- Hello scholars.

Welcome to "Read, Write, Roar!"

Today we focus on the big question.

How do animals survive in their habitats?

We will learn about the suffix O U S. Read a non-fiction or true text, about the forest and continue our research writing.

Come join us for "Read, Write, Roar".

- 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.

(happy music) (lion roars) (lion roars) - Welcome readers.

Today we are going to be working with suffixes.

Do you remember what a suffix is?

Well, we know that a prefix is a word part added, to the beginning of a word to change that word and its meaning.

So a suffix is a word part added to the end of a word to change the word and its meaning.

Our goal today is to read and understand words with the suffix O U S. When we read words with the suffix, we usually pronounce this suffix this way.

"es", "es".

That might not have been what you were expecting.

When we add the O U S suffix to the end of a word, it changes that word from a noun, a person place or thing to, an adjective, a describing word.

The suffix O U S means full of.

Let's read some words with this suffix.

Read with me.

Vic-tor-ious, victorious.

This word is victorious.

When I see this word, I recognize that the base word is victory.

That's a noun that means success or that you've won in a competition.

So the word victorious, describes some sort of success or winning.

When I think of the word victorious, I think of racing.

And I think about that feeling when you are victorious and you come in first place.

It's just amazing to be victorious.

Too bad these aren't mine.

I should probably give these back soon, huh?

Let's move on to our next word.

Mys- ter- ious, mysterious.

This word is mysterious.

Do you see the base word?

Mystery.

A mystery is something that we don't know or totally understand.

When we say mysterious, it describes something that is a mystery.

Full of mystery.

When I think of something very mysterious, I think of the mysterious disappearance of all of the socks in my house.

Can you tell me about that?

Why is it that I always have one, out of a pair of two socks?

It is so mysterious and I can never figure it out.

One more word.

Here we go.

Fam-ous, famous.

The base word here is, fame.

Fame is something that means that all kinds of people know you.

Most people know who you are.

So the word famous means your full of fame.

It describes having fame.

Do you know anybody that's famous?

Sometimes people get all of their fame from posting videos on social media.

I'm wondering if you can think of anybody famous.

All right.

It's time to move on.

Let's see if we can read all of these words together.

Victorious, mysterious, famous.

Now let's go back and it's your turn this time to read these words by yourself.

Victorious, mysterious, famous.

Now that we have gotten so good at reading and understanding words with the suffix O U S, let's read some O U S words in a story.

(happy music) Let's read this story together.

See if you can read and understand words with the suffix O U S. Kara loved her mountainous forest.

She knew the forest wasn't dangerous.

She sat still and listened to the glorious sounds of the birds.

Did you notice any words with the O U S suffix?

I did.

For example, when I read this word here, I noticed the base word mountain and then the O U S suffix.

Mountainous is the word, which means full of mountains.

I also noticed this word here, dangerous.

And when I did, I noticed the base word danger and then the O U S suffix.

Dangerous which means full of danger.

Very nice work today.

Reading words with this O U S suffix.

As you're reading, see if you can find this suffix in the books that you read.

Until we meet next time, be on the lookout, for word parts that help you read and understand words.

(gentle music) - Aanii.

Hello, readers.

Welcome.

I'm so excited to be reading with you today.

Today, we are going to be answering, of course that big question.

How do animals survive in their habitat?

So my friends, hmm, are you remembering what that word habitat means?

Oh my goodness, I hope so.

Habitat, right?

That place where the animals live.

Of course.

Okay.

My friends.

I wonder, what do you think the cover of this book, is going to tell us about the habitat in this book?

Let's read the title now.

"Forests Inside Out".

Yes.

I wonder what that's going to tell us about the topic.

Hmm.

Topic, do you know another word for that?

That's right, main idea.

Oh my goodness.

Friends, isn't it fun?

Yes, that's right.

We're also gonna be learning so many facts about the forest today.

So, let's go.

Okay.

So my friends today are, hey, wait a second.

This is a text feature.

That's the heading.

Uh-huh.

The Montane Forests.

Hey, authors, give us clues, don't they?

And remember those clues can tell us about the topic, hmm.

Subtopic, and then of course those details in text.

That's right.

So today our text is going to be mostly about our Montane forest friends.

Hmm.

What is a Montane forest?

Montane?

That sounds like mountain, Montana, hmm, something like that, right?

Well, let's keep reading and see the text helps us figure this out.

Montane forests grow on the side of mountains.

Makes sense.

In tropical areas, they are called cloud forest.

These forest exists because the mountains they grow on, force winds at the bottom of the mountain, to blow up to its top.

Woo, my goodness gracious.

Okay.

As the winds travel upward, the air cools.

And as the air cools, it drops it moisture.

Oh, it traps its moisture, as rain.

Oh my goodness.

So the Montane forests usually starts at elevations or heights of 3,000 feet above sea level.

And then the tropical cloud forest which are found near the equator.

Hmm, equator, that's one of those bold words, the authors make a choice about, to tell us that it's in the glossary.

But I know that the equator is around the belly or the center of our earth.

That's right.

Okay.

So the equator is right, the belly of the earth.

So that's around the center of the earth.

So the trees there, can live higher on the mountain.

About heights of 6,562, hmm, to 11,483 feet.

Wow.

Oh my goodness.

My friends.

So, what have we found out so far about this amazing Montane Forest?

So we have found out that, oh goodness gracious.

That, yeah, we do have tough living, ooh, is the next part.

Tough living, Hmm, okay.

So tough living.

I can put that in my own words.

And I would say in my own words, that might be like harsh environment.

Like if it's hard to live somewhere, I think that might be a harsh environment.

And I'm also thinking right, friends, that does the author give us clues here too?

Yeah.

That's a subheading.

Subtopic, subheading.

All right.

So let's go ahead and put this on our chart All right.

Now, let's keep looking for that evidence or details.

All right.

Montane Forests, have to adapt to a number of challenges.

All right.

Let's get ready for those details.

I think they're coming.

Okay.

So first, the air is thinner.

Uh -huh, evidence piece number one The air is thinner on the mountain and more of the sun's ultraviolet rays.

Ooh.

What's that word?

Reaches the ground.

Ultraviolet rays, all right.

I'm gonna need to use, that's right, the glossary for this one.

Ultra violet light is a type of radiation from sunlight that can cause sunburn.

So, oh my goodness, my friends.

Yeah.

So in the summer months here in Michigan.

That's right.

When you get red, that's what that is.

That's that ultraviolet light.

So it says that, that ultra, more of that ultraviolet light rays, reaches the ground.

Mm.

So, we have another reason or piece of evidence.

Details, about what makes this environment really hard or tough.

More ultra violet rays.

Okay.

All right, let's keep on going, friends.

All right.

The cool temperatures slow down.

What kind of temperatures?

Oh my goodness.

Look at all of this.

The Montane forest, uh huh, is a really hard place to live.

It's got a harsh environment.

Why?

Well, because it has really thin air.

There's more ultraviolet rays.

And, there are cool temperatures, my friends.

Oh my goodness.

What else are we gonna find?

Okay.

Let's keep going.

So, as a result, fewer dead animals and plants are broken down.

Oh, okay.

So the decomposers have a job to break down, right?

The dead plants and animals.

Okay.

That makes sense.

Okay.

So let's keep reading.

And there are fewer nutrients in the soil.

I'm thinking friends, that I might've forgot a detail.

Did you hear one?

Harsh environment, thin air, more ultra violent light, cool temperatures.

And if there's less nutrients in the soil, is that hard for the plants and the animals to find food to live in their habitat?

Oh my goodness.

Oh, I should've written that down.

Okay.

Let's keep reading.

Despite these tough conditions, the trees survive.

Oh goodness, I'm glad.

They provide shelter for large members or no (laughs).

They provide shelter for a large number of insects and birds and herbivores, mm, such as a moose.

Okay.

So those are those plant eating animals.

In turn these animals are food for larger predators, ooh, such as wolves.

Yeah, my friends, right?

The giant Sequoia trees can live for up to 3,000 years and grows tall as a 30 story building and be wider than a two lane highway.

Wow.

Like, whoa.

Their cousin, the giant Redwoods don't live as long, but they can grow a lot of taller.

Wow, friends.

Okay.

So our topic is the Montane Forest, our subtopic happens to be our harsh environment.

And in this harsh environment, makes it so hard for our plants and animals to live here.

It's because, what's our evidence or our details.

The air is thin, it's got more ultraviolet rays and we've got some really cool temperatures.

And then we forgot one, right?

Do you remember?

That's right, friends.

Less nutrients in the soil.

Oh my goodness.

Okay.

Let's go ahead and read our hmm, Eco Focus.

Sequoia trees are found in a very small habitat.

Okay.

Little small area.

And this is the range on the Western slopes in the Sierra Nevada mountains.

Oh really?

Okay.

And the coastal mountains of Oregon.

Oh wow.

Where winds from the West, blow in from the Pacific Ocean.

What is it about these Western slopes, that allows Sequoia trees to grow there and nowhere else in the world?

What?

They didn't gives us the answer.

Oh my goodness.

I guess we're gonna have to do some more research, my friends.

Great work today, digging in and working really hard to find that topic, subtopic and details.

My friends, remember that when you're reading your non-fiction texts, this is always something that you can do.

So let's keep track of your thinking, when you're reading your books.

(gentle music) - Hello and welcome.

I'm Miss Amy and I'm so 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 deep breath or something that relaxes us.

We call this a pop check.

Sometimes I feel so nervous and so excited.

Do you ever feel so nervous and so excited that it's hard to feel the calm inside?

Well, when I feel that way, I like to do bees breath.

Would you like to be a bee with me today?

Okay.

Let's see your bees.

Show me your wings and flap your wings.

Nice work.

Now buzz like a buzzing bee.

Ready?

Buzzzz.

I hear you.

Okay.

Now buzz over to a flower.

Oh, I see a red one.

Buzzzzz.

And now land softly and quietly on your flower.

Make your body so still and take your hands to your ears and see if you can hear your calming bee breath on the inside.

Take a deep breath in, buzzzzz, one more deep breath in.

Buzzzzzzz.

Did you hear it?

And now let's fly to another flower.

Pick another color.

Oh, I see a red one.

Let's buzzzzz over and now land quietly on your flower.

Make your body so still.

One more bee breath on the inside, deep breath in.

Buzzzzzzz.

And now take a deep breath in and out and relax your body.

Thank you for sharing this mindful practice with me today.

Let's get together again soon.

(gentle music) (lion roars) (gentle music) - Writers.

How exciting that we just keep learning about these amazing animals and about the habitats where they live.

So, last time I was so curious about the Woodpecker.

You could say I was full of curiosity, hmm, that I just had to keep on researching, my friends.

And so you can see that I came up with more stuff.

Oh, let me show you all the cool things that I learned.

So, I learned that, of course here's our woodpeckers.

And then this is how you say it in Anishinaabemowin.

Baapaase.

So woodpeckers are Baapaase, in Anishinaabemowin.

And then where did they live here in Michigan?

In our forest.

That's right.

And why well of course they live in the forest because they like to nest in trees.

Found that out.

And you would not believe, yes.

Look at all of these woodpeckers that I have in my backyard, my friends.

We have the Downy woodpecker and the Hairy woodpecker and the Pileated woodpecker.

And I found something really interesting.

I was confused by this one the Northern Flicker woodpecker actually eats on the ground.

Uh-huh.

Those insects.

I know, I was so confused at first, but he's a woodpecker too.

So my friends, I have all these really cool facts, so we've been working together on, right?

And I wanted to show my second graders but I didn't want it to be boring because we're learning about being experts too, in writing workshop as well.

But yeah, that's not cool and fun is it?

So now I need to figure out how it is I'm going to show them all this really cool and neat information that we've been working on.

So I thought that I'd pull up this book by James Bow.

And well, I was taking a peek at this picture, this page and I found some amazing text features and I super loved the way that he organized all of this information.

He has the heading and then we have a text box and then we have our right, uh-huh, subtopics.

Right.

And then we have of course this beautiful picture, photograph and this caption.

Oh my goodness.

And then this map, with a key.

And I thought to myself, ah, perfect.

I can organize my stuff.

Just like this.

I can make a map of Michigan.

I can write about all the stuff that I found out about woodpeckers over here.

And then I can even put a picture of a, maybe a woodpecker or my backyard and maybe some woodpeckers up here and then a caption over there.

And I thought, okay, how am I gonna make this work?

So are you ready?

Okay.

Come with me, let's go.

All right.

So, thinking, let's see, where am I going to put Michigan?

I think Michigan should probably go down here because our title, our topic, the heading, should go up here.

Let's start that, Woodpeckers and Michigan.

Okay Okay, so that's my big heading.

And now I'm thinking I probably need a Michigan map.

Oh man.

And here's my lower peninsula and you know I live in the upper peninsula.

So, where's that gonna go?

That's right.

So here's my, (hums) Okay.

There we go.

And now, oh, I need a map key.

All right.

And now I have all of this space to put all of the facts that I've gathered from my research, friends.

I'm so excited.

Isn't this going to be wonderful.

And it's gonna look so cool.

Ooh.

Yeah.

And remember it doesn't have to be perfect.

Just sketch it out.

But you've got a job to do now.

You, my friends, need to, as soon as we get done right here today, you need to get your research.

You need to find a non-fiction book or think about one you've seen before and make connections to it and think about what did you really like about it?

And then you need to decide what is your, right?

Yes.

What is your research book gonna look like?

Your research text?

Are you gonna have a map?

Where's your heading, going to go?

What kind of text features are you going to add to your non-fiction text?

Oh, I can't wait to find out, my friends.

(gentle music) (lion roars) Wow, scholars, you have worked so hard today.

You have worked on the O U S suffix.

We've worked really hard and reading thinking about our topic, our sub topic and all those details and using that graphic organizer.

And of course now in writing, thinking about all of the research on our forest animal, my friends.

It's been great learning and growing together with you today and we'll see you next time.

Baamaapii giga-waabamin on "Read, Write, Roar!"

- 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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