- In this 'Read, Write, Roar', we are going to be reading the book 'Over And Under The Pond'.

We will also be learning and practicing some action or movement words.

Let's go, 'Read, Write, Roar'!

- [Announcer] This program is made possible in part by, The Kresge Foundation, The Lauren and Philip Fisher Fund For Children And Education, the W.K.

Kellogg Foundation, The State Of Michigan, and by viewers like you.

Thank you!

(bright music) (lion roars) (bright music) (lion roars) - Today on 'Read, Write, Roar', - 'Read, Write, Roar'!

- we are going to be reading a book.

But before we get started, let's get out our oars and let's row a boat.

Ready?

(gentle music) ♪ Row, row, row your boat ♪ ♪ Gently down the stream ♪ ♪ Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily ♪ ♪ Life is but a dream ♪ ♪ Today we're gonna read a book ♪ ♪ Look at it with me ♪ 'Over And Under The Pond'.

Look at the cover of this book.

What do you notice about this book?

- [Lexi] Fish!

- [Mrs. Colon] There's fish!

And we just sang a song about being on a what?

- [Orlanda] Boat.

- [Mrs. Colon] A boat.

Look at the illustrations, Lexi.

Do you notice there's a boat on the cover of this book too?

- [Lexi] Yeah.

- [Mrs. Colon] Yeah.

And you saw the fish.

I'm curious, what do you think this book is about?

- [Lexi] Fish!

- [Mrs. Colon] Fish!

Orlanda, what do you think this book might be about?

If you looked at the illustrations or the pictures, what do you notice at the top?

- [Orlanda] Lily pads.

- [Mrs. Colon] Lily pads.

I notice lily pads.

I'm looking at the cover and I notice two people that are in a boat, and I'm wondering what they might see.

So this book is called 'Over And Under The Pond'.

And it's written by Kate Messner with Art by Christopher Silas Neal.

And we have permission to read this book by Chronicle Books.

So, - [Lexi] Oh, yeah.

- yeah, let's practice this word.

This is over.

Put your hand over your head.

Yeah, that's over.

Can you say the word over?

- [Lexi and Orlanda] Over.

- [Mrs. Colon] Over.

And then under.

Under goes under your chin.

Under.

- [Lexi and Orlanda] Under.

- [Both] Now over.

- [Lexi and Orlanda] Over.

- [Mrs. Colon] Under.

- Under, under, over, over!

- [Mrs. Colon] You got it!

It's over, under, over, under.

Yep, you got it.

Over and under.

So we're gonna see what's over and under the pond.

But when we read this, Lexi, there's gonna be some words that we hear that have some action or movements to it.

The first word is lunge.

Can you lunge?

Say, lunge.

- [Lexi and Orlanda] Lunge.

- Lunge.

And when you lunge, you lean forward like this.

So lunge!

- Lunge.

(Lexi laughing) Yes, lunge.

Yeah, you wanna make sure when you lunge that you keep in your seat.

And this, oh, that was surprising!

You got it?

- I got it.

- Yeah, you're gonna sit right there.

This word says lean.

Everybody say lean.

- [Lexi and Orlanda] Lean!

- Lean.

And lean is when you move over to the side.

You're not all the way up.

Yep, we're gonna lean.

- Oh yeah.

- Our body's moving sideways.

And then this one says rise.

And when you rise, you just lift up some.

Yeah, you rise.

All right, so now let's listen to the story.

When we hear these words, you and Bunny get to do them too.

Ready, let's practice.

We're gonna lunge.

We're gonna lean, and we're gonna rise!

All right, let's get ready.

Let's see.

(gentle music) The title page says, 'Over And Under The Pond'.

This is the first page.

Let's see where I start reading.

Here I start, on the left side, then you read over.

Over the pond We slide, splashing through lily pads, sweeping through reeds.

The water's a mirror, reflecting the sky.

Sunshine and clouds, then a shadow below.

"What's down there?"

I ask.

"Under the pond?"

Mom says.

"Under the pond is a whole hidden world of minnows and crayfish, turtles and bull frogs.

We're paddling over them now."

Over the pond, we skim past tall rushes.

Whirligig beetles loop and twirl, skaters on a warm Summer surface Under the pond, minnow's dart through waving forests of grass, while a brook trout lurks, ready to lunge.

I have one, ready.

Are you getting ready to do this one?

This is about this fish, and it says he is ready to lunge!

Can you show me?

He's ready to lunge!

You told me you knew that word.

All right, let's keep looking.

Over the pond, we lift and dip, and pull past a row of painted turtles on a waterlogged tree.

One, two, three!

They slip off and away.

Splash, gurgle, sploosh!

Under the pond.

Over the pond, cattails rustle and shush in the wind.

Listen close, cuck-la-ree!

Red-winged blackbirds race by.

One has grass for her nest.

Under the pond, a caddisfly larva builds a home on her own, a secret shelter of pebbles and sand.

Over the pond.

the shadows of trees lean out from the shore.

We coast under a low hanging branch.

A moose looks up with a mouthful of water lilies.

We've interrupted his lunch.

It says over the pond the shadows of the trees lean out from the shore.

Lean!

Yeah, but we have to move on, because he's eating his lunch.

What do you think he's eating?

- [Lexi and Orlanda] Grass!

- [Mrs. Colon] Grass!

What do you think he would feel if he had to eat grass that had some of the prickly needles on it that we talked about?

- [Orlanda] Nuh uh.

- [Mrs. Colon] Nuh uh, he would not be happy.

You're right.

He would probably be a grumpy moose.

Uh oh, I see another word.

It says under the pond, beavers dive deep.

They pump with powerful tails and rise!

Yep, up to the surface with delectable roots from the mud.

Why do you think he has to rise up?

He looks like he was going to the bottom.

Why is he gonna rise up?

- Because he needs air.

- He needs air.

Look at that.

Looks like he's having fun swimming.

Do either of you know how to swim?

- My Mama can swim.

- Yeah, do you know how to swim?

- [Lexi] Yeah.

- Yeah, let me see you swim.

Practice swimming, show me how to swim.

Yeah.

Oh, you would swim like that.

Would you go under the water, or would you stay above or over?

- [Orlanda] Above.

- [Lexi] Above.

- Oh, you would stay above too?

I like to go under sometimes.

Not for long though.

Yeah.

Oh, look at that.

Over the pond, The wind gives us a push and stirs the light-dappled leaves on ashore.

There on a branch, a new goldfinch teeters, finally ready to fly.

Under the pond, tadpoles are changing, learning to hop.

They're losing tails, growing legs, growing up.

Over the pond, there at the shore, tall and silent and still A great blue heron stares down into the deep.

It tenses, takes one long legged step, and strikes!

It catches a wiggling, quicksilver minnow from where it was hiding, under the pond.

Over the pond we drift, heads tipped up to the sun.

A woodpecker clings to a teetering pond, digging for ants.

Under the pond, an otter claws for freshwater mussels.

Over the pond, a sleepy dragonfly lands for a rest.

His spindling legs tickle my knee.

Under the pond, dragonfly larvae watch what swims by.

They catch minnows in monster-fast jaws.

Over the pond the shadows stretch.

Ospreys circle in a quiet wings.

Raccoons and minks stalk the shoreline for supper.

Under the pond, with a flip of a tail, a crayfish disappears in the dark.

Over the pond we head for home.

We glide, swish, bump, right up onto shore, as a far-off loon calls goodnight.

The skies turn from sunset to dusk to dark.

Night settles over the pond, the prowling catfish and drowsy turtles.

The scuttling, crayfish and tadpoles turned frogs.

Waiting herons and stalking raccoons.

And the hidden world under the pond.

What did they do when it got dark outside?

- They went back inside.

- They went back inside.

What do you do when it gets dark out?

- [Lexi and Orlanda] We go back inside.

- We go back inside.

And do you know what I do?

- [Lexi] What?

- I put on my PJ's, and I curl up in my bed, and then I go to sleep and say goodnight.

- We do that too!

- You do that too?

Yeah, I think the animals in this book did that too when they were done.

(gentle music) Today we are going to be drawing, and we're gonna draw on our bellies.

'Cause when we draw on our bellies it helps to build some of the muscles in our shoulders and our arms, and in our wrist.

And that's gonna help for when you have to write later.

- I'm already drawing the grass.

- You're drawing the grass.

And I noticed something this time, when you're drawing that monster, look at this.

You're holding your crayon kind of like a fist.

Can I show you something?

I'm gonna put a piece of tape right at the bottom of your crayon.

And instead of holding it like this, try to pinch the tape like that at the bottom.

Ready?

So I'm gonna put it in your hands like this.

Yep, pinch the tape, and then draw your purple people.

Yeah, all done.

- Yeah, look at that.

Gonna be something.

The suspense.

That means I have to wait and see.

All right, pinch that tape and draw with the red.

All right, ready?

Hold it this way.

There you go.

- [Lexi] Ooh, that's it!

- [Mrs. Colon] That's it!

All right, thanks for drawing with me, Lexi!

(gentle music) During the read out loud today, we focused on two different things.

Looking at print, and building vocabulary.

Reading out loud with your child is fundamental to your child's early literacy development.

Before reading a book out loud, it's a good practice to remind children where to start reading on a page.

Running fingers under words while reading out loud reinforces that texts and speech are connected.

That letters make sounds, and sounds make words.

When we run fingers under words, we are also showing that words have spaces between them when written.

Learning new words to expand a child's vocabulary is a key part of early literacy.

When children know more words, they understand more of what is said and what is read.

When we teach words that are connected to each other, like multiple words related to gardens or gardening, add movements, props, videos, and photos, the more effective the instruction and practice.

There's no right wrong way to do this.

For movements, just do what comes natural.

You can find everyday props at home.

Videos, photos, can be found in books, or online.

You may even find examples to share from your own personal photos.

(gentle music) Remember in the story we learned some action words.

Those are words that we move to.

The first word was lunge.

This one right here, lunge.

- Do this.

- Yep, lunge like this.

Lunge forward.

- [Lexi] Lunge forward.

- And then we did lean.

Ready, move to the side, lean.

- And then up!

- You remember the next one?

That was rise.

Rise is when you lift yourself up.

- Up!

- Yeah.

Thanks for listening to this story and reading with me today.

- [Lexi] Okay, bye!

- Yeah, ready?

Now we have to say goodbye.

Ready?

See you next time on 'Read, Write, Roar'!

- 'Read, Write, Roar'!

- [Announcer] This program is made possible in part by The Kresge Foundation, the Lauren and Phillip Fisher Fund For Children And Education, the W.K.

Kellogg Foundation, The State Of Michigan, and by viewers like you.

Thank you!

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