- Hello, readers and writers, welcome to "Read, Write, ROAR!"

Today, we're going to be learning all about the letter T. We're also going to learn two new high frequency words, and you're gonna help me read a book to answer our big question for today.

"What do you like to do in the winter?"

For today's lesson, you're going to need something to write on like a piece of paper or a notebook, and something to write with, like a pencil.

So go get your things and we can get started.

- [Narrator] 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.

(paper crinkling) (gentle upbeat music) (lion roaring) (gentle lilting music) - Hi, I'm Mrs. Skelley, and today you're going to be a letter hero.

We'll be learning the name, sound, and how to write the letter T. Learning how to read and write this letter is going to help you read and write many words.

Let's first start by naming this letter.

This is the letter T. This is the uppercase T, can you say that?

Uppercase T. This is the lowercase t. Can you say that?

Lowercase t. Okay, let's practice naming this letter.

Are you ready?

What letter is it?

Uppercase T. Good.

What letter is it?

Lowercase t. Good.

Now I might mix it up a little bit.

What letter is it?

Lowercase t. Last one.

What letter is it?

Yes, uppercase T. Great work.

The letter T represents the sound tuh, like in the word turtle.

Can you say that word?

Tuh, tuh, turtle.

We hear the tuh at the beginning of that word.

Or in the word teddy bear.

Can you say those words?

Teddy bear.

We hear, tuh, tuh, teddy bear.

We hear the tuh at the beginning of the word teddy.

Now the letter T sound can be tricky to make, so let me show you how to make this sound.

You're going to put your tongue behind your top front teeth, open your mouth a little bit, and as you're saying the sound, you'll feel a little puff of air come out of your mouth, like this, tuh, tuh.

You try it.

Tuh, tuh.

Good.

Okay, now let's practice making this sound together.

Are you ready?

Tuh.

Tuh.

Tuh.

Tuh.

Great work!

All right, now that we've learned the name and sound for the letter T, we're going to practice finding it in a question.

So our big question for today, that we'll be reading a book about a little bit later to help us answer this question, is "What do you like to do in the winter?"

I can't wait to read about things to do in the winter.

Now your job is to be on the look out for the letter T, so I'm going to get out my handy-dandy magnifying glass, and we're gonna look for the letter T. If you see it, point to it.

Our first word is what.

Do you see a T in that word?

You do?

Can you point to it?

There it is.

It's at the end of the word.

That's a lowercase t. Listen to the end sound of the word what.

Do you hear that sound at the end of it?

All right, our next word is do.

Do you see a T in that word?

No.

You is next.

Do you see a T?

No.

Our next word is like.

No T in that word.

To.

Do you see a T?

You do?

Can you point to it?

There it is.

Listen to the beginning sound of that word.

Tuh, tuh, to.

Good.

Our next word is do.

Do you see a T?

Nope.

In, no T. The is our next word.

Do you see a T in that ward?

Can you point to it?

There it is.

It's at the beginning of that word.

And here's our last word, winter.

Do you see a T in that word?

Can you point to it?

There it is.

It's in the middle of that word.

Listen to the middle sound of that word.

Winter.

Winter.

Great work finding the letter T. All right, now that we've learned the letter name, the sound, and we found the letter T in a question, we're going to practice writing the letter T. So for this activity, you're going to need something to write on and something to write with.

But first, let me show you how to write the letter T. Let's learn how to write the uppercase T. For this letter, we're going to start at the top of our line, go down, back up, and slide across.

Now before you write it down, we're gonna put our finger in the air and trace the letter T to practice.

Here we go, put your finger out.

Let's start at the top, go down, back up, and across.

Do it again.

Start at the top, go down, back up, and across.

One more time.

Start at the top, go down, back up, and across.

Great work.

All right, now grab something to write with and let's write our uppercase T together.

Here we go.

Start at the top, go down, back up, and across.

Try it again.

Start at the top, go down, back up, and across.

One last time.

Start at the top, go down, back up, and across.

Nice job.

What letter did we just write?

Yes, uppercase T. Okay, now let me show you how to write lowercase t. Here's how we write it.

We're gonna start at the top again, go down to the middle, and across.

All right, now before you write it down, let's put our finger in the air and trace it together.

Here we go.

Start at the top, go down to the middle, and across.

Do it again.

Start at the top, go down to the middle, and across.

One more time.

Start at the top, go down to the middle, and across.

Yes.

All right, grab something to write with and let's write our lowercase t together.

Here we go, start at the top, go down to the middle, and across.

Again, start at the top, go down to the middle, and across.

One more time.

Start at the top, go down to the middle, and across.

What letter did we just write?

Yes, lowercase t. Great work today, letter heroes, identifying the letter T. Now do you remember what sounds T can make?

That's right, tuh, like in the words turtle or teddy bear.

Great work.

Next time you're playing a game or looking at a cereal box, see if you can find the letter T. (gentle music) It's time for your brain break.

Stand up, move, and learn with me.

We're going to play a game called "Run and Freeze."

So make sure you're standing up so you can play along with us.

All right, in this game, I'm going to give you a word.

If the word starts with an N or an N sound, you're going to run.

If the word doesn't start with an N or N sound, you're going to freeze.

Okay, are you ready?

Okay, our first word is the word nut.

(gasps) Did you run?

Nut starts with N, or an N. Our next word is the word nugget.

Did you keep running?

Yes, the word nugget starts with an N or an N sound.

Our next word is the word dog.

Did you freeze?

Yes, dog doesn't start with an N sound, it starts with a duh.

Our next word is the word nickel, like the money.

Nickel.

(gasps) Did you run?

Nickel starts with N. And our last word is the word alligator.

Did you freeze?

Alligator doesn't start with N. Great job.

(gentle music) Okay, letter heroes, you've learned so many letters and sounds lately.

Now we're gonna take everything that you've learned to blend and read words.

Now, I wrote down some words from this book that we're going to read in a little bit, and I need your help reading some of the words.

Will you help me?

Very good.

You can read words by first looking at the letters in the word, and then blending together the sounds that match.

So in this part of the book, I know this first word, but I need your help figuring out the second word.

So this first word says ss, ad.

Sad.

Will you help me read the second word?

Now, as I point my finger and tap underneath each letter, you're going to say the sound that matches, and then we're gonna blend it together.

Are you ready?

L, ad.

Lad.

This part of the book says "Sad lad."

A lad is another name for a boy.

Can you point to the picture down here that matches that part of the book?

Did you point to this one?

In this picture, the boy looks sad.

I wonder what he's sad about.

All right, let's look at another part of the book.

Now in this part, I don't know the first word, but I do know the second word.

Will you help me read the first word?

All right, say the sounds as I tap underneath each letter.

F, at.

Fat.

Good job reading that word.

The next word says huh, at.

Hat.

This says "Fat hat."

Can you point to the picture that matches that part of the book?

Did you point to this?

This type of hat looks like a hat that you're gonna wear outside.

Wonder where the book takes place.

They must be playing outside.

All right, let's look at another part of the book.

I need help with the second word in this one.

The first word says huh, aw, tuh.

Hot.

Will you help me with the second word?

All right, say this sounds as I tap underneath each letter.

Puh, aw, tuh.

Pot.

This says "Hot pot."

A pot is something that you can use on a stove to cook something.

Can you point to the picture that matches that part of the book?

Did you point to this?

I wonder what they're gonna be making in the story.

All right, let's look at another part of the book.

Now in this part, I know the first two words.

Ch, in.

Chin.

Tuh, ucked.

Tucked.

Chin tucked.

All right, let's figure out the last word together.

Say the sounds as I tap.

In.

In.

This says "Chin tucked in."

Can you find the picture that matches?

This little boy looks like he just got tucked into bed, his chin is tucked in underneath the sheets.

"Chin tucked in."

Great job helping me read that part of the book.

All right, we've got one more part to read together.

Now, I know the first word, it says gul, ad.

Glad.

Will you help me with the second part?

All right, say the sounds as I tap.

Duh, ah, duh.

Dad.

This says "Glad dad."

To be glad about something is to be happy, so the dad must be happy in this story.

Can you point to the picture that matches?

Well, there's only one picture left.

The dad looks very happy.

Great job helping me blend and read words.

Now remember, when you wanna read a word, you can first look at the letters and then blend together the sounds that match.

I just can't wait to read this book with you.

(gentle music) Do you remember our big question from earlier?

"What do you like to do in the winter?"

Well, we're going to read the book "Red Sled," and as I'm reading, your job is to think about what kinds of things that you like to do in the winter.

Now, just a little bit ago, you helped me read some parts of the book, and you used your letters and sounds to blend them together to read words.

When you wanna read words, you can look at the letters and blend together the sounds that match.

Now, this book is a special book because it has rhyming pairs on each page to talk about a wintery adventure.

Rhyming words have the same sound at the end.

Let's listen to the title.

"Red Sled."

Do you hear the ed sound at the end of each of those words?

That's what makes them rhyme.

Red and sled rhyme.

So as I'm reading, not only are you thinking about our big question, "What do you like to do in the winter," you can also listen for rhyming words, okay?

All right, this book is called "Red Sled."

It's written by Patricia Thomas, she's the author.

She's the one that wrote the words.

It's illustrated by Chris L. Demarest.

He's the one that drew the pictures.

This book is read aloud with permission from Boyd Mills Press.

This is the title page.

"Red Sled."

Now remember, listen for rhyming words.

Remember, rhyming words have the same sound at the end.

"Red sled.

Sad lad."

Remember, a lad is a boy.

I wonder why the boy is sad?

"Sad dad."

The dad is sad, too.

"Fat hat."

Knit mitt."

Hmm, I wonder what they're going to do.

I know when it's really cold outside, I like to bundle up with a hat and mittens.

Maybe they're going outside.

When you wanna know what's going on in the story, you can look at the pictures for clues.

"Still hill.

Far star."

Let's check the picture for clues.

What time of day do you think it is?

Do you think it's daytime or nighttime?

Well, if I look at the pictures, I can see a sliver of a moon and a star, and the sky looks kind of dark, so that tells us that it's probably nighttime.

"Snow aglow."

The snow is almost glowing, or it's very bright, because of the light of the moon.

"Nighttime climb."

We were right, it is night.

"Steep leap."

Now, steep means the hill is very high.

They have to climb all the way up the high hill, and then they leap, or jump off the hill, so they can go all the way down.

"Slide ride."

Do those words rhyme?

Slide, ride?

They both say ide at the end, don't they?

"Go!

Go!

No!

No!"

Uh-oh, they're nervous that they might run into something.

"Whoa!

Whoa!"

Let's look at the picture clues.

Check out their faces.

Do they look like they're having fun?

Yes, they do.

"Flip-flop stop."

Oh no, they fell off their sled.

"Oh my!

Eye high!"

That means the snow is so high, it's all the way up to the boy's eyes.

"Snowflake shake.

Giggling wiggling.

Roam home."

To roam means to walk somewhere.

Looks like they're walking home.

Let's look at the picture clues.

Looks like there's their house right there, and they're walking back to their house.

"Hot pot.

Warm-up cup."

Let's check the pictures.

What do you think they're drinking?

Do you think it looks like hot cocoa?

Do you like to drink hot cocoa after it's chilly outside to warm you up?

I know I do.

"Snug hug."

Do those words rhyme?

Do you hear the ug sound at the end of both of those words?

"Chin tucked in.

Sleepyhead abed.

Looks like his dad's tucking him in for bed.

"Flat hat.

Kittens' mittens."

They're trying to dry off their snow gear after they've been outside.

"Glad lad.

Glad dad."

Remember the word glad means happy.

Do you remember at the beginning of the story, they were sad, and now they're glad.

Their feelings changed during the story, 'cause they got to go outside and go sledding.

"Red sled."

Thank you so much for reading this book with me.

Now, as I was reading, did you think about things that you like to do in the winter?

(gentle music) We're going to learn two new words today.

We call these high frequency words because they pop up often when we're reading.

The first word is the word no.

Can you say that word?

You can use the word no when you're out of something, like, "I have no sugar left to make cookies today."

No.

All right, listen to the sounds in the word no.

N, oh.

There are two sounds in the word no.

Watch me write the letters in this word.

N-O.

N-O.

There are two letters in this word.

Let me show you how this word works.

The first letter is an N, and it says N. The next letter is an O, and in this word, it makes the long-O sound.

It says its own name, it says oh.

The word no has a long O, like the word go, and so.

The word no is spelled N-O.

Let's practice spelling the word no.

Stand up with me.

You're gonna put out your arm and we're gonna tap out the spelling to help us remember how to spell this word, like this.

N-O.

Say the whole word and blend it together.

No.

Do it again.

N-O.

No.

One more time.

N-O.

No.

Great work.

Another thing that I like to do is put my finger in the air and trace the word and spell it at the same time to help me remember how to spell and write the word.

So let's put our finger in the air and trace and spell it with me.

N-O.

No.

Do it again.

N-O.

No.

One last time.

N-O.

No.

Good job.

What word did we just spell?

Yes, it's the word no.

Our next new high frequency word is the word my.

Can you say that word?

You can use the word my when you're talking about something that belongs to you.

Like, "This is my teddy bear, I love it so much."

My.

Listen to the sounds in the word my.

Mm, eye.

There are two sounds in that word.

Watch me write the letters in the word my.

M-Y.

M-Y.

There are two letters in that word.

Let me show you how this word works.

The first letter is an M and it makes the mm sound.

The second letter is a Y and in this word, it makes the long-I sound.

That's the part that we have to remember by heart.

My is spelled M-Y, but it makes the, mm, eye sound, at the end.

All right, stand up again, and we're gonna put out our arm and practice tapping out the spelling of the word my.

Here we go.

M-Y.

My.

Do it again.

M-Y.

My.

One last time.

M-Y.

My.

Great work.

Put your finger in the air and let's trace and spell the word my together.

M-Y.

My.

Do it again.

M-Y.

My.

You're doing great.

One more time.

M-Y.

My.

Good job.

What word is this?

It's the word my.

We learned two new words today.

Can you read them with me?

What word is this?

It's the word no.

And what word is this?

It's the word my.

Great work.

Now, we're going to practice reading part of the book that we read a little bit earlier.

"Red Sled."

I typed up just part of the book, and I thought we could look for our two new high frequency words.

Okay, so as I'm reading, your job is to be on the look out for those two new words, no and my.

Are you ready?

"Red Sled.

Go!

Go!

No!

No!

Whoa!

Whoa!

Flip-flop stop.

Oh my!

Eye high!

Snowflake shake.

Giggling wiggling."

Did you find those words as I was reading?

All right, let's look for this first word.

The first word is the word... Can you read it?

No.

Let's spell that word together.

N-O, no.

Can you take your finger and point to the word no in our story?

See if you can find it.

Did you find it?

It's in there two times, look at that!

All right, let's spell it together.

Are you ready?

N-O, no.

One more time.

N-O, no.

Now you might notice, this word no has a capital at the beginning of each one.

That's because it's the beginning of a sentence, but it's still the same word, no.

All right, let's look for our next word.

Our next word is the word my.

Good, let's spell it together.

M-Y, my.

Can you take your finger and point to the word my?

Did you find it?

Great work.

Let's go ahead and spell this word together.

Ready?

M-Y, my.

Wow, you did such a great job learning our two new high frequency words, my and no.

Next time you're reading a book, see if you can find these words.

(lively music) Today, we learned all about the letter T. We also learned two new high frequency words, and you helped me blend sounds that we knew to read words from a book about a winter adventure.

Great work today, readers and writers.

Thank you so much for learning with me.

I'll see you next time on "Read, write, ROAR!"

(lively upbeat music) - [Narrator] 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.

(gentle upbeat music) (gentle lilting music)