- Hello, readers and writers.

Welcome to "Read, Write, ROAR!"

Today, we are gonna learn all about the letter J, learn two new words, and read a book to answer the question, what people in our community provide services?

For today's lesson you will need something to write on and a pencil to write with.

So go ahead and grab those things and we'll get started.

- [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.

(bright music) (lion roars) (lion roars) (gentle music) - Hello, I'm Mrs. Erfourth.

Today, you are going to be a letter hero.

We are going to learn all about the letter J.

We will learn to name the letter, the sound, and how to write the letter J.

Let's practice naming the letter.

This is the upper case letter J.

This is the lower case letter j.

When I point to a letter, you say the name.

What letter is this?

J.

What letter is this?

J.

What letter is this?

J.

And this?

And what letter is this again?

Right, the letter J.

Learning to read and write the letter J will help you to read and write many words.

(bright music) (lion roars) The letter J represents the sound juh, like in the word jug and in the word jelly and the word juice.

(bright music) To make the juh, my teeth stay closed and my lips come out and my tongue is at the roof of my mouth, just behind my teeth, like this.

Juh.

Juh.

Can you try it?

Make that sound juh.

Get your mouth ready.

Juh.

Juh.

Great.

Now let's practice saying the sounds of the letter.

When I point to the letter, you say the sound.

Ready?

Here we go.

What sound?

Juh.

What sound?

Juh.

What sound?

Great.

Last time.

What sound?

Juh.

Great job.

Now, letter heroes, let's see if we can find the letter J.

Let's look in our sentence here, and we'll look at each word and see if we can find a word with the letter J. Jill likes to eat jelly and sip juice.

Let's look closer.

Let's look at the first word.

Jill, do you see the letter J in the word Jill?

Yes, right at the beginning.

The beginning of the word Jill has the letter J. Juh-ill, Jill.

Great job.

Let's keep looking closer.

Likes to, do we see a J yet?

No, let's keep reading.

Eat.

Eat.

Do we see a J?

Do we hear this sound juh?

Let's keep reading.

The next word is jelly.

Do you see the letter J?

Yes.

The word jelly begins with the letter J.

Let's circle it.

Great job.

Let's see if can find any other words that has a J.

And sip.

Do we see the letter J?

Do we hear this sound juh in the word sip?

No.

Last word is juice.

Do you see the letter J in the word juice?

Yes.

Right here.

Juice begins with the letter j.

The beginning of juice has the sound juh.

Let's circle it.

Great job, letter heroes.

We found, how many words?

Three words with the letter J.

(bright music) (lion roars) Now let's learn to write the letter J.

Let me show you how to write the uppercase letter J.

On our paper line, begin at the top.

Big line down, turn, and little line across the top.

Let's practice together.

Let's trace it.

Can you get your finger tracer ready?

Trace it in the air, while I trace it on my paper.

Here we go.

Begin at the top, big line down, turn, little line across the top.

Great.

Let's trace it one more time.

Get your finger ready.

On our paper line, begin at the top, big line down, turn, little line across the top.

Great job.

Now, grab your pencil and let's practice writing the uppercase letter J together.

Ready with your pencil.

On our paper line, begin at the top, big line down, turn, and little line across the top.

Great.

Let's write one more together.

On your paper line, begin at the top, big line down, turn, and little line across the top.

Great job.

Now let's learn how to write the lower case letter j.

Let me show you how to write the lower case letter j.

On our paper line, begin in the middle, go down, turn, and dot.

Let's practice together.

Let's trace it.

Get your finger ready to trace.

Ready?

On our paper line, begin in the middle, go down, turn, and dot.

Great.

Let's trace it again.

Ready?

Begin in the middle line, go down, turn, and dot.

Great.

Grab your pencil, and let's practice writing the lowercase letter j together.

Pencil ready?

All right, on your paper line, begin in the middle, go down, turn, and dot.

Let's practice another one.

On your paper line, begin in the middle, go down, turn, and dot.

Great job writing the uppercase letter J and the lowercase letter j.

(bright music) Letter heroes, you did a fantastic job learning all about the letter J.

We learned how to name the letter, the sound of the letter J, and we learned how to write the letter J.

Remember to keep looking for the letter J at home in books that you are reading.

(gentle music) Today we're gonna learn two new words.

These words are called high frequency words because you see them a lot when you're reading.

The first word is like.

Can you say that word?

We can use that word when we enjoy something.

I like grape jelly.

Listen to me say the sounds in the word like.

L, ahy, k. Like, there are three sounds in the word like, and there are four letters.

Watch me write the word like, L-I-K-E. Like.

The first letter is L. The L represents the sound l. The next letter is I.

The I represents the long I sound, ahy.

The next letter is K. The K represents the sound, k. And the last letter is E. The E does not make a sound in the word like.

Let's practice tapping out the letters in the word like to help us remember how to spell it.

Watch me first.

L-I-K-E, like.

Let's practice together.

Ready?

Let's tap out the letters.

L-I-K-E, like.

Great.

One more time.

Let's tap out the letters and spell the word like.

L-I-K-E, like.

Great job.

Now, get out your tracing finger, and let's trace the word like.

Ready?

L-I-K-E. Great job.

What is our word?

Like.

(bright music) Our next word is the word will.

Can you say that word?

I can use that word when I'm gonna do something.

I will go get my pencil to write with.

Listen to me say the sounds of the word will.

Woo, ih, ll, will.

There are three sounds and four letters in the word will.

Watch me write the word will.

W-I-L-L.

The first letter is w. The w represents the sound w. The next letter is I.

The I in will is the short i sound, i The next letter is L, l. And the last letter is also L, l. What is our word?

Will.

Great.

Let's practice tapping the letter to help us remember how to spell the word will.

Watch me first.

W-I-L-L. Will.

Let's do it together.

Ready?

Let's tap out the letters.

W-I-L-L. Will.

Great job.

One last time.

Let's tap out those letters.

W-I-L-L. Will.

Great.

Let's practice tracing the letters in the word will.

Ready?

Is your tracing finger ready?

W-I-L-L. What is our word again?

Will.

Great job.

Now, we are gonna find the word like and the word will in a couple sentences.

(bright music) (lion roars) Now let's see if we can find our two new words today in the poem, "The Park."

Remember, our two new words, like and will.

"I like to go to the park.

I will go on the swings.

I like to go to the park.

I will go on the slide.

I like to go to the park.

I will go on the monkey bars."

Let's take a closer look.

"I like to go to the park."

Do you see the word like?

Yes, here it is.

Let's circle it.

Did you see the word like anywhere else?

Let's look.

Yes, here it is again.

Let's circle it again.

Are there any other places?

Did you see the word like?

(pointer knocks) I see it one more time.

Let's circle it.

We found the word like three times.

Great.

Now let's see if we found the word will.

Did you find the word will in our sentences?

Here it is.

Here is the word will.

Let's circle it.

"I will go on the swings."

Do you see it anywhere else?

Yes, here it is again, and a third time.

Let's circle those words, will and will.

Great job.

We found the word will three times also.

Remember, you can look for the word like and will when you're reading.

Great job learning our two new high frequency words today.

(gentle music) Today, we're gonna learn about services in our community that people provide.

A service is an activity or job such as a doctor, a lawyer, a nurse, a teacher, a barber, a server or a construction worker.

Today our big question is, what people in our community provide a service?

We're going to read a story called "Job Site" by Nathan Clement.

This story is read aloud today with permission from Boyd Mills Press.

This story is a nonfiction story.

Authors write nonfiction to give us facts and share information about a topic.

So let's get ready to go to our job site.

(bright music) (lion roars) Now we're ready to go to our job site, and we're ready to start reading.

Our story is about people who are providing a service in their community to build roads and buildings.

As we're reading, think about what they might be building in the story.

And at the end, we'll find out and we're gonna write a sentence about it.

Let's start reading.

"Boss says, 'Level that pile!'

And the bulldozer lowers its blade and levels the pile of gravel.

Boss says, 'Dig a hole!'

And the excavator tips its bucket and starts to dig."

Let's look closer at the picture for just a minute, and let's look at the person inside the excavator.

This person's job is to drive the big truck.

He is called a heavy machine operator.

"Boss says, 'Scoop that rock!'

And the loader slides its bucket and takes a big scoop.

Boss says, 'Pack down that spot!'

And the compactor rolls and packs the ground firm."

Have you seen some of these trucks in the pictures in your community, maybe building some roads, building some buildings?

Do we know what they're building yet in this story?

Let's keep reading.

"And the mixer swings its chute and pours the cement.

Boss says, 'Lift that stone!'

And the crane lifts the stone into place."

Hmm, what could they be building in their community?

"And the bulldozer, excavator, loader, dump truck, compactor, mixer, and crane roll away to the next job site."

Take a look at the picture.

What does it look like?

Can you make a prediction?

Something that you might have in your community.

Let's find out.

Let's look at the picture.

What do you see?

Yes, it's a park.

They built the roads and they built a park for the community.

So their job as a heavy machine operator provided a service to build something in the community.

You see a pond, a baseball diamond in the background, people walking along the path in the park.

Remember when they laid the cement?

Remember when they built the tower?

Let's think about our story.

And let's think about our big question.

What people in our community provide a service?

These construction workers and heavy machine operators, they provided a service.

It was their job to drive the machines and drive the trucks to build the roads and build the buildings to build that park that everyone in the community can enjoy.

So writers, we're gonna write a sentence about what you like to do at the park.

We're even gonna use one of our new words that we learned today.

(bright music) - Friends, is your brain ready for a break?

Great.

It's time for our Brain Break.

Let's get our hard hats.

Today, we're gonna be construction workers.

Put on your hard hat so we can get started.

Stand up.

First, we're gonna take our shovels, and shovel the cement.

Shovel with me.

Keep shoveling.

Great job.

Now let's mix the cement.

Can you mix with me?

Mix, mix, mix.

It's time to pour.

Get ready to pour the cement.

Ready?

Pour.

Dump it out.

Great job.

Now we need to smooth it.

Make your hands nice and flat, so we can smooth.

Help me smooth the cement.

Great job, construction workers.

Finally, it's time to drive our construction trucks.

Get on the steering wheel.

Are you ready?

Let's drive.

Great job.

Beep the horn.

Beep!

Beep!

That was fun being construction workers.

Good job brain breaking with me today.

(gentle music) - Hello, writers.

We're gonna write a sentence about our story, "Job Site."

We're gonna write what we like to do at the park.

So grab something to write on and grab a pencil to write with.

And we'll get started.

(bright music) (lion roars) In our story, "Job Site," they built a park in their community.

What do you like to do at the park?

Do you like to swing?

Slide?

Run?

Let's write the word run together.

How many sounds are in the word run?

Er, uh, n. Hmm, help me stretch out that word.

Ready?

Er, uh, n. Run.

There are three sounds in the word run.

When you're writing the word run, you can stretch it out and listen for the sounds.

Let's write it together.

Ready?

The first sound is er.

What letter represents the sound er?

R. What's the next sound?

Uh.

Er-uh.

What letter represents the sound uh?

U.

And our last sound, er-uh-n. What letter represents the sound n?

N. Great job.

Run.

I like to run.

And we used the word like.

That was one of our new words today that we used.

What else do you like to do at the park?

Slide?

Swing?

Go ahead and write what you like to do at the park and write your word to finish the sentence, I like to.

And remember, when you write your word, listen for the sounds and stretch out the word.

Great job, writers.

(bright music) Today we learned all about the letter J.

We learned two new high frequency words.

And we read a story to help us answer the question, what people in our community provide a service?

Great job, readers and writers.

Thank you for learning with me today.

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.

(bright music) (gentle music)