- Welcome to "Read, Write, Roar!"

Today, we're gonna be learning all about the letter S. We'll read a book about our feelings.

We'll learn two new high frequency words.

And we'll work together to write a 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.

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Kellogg Foundation.

Additional support by.

And by viewers like you, thank you.

(upbeat music) Hello, readers, it's time to practice the alphabet.

Remember, readers and writers use the alphabet to help us read and write.

Let's get ready to sing the alphabet.

Sing with me.

♪ 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 ABCs ♪ ♪ Next time won't you sing with me ♪ Great job singing your ABCs.

This time, we're going to say our ABCs.

Say them along 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.

Now let's say the letters' sounds.

We're going to do it quickly, say it with me, ready?

A says ah.

B says buh.

C says cuh.

D says duh.

E says eh.

F says Ff.

G says guh.

H says ha.

I says ih.

J says juh.

K says kuh.

L says ull.

M says mm.

N says nn.

O says ah.

Keep going, great job, make sure you're saying it with me.

P says puh.

Q says quah.

R says err.

S says ss.

T says tuh.

U says uh.

V says vuh.

W says wuh.

X says kss.

Y says yuh.

And Z says zz.

Great job singing, saying, and practicing the sounds in our alphabet today.

(upbeat music) Now let's think about letter sounds.

You have a pie, a lamp, an octopus, and a moon.

Say pie.

Pie begins with the sound puh.

Can you make that sound?

Pie begins with the sound puh, letter P. Lamp.

Lamp begins with the sound ull.

Can you say that sound?

Lamp begins with the ull sound, letter L. Octopus.

Octopus begins with the sound ah.

Can you say that sound?

Octopus begins with ahh, letter O.

And moon.

Moon begins with the sound mm.

Can you make that sound?

Moon begins with mm, mm, letter M. Great job.

Now let's think about some other sounds.

Say the word move.

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

Did you point to the moon?

Moon and move both begin with a mm.

Great say lip.

Lip.

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

Did you point to the lamp?

Lamp and lip both begin with ull, L, great job.

Say the word pick.

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

Did you point to the pie?

Pie and pick both begin with puh, P. Now say eye.

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

Did you point to the octopus?

Octopus and eye both begin with ah, letter O.

Great job.

(upbeat music) Now it's time to learn about a new letter.

Our new letter today is the letter S. This is an uppercase S. Say uppercase S. And this is a lowercase S. Say lowercase S. I'm gonna mix them up, I want you to practice saying it with me, ready?

Uppercase S, lowercase S. Let's do it again.

Lowercase S and uppercase S. Great job.

S makes the sound ss.

Can you do that with me?

Watch my mouth as I make that sound, ss.

My lips open just a little bit and my teeth stay closed, my tongue comes behind my teeth.

Let's make the sound together.

S says ss.

Nice work.

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

Are you ready?

First, I have a snake.

Can you say snake?

Snake begins with a ss sound, nice job.

Now I have a sandwich.

Can you say sandwich?

Sandwich begins with the sound ss, S. And finally, I have my friend the sloth.

Can you say sloth?

Sloth begins with the sound ss, nice work.

Now friends, it's time for us to practice writing our letter S. This is our uppercase S and this is our lowercase S. Get your finger ready, we're gonna trace them, ready?

Start at the top, big curve around and a big curve back.

Great job, let's do it one more time.

Start at the top, big curve around, and a big curve back.

Uppercase S. Do you have something to write on and something to write with?

Great, let's write it together.

I'm going to start at the top, big curve around and a big curve back.

Uppercase S. Let's do another one.

Start at the top, big curve around and a big curve back.

Uppercase S. Let's do one more, ready?

Start at that top, big curve around and a big curve back.

Uppercase S. Great job.

Now let's do lowercase S. Get your finger ready, we're gonna trace it.

You can trace on the carpet on in the sky.

Ready?

Start in the middle this time, we're gonna do a little curve around and a little curve back.

They look very close to each other, but the lowercase S is smaller.

Trace it one more time with me, ready?

Start in the middle, little curve around and a little curve back.

Great job.

Let's get ready to write a lowercase S. Put your marker or your pencil right in the middle.

We're gonna do a little curve around and a little curve back.

Great, let's do another one.

Start in the middle.

Little curve around and a little curve back.

One more.

Start in the middle, little curve around and a little curve back.

Great job.

Friends, now it's time to say our letter names fast.

Are you ready to do some fast naming of letters?

I know you can do it.

I'll point to it with my marker and as I point to our letters you're gonna say the letter name as fast as you can.

Let's try it, here we go, ready?

Letter P. O.

Say it with me, L. S. M. Keep going.

L. P. M. O. S. Great job, did you get them all?

Nice job, readers and writers.

Today, we learned a lot about letters and their sounds.

(upbeat music) Hi, friends, it's time to learn some new words.

Today, we have two new high frequency words.

High frequency words are words that we see all the time in text when we're reading.

And our first word is the word he.

Can you say he?

H-E spells he.

This is the word he.

Let's see if we can find it in our sentence.

When you see it, point to it, and I'll underline it with my marker.

Let's try it.

He is six years old.

Did you find the word he?

Make sure you point to it.

There it is.

He is at the beginning of our sentence today.

Let's underline it.

He.

This he has an uppercase H because it's starting the sentence and we always start our sentences with uppercase letters.

But when we write it, I'll write a lowercase H. Are you ready?

Let's listen for those sounds in he.

Huh, ee, how many sounds?

Two sounds.

The first sound in he is huh, what letter makes that sound?

H. Watch me write the word he.

Here's my lowercase H. And the next sound is ee, what letter makes that sound?

E, great job.

Lowercase E. Did you write the word he?

Let's trace it with our finger one more time.

You can trace it too or sky write it.

H-E spells he.

Awesome job, readers.

Our next word is the word she.

Can you say she?

S-H-E spells she.

Let's look for it as I read it in our sentence.

She has a dog.

Can you point to the word she?

Did you see it?

There it is, right at the beginning of our sentence again.

Let's underline it.

She.

Let's say the sounds in she.

Sh, ee, two sounds.

The first sound is sh, do you know what letters make that sound?

You're right, S-H says sh.

Watch me write it, lowercase S and an H make the sound sh.

You can write it too.

The next sound is ee, can you make that sound?

That's lowercase E. Let's trace it with our finger and say it one more time.

S-H-E spells she.

Great job.

Let's say our new high frequency words one more time, ready?

He and she.

Do you notice they have the same ending sound?

He and she, they rhyme.

Great job, we learned two new high frequency words today.

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

I have a special story to share with you today.

Our story today is titled, "When Sophie Gets Angry- Really, Really Angry..." Do you ever get angry?

Me too.

What type of things make you angry or frustrated or upset?

What do you do when you get angry?

Do you yell or scream or kick?

Today we're gonna learn about what Sophie does when she gets angry.

This book is a fiction book.

Remember, fiction means that it's not true.

The author made the story up.

And our author today is Molly Bang.

Remember, authors write the words.

Great job.

This book is read with permission from Scholastic Publishing.

Let's get started and find out what Sophie does when she gets angry.

"When Sophie Gets Angry- Really, Really Angry..." By Molly Bang.

"Sophie was busy playing when... "'My turn!'

"Her sister grabbed Gorilla.

"'No,' said Sophie.

"'Yes,' said her mother.

"'It is her turn now, Sophie.'

"As her sister snatched Gorilla away, "Sophie fell over the truck."

Snatch means to grab something quickly.

Oh, what does Sophie's face tell us?

She's feeling angry.

"Oh, is Sophie ever angry now!

"She kicks.

"She screams.

"She wants to smash the world to smithereens.

"Smash!"

She's getting angry.

"She roars a red, red roar."

Can you roar with me?

Roar!

She is angry.

"Sophie is a volcano, ready to explode."

Explode means to burst.

"And when Sophie gets angry- really, really angry... "Pabam!

"She runs!

"She runs and runs and runs until she can't run anymore."

Do you think that's safe to run away when you're angry?

No, it's not safe to run away when you're angry.

"Then for a little while, she cries."

Do you ever cry when you're angry?

I do too.

"Now she sees the rocks, the trees, and the ferns.

"She hears a bird.

"Tweet.

"She comes to the old beech tree.

"She climbs."

Do you ever climb trees?

I like to climb trees too.

"She feels the breeze blow her hair.

"She watches the water and the waves."

It looks like Sophie is starting to calm down.

"The wide world comforts her."

Comfort means to help you feel safe and clam down, to feel better, comforts.

"Sophie feels better now.

"She climbs back down and heads for home.

"'I'm home!'

"The house is warm and smells good.

"Everyone is glad she's home.

"Everything's back together again.

"And Sophie isn't angry anymore."

That was a great story.

Friends, can you help me remember some things from the story?

Who was the main character in our story?

Who was the story mostly about?

Did you say Sophie?

You're right, Sophie was the main character.

What is the setting of the story?

Remember, the setting means where did the story take place.

Do you remember?

That's right, inside Sophie's house and also outside when she ran away.

That was the setting.

Do you remember the problem in the story?

What happened?

That's right, Sophie got really, really angry when her sister snatched the gorilla.

She even ran away.

Good job remembering about our story.

In our story today when Sophie got really, really angry she felt like she was going to explode.

She kicked and she screamed and then she ran.

When we're angry we can do different things to help us calm down.

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

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

Great, let's get started.

Today, we're gonna use our new high frequency words to help us write a sentence.

In our book today we read about Sophie, and she was angry.

So we're gonna think about a time when we were angry and we're gonna write a sentence to match.

We might even draw a picture.

Our sentence today can say either he was angry or she was angry.

You can even use I was angry.

Think about which word fits you best, I'll use she.

My sentence today will say, she was angry.

How many words do I need in my sentence?

Three, that's right, I need three words in my sentence today.

Let's draw a line for each word, that'll help us get started.

She was angry.

Three words.

Notice how I left some spaces between my words.

Leaving spaces helps the reader to read our writing.

The first word is she.

Do you remember how to spell she?

Let's write down the sounds.

Sh, ee, two sounds.

The sh that is... You're right, S-H. And I have to start with an uppercase S, because we always begin our sentences with an uppercase letter, so watch me write an uppercase S. S-H makes the sound sh.

Now I need the sound ee.

Do you remember what letters make that sound?

E, it's just the lowercase E. Write it on your paper.

Great, she.

The next word is was.

Let's say the sounds in was.

Wuh, uh, zz, three sounds.

That first sound is wuh, do you know what letter makes that sound?

You're right, it's W. Watch me write a lowercase W. Up and and down in the middle, there we go.

Just like that, W. The next sound in the word was is uh, in this word, A is making that sound.

Watch me write a lowercase A.

Around, close it up with a little line down.

Great.

And the last sound is zz, in this word, S is making the zz sound.

Watch me write my lowercase S. Was.

Let's read it together, she was angry.

Hmm, do you remember where I might be able to find the word angry?

That's right, angry was in the title of our book.

Let's look and see if we can find how to spell it.

This is using our resources.

Angry, A-N-G-R-Y, angry.

Let's write it.

Lowercase A. A-N-G-R-Y.

Let's read it again.

She was angry.

Great job.

You can copy the word angry on your paper too.

What am I missing, is my sentence complete?

That's right, I need a punctuation mark at the end.

The punctuation mark tells us the sentence is over.

What would make sense here?

Am I asking or telling?

I'm telling, but anger is an emotion and I'm writing with emotion today, so I'll use an exclamation point, because an exclamation point shows emotion.

Can you say exclamation point?

Great job.

Watch how I write an exclamation point.

I start at the top and I do a big line down, but not all the way to the bottom, then I give it a little period.

That is an exclamation point and that shows emotion.

Let's read our sentence one last time.

Read it with emotion.

She was angry!

Great job today, writers.

Now you can draw a picture to match.

You can draw a picture about maybe a time when you were angry.

Drawing pictures can help us to calm down when we're angry.

Great job today, writers.

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

Friends, today we learned all about the letter S. We practiced our alphabet.

We learned two new high frequency words.

We read a book about Sophie and how she got really angry.

We practiced calming down our bodies.

And we wrote a sentence of our own.

Great job today, readers and writers.

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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