- Welcome to "Read, Write, ROAR!"

Today, we're gonna be learning all about the letter M, and we're going to be reading a book about making friends.

We'll practice building words, and we're going to identify main idea and details.

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

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

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

- [Announcer] This program is made possible in part by the Michigan Department of Education, the State of Michigan, and the W.K.

Kellogg Foundation.

Additional support by and by viewers like you.

Thank you.

(playful music) (lion roars) - Hi, letter heroes.

Are you ready to learn about our letter of the day?

Great.

Today's letter is the letter M. Can you say M?

This is an uppercase M. Say uppercase M. And this is a lowercase M. Say lowercase M. Great job.

I'm gonna mix 'em up and see if I can trick you.

Get ready.

Uppercase M and lowercase M. Great job.

Let's try it again.

Be sure to say it with me.

Lowercase M, great job.

And uppercase M, awesome.

To make the sound for the letter M, you press your lips together like this, mm.

Can you make that sound with me?

Mm.

M say mm.

Nice job.

Let's look at some things that begin with the mm sound.

Are you ready?

The first thing is something you drink.

What could it be?

Milk.

Milk begins with the sound mm.

Say it with me.

Milk, mm.

The next thing I have is an animal.

Are you ready?

It's a monkey.

Say monkey.

Monkey begins with the sound mm, monkey.

Are you ready to go searching for the letter M?

Great, I'm gonna need your help.

I'm gonna use my magnifying glass.

This starts with M too.

And when you see an M, either uppercase or lowercase, tell me to stop, and I'll highlight it with my marker.

Did you hear that?

Mm, marker starts with M. Let me read you a sentence.

Marco and his mom made yummy muffins.

Did you see any Ms?

Did you hear the mm sound?

Me too.

Let's go searching.

Our first word is Marco.

Did you see an M?

You did?

I heard you say stop.

Right there at the beginning of Marco is an uppercase M. Let's highlight it.

Marco begins with the mm sound.

Let's keep searching.

And.

No M there.

His.

No M. Read this word with me; I bet you can read it.

Mom.

Stop?

That's right.

There's a M at the beginning and at the end of the word mom.

Let's highlight it, mom.

Lowercase M and lowercase M. Let's keep searching.

Made.

Did you hear the mm sound?

I do too.

Right at the beginning of the word made, another lowercase M. Let's highlight it.

Only two words left.

Yummy.

Hmm, you said stop.

Yummy does not start or end with M, but there are two Ms right in the middle.

Let's get both of 'em.

Nice job, readers.

Muffins.

Muffins is our last word.

Do you see an M in the word muffins?

You do?

Oh, it's right here at the beginning.

Great job.

Let's highlight the M at the beginning of muffins.

We found seven letter Ms in our sentence today.

Let's read it one last time.

Marco and his mom made yummy muffins.

Awesome.

Now it's time to get ready to practice writing our uppercase and lowercase M. Do you have something to write on and something to write with?

This is an uppercase M. Watch me trace the uppercase M with my finger.

I start at the top and I do a big line down.

Jump back up to the top, big diagonal line, big diagonal line up, and a big line straight down.

That's uppercase M. Let's sky write it.

Put your finger in the air.

Ready?

Start at the top.

Big line down.

Jump back up.

Diagonal line down.

Diagonal line up, and big line down.

Uppercase M. Let's get ready to write it.

I'm gonna start at the top.

Big line down.

Jump back up.

Diagonal line down, diagonal line up, and a big line down.

Uppercase M. Make sure you're writing with me.

Let's do another one.

Start at the top.

Big line down.

Jump back up.

Diagonal line down, diagonal line up.

And a big line down.

Uppercase M. One last one.

Start at the top.

Big line down.

Jump back up.

Diagonal line down, diagonal line up.

And a big line down.

Uppercase M. Great job.

Now it's time for our lowercase M. Watch me trace it with my finger.

I start in the middle dotted line this time.

Little line down, come up, curve around, touch the bottom, curve around, touch the bottom.

Just like that.

It has two humps in a lowercase M. Let's sky write it.

Get your finger ready.

Start in the middle.

Little line down, slide back up, curve around, slide up and curve around.

Lowercase M. Let's practice writing it.

Remember, lowercase M starts in the middle.

So I'll start right here.

Little line down, slide back up.

Curve around, touch the bottom, curve around, touch the bottom.

Lowercase M. Let's do another one.

Start in the middle, little line down, slide back up, curve around, touch the bottom.

Come up, curve around, touch the bottom.

Lowercase M. One last one.

Start on that dotted line.

Little line down, slide up, curve around, touch the bottom.

Up, curve around, touch the bottom.

Lowercase M. Great job today, letter heroes.

We learned about uppercase M and lowercase M. And remember, M makes the sound mm.

(bright music) Hey, friends.

Are you ready to be word builders?

Great.

We've been learning so many new letters and sounds.

Now it's time to put those sounds together to read some words.

I'll show you how.

When I take my hammer and tap on the block like this, you'll say the sound.

When I slide my hammer across like that, you blend the sounds together to read the word.

Let's try it.

Ready?

Say the sounds.

Mm, a, p. Now blend.

Map.

Now say it in a snap, map.

I use a map to find my way.

Map.

Let's change our ending sound.

Ready?

Say the sounds.

Mm, a, d. Now blend.

Mad.

Now say it in a snap.

Mad.

Do you ever get mad?

I do sometimes too.

Mad.

This time, we'll change our vowel sound in the middle, and we'll change our ending sound.

Are you ready?

Say the sounds.

Mm, i, t. Mow blend.

Mit.

Now say it in a snap.

Mit.

I use a mit to catch the ball.

Mit.

Okay, let's change our beginning sound, and let's change our ending sound.

Notice we have an uppercase letter.

I wonder if this is a name.

Let's find out.

Say the sounds: t, i, mm.

Blend.

Tim.

Now say it in a snap.

Tim.

I have a new friend named Tim, Tim.

Great job.

Let's change our middle sound again.

There's a new vowel.

Let's say the sounds: t, oh, mm.

Blend.

Tom.

Now say it in a snap, Tom.

My brother's name is Tom.

Great job today, readers and writers.

We built a lot of new words.

Hi, readers.

Do you have a lot of friends?

I bet you do.

Have you ever thought about how do you make new friends, or how do you be a good friend?

Today, we're going to be reading a book titled "Making Friends Is an Art."

This is a fiction book.

That means the characters in this story are made up.

They're not real.

The author of our story today is Julia Cook and K.D.

Smith.

Remember, authors write the words.

The illustrator is Bridget A. Barnes And illustrators draw the pictures.

Great job.

As we're reading today, I want you to think about what is the big picture or the main idea.

And then we're gonna talk about the details.

Let's get started.

"Making Friends Is an Art."

My name is Brown, and I'm the luckiest pencil in the box.

I spend most of my time hanging out with all of my friends.

We're all different.

Some of us are long, and others are short.

Some look really sharp.

Others are super cool.

But we all have something in common.

In common means we all have something that's the same.

We each have a talent to share with others that makes us a great friend.

A talent is a special skill.

Can you say talent?

Black looks out for everyone.

Yellow always does what's right.

Purple has hopes and dreams.

And white won't let us fight.

Dark Green is very trustworthy.

Pink listens to everyone.

Light Green is always honest.

Honest means to tell the truth.

And Orange likes to have fun.

Blue gives everyone great hugs whenever we feel down.

Red does things with everyone.

And I'm unique because I'm Brown.

Unique means special or different.

At first, I couldn't figure out what my friendship talent was.

That made me worry.

So I went to talk to Blue.

"Blue, how can I be a great friend if I don't know what my talent is?"

Blue gave me a big hug, and then she said, "Making friends is a true art, Brown.

You'll figure it out."

Since Blue didn't answer my question very well, I went to talk to Light Green.

I knew he would be honest with me.

Remember, honest means to tell the truth.

"Friendship is one of the most precious gifts there is, Brown.

To have good friends, you need to know how to be a good friend."

"But if I don't know what my talent to share is, how do I do that?"

"Making friends is a true art, Brown.

You'll figure it out."

I decided to go talk to Red because she has more friends than anybody I know.

Maybe she'd be able to answer my question.

"You're amazing, Red.

You have so many friends.

And you get to color more than anyone.

I wish I was like you."

"Well," said Red.

"I wish I could be more like you.

Sometimes I get tired of coloring so much, and getting sharpened gives me a headache.

So now I'm so stubby, I can't even see outside the pencil box.

I would give anything to be tall again, like you.

As far as the friend thing goes, even having one good friend can make a big difference.

And you know, Brown, in order to have good friends, you need to be a good friend."

"Yes, but how can I be a good friend if I don't know what my talent to share is?"

"Talent?

You mean talents, right?"

Notice they added an S to talents.

When they add an S, that's making it more than one talent.

Talents.

Lots of talents.

"Do you have any idea how lucky you are?

You're tall, you're sharp.

And you get to be brown.

Brown is a very special color.

You have so many talents.

Once you figure out how to share them, you'll have more pencil friends than you'll know what to do with."

I went to talk to Black.

"Red says I'm special because I'm brown."

"That you are," said Black.

"Why?"

I asked.

"Well, making friends is a true art, Brown.

And you're the luckiest pencil in our box.

All you have to do is be yourself.

Haven't you noticed when all of us are mixed together, we make Brown.

You are a combination of all the colors.

You just don't realize it yet, but you have every talent inside you that it takes to be a great friend.

Your Black can look out for everyone.

Your Yellow can show us what's right.

Your Purple can give us all hopes and dreams.

And your White can help us not fight.

Your Dark Green can be very trustworthy.

Your Pink can listen to everyone.

Your Light Green can always be honest.

And your Orange can help us have fun.

Your Blue can give us great hugs whenever we feel down.

Your Red can do things with all of us.

See, you have it all, Brown.

Develop a sense of humor.

It's good for pencil health.

Use all of the colors you're made of to become your very best self.

Respect the rights of others, show empathy and be kind.

And when you share your talents, it will work out every time."

I did everything Black told me to do, and guess what?

It really worked.

Actually, he was right.

All I had to do was be myself.

I also made a promise to never, never put other pencils down.

No matter what, no put downs.

I smiled at everybody whenever I got a chance.

Blue felt sad the other day because she didn't get to color during art class.

So I gave her a big hug to help her get through it.

I let Orange and Pink teach me how to do the polka.

Purple started to tell me about his dreams to overtake the markers and rise to the top of the art supply market.

I sat down and listened to his whole idea, even though it took him like three years to tell it to me.

Actually, I ended up getting pretty excited about it.

Since Red felt so bad about being stubby, I figured out a way to help her.

I rolled around on a glue stick, and I stuck her to my side so she could see out of the pencil box.

I had no idea I had so many talents until I started sharing them with others.

Now I have more pencil friends that I know what to do with.

I just love being Brown.

"Class, today I want you to take out your colored pencils and draw a picture of a great big brown grizzly bear.

Yipee!

That was a really great story.

We learned a lot about how to make friends and how to be a good friend.

(bright music) Friends, we learned many new words in our book today.

Now it's time to learn more about three words.

Let's get started.

Our first word is the word talent.

Can you say talent?

A talent is a special skill.

Say special skill.

Let's clap the syllables in the word talent.

Ready Talent.

How many syllables did you hear?

Two.

There are two syllables in the word talent.

Talent.

Talent.

A talent is a special skill.

So my movement for talent is going to be swinging a bat.

Because my talent is baseball.

I'm really good at baseball.

You get to do your own movement for talent.

It can be anything that you are good at.

Maybe basketball or cooking.

Do a movement for talent with me.

Talent.

Special skill.

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

In our book it says, "We each have a talent to share with others that makes us a great friend."

A talent, or a special skill.

Our next word is the word honest.

Can you say honest?

Honest means to tell the truth.

Say tell the truth.

Great.

Let's clap the syllables in the word honest.

Ready?

Honest.

How many syllables did you hear?

Two.

There are two syllables in the word honest.

Honest.

Honest.

To tell the truth.

Our movement for honest is going to be this.

Tell, and then pinky promise, like to tell the truth.

Can you do that with me?

Tell the truth.

Great job.

Honest.

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

In our book it says, "Light Green is always honest."

That means Light Green always tells the truth.

Let look at our last word.

Our last word is the word unique.

Can you say unique?

Unique means special or different.

Say special or different.

To be unique, you might stand out in a crowd, be special or different, unique.

Let's clap the syllables in the word unique.

Ready?

Unique.

How many syllables did you hear?

Two.

There are two syllables in the word unique.

Unique.

Two syllables.

Our movement for unique is going to be this.

To step out and stand out, to be different.

Do that with me.

Ready?

Step forward and stand out.

Unique, to be special or different.

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

In our book it says, "And I am unique because I'm Brown" Unique: Brown was special.

He was different because was made up of all the colors.

He was unique.

Let's say our words and do our movements one last time.

Talent, special skill.

Honest, to tell the truth.

And unique, to be special or different.

To stand out in the crowd.

Unique, try to use your new vocabulary words with someone in your home today.

(bright music) Readers, I need your help.

I wanna sort out the main idea and the details from our story today.

We're gonna use these picture frames to help us.

A main idea is the big picture.

What the story is mostly about.

The details are the smaller parts in the story that help us to understand the big picture.

Do you think you can help?

Great.

I have some cards here.

We're gonna read what's on the cards, and you're gonna help me understand if it's a main idea, the big picture, or if it's one of the details.

Let's get started.

From our book today, one thing we learned was friends look out for each other.

What do you think?

Is that the main idea or one of the details?

Let's read the rest of them so we can be ready to sort.

The next card says, "Friends listen."

What do you think?

Main idea or a detail?

Then we have, friends help us have fun.

And last we have to be a good friend, just be yourself.

Those are our cards today.

Let's do some sorting.

What do you think?

What was the story mostly about?

What was the big picture?

You're right.

To be a good friend, just be yourself.

That was our main idea.

So we'll stick it in the big picture frame because that's the most important part of our story.

To be yourself.

That's how you be a good friend.

How about this one?

Friends look out for each other.

That was one of our key details.

We'll put it over here in this frame.

Friends listen.

Hmm, was that the main idea or was that a key detail?

That was a detail.

One of the crayons was telling us, to be a good friend, you need to listen.

But it was a small part of the story.

That was a detail.

Friends help us have fun.

What do you think?

Main idea or detail?

Detail.

Great job, we'll put it in the last frame.

Our details help us to understand the big picture or the main idea of our story.

(bright music) Today, we learned all about the letter M, and we read a great book about making new friends.

We learned some new vocabulary words.

We practiced building words, and you helped me to find the main idea and the details.

Great job today, readers and writers.

And I'll see you next time on "Read, Write, ROAR!"

- [Announcer] This program is made possible in part by the Michigan Department of Education, the State of Michigan, and the W.K.

Kellogg Foundation.

Additional support by and by viewers like you.

Thank you.

(cheerful music) (gentle music)