeah.

Did you notice something about the ends of some of these words?

You're right.

Some of these words have suffixes as well added to the base word.

So our base word joy had the prefix over, but it also had a suffix of -ed, meaning past tense.

Heat had the suffix -ing added to the word which made it preheating.

And our base word, clean, had a prefix of pre- with a suffix of -ed, meaning it would have already happened.

Right?

You already cleaned up, beforehand.

All right, let's go ahead and reread these words one more time, scholars.

We have, overbake, overjoyed, preheating, precleaned, and prepaid.

Nice.

All right.

Now it's going to be your turn to practice writing some of these words with our prefixes over- and pre-.

You're going to see some sentences pop up on your screen and they're going to be missing a word.

We're going to fill in that blank with one of our words that we practiced today.

All right?

So I'll wait here while you go get a paper and something to write with.

(light music) (lion roaring) All right, are you ready, scholars?

Will you read the first sentence with me?

Thanks.

The teacher felt when he found out that he had won the lottery.

Hm, the teacher felt when he found out he'd won the lottery.

Which one of these base words is a feeling word?

Oh.

And how do you think a teacher might feel when they win the lottery?

Did you write overjoyed?

You're absolutely right.

Oh my goodness.

I would be shouting and jumping and hollering.

To win the lottery, that would be exciting.

You would be overjoyed.

Nice job, scholars.

Will you reread that sentence with me?

The teacher felt when he found out that he had won the lottery.

Nice work, scholars.

Sentence number two, read with me.

My mom told me that the dishes must be, before putting them in the dishwasher.

Hm, which word are you going to write down?

What might your mom tell you that the dishes need to be, before you put them in the dishwasher?

Remember before is what the prefix pre- means.

What does a dishwasher do?

Cleans your dishes.

Did you write precleaned?

You're absolutely right.

Sometimes you have to kind of rinse off your dishes and make sure there's no chunks of food on them before you put it in the dishwasher where it actually gets cleaned.

So you will preclean the dishes.

Nice work.

Will you reread that sentence with me?

My mom told me that the dishes must be precleaned before putting them in the dishwasher.

All right.

Sentence three, scholars.

Read with me.

I had to pay when I ordered the cake, because the baker said that special orders must be, hm.

That word, pay, in our sentence, is a big clue.

Did you write prepaid?

Because you're absolutely right.

That means that had to prepay for your cake before you got it because you were making a special order, right?

Let's reread that sentence with our word prepaid.

I had to pay when I ordered the cake because the baker said that special orders must be prepaid.

Yeah.

All right, scholars, sentence four.

It was almost time for dinner so I used the stove when I was, the spaghetti sauce.

Hm, which one of those words would fit in that sentence?

It's almost dinner so it's not dinner yet.

So it means it's still before dinner.

Oh, there's that prefix, pre-.

What might you do to spaghetti sauce?

Did you write preheating?

Yes, that word fits in our sentence because we had to preheat the spaghetti sauce before you eat it.

You don't want cold spaghetti sauce, do you?

Let's reread that sentence.

It was almost time for dinner, so I used the stove when I was preheating the spaghetti sauce.

All right, scholars, last sentence.

Read with me.

Make sure to check the cookies in the oven so that they do not.

Oh.

Make sure to check the cookies in the oven so that they do not what?

Well, we bake cookies in the oven.

Which one of those words would fit in our sentence?

Did you write overbake?

Great work, scholars.

Oh, I can not stand it when I overbake the cookies.

And then they're all hard and too crunchy to eat.

So make sure you got to keep checking on those, right?

All right.

Let's reread our sentence with the word overbake.

Make sure to check the cookies in the oven so that they do not overbake.

Nice work, scholars.

After practicing reading and writing words with prefixes pre- and over-, start looking for them in books or reading at home.

What new words can you find?

(light music) - Hello and welcome.

My name is Miss Amy and I'm excited to share some mindful practices with you today.

Mindful practices are tools we can use when we need to pause and take a breath, own what we are feeling, and practice something to help our bodies and minds feel calm.

Let's sing a song together.

(guitar strumming) ♪ The more we get together ♪ Together, together ♪ The more we get together, ♪ The happier we'll be ♪ 'Cause your friends are my friends ♪ ♪ And my friends are your friends ♪ ♪ The more we get together ♪ The happier we'll be One more time.

♪ The more we get together ♪ Together, together ♪ The more we get together ♪ The happier we'll be ♪ 'Cause your friends are my friends ♪ ♪ And my friends are your friends.

♪ ♪ The more we get together ♪ The happier we'll be Thank you for sharing this mindful practice with me today.

(light music) - Hi, scholars.

I'm Mrs. Ziegler.

Let's get ready to talk about a shy pangolin and the lesson it learns.

We will be using illustrations and words from this story to help us understand the characters, events, and messages of this book, "Roly Poly Pangolin," by Anna Dewdney.

Before we begin, let's take a look at two key words.

The first word is characters.

Can you say that with me?

Characters.

The characters are the animals and the people in the story.

The second key word is habitat.

Can you say it with me?

Habitat.

The habitat is the natural home or environment of plants and animals.

In today's story, we're going to be learning a little bit about the habitat of a pangolin.

Now, before we jump into reading the story, what questions are you asking yourself just by looking at the cover?

You might be wondering, "What is a pangolin?"

Or perhaps, "What are those spiky things "all over its body?"

Or, "Why is it rolled up in a ball like that?"

Good readers ask a lot of questions.

Keep asking yourself questions while you're listening to this story and reading along with me.

And use those pictures to help you make sense of the story.

Here we go.

"Roly Poly Pangolin," by Anna Dewdney.

Roly Poly very small, doesn't like new things at all.

I'm going to stop already.

What do you think Roly Poly is hanging on to here?

Can you look closely?

It looks like another tail.

Let's find out.

We were right.

This is the mama pangolin's tail.

That's how pangolins get around in their habitat.

Isn't that a cool fact?

What if something out there bites?

Roly Poly hold on tight.

Look at how frightened he is.

Roly Poly, very small, doesn't like new things at all.

What's for dinner?

Ants and slugs.

Roly Poly won't touch bugs.

Look at mama pangolin's long tongue.

I'm wondering why that tongue is so long like that.

Do you see what she's doing with it?

She's sticking it into a hole in the ground.

I wonder if that long, skinny, sticky tongue helps her slurp up bugs.

Roly Poly, very small, doesn't like new things at all.

Someone furry wants to play.

Roly Poly runs away.

Roly poly, very small, doesn't like new things at all.

Rustle!

Snap!

What can it be?

Roly does not want to see.

Pangolins live in the rain forest.

This is their natural habitat and it's the perfect place for them.

It has everything they need to survive.

And Roly Poly is protected from predators by this scaly exterior no matter how frightened he is.

Let's read on to see just how those scales will keep him safe.

Roly Poly, very small, hears a teeny tiny call.

Scary monster sounds?

Oh no!

Roly Poly, go, go, go!

Now, are you asking yourself, "Are there really monsters in the rain forest "chasing after roly poly?"

what do you think he'll do next?

He looks very frightened.

Look at his big eyes.

It looks like he might be yelling and his arms are open wide.

Let's see what he does.

Roly poly, very small, stubs his toe and starts to fall.

Now the world is upside down Roly Poly round and round.

Roly Poly, very small, tucks up tight into a ball Rumpity bumpity down the hill.

Roly Poly, very still.

The words rumpity bumpity on this page are a perfect combination to let us know what is happening as he rolls and bumps down the hill.

Can you read that page again with me?

It's kind of fun.

Roly Poly, very small, tucks up tight into up ball.

Rumpity bumpity down the hill.

Roly Poly, very still.

Great job, readers.

Roly Poly, very small, all alone inside his ball.

The world's outside, but he's within, Roly Poly Pangolin.

The illustrations on the last few pages did a good job of answering the question we had before we started reading.

Why do pangolins curl up into a ball?

The answer is to protect themselves.

These scales on the outside of their body, when they curl up tight, form a spiky and scaly ball that not even a lion could penetrate.

Did you know that the word pangolin means roller?

Do you want to try rolling on the ground like a pangolin?

Let's all do it.

Ready?

Here we go.

(leaves rustling) Oh, phew.

That made me dizzy.

I'm glad I don't have to roll up into a ball to protect myself.

Roly Poly, very small, hears another tiny call, opens eyes a teensy crack.

Let's try doing that.

Roll up into your pangolin ball.

Now open eyes a teensy crack.

I wonder what he sees?

Another ball is peaking back.

Roly Poly, very small, not so frightened after all.

Look at his smile as he meets another pangolin.

Look at them high-fiving.

And here's that furry monster that was after him in the rain forest.

He's not so frightened after all.

Now that he found another pangolin friend.

Sometimes new things can be fun, when you're not the only one.

Roly Poly, very small, feeling better, feeling tall.

So much to see, so much to do, so much nicer when it's two.

That's the end of our story.

Now let's talk about Roly Poly, our main character.

Did he change from the beginning to the end?

I agree.

At first he was very shy and did not like new things at all.

But by the end of this story, he certainly was more brave because he met another pangolin.

Trying new things was a challenge for Roly Poly.

But by the end of the story, he learned that new things weren't as bad when you found somebody else to give you a little bit of courage too.

The lesson or moral of the story is that friendship gives us the courage to try new things.

Now, let's practice being courageous.

I invite you to stand up or sit up tall in your chair.

Like a powerful pangolin, plant your feet firmly on the ground and, reach your hands up high to the sky or put them on your waist.

Whatever feels most powerful to you.

Now take a deep breath and feeling courageous, and let it out.

Take another deep breath in, and smile and breathe out, let it go.

Now, your biggest, deepest breath yet.

Here we go breathing in.

And this time when you breathe out stick out your pangolin tongue.

Now repeat after me, either silently in your mind or out loud.

I am brave.

I am courageous.

I am kind.

Great job.

How did that feel?

Did you feel ready to try something new?

When you need to feel a little bit more brave, remember not to roll up tight, like a pangolin ball, but just stand up tall, like a powerful pangolin and breathe in your courage and you'll be ready.

Thanks for joining me today.

You did a great job of asking and answering questions and using those illustrations to help you make meaning of the story.

(light music) All right, readers and writers, it's time to get up and move and get some wiggles out.

So we are ready to write.

Are you ready?

Everyone stand up and let's start with 10 jumping jacks.

Ready, Go.

A one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, 10.

Now get your punching fists ready.

We're going to go across our body and count by tens.

Ready, go.

10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100.

Now run in place.

Count to 20 in your head.

Ready, go.

(running in place) Keep going.

And stop.

Take a deep breath in, let it out.

One more deep breath in, lift your arms up high.

And let it out, and shake those arms out.

Shake your hands.

And give yourself a pat on the back.

(light music) Next time you listen to a story, remember to ask a lot of questions and pay attention to the details in the pictures.

Also, remember to use your powerful pangolin pose to try new courageous things with a friend.

Join us next time on "Read, Write, Roar."

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And by viewers like you.

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