- Hello, learners.

Today on "Read, Write, Roar!

", we are going to be discovering a mystery word while we do word building.

And you're going to do some reading about a book that talks about nature and finding verbs in that book.

Finally, you're going to talk more about verbs and write your own story where you're going to write about an animal.

Are you ready to get started?

It's "Read, Write, Roar!".

- [Narrator] 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.

(bright music) - Hello there, learners.

We are going to solve a mystery today.

You're going to need a pencil and a piece of paper to do this work.

Remember, when we solve a mystery, we have to figure something out and use clues to discover what it is.

Today we'll be building words and discovering a mystery word.

Are you ready to get started?

Go get your supplies and come back so we can get going.

(bright music) Okay, mystery word solvers.

For today's mystery word we have all these letters that we're going to be building with and then unscrambling and putting back together to make one big word.

Here's the letters you need.

I will call them out and highlight them with my magnifying glass.

And you make sure you have that letter at home.

Hold it up or call it out.

A, E, another E. That's right, two Es.

U, D, N, R, T, and V. A, E, E, U, D, N, R, T, V. These are the letters that we're going to need today to discover the mystery word.

Oops, in just a minute.

I just got an envelope that has something special in it.

It's a clue to solve our mystery today.

It says that our mystery has something to do with when something is exciting or risky and it's a trip.

Let's see if we can use our letters to solve it.

The first word that we're going to build, got my words here too.

It's going to be the word ad.

Here are the sounds that I hear in the word ad.

It has two letters and two sounds.

A, D, add.

An ad is something that's an advertisement.

It's a short way of saying that.

Like I saw an ad in the paper for puppies.

Ad.

Ad, there's a letter A-D, letter D. A-D, ad.

Ad spells ad.

Can you write ad at home on your grid that you made?

And I'm going to put the word ad right here under the number two.

Because ad has two letters and we know it also has 2 sounds.

Now, we're going to take the letters away and build the next word.

The next word that we're going to build is the word and.

Can you say and?

Great.

Trees and flowers are starting to bud in spring, and.

A, N, D, and.

The first sound again is, A.

Yes, that's letter A. N, letter N. D, letter D. You've got it, mystery word builders.

A-N-D spells and.

Can you write and at home?

And I'm going to put the word and right here under the number three because it has three letters.

A-N-D, and.

Okay.

The next one we're going to build is the word tree.

Can you say tree?

Great.

You'll notice a lot of our words today have to do with nature or the sentences do since we're learning about nature this week.

Let's say tree again.

Good.

And do the sounds.

T, R, EE, tree.

Three sounds, but there are four letters.

First sound, T. Yes, letter T. Next sound, R, R. And then we need two letters to make that last sound of E. E-E. Oopsies, here we go.

T-R-E-E spells tree.

Can you write tree down under four letters where you are?

And I'm going to put it up here on my board.

As you're writing tree, I'm going to clear off my letters.

And you can look at my board if you're still trying to spell it.

The next word is the word turn.

I just did a turn.

Let's do the sounds in turn.

T, UR, N, turn.

Yes, the first sound is the letter T. T making the T sound.

The next sound is UR.

We've been studying that, haven't we?

You might see two ways up here to make the UR sound.

In this word it's U-R. And the last sound, N, turn.

Yes, letter N. T-U-R-N spells turn.

You're going to right turn here under number four and then we're gonna do something kind of magical.

We're gonna turn turn into turned.

I turned around just a moment ago.

Let's do the sounds in turned.

T, UR, N, ED, turned.

We already have turn.

I'm gonna scooch it over just a little bit.

We know T-U-R-N spells turn.

The last sound is a ED sound, but there are six letters in turned.

Do you know what two letters could make the ED sound and put something in the past?

Yes, E-D at the end.

So we just took the word turn and we put it in the past by adding E-D, turned.

Can you write T-U-R-N-E-D at home under six letter words, right here.

So we had turn and now we're gonna make it into turned.

Okay.

I'm gonna clear my board off.

As I'm clearing this up, I'm gonna tell you the next word.

The next word is ever.

Have you ever seen a bird's nest?

I have, they always make me smile.

Ever, E, V, ER.

Three sounds, but there's four letters.

E, what letter is that?

Yes, that's letter E. It seems my cards keep sticking today.

E, V, yes, that's letter V. ER, this time it's E-R at the end.

We just talked about E-R a little bit earlier.

Here's the word ever.

E-V-E-R spells ever.

Can you write that down?

And again, four letters so it's going to go right here under the four-letter column like that.

Okay there, mystery word solvers.

The next thing we're going to do is a little magic again.

We're gonna turn ever into never.

How can I turn ever into never?

Yes, I would just add one letter to the beginning, letter N. N, E, V, ER, never.

Like I've never tried to snowboard.

Have you?

I've heard it's fun.

Let's write the word never, N-E-V-E-R here under the number five because it has five letters.

In the meantime, have you been thinking about a risky trip?

Hmm, remember, that's our mystery word clue.

We are going to take our board and clear it right off.

All my letters are going back.

And the next word that I'm going to make with your help is the word vender.

Can you say vender?

V, E, N, D, ER, vender.

A vender is someone that sells something.

I think about being at the park when there's the person who comes along with that cart that has ice cream in it, that's a vender.

So we wanna spell the word vender.

Hmm, V. Yes, letter V. E, yes, letter E. V, E, N, letter N. D, letter D. And the ER sound at the end is probably going to be, E-R. We talked the other day about that too.

When you add E-R to that verb, it describes.

So when you vend something you can like sell it.

When you are the vender, it's the person that sells, vender.

Can you write vender, the six letter word right here?

V-E-N-D-E-R, vender.

Okay.

This last word is going to get us ready for the mystery word.

I'm going to clear the last three letters.

The beginning of this next word is ven.

The word is venture, venture.

The part that we don't have that up there is the ture part.

And in this word, when you have a T next to this URE sound, the U-R and a silent letter E, it can make the TURE sound.

V, E, N, T, URE, venture.

A venture is trying something new and taking a risk.

Can you write venture down under seven letters?

And then we have two letters left.

Do you remember our clue is something that is an exciting trip.

It's something new and you'd be exploring.

Do you see a way we could use these two letters to add to venture?

You've got it.

Our mystery word is adventure.

When you go on an adventure you try something new and you take a risk to do something you've never done before on a trip.

You did a little bit of an adventure with me today.

You didn't know what words you were going to get.

You worked your hardest and you thought about the sounds you know, the letters that you know, and you built words and you've built really big words.

Look at all the words that we built today.

Learners, you should be so proud of yourselves.

Thank you for helping me solve this mystery.

As you go through your day, think about adventures you might be having and think about what other words you can even make with the letters in adventure.

Thanks for your help today, learners.

I'll see you next time.

(bright music) - Hello, amazing learners.

Welcome back to "Read, Write, Roar!"

My name is Ms. Rodgers and I have a special book for you today.

We are going to be reading "Who Will Plant a Tree?"

by Jerry Pallotta and the illustrator is Tom Leonard.

We will be looking for the main idea which is what the story is actually about and figuring out some of those details that help us to understand what the main idea is.

We also will be looking through this book to look at verbs.

Verbs are action words.

So for instance, run, jump, skip, hop, things that you can actually identify with movement.

So, as we are reading, I want you to make sure that you are paying attention to those verbs.

And also, when did they take place?

Did it take place in the past, present, or future?

For example, run, I will run to the store.

Actually, I'll just walk.

(laughs) I will run to the store.

That's present.

Yesterday I ran to the store, that's in the past.

And also the future, I will run to the store.

I'm just adding that word will to make it a word that's in the future.

So I want you to pay attention to those words when we actually read the story.

Past, present, future, verbs, and also main idea.

Are you ready for the challenge?

I'm sure you are.

So let's get started.

"Who Will Plant a Tree?"

written by Jerry Pallotta and illustrate it by Tom Leonard.

I wonder who will plant a tree?

Last fall a squirrel buried an acorn.

He didn't know it, but he planted an oak tree.

Seeds stuck to the messy fur of an apple-eating black bear.

The bear tripped, a seed fell off, and he planted an apple tree.

Look at that word tripped.

Oh, it has an E-D at the end.

So that means it happened in the past.

A goose migrated with a chestnut burr stuck to her feathers.

Miles away, the burr came off.

She planted a chestnut tree.

I see something else in the past, planted.

There's another E-D. A dolphin pushed a coconut into ocean currents.

The coconut floated to an island and a palm tree grew.

Those are also two words that are in the past.

Past tense floated and grew.

Ants marched a pine nut down their tunnel.

They didn't know it.

They planted a pine tree.

Cherry seeds got caught on the tail of a wild horse.

She swished her tail.

A seed fell and grew into a cherry tree.

A beaver used his sharp teeth to chop down a maple tree.

Crash, maple trees were planted along the riverbank.

Playful monkeys threw figs at each other.

They planted fig trees.

Stop it, don't throw food.

So I see two words there, threw and throw.

I wonder which one is present, which one is past, or future.

What do you think?

Threw.

Yes, that would be past tense.

What about the word throw?

That's present tense.

Very good.

A moose got a pear tree branch stuck and its antlers.

It walked and walked as pairs fell off.

Trees were planted.

An owl swallowed a mouse that had been eating elm tree seeds.

Later, the owl coughed up an owl pellet and an elm tree grew.

In the Amazon River, a pacu ate floating fruits.

It pooped seeds.

Trees were planted all over the rain forest.

A camel chewed some dates and then spit the seeds out.

It wasn't long before a seed grew into a date palm tree.

A wren flies to her nest with a juniper berry in her beak.

Oops, the tasty berry fell.

The wren planted a juniper tree.

Now I'm looking at the word flies.

Do you think flies is past tense, present tense, or future tense?

Yes, it is actually present tense.

It's something that she's doing now.

A teacher taught her students all about trees.

They went on a field trip and planted trees.

What fun.

Wait a second, did an elephant plant a tree?

(bright music) Hello, I finally made it to the park and it is freezing out here.

But I figured what better way for us to understand what we're reading than to actually dive into the book.

So I'm at one of my local parks and they have several different trees out here.

They have coniferous trees and also deciduous trees.

Trees that keep their leaves and trees that lose their leaves in the winter time.

So I have something here that looks like what we call a Christmas tree.

And there are three in this park.

So I'll show you up close.

And this one has needles.

So it doesn't have leaves, they have needles, okay?

So this is a pine tree.

So we have one and then we have another one.

That's the second one.

And then there's one more.

There's a third one.

And these were especially planted for this park.

Now surrounding this park, you see a lot of tall trees that have already lost their leaves.

And those leaves are gonna come in very soon and this park will be very beautiful with a lot of green leaves everywhere.

Now, I know that I wanted to do a nature hunt and see what animals were out here and also what they look like and what they're doing.

But since it's so cold, I figure I would probably find a bird's nest.

And in that nest would be some birds really up high because it is like I said, it is really cold out here.

But I think it's gonna be a lot of fun.

So as we read together, I want you to notice what's happening in the book.

And also how you can discover trees and different things in your neighborhood as well.

All right.

I will talk to you soon.

(bright music) Hello, amazing learners.

I have yet another chart for you.

I know.

But this is to help us all to understand what verbs are.

So a verb is an action word.

It's also something we can do.

Something you can see with your eyes that's actually happening.

So I have some words listed here that are past tense and also present tense.

Buried, pushed, planted, chop, walked, coughed (coughs).

Now, should I have coughed in my hand?

No, elbow.

(coughs) (laughs) Thank you for helping me out with that.

Tripped, marched, swished, threw, spit.

Now, I won't demonstrate that one, but I think you know what spit means.

And also chewed.

Well, some of these words have the E-D ending and that means it happened in the past.

For example, pushed, that happened in the past.

Chop is something that we can do presently.

I have another part down here that says past, present and future.

And I have my words listed so we can identify the difference.

I have walked, that's in the past.

Yesterday I walked to the store.

Present is walk.

Future, tomorrow I will walk to the store.

But actually I think I'm just going to drive.

(laughs) So that would actually be future tense.

So next we have planted.

She planted a seed.

That happened in the past.

The next one is plant.

So she's doing that presently and also in the future.

She will plant a seed.

Okay?

So if you notice, all of my future words begin with the word will, something you're about to do.

My last word on my chart is threw.

He or she threw the ball, past tense.

Present tense, throw.

Future tense, will throw.

They will throw the ball to me.

Hopefully, I'll catch it.

Okay?

So again, verbs are what kind of words?

That's right, they're action words.

Things that you can actually see or do.

We also have past, something that happened long ago which could be five seconds or one second ago.

Present, something that's happening now.

And finally future, something that will happen.

So that's our chart for today.

Hopefully, you'll be able to make another chart all by yourself using past, present, and also future.

See you soon.

(bright music) The bear tripped, a seed fell off, and he planted an apple tree.

What is the verb in this sentence?

What's the action that's taking place?

Yes, tripped.

The bear tripped, that's past tense.

Okay?

And it's also what actually happened.

Let's find some more verbs in our story.

Read this sentence with me.

A dolphin pushed a coconut into ocean currents.

What did the dolphin do?

Pushed.

The verb or the action word is pushed.

Let's do another one together.

Ants marched a pine nut down their tunnel.

What's the verb in this one?

Marched.

Can I see you march?

I'm gonna march.

Okay, that's enough.

(chuckles) Let's do one word.

A beaver used his sharp teeth to chop down the maple tree.

What's the action here?

Yes, chop.

The Beaver used its teeth to chop.

So that's an action where to.

Great job, boys and girls, for helping me to find verbs in our story.

I look forward to seeing you next time on "Read, Write, Roar!"

- [Narrator] 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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