(upbeat music) - Hello, readers.

Welcome to Read, Write, Roar.

Today, we're going to be reading a book about plants.

Are you excited?

We're going to learn some new vocabulary words, and at the end, we're gonna record our learning by writing a sentence.

For today's lesson, you're going to need something to write on like a piece of paper or a notebook, and something to write with, like a pencil.

So go get those things, so we can get started.

(upbeat music) - [narrator] 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.

(upbeat music) (lion roar) (upbeat music) - Hi, I'm Mrs. Skelley.

Today, we're going to read the book Plants Can't Sit Still.

This is an informational book.

Informational books teach us all about a topic.

This book is all about plants.

What do you know about plants?

Well, the title of this book is Plants Can't Sit Still.

So this book is going to tell us all about how plants move.

Did you know that plants are always moving?

Even if you can't see them move, they're always moving, and that's what this book is all about.

So let's get reading.

As we're reading, we're gonna learn some new vocabulary and pay extra special close attention to the pictures to learn even more information.

The book is written by Rebecca E. Hirsch.

She's the author, she's the person that wrote the words.

And it's illustrated by Mia Posada.

She's the person that drew the pictures.

Here's the title page, Plants Can't Sit Still.

Plants don't have feet or fins or wings, yet they can move in many ways.

Look closely and you'll discover that plants can't sit still.

Plants can wiggle.

As seedlings start to grow, they squirm out of the spring soil, unfold their leaves, and reach for the warmth and the light.

Let's take a look at this picture.

You can see a sunflower seedling growing up and reaching towards the light.

The picture gives us more information.

Plants can creep.

They slither underground or crawl through the tall grass.

This is the word slither.

(upbeat music) This is the word slither.

Slither means to move by sliding your entire body back and forth.

The roots are slithering under the ground, slither.

(upbeat music) Searching for the things that all plants need, water, sunshine, and room to grow.

As they search, plants can climb a fence or walk up a wall.

Take a look at these plants.

These are vines.

They are climbing to reach towards the sun.

Plants can hide from a hungry grasshopper or surprise a fly, snap.

Have you ever heard of a Venus Flytrap?

That's what type of plant this is.

They eat bugs, they eat meat, isn't that cool?

Some plants sleep at night.

Leaves nodding, flowers folding.

This is the word nodding.

(upbeat music) This is the word nodding.

Nodding means bending downward or forward.

The plant was nodding its leaves down and back up, nodding.

Others wake with the stars and lifts their faces to the moon.

Plants can tumble on a breeze.

Whoosh, as they bounce along, seeds, sprinkle out.

This is a special plant called a tumbleweed.

It moves through the desert and tumbles with the wind.

This is the word tumble (upbeat music) This the word tumble, tumble means to fall forward, while turning over the tumbleweed was tumbling across the desert.

Tumble.

Plants even explode.

They fling their seeds into the world to make new plants.

Take a look at this picture.

Do you see the seeds flinging?

Those seeds will become new plants.

A seed is a plant built for travel, seeds can whirl like helicopters or float on parachutes.

Have you ever seen helicopter seeds before?

They come down from the tree and land on the ground so they can become a new tree or glide on papery wings but they can't sit still.

Seed it's hitchhike on your sock or on a Fox's bushy tail.

They take a ride inside a bear.

Some seeds are spiky.

We call those burrs.

They might get stuck on your clothes.

Seed set sail sploosh, down the river past the swaying trees into the wide ocean.

Drifting, waiting for what all plants need water, sunshine and room to grow.

Do you see this coconut tree seed?

It's drifting in the water.

It's waiting for what it needs.

Water, sunshine, and room to grow.

So it can turn into a new coconut tree.

When the seed finds a spot the seedling squirms out, it unfolds the leaves.

It reaches for the warmth and the light.

And it keeps on moving because plants can't sit still.

Today we learned about how plants move and remember they need three things.

They need sun, water and room to grow.

(upbeat music) During the story we learned three new vocabulary words slither, nodding, and tumble.

Let's learn a little bit more about each of those words.

Our first word is the word slither.

Can you say that word?

Slither means to move your entire body by sliding back and forth, back and forth.

Kind of like a snake.

Let's listen for the syllables in the word slither.

Clap it out with me.

Slither, count it out.

Slither, there are two syllables in the word slither.

Let's check out the book, in the book.

The author wrote plants can creep.

They slither underground or crawl through tall grass.

Check out the picture, in the picture.

The roots are slithering or moving and sliding under the grounds and popping back up to make a new plant, slither.

Let's use the word slither in a sentence.

I saw a snake slither in the grass.

Ooh, scary.

Let's say this word one more time.

Slither, very good.

Our next word is the word, nodding.

Can you say that word?

Nodding means bending forward or downward forward or downward.

You might nod your head.

Can you do that?

Say nodding.

Very good.

Let's listen to the syllables in the word nodding.

Clap it out with me.

Nodding count it out, nodding.

There are two syllables in the word nodding.

Let's take a look at the book.

The book says some plants sleep at night, leaves, nodding check out these leaves.

They are bending forward and down.

Take a look at the plants that I brought today.

This plants leaves nod during the day.

They bend down during the day.

And then they fold back up at night.

Isn't that cool?

Let's use the word nodding in a sentence.

My grandma's sometimes is nodding her head as she's falling asleep in her rocking chair.

Nodding.

Let's say that word one more time.

Nodding, very good.

Our last word is the word tumble.

Can you say that word?

Tumble means to fall forward while turning over like this, say tumble.

Tumble like the tumbleweed in the book.

Let's listen to the syllables in the word tumble.

Clap it out with me.

Tumble, count it out, tumble.

There are two syllables in the word tumble.

Let's check out the book, in the book.

It said plants can tumble on a breeze.

Whoosh, as they bounce along seeds, sprinkle out.

Look at the tumbleweed.

It's tumbling on the breeze.

It's moving forward and spinning, tumble.

Let's use the word tumble in a sentence.

Gymnast tumble on the mat.

Tumble.

Great job learning are three new vocabulary words.

The word slither, like a snake.

Can you slither with me?

The word nodding, like this nod your head with me and the word tumble, like this.

Say tumble, great work.

You can practice these words with someone at home.

(upbeat music) Can you move your body like a plant growing?

Stand up and move with me.

Let's start as a seed.

Let's wiggle out of the soil, reaching up towards the sky growing up tall towards the sun.

Can you spin like a helicopter seed?

Spin with me swirling in the winds.

Can you move like a Venus Flytrap?

Snapping up a fly for a snack.

Can you move like a flower?

Reaching up at night, getting ready for sleep.

(upbeat music) We learned so much new information today.

Didn't we?

Well, what did we learn about?

That's right.

We learned all about plants.

Did it we have fun?

That was the topic of what we learned about plants.

Today we're going to talk about the main idea of our book that we read.

In order to figure out the main idea or what the book was mostly about.

I like to look at the cover and read the title.

The title says Plants Can't Sit Still.

I'm thinking what was the book mostly about was it about plants, but it was about how plants move and that they move in many ways.

So we're gonna write that down today, using this paper to organize our thinking.

This top box says main ideas.

So we're gonna write the main idea of the book down in the top box.

We're going to write, plants move in many ways.

Here I go, plants move in many ways And I'm gonna draw a picture of my plant because my plant moves, right?

Every day the leaves go down and then they come back up at night.

So I'm gonna draw a picture to remind me that that's what I wrote.

Plant moves in many ways.

And there are arrows to remind me that the leaves are moving up and down.

Well, you might notice underneath our main idea are three boxes that are a little bit smaller.

Those are for the key details.

The key details.

Give us a little bit more information about the main idea.

So let's think, what were some reasons that plants moved?

What did the book teach us?

Well did we remember that plants move toward the sun.

They need sun to survive.

So I'm gonna write that down as one of our key details.

Plants move toward the sun.

And I'm going to draw a picture of a sun to remind me that's what my key details said, okay.

Now let's think, what was another reason that plants moved?

Do you remember that they moved toward water.

Plants need water to survive.

So a lot of plants move to get closer to water.

Let's write that down as another key detail.

Plants move toward water.

And I'm gonna draw a raindrop to remind me that that's what we wrote.

Okay, so far we have our main idea, plants move in many ways, we have that they move toward the sun.

They move toward water.

No, I'm trying to think.

What are some other reasons that plants move?

Well, this book talked a lot about seeds and how they moved.

So I think that's a pretty important key detail.

Let's write seed can travel in many ways.

Seeds can travel in many ways and I'm going to draw a picture of a seed.

Okay, you did a great job.

Identifying the main idea of our book today.

You could read it along with me.

If you'd like, plants move in many ways.

Now remember our key details.

Give us a little bit more information about our main idea.

You can read them along with me.

Plants move toward the sun.

Plants move toward water.

Seeds can travel in many ways.

Great job.

(upbeat music) Make sure you have something to write with because it's your turn to write about plants.

Do you remember the three things that plants need that we learned today?

That's right.

They need sun, water and room to grow.

So let's draw those to remind us what we learned.

First, I have sun, let me to draw a sunshine.

We know that they need water.

So I'm going to draw a rain drop to remind me of that And they need room to grow.

So I'm gonna draw a flower pot because I have to reap the pot, my plants every year, 'cause they need room to grow.

They need a bigger pot every year.

So I'm gonna draw that pot with a little plant coming out of it.

All right, now that we've drawn our pictures.

It's time to write a sentence together.

We're gonna write about what plants need.

Our sentence is going to be, plants need sun, water and space.

Space is another way of saying room to grow, okay?

Before we start writing let's clap out the words in that sentence.

Here we go.

Clack with me, plants need sun, water and space.

Let's count it out.

Plants need sun, water and space.

There are six words in that sentence.

Now let's draw some lines on our papers to remind us that there are spaces between our words.

Here we go.

Plants need sun, water and space.

All right, let's practice reading.

One more time to get our brains really ready to write Point to the lines and read along with me.

Plants needs sun, water and space.

We're ready to right now, our first word is the word plants.

I know we're gonna need a capital because it's the beginning of our sentence.

Let's listen to the sounds in the word, plants.

Stretch it out with me, P-L-A-N-T-S Oh my goodness.

You needed two hands for that one.

That's got a lot of sounds.

What sound do you hear at the beginning of the word plants?

That's right.

We hear a P at the beginning.

Let's write it down.

Start at the top go down, back up and around.

P-L, we hear an L next.

Start at the top and go straight down.

P-L-A, we hear in A, start in the middle.

Make a C close it and go down.

P-L-A-N, we hear an N next Start in the middle.

Go down, back up and make a hump.

P-L-A-N-T What sound do you hear next?

We hear a T let's start at the top.

Go down, back up and slide to the right.

Now, let's listen.

P-L-A-N-T-S, what goes at the end of that word?

To tell us there was more than one.

That's right.

There's an S at the end of that word.

Or S sounds start in the middle and around like S. All right.

Let's figure out what we need next, plants need let's stretch out the sounds in the word need.

N-E-E-D, what sound do you hear at the beginning of that word?

And N, good.

Let's start in the middle.

Go down, back up and make a hump.

N-E we hear an E in this word.

We need two Es.

Start in the middle.

slide over, up and around.

Start in the middle, slide over, up then around.

Let's listen for the ending sound N-E-E-D, what sound do you hear at the end of that word?

A, D let's make a C close it up and down.

Okay, let's read what we have so far to figure out what comes next.

Plants need sun.

Let's listen for the sounds in the word sun.

S-U-N, sun, we here, an S at the beginning.

Start in the middle.

Around like an S. S-U, what sound do you hear in the middle?

Yes, that's a, U, good.

Start in the middle.

Go down, back up, then go back down.

S-U-N, we here an N at the end of that word, start in the middle.

Go down, back up and make a hump.

Great work.

Let's read our sentence so far.

Plants need sun water comes next.

Now we need a special punctuation.

Mark, call a comma because we're making a list of things that plants need.

Let's stretch out the word water.

W-A-T- ER, what sounds do you hear at the beginning of the word water?

Yes, a W ,let's start in the middle slant down, back up, slant down, back up.

W-A, it sounds like an O next but it's actually an A let's start in the middle.

Make a C close it and go down.

W-A-T, we hear a T next start at the top.

Go down, back up and flags the right W-A-T-ER, ER is at the end of that word.

There are two letters that make the ER sound in this word, E and R work together to make that sounds, lets write it, start in the middle side over, up and around.

Let's write our letter R start in the middle, go down, back up, bend around.

All right, let's read what we have so far, plants need sun, water and let's stretch it out.

A-N-D, what sound do you hear at the beginning of the word and ?

An A good, start in the middle around like a C go up and down.

A-N, we here an N next.

Start in the middle, go down, back up and around.

A-N-D, we hear a D at the end of that word make a C go up and down.

Plants need sun, water and space.

Let's stretch out the sounds in the word space.

S-P-A-C-E, what's the beginning of that word?

An S, let's start in the middle around like an S S-P, we hear a P next, start in the middle go all the way down, back up and around S-P-A, A says its own name.

Start in the middle, make a C close it and go down.

S-P-A-C, it sounds like an S but it's actually a soft C. Just like the word nice.

Has a soft C in it as well.

That makes an S sound, start in the middle around C. Now we need a silent E at the of the word because A says its own name.

Let's start in the middle slide over, up and around.

We can't forget our punctuation mark to tell our readers.

It's the end of our sentence.

Make sure to put a period at the end.

All right.

Let's read our sentence.

Plants, need sun, water and space.

Great work.

Make sure to read your sentence to someone at home and tell them all the things you learned about what plants need.

Today, we read a book about plants.

We learned that plants are always moving and they need three things.

They need sun, water, and room to grow.

We also wrote a sentence and recorded our learning about plants.

Thank you so much for learning with me readers.

I'll see you next time on Read, Write, Roar.

- [Narrator] 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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