- Hello, scholars.

Welcome to "Read, Write, ROAR!"

Today we focus on the big question, how do plants and animals grow?

We will read words with two or more syllables or word parts, read a nonfiction text about a seed, and write sentences with linking words.

For our activities today, you'll need a paper, any paper will do, and something to write with.

Go get your materials and join us for "Read, Write, ROAR!"

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(upbeat music) (lion roaring) - Welcome, readers.

We're becoming such great readers, aren't we?

We have learned so many different ways to read words with more than one syllable.

Today we're going to continue to read words with more than one syllable.

One way we can decode or attack these words is to break the word up into syllables and then put the syllables back together to read the word.

Remember, a syllable is a word part with one and only one vowel sound.

You'll notice today that the words we're going to read have a syllable at the end that is spelled with the suffix T-U-R-E.

When we see that suffix T-U-R-E at the end of a word, we usually pronounce it like this: chur.

Say that with me: chur.

Now, when we read words with the -ture suffix at the end, that suffix is usually pronounced less strongly than the other syllables in a word.

We call this an unaccented syllable, An unaccented syllable is pronounced more quietly and more quickly than the other syllables in a word.

We're going to read these words with the T-U-R-E suffix by looping and swooping the words.

Read with me.

Adventure.

Adventure.

This word is adventure.

What did you notice as we read this word?

Well first, you might've noticed the T-U-R-E suffix that is pronounced chur.

Did you notice how there was one syllable that we said more strongly than the other syllables in the word?

Listen to it again.

Adventure.

Adventure.

What is the strongest syllable in this word?

This syllable, ven.

Ture in this word is an unaccented syllable.

It's said more quietly than the syllable ven.

Adventure.

An adventure is a journey or an activity that is exciting and a little bit dangerous.

Some seeds like dandelion seeds can go on great adventures as they float off into the air.

Sometimes I think their favorite adventure is to fly into my yard.

They are all over the place.

Let's read our next word.

Read with me.

Future.

Future.

This word is future.

What did you notice as we read that word?

Well, you probably noticed the T-U-R-E suffix, which we pronounce chur.

Did you notice which syllable was accented or said more strongly?

Listen to this word: future.

The syllable that we say the strongest is the first syllable, because T-U-R-E in this word is an unaccented syllable.

We say it more quietly.

Listen: future.

Future.

The future is a time or an event that happens at a later time.

It hasn't happened yet.

For example, a seed might grow into a plant in the future.

The seed isn't a plant yet, but it could become a plant at a later time.

Let's read our final word.

Read with me.

Creature.

Creature.

This word is creature.

What did you notice in this word?

Well, we had the T-U-R-E, -ture suffix at the end.

And did you notice what happened when we pronounced the -ture suffix?

We said it more quietly, didn't we?

Listen to how we pronounce this word: creature.

Creature.

The crea at the beginning of this word is accented.

It's said more strongly than the suffix at the end of the word.

A creature is any type of animal.

For example, a butterfly is a beautiful creature.

Now that we have read these three words with the suffix T-U-R-E, let's see if we can read some of these words in a story.

(gentle music) As we read, see if there are any words here that you could read more easily by breaking the word up into syllables.

Read with me: One day, my grandpa gave me a mixture of seeds.

They were so tiny!

I knew growing them would be an adventure.

Giving me these seeds was such a kind gesture.

I can't wait to show my grandpa the plants that grow.

As you read, did you notice any words here that we could have read more easily by chopping the word into syllables?

The one word that jumped out to me was the word adventure.

That might be a tricky word to read.

So, if you weren't sure of how to read it, you could think about the syllables that you see in this word as you're reading, chop the word up, and then reread the word.

Now, what we know about syllables is that every syllable has one vowel sound.

So, let's start by putting a dot under each of the vowels, A, E, I, O, and U.

We have A, E, U, and E in this word.

Now, we know that since each syllable has only one vowel sound that this first syllable can only have the vowel A in it.

And when we get to the vowel E, it will be a brand new syllable.

So the question is, what do we do with these consonants?

Should both of these consonants, the D and the V, join the first syllable?

Should they join the second syllable?

Or should we split them up so that they're in separate syllables?

Well, I know that when we have two consonants side by side in a word, we often split the syllable between the consonants.

So let's try that.

Let's put the D in the first syllable and the V in the second syllable.

That means that V and E are part of the same syllable.

And then we have the letters, NT.

They're both consonants so they need to be in a syllable with a vowel.

Either the E or the U. I'm thinking that since we've split between two consonants here, we should probably do it again between the N and the T, and make that our second syllable, V-E-N. Now I'm feeling a little confused about this last part of the word.

I see a U and an E, and that makes me think there should be two syllables left in the word because a syllable can only have one vowel sound, and these aren't right next to each other so they don't look like a vowel pair to me.

But I know that this is the suffix -ture, because we've been practicing that, and -ture only has one vowel sound.

So if there's only one vowel sound, why are there two vowels that aren't side by side in a vowel team?

Do you notice anything?

I think I noticed something.

At the end of the syllable, we have a silent E. So the E is not making its own vowel sound.

That's why in the -ture suffix, the U and the E can be part of the same syllable.

So, both of those vowels will be in the syllable with T, U, R, and E. Now that we know where to split this word, let's loop it and swoop it.

Read with me Adventure.

Adventure.

This word is adventure.

The next time you come to a long or tricky word as you're reading, see if you can split the word into syllables and then reread those syllables to read the entire word.

Now that we practiced reading more of these words with the suffix T-U-R-E, let's see if we can spell some of these words.

We've had a lot of practice reading words with the unaccented T-U-R-E syllable or suffix.

Now let's see if we can spell some of these words.

Do you have your paper ready?

We're going to practice visualizing or making a picture in our minds of how many syllables or parts each of these words have.

When we do that, when we can see each of the syllables in our mind, we have a better plan of what we need to write as we spell these words.

Our first word is future.

Say that with me: future.

How many parts or syllables do you hear in the word future?

I hear two.

Fu-ture.

Let's write two lines on our paper for each of those syllables.

Fu-ture.

Now we're going to start with the syllable fu.

Fu.

I hear two sounds in that first syllable.

Write the letters that you think match the sounds in the syllable fu.

Fu.

Fu.

This is the syllable fu.

I know that this is correct and make sense because when we have a vowel at the end of a syllable, we call that an open syllable.

And open syllables usually have vowels that say the long vowel sounds or the letter's name, like this.

Fu.

Now we have one syllable left.

Fu-ture.

We'd been reading words with the -ture suffix.

Let's see if you remember how to spell it.

Ture.

Some of these letters are a little bit tricky.

Ture.

We spell -ture with the letters T-U-R-E.

This T in this suffix sounds a little bit more like the C-H, doesn't it?

Ture.

Fu-ture.

Now that we have both of these syllables, let's write them together to make our word.

Fu ture.

This word is future.

Great job!

Let's practice this with one more word.

Our next word is departure.

Say that with me: departure.

How many syllables do you hear in departure?

De-par-ture.

This word has three syllables.

Let's make three lines on our papers for each of those syllables, de-par-ture.

Departure.

All right, we're going to start with this first syllable, de, de.

That sounds like a schwa sound to me.

Let's see if we can figure out which letters match the sounds that we hear in de from the word departure.

De.

I wonder what vowel you wrote.

In this word, the E is making the schwa sound so it does not make the sound that you might expect the E to make.

Instead, it sounds like this.

De.

Now let's write our next syllable, par.

Par.

Write the letters that you hear that match the sounds in par.

I'm going to stretch out that syllable as I write it to hear each sound, par.

Par.

There is our second syllable.

Now that we have our first two syllables written, all that we have left is the -ture suffix.

Let's write that down, T-U-R-E. Departure.

Departure.

Now that we have each of the syllables, let's write them together to make our word.

Departure.

Departure.

Departure is the act or action of leaving a place.

It's almost time for my departure.

But before I go, remember, while you are reading, you can split words into syllables to read the entire word more accurately.

When you're spelling, you can use this chunk and spell strategy by writing one syllable at a time.

Until we meet again, make sure that you're practicing both of these strategies.

I'm so glad that we'll get to meet again soon to practice more words together.

(bright music) (paper rustling) (Teacher Tan-A speaking in foreign language) - Hello, readers!

I cannot wait to read with you this amazing story that I have for you today.

It's called "A Seed is Sleepy."

Today, my friends, we are gonna be talking about this amazing non-fiction book.

And what does non-fiction mean?

(gasps) That's right, we're gonna learn all of these facts.

Facts about what, do you think?

Hmm!

You're right, it's gonna be facts about seeds!

How interesting!

Let me tell you, we are gonna learn some incredible things about seeds and I just cannot wait to get started.

But before we do, as we read today, we are gonna be thinking about our main idea.

A main idea, once again, is what the text is mostly about.

And as we go through this main idea today, we need to be thinking about how our main idea might need to be revised as we finish the book.

So, my friends, are you ready?

All right, let's go for it.

Off we go, okay?

"A Seed is Sleepy" by Dianna Hutts Aston and it is illustrated by Sylvia Long.

"A seed is sleepy.

It lies there, tucked inside its flower, on its cone, or beneath the soil.

Snug.

Still.

A seed is secretive.

It does not reveal itself too quickly.

Most seeds sleep through a season or two, waiting for the warmer temperatures of spring.

But some take their time.

10 years might pass before the bright red-orange seed of the Texas mountain laurel shows its purple blossoms."

Wow, that's so beautiful!

"A seed is fruitful."

Mm, look at all these amazing fruits!

A papaya, blueberries, oh my goodness.

(gasps) Wow.

"90% of the plants on Earth are flowering plants.

Flowering plants produce fruits, fruits of all shapes and textures that keep the seed cozy until they have found the right place to grow.

A seed is naked.

Yes, naked!

Scientists call gymnosperms, seeds that aren't clothed in fruits, naked seeds.

Most naked seeds hide themselves on the scales of cones until they're ready to make a dash for the ground.

Who would guess that a seed as small as a freckle would grow into the world's tallest tree?

Only 10% of the redwood trees begin as seeds, though.

Most redwood trees spring from existing trees.

Seeds come in many sizes.

The orchid seed is the smallest of all.

There might be a million seeds in one pod!"

Wow, that's a lot of seeds!

"The seed of the coco de mer palm is the largest.

It can weigh up 60 pounds.

A seed is adventurous.

It must strike out on its own, in search of a less crowded place to put down roots.

A parachute of fine, silky hairs can take a dandelion seed 100 miles from its parent plant."

Wow, you guys!

100 miles!

That's pretty far away!

Oh.

Look at this next page.

It's so beautiful!

"Drift seeds float on ocean currents, from one shore to another.

They have enough air inside to help them float, and their thick, protective shells keep out seawater."

(gasps) Wow, friends, look at all of these amazing seeds!

And the earpod kind of looks like an ear.

Mary's bean, a swamp palm.

Oh my goodness, a hamburger bean, how silly!

(gasps) And I think I've seen a monkey's comb maybe in Florida at one time.

How neat is that, my friends?

(gasps) Well, we have learned a whole lot about seeds so far so let's stop and think about our main idea.

(gentle music) Friends, oh my goodness, we have learned so much about these seeds and some different neat little things about them.

What do you think our main idea is?

Hmm.

Well, let's go through and review some of the things that we have learned, all right?

So, I have learned that you can find seeds inside fruit!

You sure can.

We can find seed inside fruit.

We can find seeds (gasps), mm-hmm, on the cones, right?

On those little pinecones.

That's right.

And now we learned also like the orchid, we can find seeds, yeah, inside pods.

Fantastic!

Alright.

Now, so we find seeds inside fruit and on cones and in pods, and then we learned that the seed has to leave its parent plant.

Hmm.

What's the last thing we just learned?

Sometimes they float down from the trees and sometimes they even, yes, wash from shore to shore in seawater.

And they have special protection for that.

That's so neat!

Well, my friends, here we are.

What is our main idea?

So we know that it's about seeds.

But what exactly, what precisely about seeds are we learning?

Inside fruit, inside cones, or inside pods, and they have to leave?

Well, this one's kind of weird, right?

It doesn't fit the other three, does it?

Hmm.

So, maybe we can just say that maybe, I don't know, that for right now, it's all about seeds and their houses?

Like what surrounds them or where we can find them?

We can find them in fruit and cones and pods, so I thought it would be kind of cute to say that maybe it's like a seed house.

Maybe this book is all about seed houses.

What do you think, my friends?

I don't know yet.

Well, we haven't really finished the book halfway, no.

And this is the thing about main idea, is that we can get an idea about what the story is mostly about or the text is mostly about, but we don't have enough to really make a decision, do we?

We kind of think, well, I kind of think it might be about a seed house, but we're gonna have to finish the book in order to really get an idea.

And then we can revise our thinking.

We are learning so much about this non-fiction text about seeds, my friends.

So the next time that we get together, we're gonna learn more about these wonderful seeds.

Right now, it is time to get yourself paper and pencil, maybe a writing utensil of some sort, and we are gonna put some of these amazing words into sentences.

(gentle music) Today, friends, we're gonna take the ideas that we have from our Venn diagram and we're going to use linking words to help come up with some great sentences of our own.

Now, linking words, they help a reader understand that you're going to, as the writer, add more and they help link sentences together.

So, my friends, are you ready?

Hmm, let's get some ideas started, shall we?

Well, I'm noticing that another, also, and, and more, those linking words tell the reader that you're going to be adding more in the sentence.

But the word but, that's compare and contrast.

You're gonna tell the reader with that word that you're comparing one idea to another idea or one item to another item.

So we're only talking about seeds right now so we are going to be using the top ones.

All right.

So, how could we put a sentence together?

I'm so excited.

I'm noticing that at the beginning of the book, we're thinking that this is a seed house 'cause we can find the seeds inside the fruit and inside the, or sorry, on the cones, and in the pods.

Hmm.

So, how could we come up with a sentence that might tell our reader all of that information?

Let's see.

"You can find a seed inside fruit.

Another on cones and more in pods."

Well, kinda, but it doesn't really sound good to my ear and it is a little confusing and it's hard to make it make sense.

Let's try something else.

Oh, friends!

Remember, that's right, from "The Magic School Bus," when we were talking about three different types of cacti, we used commas and the word and to help our reader know more.

Okay, let's try that.

Okay.

You can find seeds inside fruit, comma, on cones, comma, and in pods.

Period.

What do you think?

That sounds like a great idea, my friends.

Okay, fantastic!

Hmm.

We've got one more and it's just leaves.

They leave the parent plant, right?

Hmm.

Ah.

Since we don't have anything else to add on or to connect to it, my friends, I think we're gonna have to wait until we read more of the book.

We need to figure out what comes next, and maybe we can write it and connect it with a sentence with leaves, how they leave the parent plant, all right?

Keep your eyes out for the T-U-R-E words, and of course, see if you can find any of these linking words in the books that you're reading.

(Teacher Tan-A speaking in foreign language) We'll see you next time on "Read, Write, ROAR!"

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And by viewers like you.

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