- Hello and welcome, second grade scholars to "Read, Write, Roar."

Today, we're going to focus on our big question, what kinds of plants and animals live in various habitats and why?

We're also going to read and write words with the prefixes pre and over, as well as listen to a book about the rain forest.

So then we can practice using text features to help us better understand what it's like to live there.

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

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(upbeat quirky music) (lion roars) - Hello, word builders.

Thanks for coming to learn with me, Mrs. Z-K. Today, we're going to work on building and sounding out words with the prefixes pre and over.

A prefix prefixes a meaningful word part that we can add to the beginning of a word to change the word and its meaning.

Prefixes give us clues as to what our new word might mean.

We're going to practice the prefixes pre and over.

When we add pre to the beginning of a word, it's going to mean before or in front of.

And today when we add over to the beginning of a word, it's going to mean too much of that thing.

Will you practice bringing these prefixes with me?

Pre, over.

Nice job, scholars.

All right, let's go ahead and add them to some words.

We're going to add the prefix pre to the word write.

Let's go ahead and sound that out.

We will have prewrite.

What word?

Prewrite, you're right.

You know, at school you probably do a prewrite in your writing journal before you start to write your story.

Sometimes we call that a brainstorm where you start writing down all your ideas, and then you write your story.

So, you write down your ideas before you write your story.

Absolutely.

All right, the next word, we're going to add the prefix pre to the word teen.

Let's sound that out.

We have preteen.

What word?

Preteen.

So a preteen is someone who is not quite yet a teen.

And a teenager starts at 13, then it goes 14, 15, right?

What's the oldest age you think you could be while still being a preteen?

Hm.

Did you say 12?

You're right, 12 is the oldest you could be while being a preteen.

(laughs) All right, let's move to our next word.

We're gonna add the prefix pre to the word view.

Let's sound that out.

We have preview.

What word?

Preview.

(gasps) You know, this is when you view something, you look at something before you do something else with it.

So maybe at the library, you go around and you preview lots of books.

You might go ahead and look and say, ooh, this one looks interesting.

And you might look at a few pages.

You preview the book, and then you decide, oh, I wanna check this book out, right?

So you looked at it before you checked it out.

All right, let's add the prefix over to the word flow.

Let's sound that out.

We're gonna have overflow.

What word?

Overflow.

Oh my goodness, overflow is when something flows, because there's too much of something there, usually it's when we're talking about liquid.

So, you're gonna see I'm gonna pour a drink here, and find out if it overflows.

Oh (gasps).

Oh, there was too much water in that.

Did you see the water overflow?

You're right, too much of something sometimes isn't good.

(Mrs. Z-K laughs) All right, friends.

(quirky tone) All right, scholars, let's add the prefix over to the word estimate.

Let's sound that one out.

It's a long one.

We're gonna have overestimate.

Whew, what word is that?

Overestimate, hm.

I have a container here full of beads.

You know, you estimate in math, which means you make a guess about how much of something there is.

If you were to estimate how many beads were in this container, what would you say?

Well, I estimate that there's 200 beads, but you know how many of these there actually are?

150.

Did I overestimate?

I did, because I said a number that was too much.

I guessed too much over how many were really in here.

All right, scholars, let's practice rereading these words one more time.

We have the word prewrite, preteen, preview, overflow, and overestimate.

Nice job, scholars.

Now it's your turn to practice writing down these words with the prefixes pre and over.

I'm going to give you some descriptions or what I like to call some riddles, and you're going to have to figure out which word I'm talking about.

Once you think you know, you can go ahead and write it down.

So go ahead and grab some paper and something to write with, and I'll wait until you get back.

(chill music) One of the clues I'm going to give you about the word that you have to figure out is how many syllables it has.

So let's go over what a syllable is.

When I look at the words when we're sounding out, we loop them by syllables.

So prewrite, prewrite (claps), has two syllables.

So when you hear the clue about how many syllables the word might have, go ahead and clap some of the words out to see if you can figure out which word we're talking about.

(quirky tone) All right, scholars, here's our first riddle.

This word has two syllables.

The second syllable is going to rhyme with the word new.

Hm, which word has two syllables where the second syllable rhymes with the word new?

Did you write preview?

Nice work.

Preview (claps) has two syllables where that second syllable rhymes with new.

All right, I think you're ready.

Here's our next riddle.

This word is going to have three syllables.

The last syllable has the long O sound.

Hm.

Which word has three syllables, and the last sound has the long O sound?

Did you write overflow?

(laughs) You're right, scholars.

Overflow (claps), three syllables.

And the last O, that's the long O sound.

Yeah, all right.

Here's your next riddle.

This word is going to have two syllables.

The second syllable is going to rhyme with bean.

Hm, which word has two syllables where the second syllable rhymes with bean?

Did you write preteen?

Preteen (claps), two syllables, and teen rhymes with bean.

(laughs) Nice work, scholars.

All right, here's your last riddle.

Ooh, see if you can get it.

This word has five syllables.

Whoa.

The first syllable is only one letter.

Can you figure out which word that is?

I gave you a little bit longer to write, 'cause it's such a long word.

Did you choose overestimate?

Yeah, let's clap that one out, overestimate (claps).

(laughs) Yeah, five syllables.

In that first syllable, O, it's just one letter.

Nice work, scholars.

(quirky tone) After practicing reading and writing words with the prefixes pre and over, think about how you can continue to practice using these words on your own.

Maybe you can even start a conversation at home about a book you previewed, or maybe you can even do a writing about something that might overflow at home.

(chill music) - Hello and welcome.

My name is Ms. Amy, and I'm so excited to share some mindful practices with you today.

Let's start with our POP check.

POP stands for pause and take a breath, own what we are feeling, and practice a deep breath or something that relaxes us.

Let's try it.

Pause, take a breath.

(breathes deeply) Own it, take four steps towards your screen.

One, two, three, four, and now pick an emoji that feels the way that you feel right now.

Own it.

And now let's take four big steps away from your screen.

Watch where you're going.

One, two, three, four, and now let's practice.

Today, we are going to practice owning our feelings with a song.

First, what is a mindful practice we can do if we're feeling really angry?

Lion's breath?

Yeah, let's do it.

Breathe in.

(breathes deeply) Now what's a mindful practice we can do if we're feeling kind of sad?

Maybe take a breath.

(breathes deeply) And what's a mindful practice we can do if we're feeling really excited?

Maybe star pose.

Let's try it.

Reach out, and now let's put all of those practices together in a song.

Sing with me.

♪ If you're angry and you know it, be a lion ♪ (Ms. Amy breathes deeply) ♪ If you're angry and you know it, be a lion ♪ (Ms. Amy breathes deeply) ♪ If you're angry and you know it ♪ ♪ And you really wanna own it ♪ If you're angry and you know it, be a lion ♪ (Ms. Amy breathes deeply) ♪ If you're sad and you know it, take a breath ♪ (Ms. Amy breathes deeply) ♪ If you're sad and you know it, take a breath ♪ (Ms. Amy breathes deeply) ♪ If you're sad and you know it ♪ ♪ And you really want to own it ♪ ♪ If you're sad and you know it, take a breath ♪ (Ms. Amy breathes deeply) ♪ If you're happy and you know it, be a star ♪ ♪ If you're happy and you know it, be a star ♪ ♪ If you're happy and you know it ♪ ♪ And you really wanna own it ♪ If you're happy and you know it, be a star ♪ Thank you for sharing this mindful practice with me today.

I'm glad you were here.

See you again soon.

(chill music) - Hi, scholars.

I'm Mrs. Ziegler.

Today, we're going to be learning about the rain forest and the plants and animals that live there.

We are going to be using text features from the book "Let's Visit the Rain Forest" to help us understand it.

Before we jump into the book, I'm going to show you a graphic organizer called a KWL that will help us organize and keep track of our new learning.

Here's how we make a KWL chart.

You can make one with me.

We start by writing the letters, K, W, L across the top of the page spaced out so we can fill in information.

Go ahead and underline those letters.

Next, we draw a line between the K and the W from top to bottom.

Then we draw another line straight down between the W and the L. Now we have three columns.

The K in a KWL chart stands for know.

Here's how we write the word know, K-N-O-W. Did you notice the K is silent?

The K and the N together make that n sound.

In the K column, we're going to think about what we already know about the rain forest.

What do you already know?

You can go ahead and write down what you know under the K, or write down what I know.

I know that rain forests, rain forests, have a lot of plants and animals, plants and animals.

There's my first know.

I also know that it's very rainy in the rain forest.

You could write that down too.

Next is the W. The W stands for what.

Here's how we spell what.

W-H does what?

What, in this column, we're going to ask questions.

What do you want to learn about the rain forest by reading this book?

I have a lot of questions, and this is a great way to see if, by the end of the book, your questions were answered, and if not, you could look at other resources.

So, the questions I have, hm, my first one is do eagles live in the rain forest?

There's a lot of eagles where I live.

I wonder if there's eagles in the rain forest.

I'm gonna write down my question, do eagles live in the rain forest?

My next question is, do all plants need soil to grow?

You can write that too, or write your own.

Do all plants need soil to grow?

I'll stop there.

(upbeat quirky music) (lion roars) The L in our KWL chart stands for learn.

Here's how we write to learn, L-E-A-R-N, learn.

We'll come back to that learn column after we read a little bit from our story today.

Now, let's begin reading "Let's Visit the Rain Forest."

"Let's Visit the Rain Forest" by Buffy Silverman.

The first important text feature of this informational book is right here, the table of contents.

The table of contents is a list of the chapters in a book given at the front of the book.

This is helpful if you want to look up specific information related to the topic.

Let's look at the table of contents for this story to give us a preview of what we'll be learning today and see if we can jump right where we need to go to answer the questions from our KWL chart.

The first question I had was about an eagle.

So let's see if we turn to page 11, that's where animals in the rain forest begins, to see if we can answer our question.

Animals in the rain forest.

This text feature right here is called a heading A heading is a line of text that tells us what the passage below it is about.

Now we know that we're on the right page and that in this section, we'll be reading about the animals.

You can read along with me, or listen as I read to you.

Put your hand up if you see anything about eagles.

There are more kinds of animals in a rain forest habitat than anywhere else on earth.

Many rain forest animals live high in the trees.

Harpy Eagles make huge nests at the top of the forest.

They use their strong claws to hunt for food.

This text feature right here is called a caption.

A caption is the words close to a picture that explain what it is or what it's about.

This caption is going to tell us about the eagle.

Harpy eagles can turn their head upside down to see their prey.

Did you put your hand up?

We just read the answer to our first question, do eagles live in the rain forest?

Now we can go back to our KWL chart and fill in what we learned.

Do you remember what type of eagle lives in the rain forest?

That's right, a harpy eagle.

Let's go ahead and write that in the learn column next to our question.

Harpy eagles live high in the trees.

Let's keep reading to see if we can find the answer to our next question, do all plants need soil to grow?

Let's go back to the table of contents to see what page we should turn to.

Did you find it?

There it is.

Let's turn to page 18 to see what we can find out about plants in the rain forest.

You can read along with me or just listen as I read.

Plants in the rain forest.

Plants grow everywhere in the warm, wet rain forest.

A kapok tree towers over the rest of the rain forest.

It can grow 200 feet or 61 meters tall.

It has wide roots for support.

Tree branches and leaves in the canopy act like a roof.

The waxy leaves repel water.

The canopy keeps rain and light from reaching the ground.

This caption says most fruit grows in the canopy of the rain forest.

Some plants in the rain forest do not need soil to grow.

Flowers such as orchids can grow on the sides of trees.

Read the caption with me.

Orchids have a strong smell to attract birds and insects.

Now, this text feature on the whole page is called a photograph.

A photograph is a picture or illustration that emphasizes key points and adds interest.

This photograph is so intriguing and makes me marvel at all the incredible living things in the rain forest.

It also answers our question.

Let's go back and feeling our KWL chart.

Here's our second question, do all plants need soil to grow?

We just learned that in the rain forest not all plans do need soil.

That's pretty cool.

Let's write the answer to our question in the learn column.

Let's start with some plants.

Ready?

Some plants do not need soil.

That's a really interesting fact that I never knew.

Now, let's go back to our story and see what else we can learn.

And let's jump to this section about people in the rain forest.

Let's check back with a table of contents to see what page we should turn to.

I'm very curious to learn more about the people that live in the rain forest.

Do you see what page that starts on?

That's right, page 28.

People in the rain forest.

About 50 million people live in the world's rain forests.

The Yanomami people have lived in the rain forest of South America for thousands of years.

They use many different plans for food, medicine, and building.

People around the world depend on rain forests too.

We get chocolate, bananas, and other fruits from the rain forest.

We also discover new medicines from rain forest plants.

Rain forest trees make oxygen and help keep the air clean.

We must use the rain forest carefully to protect the forest ecosystem.

Now let's jump right to the end of our book on page 31.

On this page, you'll discover further reading if you are interested in learning more about the plants and animals in a rain forest, or what you can do to help protect them.

Okay, readers, take a look at our KWL chart one last time.

Were your questions answered?

My questions were.

Now, if you have more questions, you could go back to that further reading to learn more about what you didn't get answered.

Do you have other things that you're still wondering about?

You did a great job of asking and answering questions along with the story "Let's Visit the Rainforest."

The next time you read an informational text, see if you can use those text features to help you understand it and find that information that you're looking for.

And remember to ask a lot of questions.

Thank you so much for being with us today, and join me next time on "Read, Write, Roar."

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