- Hello, second-grade scholars.

Welcome to read, write, roar.

Today we're gonna focus on our big question, What kinds of plant and animals live in various habitats and why?

Hmm, we're also going to read a right word with a prefix re and use text features to help us learn more about the Everglades.

So go ahead, get your paper and pencil and let's get ready to 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.

(upbeat music) (roaring sound) - Hello word builders.

Thanks for coming to learn with me, Mrs. Z-K. Today, we're gonna practice adding the prefix re to the beginning of words.

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

That new word will have a new meaning.

That prefix gives us a clue as to what that new word might mean.

Today we're going to practice adding the prefix re, Can you say that with me?

Re, nice job.

Re has two meanings, it can mean back or it can mean again.

So when we add the prefix re to a word, it's going to help us know that it either means to go back or to do it again.

Are you ready to get started?

I have lots of words for us to practice.

All right, scholars, if you're ready, let's get started.

Our first word, we're going to add the prefix re to the word turning.

Let's sound that word out.

We have returning.

What word?

Returning, nice job.

You know, when you get done drinking your soda pop, maybe you put it in a bag.

So you plan on returning them, right?

You're taking them back to the store.

Here in Michigan, when you take your pop cans back to the store, you get 10 cents for each of them.

You can save those up and get something special at the store, yeah.

All right, our second word.

We're going to add the prefix re to the word reading.

Let's sound that word out.

We have rereading what word?

Rereading, nice job.

So I have my book here and you know, a strategy you can use when you're getting stuck or if you're looking for more information is rereading.

And you can go back and you can reread it, which means you're reading it again, right?

So that is a really good strategy for good readers.

Rereading.

All right, scholars, I'm sure you do that.

Let's do our third word.

We're gonna add the prefix re to the word write.

Let's sound that one out.

We have rewrite.

What word?

Rewrite.

And sometimes at school, we have to do that.

You know, I was sitting here and I was writing the alphabet and I noticed that my letters were way too close together, and kind of sloppy.

So I had to rewrite them.

Look at how much neater they came out.

So when we rewrite something, we are writing it again, right?

Nice works.

All right, let's do our next word scholars.

We're gonna add the prefix re to the word make.

Let's sound that one out.

We have remake.

What word?

Remake.

Absolutely.

So when you make something like I tried to make my son this paper airplane.

Oh, but it ripped.

He asked if I would remake him another one, which means that I had to make it again.

And of course I did because he cannot fly that ripped airplane.

(Mrs. Z-K chuckles softly) All right, last word, scholars.

Let's add the prefix re to the word use.

Let's sound that one out.

We have reuse.

What word?

Reuse.

And to reuse something means that you're gonna use it again.

So I love reusing things.

I have a container here that used to have some mint candies in it.

But I am going to reuse it and use it for markers now.

That's one way you can reuse something in your house.

Scholars, I think we should reread these words again.

Are you ready?

All right, we have returning, rereading, rewrite, remake, and reuse.

Nice work, scholars.

Now it's your turn to get practice writing these words.

We're going to fill in the blank.

You're going to see some sentences pop up on your screen and there's going to be one word missing.

Where that missing word is, you'll see a blank.

You're going to decide which one of these words that we just practice, would fit in that sentence.

So go ahead and get your paper and something to write with and I'll wait here.

(delightful music) All right, are you ready?

So remember, we're going to use these words to fill in the blank.

Will you read the first sentence with me?

when I don't understand what I just read.

I try it.

Hmm, well, if you've already read it, you don't understand it, what might you do?

Remember, it's a really good reading strategy.

Go ahead and write it down.

Did you write rereading?

Absolutely, scholars.

Can we try rereading our sentence with our word there?

Okay, when I don't understand what I just read, I try rereading it.

Nice work.

All right, let's read our second sentence.

I decided to the letter to my friends so it would be neater.

Hmm, decided to do something to a letter so it would be neater.

What might you do?

Well, what do you have to do to a letter in the first place?

Write it, okay.

So if you want it to be neater maybe you are going to rewrite it, nice job scholars.

Can we reread our sentence with our word in the blank?

All right, I decided to rewrite the letter to my friends so it would be neater.

All right, let's read our next one.

The birthday cake was burned, so I had to it.

Oh, no.

Don't want burnt birthday cake.

What might you do to fix that?

Go ahead and write it down.

Did you write remake?

Oh yeah, I hope you would rebate that birthday cake 'cause somebody would not be super happy.

Let's reread that sentence, scholars.

The birthday cake was burned, so I had to remake it.

All right, scholars, let's keep going.

I like to plastic bags from the store as trash bags.

Ooh, you like to do something with the plastic bags and then use them as trash bags?

Hmm, so you're using them as something else.

Mm-hmm, using them again.

So you are going to reuse most grocery bags.

Absolutely.

Let's reread our sentence with our word there.

I like to reuse plastic bags from the store as trash bags.

You're doing great, scholars.

We have one more sentence.

Are you ready to read?

All right, we are our library books because they are due today.

Hmm, what do you do with your library books when they're due?

Mm-hmm, write it down.

So what are we doing?

We are returning them.

Absolutely.

Let's go ahead and reread that last sentence, scholars.

We are returning our library book because they are due today.

You did awesome work today, scholars.

Today we read and wrote words with the prefix re.

Remember re meant back or again.

Go ahead and look for these words as you're reading books or when you're writing.

You can go ahead and add some of these words.

(slow-paced upbeat music) - I'm Mrs. Ziegler.

Let's get ready to read about the Everglades and the plants and animals that live there.

We will be reading the book, "Everglades Research Journal" by Robin Johnson, and using the text features within it to help us make sense of the story and understand it.

Before we read, I'm going to share a strategy with you called an anticipation guide.

To anticipate means you're waiting for something to happen and you don't know what's gonna happen.

So you're full of excitement.

This strategy will help us preview the book and get excited to listen to the story.

Here's how it works.

I will read a statement to you about the Everglades and you will use what you already know to determine if you agree or disagree with that statement.

Don't worry if you're right or wrong, it's mostly about making a guest and getting excited about what we're going to hear.

I'll walk you through it.

The first statement says there are thousands of different plants and animals in the Everglades.

If you agree with that, you'll check here, 'Yes, I agree.'

If you don't you'll check, 'No, I disagree.'

I've never been to the Everglades before but I bet it's a big place.

And so I'm gonna say, "Yes, I agree, there are thousands of different plants and animals."

The second statement, there are many different sharks in Shark Valley.

Hmm, what do you think?

Would you say, "Yes, I agree or no, I disagree?"

I think I'm gonna say, "Yes, I agree."

If a Valley is called Shark Valley, there must be a lot sharks.

I'm not really sure, but we'll find out.

The third statement says manatees help the Everglades habitat by grazing on sea grasses.

What do you think?

Check yes or no.

The fourth statement says the only type of water in the Everglades is fresh water.

Check yes or no.

The fifth statement says tree roots are important because they help prevent erosion.

Erosion is wearing a way of land.

What do you think?

Yes or no, tree roots are important?

The sixth statement says pythons are the biggest, strongest animal invaders in the Everglades.

Ooh, yes or no.

And the last statement says due to illegal hunting there are only 1000 Florida Panthers left in the Everglades.

What do you think?

Now, after going through that anticipation guide, are you more excited to find out what we're gonna to be reading today?

That's great.

Let's jump into this story.

"Everglades Research Journal" by Robin Johnson.

This text feature is the table of contents or simply contents.

It's a list of the chapters in a book given at the front of the book.

This is helpful if you only want it to look up information about one specific question.

This text feature helps locate key facts and information.

For example, I can see that on page 10, we're going to learn about Florida Bay.

When I look through the contents, I can see there's a lot of information about the Everglades.

I've never been there so I can't wait to keep reading to learn it.

"Mission to the Everglades" Time to get out my rubber boots.

I just found out I'm going on a research trip to the Everglades in Florida.

I have wanted explore this huge wetland area ever since I became a wildlife biologist.

A wetland is land covered with water for part or all of the year.

The humans or Habitats organization is sending me there.

They want me to see how a decrease in fresh water is affecting the land, plants, and animals.

I will also look for species that do not belong there, signs of pollution, and other threats.

My report will include the actions being taken to save the Everglades.

This text feature over here is called a map.

A map helps a reader locate a place in the world that's related to the text.

Now I know from this map that the Everglades are way down here at the Southern tip of Florida.

Let's keep reading On page five, my eye is directed right to this photograph of these interesting-looking birds.

So I'm going to read the caption right next to it.

A caption is the words near a photograph that explain what it's about.

There are thousands of different plants and animals in the Everglades.

These include more than 360 types of birds.

I think we just heard the answer to our first statement.

Let's reread it to be sure.

The statement said, "There are thousands of different plants and animals in the Everglades."

If you said "Yes, I agree," you were right.

Great job.

Let's look at our second statement again.

There are many different sharks in Shark Valley.

Do you remember seeing Shark Valley in the table of contents?

Let's go back and check it out.

There it is.

I wonder if we'll find the answer if we turn to page eight.

"Field Journal: Day 2" "Shark Valley" Today I traveled by car into Everglades National Park.

This is the heart of the freshwater marsh.

I was excited to hike in the Shark River slough.

A slough is a low area of land that the water follows through the Everglades.

There are no sharks this far from the ocean, but I did see dozens of American alligators.

Did you hear the answer to our statement?

That statement was incorrect.

There aren't any sharks in Shark Valley.

That was a surprise to me.

Let's look at the next statement.

Manatees help the Everglades habitat by grazing on sea grasses.

To help us find this information, let's turn to the back of the book on page 32 and check out the index for the word Manatee.

The index is a text feature in the back of the book that tells you where to go to find specific information.

The words are listed alphabetically.

Do you see the word Manatee?

There it is.

Let's turn to page 11 and see what we can learn.

This status report is another important informational text feature called a sidebar.

A sidebar is set apart from the main text and elaborates on a detail in the main text.

Can you read the description with me right here?

Manatees are big, gentle, slow moving marine herbivores.

These sea cows help the ecosystem by grazing on sea grasses, which must be constantly cut short to grow and stay healthy.

So that original statement is true.

If you said, "Yes, I agree," you were right.

Great job.

Let's look at our next statement again.

The only type of water in the Everglades is fresh water.

Let's go back to page 10 and look for those key words, fresh water under the heading.

The text feature called the heading helps the reader identify the main idea for that section of the text.

It's often the bigger, bold letters.

Aha, here's our answer.

The water here is brackish, which is a mixture of fresh water from Lake Okeechobee and salt water from the ocean.

This tells us that statement was false.

The Everglades has freshwater and saltwater.

Let's look at the next statement.

Tree roots are important because they help prevent erosion.

Let's go back to the index to see if we can find the word erosion.

Do you see the word?

There it is on page 14.

Let's see if we can find the answer.

Can you read the text around the word of erosion with me?

Let's start here storms in the wet season cause erosion and carry away soil that plants need.

The strong, tangled roots of the mangrove trees grow above the ground and help hold the soil in place.

So that's true.

If you agreed to that statement, you were right.

Excellent.

Let's go to the next statement about pythons.

Pythons are the biggest, strongest animal invaders in the Everglades.

Let's turn to the table of contents at the front of the book to see if we can use the keywords in the statement to quickly find the right page number.

Do you see the word Python or invade in the table of contents?

Hmm, where would you go next to look up your information?

That's right, the index.

Let's turn back to the back.

I see that invasive species was mentioned on pages 20 and 28.

Let's try a page 20 to see if we find our answer.

There's the word invasive species in bold print, but when I look at the photographs on this page, which is another text feature, I can tell without even reading that this page is going to be mostly about plants.

So let's look at the next page.

Ooh, here we go.

Look at all these pictures of pythons.

I know we'll find our answer here.

I'll start reading from the top.

Read along with me and let's see what we find.

We packed up and continued on our way until something stopped us in our tracks.

It was a Burmese Python attacking an alligator.

These huge snakes are the biggest, strongest invaders in the wetland.

They're native to Southeast Asia but were released into the Everglades years ago.

Wow.

The last sentence says these snakes are powerful hunters that squeeze their prey to death.

So that statement was correct.

They're the biggest, strongest animal invaders.

Now let's review our last statement.

Due to illegal hunting, there are only 1000 Florida panthers left in the Everglades.

What text feature would you use to find the information for this statement?

Maybe you're thinking you could just flip through the pages and see if you could find a photograph of a Panther.

But what if you didn't know what one looked like?

Where else could you go?

Now you're thinking like a great reader.

Let's go back to that index.

Remember it's alphabetical.

Here's the word poaching.

Hmm, I wonder if that will help us.

Let's check out page 22 to see what we find.

I see a Panther.

We must be on the right page.

I'm going to read the captions first and see if we find the answer.

Can you read the caption with me.

Florida panthers are endangered due to habitat loss and poaching.

Scientists believe there are fewer than 100 of these big cats left and South Florida.

So that statement was false.

There aren't 1000 left, there's fewer than 100.

(delightful music) You did a great job of using text features to help you learn more about the plants and animals that live in the Everglades.

What an incredible habitat the Everglades is.

What other plants and animals might you want to learn more about?

Thanks for joining me and I'll see you on the next 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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