- Hello, readers.

Welcome to Read, Write, ROAR.

Today, we're gonna be learning all about the letter R. We'll learn two new high frequency words.

We'll practice playing with sounds.

And we'll read a book about being angry.

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 get those things now, and then we'll 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.

(upbeat music) (soft music) - Hey, friends, it's alphabet time.

Did you know readers and writers use the alphabet to help us read and write words?

Let's start by singing the alphabet.

As we sing it together, I'll also sign it in American Sign Language.

You can try to sing and sign with me.

Let's get started.

Ready?

♪ A, B, C, D ♪ ♪ E, F, G ♪ ♪ H, I, J, K ♪ ♪ L, M, N, O, P ♪ ♪ Q, R, S ♪ ♪ T, U, V ♪ ♪ W, X ♪ ♪ Y, and Z ♪ ♪ Now I know my ABC's ♪ ♪ Next time, won't you sing with me ♪ Great job singing the ABC's.

Now let's practice saying the ABC's.

When I point to the letter, say the letter name with me.

Ready?

A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z.

Great job.

This time, let's say the letters' name and the letters' sound.

You can say it along with me.

Ready?

A says A.

B says B.

C says C. D says D. E says E. F says F. G says G. H says H. I says I. J says J.

Keep saying it with me, you're doing a great job.

K says K. L says L. M says M. N says N. O says O. P says P. Q says Q. R says R. S says S. T says T. U says U. V says V. W says W. X says X. Y says Y.

And Z says Z.

Great job helping me say the sounds of our alphabet today.

(soft music) Readers, now it's time to learn more about letter sounds.

Today, we have a picture of a pie, a six, an octopus, and a moon.

Let's say these sounds together.

Ready?

Pie begins with the sound P. That's the letter P. Can you make that sound?

P. Six begins with the sound S, that's the letter S. Can you make that sound?

S. Octopus begins with the sound O, that's the letter O.

Can you make that sound?

O.

And moon begins with the sound M, that's the letter M. Can you make that sound?

M. Great.

Now I'm gonna give you some new words, and I want you to point to the picture that has the same beginning sound.

Let's try it.

Say mask.

Point to the picture that has the same beginning sound as mask.

Did you point to the moon?

Moon and mask both begin with M. Great.

Now say otter.

Point to the picture that has the same beginning sound as otter.

Did you point to the octopus?

Octopus and otter both begin with O.

Now say pig.

Point to the picture that has the same beginning sound as pig.

Did you point to the pie?

Pie and pig both begin with P. Now say sand.

Point to the picture that has the same beginning sound as sand.

Did you point to the six?

Six and sand both begin with the sound S. Great job with those sounds.

(soft music) Now we're going to learn about our new letter of the day.

Today's letter of the day is the letter R. Can you say R?

This is an uppercase R, and this is a lowercase R. Let's practice saying it, ready?

Uppercase R, lowercase R. Let's do it one more time.

Lowercase R, and uppercase R. Great job, let's put our letter R's right here.

R makes the sound R. Can you make that sound?

R says R, great.

Let's look at some things that begin with that sound.

Are you ready?

The first thing we have is a rope.

Say rope.

Great job.

Rope begins with R. Now I have a red rectangle.

Can you say red rectangle?

Red rectangle begins with R. And finally, I have a ring.

Can you say ring?

Ring begins with R, great job.

Let's practice writing the letter R. First, we'll trace it with our finger.

Let's start with uppercase R. Start at the top, big line down, jump back up, curve around to the middle, and then kick it out to the bottom.

That's an uppercase R, great job.

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

Let's practice writing uppercase R. We'll sky write it one more time.

Ready?

Start at the top, big line down, jump back up, curve around to the middle, and kick it out.

Let's write it.

Start at the top, big line down, jump back up, curve around to the middle, and kick it out to the bottom.

Uppercase R, let's make another one.

Start at the top, big line down, jump back up, curve around to the middle, and kick it out.

Let's do one more.

Ready?

Start at the top, big line down, jump back up, curve around to the middle, and kick it out.

Uppercase R, great work.

Now we'll make a lowercase R. Let's trace it with our finger.

Start in the middle, little line down, slide back up, and a small curve out.

Great job.

Now let's sky write it.

Start in the middle, little line down, slide back up, and a small curve out.

Let's practice.

Start in the middle, little line down.

Slide back up with a small curve around.

Lowercase R. Let's do another one.

Start in the middle, slide down, slide back up, and a small curve out.

One more.

Start in the middle, slide down, slide back up, and a small curve out.

Great job with uppercase and lowercase R. Now it's time to name some letters really fast.

Are you ready?

I'm gonna point to these letters, and we're gonna say the letter names as quick as we can.

Let's try it.

I bet these are letters you already know.

Get ready, we're going to go quick.

Say the letter's name.

P. O. R. S. M. R. P. M. O. S. Great job.

Can you point to the letter R in the first row?

There it is, lowercase R. Can you point to the letter R in the second row?

There it is, lowercase R. Great job today practicing with letters and sounds.

(soft music) Readers, are you ready to learn some new words?

Great, today, we have two new high frequency words.

High frequency words are words that we see often in text.

Our first word today is the word of.

Can you say of?

Of is spelled O-F, of.

Let's put it right here.

Let's see if you can find the word of in our sentence.

Can I have a cup of milk?

Can you point to the word of?

It's right there.

O-F spells of.

Let's underline it.

Now let's practice saying the sounds in the word of, ready?

U, V, two sounds in the word of.

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

Because we're gonna practice writing the word of, ready?

The first sound was U, and the letter that's making that sound is the letter O in this word.

Watch me write a lowercase O, O.

The next sound in the word of is V. In this word, the letter F is making the V sound.

Watch me write a lowercase F. Start at the top, curve up, around, and down.

Then cross it in the middle.

O-F spells of.

Let's trace it with our finger.

Ready?

O-F spells of.

Our next word is the word play.

Can you say play?

P-L-A-Y spells play.

Let's put it right here.

I'll read our sentence.

If you see the word play, point to it, and I'll underline it, ready?

I like to play ball.

Did you see the word play?

It's right there.

Let's underline it.

Play.

Now let's say the sounds in the word play, ready?

P, L, A, three sounds in the word play.

Do you have something to write on?

Okay, let's write the word play.

The first sound in play is P. The letter that makes that sound is P. Watch me write a lowercase P. Line down into the basement, around, and curve, P. The next sound is L, that sound is the letter L. Watch me write a lowercase L. Start at the top, and one big line down, L. The next sound is A, and in this word, A is being made by A-Y.

Watch me write a lowercase A.

Start in the middle, curve around, close it up, and a little line down.

Now I need my Y, watch me write a lowercase Y.

Start in the middle again.

Diagonal line down, come back to the middle, diagonal line down, and then into the basement.

Great job.

P-L-A-Y spells play.

Let's trace it with our finger.

P-L-A-Y spells play.

Great job today, readers and writers.

You learned two new high frequency words, of and play.

(soft music) Friends, do you ever get angry?

Me too.

Do your friends ever get angry?

Sometimes.

Do you know what you can do when you're angry, or when your friends are angry?

Well today, I have a special book.

It's titled "If You're Angry And You Know It".

This is a fiction book.

Fiction means that the story is not true.

It's a made up story, but we can still learn something really special from this book.

The author is Cecily Kaiser.

Authors write the words, great.

And the illustrator is Cary Pillo.

Illustratord draw the pictures, awesome.

This book is read with permission from Scholastic Publishing.

Let's get started.

If you're angry and you know it.

I'm gonna need you to stand up, because in this book today, we're gonna be moving our bodies.

"If You're Angry And You Know It" by Cecily Kaiser.

"If you're angry and you know it, stomp your feet!

If you're angry and you know it, stomp your feet!"

Let's try it, stomp your feet.

"If you're angry and you know it, and you really want to show it, if you're angry and you know it, stomp your feet!

If you're angry and you know it, bang a drum."

Can you bang a drum?

"If you're angry and you know it, bang a drum.

If you're angry and you know it, and you really want to show it, if you're angry and you know it, bang a drum!"

Can you bang a drum?

That probably is helping her get her anger out.

"If you're angry and you know it, walk away.

If you're angry and you know it, walk away.

If you're angry and you know it, and you really wanna show it, if you're angry and you know it, walk away."

Show me how you would walk away.

It's okay to walk away when we're angry.

"If you're angry and you know it, take deep breaths.

If you're angry and you know it, take deep breaths.

If you're angry and you know it, and you really want to show it, if you're angry and you know it, take deep breaths."

Let's try it, ready?

(Pung breathing) Let's do another one (breathes).

That really helps, doesn't it?

"If you're angry and you know it, tell a friend.

If you're angry and you know it, tell a friend.

If you're angry and you know it, and you really want to show it, if you're angry and you know it, tell a friend."

Let's pretend like we're telling our friends.

I'm angry, good job.

"Then you're happy, and you know it once again.

Then you're happy and you know it once again.

Then you're happy and you know it, you're not angry and you show it, then you're happy, and you know it once again."

And that is the end.

What a great story.

What were some things that we could do with our body when we're angry?

What do you remember?

That's right.

When we're angry and we know it, we can stomp our feet.

When we're angry and we know it, we can take deep breaths (breathes).

If you're angry and you know it, you can tell a friend, that's right.

Or if you're angry and you know it, you can always walk away.

Those are some great things to do when you're angry.

It helps us to calm down.

And when we're calm, then we're happy once again.

(soft music) Friends, it's time to write.

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

Great.

Today, we're gonna be using a sentence stem.

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

Let's read it, and find out what it says.

When I am angry, I can, we'll get to finish that sentence.

Let's think about our book today.

Today, we read a book called "When I'm Angry And I Know It".

In that book, we learned about many things we can do when we're angry.

Do you remember any of those things?

That's right.

When you're angry, you can stomp your feet.

When you're angry, you can bang a drum.

When you're angry, you could walk away.

All of those things were things we read in our book today.

Something else you can do when you're angry is ask for help.

So my sentence today will say, when I am angry, I can ask for help.

How many words do I need to write to finish this sentence?

Help me count.

Ask for help.

How many words is that?

I need to write three more words.

So I'll start by drawing a line for each one of my words, ask for help.

Great.

Our first word is the word ask.

Let's think about the sounds in the word ask, ready?

A, S, K. Three sounds in the word ask.

The first sound is the sound A.

Do you know what letter makes that sound?

That's right, A says A.

Watch me write a lowercase A.

There's my A.

The next sound is S. What letter makes that sound?

S, great job.

Here's a lowercase S. Around and back.

And the last sound is K. What letter makes that sound?

In this word, it's K, you're right.

Big line down.

Jump to the middle, in and out.

There is the word ask.

When I am angry, I can ask for.

My sentence is going to say ask for help, for.

Let's think about those sounds.

F, or.

How many sounds did you hear?

Two sounds in the word for.

Let's write the word for together.

The first sound is F. Do you know what letter makes that sound?

F, great job.

Start up at the top, curve around, and down.

Cross it in the middle.

The next sound is the sound or.

Two letters make the or sound.

It's O and R. Let's write it.

Lowercase O, around, close it up.

And now we need a lowercase R. Start in the middle.

Little line down, jump back up, with a small curve around.

When I'm angry, I can ask for help.

Let's think about that word help together.

And let's stretch out those sounds.

H, E, L, P. Four sounds in the word help.

The first sound is H. Do you know what letter makes that sound?

Did you say H?

You're right.

Let's start the top, big line down, curve up to the middle, and around.

There's my lowercase H. The next sound is E. The letter that makes that sound is E, great job.

Out, up, and around for a lowercase E. The next sound is L. What letter makes that sound?

Did you say L?

You're correct.

To make a lowercase L, we just do one big line down.

And the last sound in the word help is P. Do you know what letter makes that sound?

P, great job.

Let's write a lowercase P. Start in the middle, down, down into the basement, jump back up, with a small curve around, help.

Great job helping me stretch out the sounds to write my words today, but I think we're missing something.

What should go at the end of our sentence?

Did you say punctuation mark?

That's right.

Let's think about this sentence.

When I am angry, I can ask for help.

Am I asking, or am I telling?

I'm telling what you can do when you're angry.

So what punctuation mark should come at the end?

A period, great job.

Let's all put a period at the end of our sentence.

Remember, you can copy down my sentence, or you could also write a sentence of your own.

You can even draw a picture to match your words.

Great job today, writers.

Don't forget to share your picture with someone in your home today.

(upbeat music) Friends, today, we had so much fun.

We learned all about the letter R. We played a game with sounds.

We learned two new high frequency words.

We read a book about being angry, and we worked together to write a sentence.

Great job today, readers and writers.

I'll see you next time on Read, Write, ROAR.

- [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.

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