- Welcome to Read, Write, ROAR!

Today, we're gonna be learning all about the letter X.

We'll read a book about making a difference.

We'll learn some new vocabulary words, and we're going to work together, to write a complete sentence.

You're gonna need something to write on, like a piece of paper, or a notebook, and something to write with, like a pencil, or a marker.

So go gather your tools, and then we'll start learning.

- [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.

(upbeat music) (soft music) - Friends, are you ready to be letter heroes?

Great, let's get started.

Our letter today, is the letter X.

Can you say X?

This is an uppercase X, say uppercase X.

And this is a lowercase X, say lowercase X. Uppercase X and lowercase X.

Notice they look pretty similar, only, the uppercase X is larger than the lowercase X.

Let's practice saying it a few times.

I'll mix them up.

Ready?

Lowercase X, uppercase X.

Great job, let's try it again.

Uppercase X and lowercase X.

Great job.

X, makes the sound (phonic sound x).

Watch my mouth as we make that sound together.

My mouth goes back just a little bit, my lips open, and my teeth have just a slight gap.

Watch me make that sound, (phonic sound x) can you do it with me?

X says (phonic sound x).

Now X, doesn't start very many words, but there are many things that end with X.

So today, we're gonna look at some things that end with the (phonic sound x) sound.

Are you ready?

Here's my first object.

This is a fox, and fox ends with the sound (phonic sound x) say it with me, fox.

Fox, ends with (phonic sound x).

This is a box.

Can you say box?

Box and fox rhyme, and they both end with the sound (phonic sound x) box.

Last, I have a number, do you know what it is?

It's the number six.

Six ends with X, and X makes the sound (phonic sound x).

Great job, six.

Now friends, I need your help.

We're gonna go searching for the letter X.

Let's look at our sentence, you can read it with me, and then we'll search for the letter X, ready?

Alex put his extra toy fox in the box.

Did you see any letter Xs?

Great, I'm gonna use my magnifying glass and my highlighter.

When you see an X, tell me to stop, and I'll highlight it.

Here we go.

Alex, did you say stop?

You're right, there's a lowercase X, let's highlight it.

Keep searching with me.

Put, no X there.

His, no X there.

Extra, I heard you say stop, that's right.

Extra has a lowercase X, it's the second letter.

Let's highlight it.

Extra.

Toy, no X there.

Fox, we already know there's an X at the end of fox, let's highlight it.

Keep reading with me, in the box.

Did you say stop?

That's right, there's a lowercase X, right at the end of box.

Let's highlight it.

Great job letter heroes.

Now, we need to count how many letters we found.

one letter X, two, three, four.

We found four lowercase Xs in our sentence today.

Now it's time to practice writing the letter X.

Do you have something to write on and something to write with?

Great, this is an uppercase X, watch me trace it with my finger.

I start at the top, and I do a big diagonal line down.

Then I jump back up to the other side, and I do another big diagonal line down.

Can you skywrite an X with me?

Start at the top, big diagonal line down.

Start at the other side, and a big diagonal line down and cross it.

Uppercase X.

Let's get ready to write some.

I'll start at the top, and I'll do a big diagonal line down, come back up to the top, do a big diagonal line down.

Notice how I cross right in the center?

Let's make another one.

Start at the top, big diagonal line down.

Start at the top, big diagonal line down, uppercase X.

Let's do one more.

Start at the top, big diagonal line down.

Start at the top, big diagonal line down.

Great job.

Now let's practice our lowercase x.

Notice they look very similar, but lowercase X is smaller, it starts at the middle dotted line.

Watch me trace it with my finger.

Middle dotted line, diagonal line down, middle dotted line, little diagonal line down.

Great job.

Let's skywrite it, ready?

Start in the middle, little diagonal line down, jump back up, little diagonal line down, great job.

Now let's write it.

Get your pencil or your marker ready.

Start in the middle, little diagonal line down.

Make sure you touch that bottom line.

Start in the middle, little diagonal line down, lowercase X, let's make a couple more.

Little diagonal line down, jump back up, little diagonal line down.

Make one last one with me.

Start in the middle, little of diagonal line down and cross it.

Great job.

You learned all about uppercase X and lowercase X.

Great job today letter heroes.

(upbeat music) Hi readers, I'm Mrs. Pung.

Today, we're gonna read a story to answer our big question.

Our big question today is, how can I make a difference?

Have you ever heard of that word difference before?

To make a difference, is to change something for the better.

Can you say, difference?

So, we're gonna learn today, about how we can change the world for the better.

The title of our story is called, "I Can Make a Difference" and the author is Jessica Pegis.

Authors write the words, that's right.

This book is read with permission from Crabtree Publishing.

Our book today, is a non-fiction book.

Remember, non-fiction tells us information that's real or true.

I'll only be reading parts of our story today.

Let's get started.

Remember, this is called a table of contents, it tells us about the different parts of the story and the different parts that are inside the book.

Let's do some reading.

"Citizens make a difference", that's our first heading.

"Being a citizen, means being part of a community."

Can you say citizen?

Great job.

"A community is a place where people live, work, and play."

Can you say community?

That's right.

A community is where we live, work, or play.

"Some communities are small, like a family.

Other communities are big, such as a country.

The whole world is another kind of community, with Earth as its home.

Citizens make their communities special by making a difference.

How do citizens make a difference?

by helping each other!

Citizens work hard to make their communities great places to live for everyone.

Citizens do this in many ways, such as helping their neighbors shovel snow, or picking up garbage in parks."

Those are ways to help out.

Our next heading says, "What does making a difference mean?"

Let's find out.

Citizens make a difference in their communities by talking to other people and listening to their problems.

Asking questions, to better understand their problems, and taking action, to try to help solve their problems.

This is Juan, Juan returns to his school, after having his tonsils removed.

He tells Katie, it made him sad that there weren't many toys in the hospital for him and other children to play with.

'Why did it make you sad?'

asks Katie.

'I was sad because having more toys to play with, would have helped me miss my family less,' says Juan.

'I have an idea,' says Katie.

'Let's collect toys and donate them to the hospital.

We can help other kids not be sad.'

'Great idea,' says Juan.

'We can make a difference!'"

They're gonna make a difference, by changing how many toys there are at the hospital.

Our next heading says, "How can you make a difference?"

"There are many ways that you can make a difference.

In a small community, such as your family, you can show loved ones you care for them by helping with the recycling or doing the dishes.

In a large community, such as your school, you can make a difference by standing up to a bully."

Standing up means to speak out when something's not right.

"What do you think?

Imagine you had a chance to change your community.

You could change something big or small.

Your change must improve..." Improve means to make better.

"People's lives.

Your decision would be final for one day.

After one day, your community would vote on whether to keep your idea.

What would you do to make a difference?"

Those are some great ideas.

Let's read another section.

"Making a difference at home.

You can make a big difference at home by doing something without being asked.

Maybe you have toys you no longer use.

You could collect them in a box to give away.

You could tidy up a messy bookshelf.

At dinnertime, you could set the table.

Learning to compromise is another way to make a difference."

Can you say the word compromise?

Compromise, means to come to an agreement.

But both people have to give something up, it's a compromise.

"Sometimes two people wanna use the computer, or watch television at the same time.

This can lead to an argument.

By talking to the other person, you can agree on how to share the computer or television."

That's a compromise.

Let's read a little more.

"Making a difference at school" "One way to make a difference at school, is by showing everyone respect.

When you show respect to your teacher and fellow students, you help to make school a great place for everyone.

Good citizens treat everyone as important members of the community.

They listen when others are speaking."

That's really important.

"Good citizens also take action.

If they see a problem, they try to fix it.

If they feel something is unfair, they speak up.

You can be a good citizen and make a difference in your school today!

You can tell a bully to stop.

You can speak up and hold a protest."

A protest means you don't agree.

Let's read another section.

"Kids Make a Difference.

Sometimes you can make a difference doing something you love.

Abigail Lupi loves to sing and dance.

She began performing at a local senior home.

Her shows made the senior citizens so happy, that Abigail decided to start a group called the CareGirlz.

CareGirlz sing and dance at different senior homes and children's hospitals.

Now Abigail is making many people happy."

There's a picture of Abigail, let's see what it says.

"Do you love working on computers?

How can you use this skill or one of your other talents to help others?

Sometimes you can make a difference on the other side of the world.

Students from Ottawa, Canada learned there were students in Solio, Kenya who only had dusty tents for classrooms.

This made it hard for the students in Solio to do their schoolwork.

The Canadian students decided they wanted to help.

They held a fundraiser and earned enough money to build classrooms for the Solio students.

This is what making a difference looks like.

Students in Solio learn math in a newly built classroom."

That is awesome.

"Let's Make a Difference" "Citizens decide how to take action in their communities, By speaking up and listening to other people's ideas.

It is important to respect what everyone has to say.

Even if you do not agree with an idea, you may still learn something from it.

Have you seen that kids can make a difference in their communities and in the world?

Making a difference is part of being a good citizen.

Whether helping to water your family's garden, or raising money to buy books for a school in another country, there are many ways that you can help others.

How will you make a difference?"

Great job listening today readers.

We're gonna be thinking more about our big question today.

(upbeat music) Readers, we learned many new words in our story today.

Now it's time to learn some more, about three of those words.

Let's get started.

Our first word is the word citizen.

Can you say citizen?

A citizen is a person that belongs to a community, a citizen.

Our movement for the word citizen, is person that belongs to a community.

Try that with me.

A person that belongs to a community, a citizen.

Help me clap the syllables in the word citizen, ready?

Cit-i-zen, how many?

Three, there are three syllables in the word citizen.

Great job, let's see what our book said about the word citizen.

In our book it says, "Citizens make their communities special by making a difference," citizen.

Our next word is the word compromise.

Can you say compromise?

Great, a compromise, is when both sides agree to give up something, a compromise.

Our movement for compromise is this, to give and take, to compromise.

We both have to give up something.

We give and take, a compromise.

Do it one more time with me.

Ready?

Give and take, a compromise.

Let's clap the syllables in the word compromise, are you ready?

Com-pro-mise how many syllables did you hear?

Three, there are three syllables in the word compromise.

Let's check out our book, and see what our book said about the word compromise.

In our book it says, "Learning to compromise is another way to make a difference," compromise.

Our last word today, is the word respect.

Can you say respect?

Respect means, we show value to others by following the rules, respect.

One way to show respect is to listen to others.

That's gonna be our movement today.

To listen to others is a way to show respect.

You value them by following the rules, do it with me one more time.

Listening to others is a way to show respect, following the rules.

Can you help me to clap the syllables in the word respect?

Great, ready?

Re-spect how many syllables did you hear?

Two, two syllables in the word respect.

Let's check out our book, and see what our book said about the word respect.

In our book it says, "One way to make a difference at school is by showing everyone respect," respect.

Great job today.

Let's say our words and do the movements one more time.

Citizen, people that are part of a community, a citizen.

Compromise, to give and take, to come to an agreement by giving up something, compromise.

And respect, we show respect by following the rules.

Sometimes we listen to others to show respect.

Great job today readers and writers, try to use your new words with someone in your home today.

(upbeat music) In our book today, we learned many ways to make a difference.

We learned about making a difference at home, and how to make a difference at school.

We even read about Abigail, who's sang in a senior home, that made a difference.

We also read about some kids in Canada.

They made a difference by doing a fundraiser to collect money so they could build classrooms in Kenya.

I want you to think about how you can make a difference.

And today, we're gonna use a sentence stem to write a complete sentence, and draw a picture about making a difference.

Do you have something to write on and something to write with?

Great, let's get started.

A sentence stem means that part of the words are already done for us.

Let's read what the word say so far.

I can make a difference by... We need to complete the sentence.

Let's think, how can we make a difference?

What could you do in your home or at school?

Remember, making a difference means making a change for the better?

I think my sentence will say, I can make a difference by speaking up.

How many words do I need to add to my sentence?

Speaking up, how many words is that?

Two, I need to add two words to my sentence to make it a complete sentence.

Could you help me stretch out the sounds to write my words?

Great.

The first word is going to say speaking, help me stretch the sounds in that word, ready?

S-p-ea-k-ing how many sounds did you hear?

Five sounds in that first word.

And the first sound is (phonic sound s) do you know what letter make that sound?

You're right, it is, it's S. Watch me make a lowercase S. The next sound is (phonic sound p) what letter makes the (phonic sound p) sound?

P, watch me make the P. Lowercase P. Sp-e E is the next sound.

To make the E sound in this word, it's a vowel team, it's EA, watch me write those letters.

Lowercase E and lowercase A, together are making the E sound.

Sp-ea-k (phonic sound k) is the next sound.

Do you know what letter makes that sound?

K and C both make the sound (phonic sound k), but in this word, it's the letter K. Watch me make a lowercase K. Start at the top, big line down, in and out.

There's the word speak, but I wanted to say speak-ing, - ing is a suffix.

Do you know what says -ing what letters?

I-N-G says -ing.

Speak-ing, I-N-G.

I, N, and G. Oh, I can't forget to dot my I, speaking.

That means, -ing means happening now.

Speaking up, the next word is up.

Help me stretch out the sounds in that word.

(phonic sounds u and p) Just two sounds, up is a high frequency word, you might already know how to spell it.

The first sound is (phonic sound u) what letter makes that sound?

U, that's right, I'll do a lowercase U.

And the last sound is (phonic sound p) what letter makes that sound?

P, great.

Speaking up.

Does it look like a complete sentence?

Let's see.

I have a capital letter, let's read it and make sure it makes sense.

I can make a difference by speaking up.

Did I forget something?

Punctuation, you're right.

What should go at the end of my sentence?

A period.

It's not a question, it's a period, it's a statement.

So I'll put a period at the end.

Great job.

Now, remember writers, you can draw or write anything that matches your sentence.

I wrote about speaking up, so I'm gonna draw a quick sketch to match my sentence.

I think I'll draw a person with words coming out of their mouth.

So I start by making a circle head, and an oval body.

I better do some arms.

I use ovals for my arms too, and some legs.

I'll add some feet, and a face, and some hair.

And of course, I needed to match my sentence, so, I need to make a big speech bubble to show me speaking up.

I do that like this.

Hmm, I think I'll write something in my speech bubble.

How about speak up.

Speak up.

Great job, you did a nice job today friends, helping me stretch out my words and write my sounds, so that we could write a complete sentence.

Be sure to share your writing with someone in your home today.

(upbeat music) Great job today, readers and writers.

You learned all about the letter X.

We read a book about making a difference.

Remember, you can make a difference too.

We learned some new vocabulary words, and you worked hard to complete a sentence.

Great job 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.

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