- Hi, scholars.

Welcome to second grade on Read, Write, ROAR.

I'm Mrs. Fuller.

And today you're gonna be learning about complex compound words.

We're gonna be talking about textile waste, and we're gonna be joined by a special guest, whose business helps to reduce the amount of clothing that we put in the landfills.

So scholars, grab your paper and something to write with, and let's get ready to Read, Write, ROAR.

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Kellogg Foundation.

Additional support by, and by viewers like you, thank you.

(upbeat music) - Hello, scholars, I'm Mrs. Z-K. And today, we are going to be working with compound words.

Do you know what a compound word is?

Okay.

Okay, you're right.

It's when we can join two or more words together to make a bigger word, or a new word, right?

So we can have two smaller words, and we'll put 'em together, and we'll make a whole new word.

And that word is a compound word, like the word sunshine.

Sunshine is known as a simple compound word.

It's simple, because sunshine when we break it up into its syllables, sun, shine, there's two syllables, and sun, shine, there's two words.

So each word, that word and that word, are both just one syllable.

So this is a compound word that's broken up by syllables by the word, right?

So sun, shine, sunshine.

But we're going to work with some more complex compound words today.

Yeah, and I'll tell you why they're a little bit more complex or more challenging.

Here's an example.

Afternoon, what's the word?

Good, we're gonna clap out afternoon to get the syllables.

Afternoon.

Three syllables, okay.

Well, let's see if there's three words in this compound word.

Afternoon.

All right, is af a word all by itself?

No, it's not, but after is a word.

Okay, and noon is a word.

So this compound word is made up of two words, but it has more than two syllables, because after is two syllables all by itself.

Mm.

All right, well, let's look at the next word.

This word is dishwasher.

What's the word?

Nice, let's clap out its syllables, you ready?

Dishwasher.

How many syllables?

Three, nice job.

Do you think there's three words in this compound word?

It could be.

That's a possibility.

Let's check.

We got dish, wash, er.

Well, I can tell you already that I know er is not a word all by itself.

Dish is a word all by itself.

All right.

Wash could be a word all by itself, but since er can not be a word all by itself, it's an ending for wash.

So washer is our second word.

Alright, so dish is one syllable, but washer, washer is two syllables.

Do you see how it's a little more challenging?

Let's look at our last word.

This word is counterclockwise.

What's the word?

Nice.

Let's go ahead and clap it out to see how many syllables it might have.

Counterclockwise.

How many syllables does that word have?

Four.

We have count, er, clock, wise.

So there's four syllables.

Do you think there are four words that make up this compound word?

Let's check it out.

Can count be a word all by itself?

Absolutely.

Oh, but there's that er again.

Remember, that's an ending.

So count must be with er to make counter.

Okay, what about clock?

Can it be a word all by itself?

Sure can.

What about wise?

Yeah, it can.

Could be wise, that's a word all by itself.

So clock is a word all by itself, and so as wise.

We have found a compound word that is made up of three smaller words.

Counter, clock, wise.

That's pretty complex, huh?

So if you're going clockwise, you're just going in the direction of a clock.

But when you go counter clockwise, you go the opposite direction that the clock moves.

Mhm.

All right, scholars, I hope you have your paper and something to write with ready.

We are going to read through a short passage.

As we read through, we are going to be word detectives, on the lookout for compound words.

You know, compound words are when two smaller words are joined together to make one bigger word, right?

So we are going to go through, and I'm going to stop at every ending punctuation mark.

And we're gonna look, and see if there is a compound word in that sentence or not.

If there is, I want you to write that word down.

Okay, I'm going to highlight it on my paper, and you will be able to write it down.

Are you ready?

Let's get started.

All right.

So here's our short passage.

Yesterday in art class, we were making posters out of cardboard.

Mm, I'm gonna stop right there.

There's our first ending mark.

Did you hear, or do you even see a compound word?

What about yesterday?

Hmm.

Yester?

That doesn't sound like a word to me, no.

Hmm, making, make, ing.

Ing's not a word by itself.

No, cardboard.

You're right.

Cardboard is a compound word.

Scholars, go ahead and write cardboard down on your paper.

Mrs. Z-K is just going to highlight it here.

Cardboard is made out of card plus board, cardboard.

All right, we're gonna keep going.

We used markers, magazines, and watercolor paints.

Hm, let's look at those words again in the second sentence.

We used markers.

Markers a compound word?

No, magazines?

No.

Watercolor?

Oh, that's one of those more complex ones, right, we have water, color, watercolor.

I don't know if you've ever painted with watercolors, but they're pretty cool.

Watercolor.

Scholars, go ahead and write down watercolor on your paper.

All right, we're gonna go to our next sentence.

Our posters were all about reducing, reusing, and recycling.

Hmm, okay, let's look at that sentence.

Do you see any compound words?

Posters?

Post, ers.

Ers isn't a word all by itself.

Hmm.

No, these just have an ending of ing, so they don't have a second word.

So scholars, there is not a compound word in that sentence.

Let's keep going.

We brainstormed ideas on the whiteboard, and on notebook paper.

Uh oh, I think I see more than one compound word here.

So first off, brainstormed is a compound word, yes.

Let's go ahead and write that one down, that's a long one.

We have brain, and then stormed, and together, brainstormed.

Did you see any other compound words in that sentence?

Whiteboard, you are right.

Whiteboard.

Yes, and whiteboard is made out of white plus board, and together, we have whiteboard.

Go ahead and write that down, scholars.

I was just looking at cardboard and whiteboard.

They both have the same second word, but because the first word is different, the meaning of the compound word is different.

Yes.

All right.

Oh, you see another one?

Seriously?

Notebook.

You're right.

Glad you didn't let me keep going without it.

We need to write notebook down in our notebook.

Notebook is made up of note plus book, and together, the word is notebook.

Nice work, scholars.

That was a busy sentence.

All right, let's keep going.

When we finished, we posted our classwork in the hallways, the lunchroom, and on the playground.

Another busy sentence, woo, scholars.

Do you see any compound words?

Oh, playground.

Okay.

Start here over here.

You seen playground.

That's a common compound word.

We have play, ground, playground.

Go ahead and write it down.

All right, I'm gonna go back through our sentence to see if we can hear any more of those compound words.

When we finished, just an ending, we posted our classwork, ding, ding, ding, classwork, it's work that they did in class, and it is a compound word.

Scholars, go ahead and write that word down.

We have class plus work makes classwork.

All right, so they finished their classwork, and where did they post it?

They posted it in the hallways.

Hall plus ways makes hallways, another compound word.

And there is one more compound word, let's go back through.

So when we finished, we posted our classwork in the hallways, the lunchroom, and on the playground.

Did you find it?

Lunchroom, you're right.

Lunchroom is a room where you will sit and eat your lunch.

We have lunch plus room makes the word lunchroom, also known as a cafeteria, yes.

Go ahead and write down lunchroom.

Nice work, word detectives.

You found all of our compound words in this short passage.

Can we reread this passage, so that we can fluently read straight through instead of choppy sentence by sentence?

Yes, okay, let's reread.

So short passage.

All right.

Yesterday in art class, we were making posters out of cardboard.

We used markers, magazines, and watercolor paints.

Our posters were all about reducing, reusing, and recycling.

We brainstormed ideas on the whiteboard, and on notebook paper.

When we finished, we posted our classwork in the hallways, the lunchroom, and on the playground.

Nice work, scholars.

Scholars, we made posters about reducing, reusing and recycling.

And by posting them around the school, we were making other people aware of things they can do to reduce their impact on the environment.

Can you help us reduce our impact on the environment?

(soft music) - Hello, and welcome, I'm Ms. 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 a quick stretch or something that relaxes us.

We call this a pop check, and today we're going to stretch.

So imagine that you are a strong tree, and reach your feet down into the Earth, like you have roots.

Now, inhale, lift your arms up like the branches.

And as you exhale, your hands will fall like leaves, ah.

Ready?

Take a deep breath in.

Ah, oh, my leaves fell on my shoulders.

Take a deep breath in, where will yours fall?

Ah, oh, mine are on my head.

Take a deep breath in, ah, and relax.

You can practice these pop checks anytime, anywhere.

When you're feeling sad, or worried, or angry, you can find a quiet space like your room, a closet, even a bathroom, take a deep breath, stretch, and twist your worries out.

(soft music) - Hi, scholars, I'm Mrs. Fuller.

Today, we have a special guest joining me on the show.

I'm gonna be talking with my friend Siera Gunnett about how she reuses old clothes to make new cool T-shirts.

That's right.

She takes old T-shirts, and makes them into something new.

As we talk with Siera today, I would like you to listen for information that'll help us to 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.

Welcome, Siera.

Thank you for joining us today.

- Thank you so much.

Thank you for having me, happy to be here.

- Siera, tell us a little bit about yourself.

- Well, I am a student over in Western Michigan University, in the Kalamazoo area, studying business entrepreneurship.

And that means I'm studying, so I can own my own business, and I can continue to grow my clothing line.

I decided that this is what I wanted to do when I was in second grade.

I found out that I could be my own boss, and I could be the change I wanted to make.

And that's always what I've wanted to do.

So now I'm doing it.

- So you're able to learn about starting your business while you're in the process of getting your business started.

- Absolutely.

I learn a lot about running a business through just doing it alone.

Every step I take is a new learning opportunity.

And I also take, learn a lot as I go through the classes I take.

It's so far has been kind of matching up to each other.

- So, Siera, on our Read, Write, ROAR program, we've been talking about how important it is for everyone to reduce, reuse, and recycle to create less garbage, and to help protect the environment.

You have a business that takes something old that we might throw away, and you reuse it to make something new.

Tell us about what you do.

- [Siera] Yes, I would love to.

So that's exactly it.

I take something old, and I give it a new life, so it doesn't go into our garbage and make more garbage.

A lot of waste comes from clothing after we throw it away.

So it's better to use what we already have instead of making new stuff.

So I take these pieces, and put my designs onto them to give them a new life.

- That's a great idea.

Can you tell us how you came up with the idea?

- Yeah.

My biggest passion in life is living for a more sustainable future.

And I think when looking at something, what's a, like a big thing that I could really help out on was the fashion industry.

That's something I love to do as well.

So it kind of brought the two things that I love together.

- Tell us how you come up with the designs for your shirts.

- So I've also taken several art classes.

I'm a very artsy kind of person.

I love to draw, I love to paint.

And I came up with them first with pencil and paper, and then I soon put them digitally, which was kind of a learning curve for me.

But then I learned how to do art online, and then I put them into our online.

And then from there I was able to have someone else make the screens for me, and bring it to real life to put on T-shirts.

- Can you tell us more about the process?

- Yeah, so I take these pieces from thrift stores, secondhand stores.

I take shirts that are on their way to the landfills, and I bring them back, and I put my designs on them through screen printing, which is a really cool and unique process where I take screens, I press them down onto sheet, T-shirts, pull some ink through, and then it reveals my design onto them, kind of giving them a brand new look.

- [Fuller] Yes, your designs are really, really cool.

- [Siera] Thank you.

- So can you tell us more about your business and the products?

- Yeah, so my business right now is completely online through my website, and I currently have three products right now, three different kinds of T-shirts, each with their own design, and they each have their own color as well.

- And can you tell us how your business helps protect the environment?

- Yeah, so I kind of, instead of letting my piece, like pieces go to the landfill, pollute the landfills, and then get stripped to recycle, I avoid the whole process altogether, and save these pieces for the polluting the landfills altogether.

Each T-shirt alone saves over 650 gallons of water, which contributes to a lot of severe droughts.

And cutting the issue right off at the source is proven to be the best way to go about it.

- So, Siera, you're helping to create less waste for our landfills.

You help us to use less resources in your process.

- Absolutely, yep.

I can save all these materials that would have otherwise been thrown away, and made into new pieces, and I kind of just reuse it, so we can cut down on that waste.

- Well, thank you, Siera, for what you do to help protect our environment.

And it's been so great having you.

Thank you for joining us today.

- Thank you so much for having me.

(upbeat music) - It was great to chat with Siera today, and to learn about her business.

Let's think about what we've learned as we look back at our two big questions.

How do people's actions affect the environment, and what choices can people make to reduce their impact on the environment?

In Siera's business, she's able to take clothing items that might be thrown away as she turns them into those cool new T-shirts.

Also by reusing a T-shirt, she saves about 650 gallons of water.

That's how much water it takes to make one brand new T-shirt.

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

Remember, it's important that we reduce, reuse, and recycle.

And I want us to think about textile waste, or clothing items, and how we can reduce, reuse, and recycle.

Remember, to reduce means to use less.

So some ways that we could reduce our textile waste, or clothing item waste that we send to the landfill, we could buy less clothing.

We could have a clothing swap, or trade clothes.

We could buy used clothes, like Siera said, she picks up those T-shirts at a second hand shop, or we could donate our old clothing items, so that someone else could use them.

To reuse means to use again, or make into something else.

So what are some ways that we could reuse textiles or clothing items?

We could make clothing into something new, like Siera remakes the T-shirts.

We put also use clothing items to make pillows.

We could make quilts, or we could use our clothing items to make rags.

There's lots of options on ways that we could radios our clothing.

How about recycle?

That's a little bit tricky.

Like we read in our facts, only about 15% of all textile waste gets recycled.

So we need to look for a place that can recycle clothing.

Recycled clothing can be made into insulation in building projects, new material for clothing, and stuffing for pillows and stuffed animals.

Today, we learned that Siera is able to design the artwork that she puts on the T-shirts, and then she's able to take that artwork, and actually transfer it to the shirt.

You also read a short passage with Mrs. Z-K that talked about doing your research, and making a recycling poster.

So I thought it'd be fun if we took those two ideas, and put 'em together, and designed our own recycling T-shirts.

So here's one that I came up with.

I used the inspiration from our reduce, reuse, and recycle planet, and I put protect the Earth, reduce, reuse, and recycle.

So go ahead and get your paper, and something to draw and write with, and let's take a few minutes and design our own T-shirts.

(upbeat music) When you're ready with your paper, scholars, I divided my paper into four sections, and on each one, I drew a blank T-shirt.

I have a lot of ideas on T-shirts that I want to try out that represent, reduce, reuse, and recycle, and protecting our environment.

So scholars, when you're ready, go ahead and start designing your T-shirts.

Use your imagination and the knowledge that you know about protecting the environment by reducing, reusing, and recycling.

Thank you so much for learning with us today.

Have fun making your T-shirts, and I'll see you next time on Read, Write, ROAR.