(playful music) - Hello, scholars, welcome to second grade on "Read, Write, Roar!"

Today with Mrs. Fuller, you are going to continue writing your book about where you live.

You're going to add in pages about your country and your continent.

We are also going to practice writing words with the oi sound.

So scholars, get yourself something to write with, and something to write on, and we'll get ready to 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.

(playful music continues) (lion roars) (lion roars) - Hello scholars, I'm Mrs. Z-K, and today we are going to be practicing and writing words with the oi sound.

Scholars, can you say oi?

Yeah, oi.

It's kind of a funny sound to make, isn't it?

Oi, oi.

Well, today we are going to be looking at two spelling patterns that make the sound oi.

We have the letters O-I, and the letter O-Y.

Oi.

Oy.

Today, when we are practicing with the letters O-I, we're usually going to see it at the beginning or the middle of the word.

So for an example, the word is oil.

Oi-l. We hear oi at the beginning, so we're going to use the letters O-I.

Oi, l. Well, where do you hear the oi sound in the word soil?

S-oi-l.

In the middle, yes.

So when we write the word soil, we'll put S, then we'll put the O-I, the oi sound, S-oi-l, soil.

Great work.

But if we hear the oi sound at the end of the word, that usually means we're going to use the spelling pattern O-Y, okay?

Like in the word joy, like if you're filled with happiness, joy, we hear J-oy, we hear the oy sound at the end.

So your word would look like this, J-oy.

What about in the word, boy?

B-oy.

Again, we hear the oy sound at the end, so we would make B, and then we would use O-Y, boy.

Boy.

Nice work.

Scholars, I'm going to need you to get something to write with and something to write on so that we can practice spelling words with the oi sound.

When we hear the oi sound at the beginning or the middle of the word, we're going to try and use the letters O-I.

Of course, we will look at the word to see if it looks right, and read the word to make sure it reads the right way.

If we hear the oi sound at the end of the word, we're going to try to use the letters O-Y.

Okay, scholars, are you ready to practice spelling our words?

Well, I am.

Let's get started.

Our first word is join, can you say the sounds that you hear in the word join?

Good, you should have heard three sounds.

J-oi-N. Where are you hearing the oi sound at?

J-oi-N.

In the middle, nice job.

So what spelling pattern are we going to try?

We're going to try O-I, go ahead and write it down.

J-oi-N. What do you think, scholars, does that look right?

Join, like, "Will you join my team?

Will you come be a part of my team?"

Join.

Nice work.

All right, our next word is toy.

Say the sounds that you hear in the word toy.

Only two sounds.

T-oy.

Where are you hearing the oy sound at in the word toy?

At the end.

What spelling pattern are you going to try?

O-Y, nice job, go ahead and write that down.

T-oy.

All right, does that look right to you?

Go ahead and read your word.

Toy.

I like to play with my favorite toy.

Nice job.

All right, scholars, our next word is point.

Mm, go ahead and say the sounds that you hear in the word point.

Ooh, did you hear four sounds?

P-oi-N-T. Where'd you hear that sound at?

What spelling pattern are you going to use?

Go ahead and try.

Again, those sounds are P-oi-N-T.

I heard oi in the middle, I'm going to try O-I.

Hopefully, you tried O-I as well.

P-oi-N-T. Point.

I point to my words as I read them.

(chuckles) All right, scholars, I have a new word for you.

The word is spoil.

Go ahead and say the sounds that you hear in spoil, and break apart that blend that's at the beginning.

Nice.

Did you hear four?

S-P-oi-L. Mm-hmm, go ahead and try it.

Remember, you're thinking about, where do I hear the oi sound?

What spelling pattern do I want to try?

Then you have to, of course, write all the other sounds down.

S-P-oi-L. Let's check your work.

We got S-P, that was that blend I was talking about, oi-L.

If you leave your milk out on the counter, it might spoil, and ooh, you don't wanna drink it anymore after that.

(laughs) Okay, scholars, our next word is soy.

Like, if you wanna put some soy sauce on your rice.

Say the sounds that you hear in the word soy.

Mm-hmm.

All right, go ahead and try to spell it on your own first.

Soy.

Which spelling pattern did you use, scholars?

O-I or O-Y?

You chose O-Y?

Why?

Because the oy sound is at the end, nice work, okay.

So does your word look like this?

S-oy.

I like to put soy sauce on my rice.

(chuckles) Looks great.

Okay.

Our next word is enjoy.

I really enjoy teaching you.

Enjoy is when you're happy about doing something.

Go ahead and say the sounds that you hear in the word enjoy.

It's a little bit trickier, because there's two syllables.

We have en-joy.

All right?

So we'll split it up.

What sounds do you hear in the word N?

(whispers) Eh-N.

Okay, eh-N. And then what sounds do you hear in the word joy?

J-oy.

good.

Still only four sounds.

Eh-N-J-oy.

All right, go ahead and write it, scholars.

Good, I hope you're thinking about where am I hearing that oy sound.

Nice work.

How do you think you did?

Great, okay, I'm going to go with O-Y, 'cause I hear oy at the end of the word enjoy.

And I'm going to start with, eh-N, en, J-oy, enjoy.

Looks good to you?

Nice job checking.

Let's go ahead and read our word.

I enjoy teaching you.

Nice work.

Scholars, our next word is avoid.

Avoid also has two syllables, A-void.

So let's go ahead and say the sounds by the syllables.

What sounds do you hear in the first syllable?

A.

Just one sound, A.

What sounds do you hear in the second syllable?

Void.

Okay, four sounds again.

Let's put them together, we have A-V-oi-D, avoid.

Do it again, A-V-oi-D, avoid.

All right, go ahead and try.

Where did you hear that oi sound at?

Avoid.

In the middle.

Did you try O-I?

Let's see how you did.

A-V-oi-D, avoid.

Yeah, your adults might avoid a street that has lots of construction on it.

Yeah, 'cause that traffic will take forever.

So you avoid it by going a different route.

Great work.

All right, scholars, I have one more word for you, and the word is of the sound a pig makes, oink.

(chuckles) Go ahead and say the sounds that you hear in the word oink.

Good, go ahead and try it on your own first.

Oi-N-K. Scholars, where did you hear that oi sound at?

In the beginning.

Okay, so did you try O-I or O-Y?

O-I, let's check it.

Oi-N-K. Oink.

(laughs) A pig makes the sound oink.

Great work, scholars.

Nice work today, scholars, practicing spelling those words with the oi sound.

We tried O-I when the oi sound was at the beginning or the middle of the word, and we tried O-Y when the oy sound was at the end of the word.

Scholars, the more reading you do, and the more chances you give yourself to write and spell these words, the better reader and writer you will become.

Because remember, reading and writing are connected.

(electronic music) - Hi scholars, I'm Mrs. Fuller.

Today, we're gonna be reading two books about where we live.

We're gonna be reading the book, "Where do I Live?," written by Neil Chesanow, illustrated by Ann Iosa, and read with permission from BES Publishing.

We're also gonna be reading our own book, "Where Do I Live?," written by me, Mrs. Fuller, with the help of all of you.

As we read today, I would like you to listen for information that'll help us to answer our three big questions.

"First, what are the parts of a map?"

"How can a map help me describe where I live?"

And, "What are the human and natural characteristics of a place?"

The human characteristics of a place are the things that were created by humans, like buildings, bridges, and roads.

And the natural characteristics of a place are the things that were created by nature, like trees, mountains, and lakes.

Today, we're gonna be reading about, and drawing maps, of the many places we live.

When we think about maps, we wanna think about the parts of a map that we might use, starting with a map scale.

A map scale tells us what the distance on that map might be.

A map key tells us what the symbols on a map represent.

And the compass rose tells us the direction of the map.

Today, we're also gonna be adding pages to our own book about where we live.

If you've already started a book with me, go ahead and grab that.

If you haven't, you can print yourself a copy of our book template from the activity guide in today's lesson, or, you can just make your book using paper.

In our book today, we're gonna be adding maps and writing about the many places we live.

Our focus today is gonna be on our country and our continent.

"Where Do I live?

You live in your country.

Do you know how many states there are?

Fifty!

That's a lot of states.

Together, they form your country.

That's what your country is: a group of fifty states.

All the states treat each other like very good friends.

They do things together, just as you and your friends do.

Together they build highways, share water, keep the land from getting dirty and spoiled, and many other important things.

That makes them something very special.

It makes them united.

They're united because they do things together as one.

Being united is what makes the fifty states one big country.

Guess what the name of our country is..." Let's go ahead and say it together.

That's right, it's the United States.

"You live on your continent.

A continent is a huge huge piece of land.

It's much bigger than a state.

It's usually much bigger than a country.

A continent is so big that you'd have to ride a rocket ship way up into outer space to see one in person.

The continent you live on is called North America.

North America is so big, it has three very large countries on it.

You can see what they look like in the pictures on these two pages.

This picture, and many others in this book have a special name.

They're called maps.

A map is a picture of land or water, or even the sky, that shows you where everything is.

The map you see here is a picture of your continent.

It shows you where all the countries are in North America and what they look like.

At the top of the map is the coldest country.

It's called Canada.

It's up north.

At the bottom of the map is the warmest country, it's name is Mexico.

It's down south.

Your country, the United States, is in the middle."

In our book today, scholars, we're gonna be drawing a map and writing about our country.

We're gonna do that on the page that says "My Country."

On one side, we're gonna be drawing the map, and on the other side, we're gonna be writing a paragraph about the United States.

Here's what a map of the United States might look like.

This map shows the shape of the United States and the 50 states.

A map with more detail, like this one, shows some of the natural characteristics of the United States, like the lakes, rivers, and mountains.

And this map shows some of the human characteristics of the United States, like roads, highways, and cities.

In my book, scholars, let's take a look at my map and paragraph about my country.

Looking at my paragraph, you can see I started off with a topic sentence.

And remember, a topic sentence introduces the topic.

So in this case, we wanna introduce our country.

"I live in the United States.

The United States goes by several names.

Some of those names are the U.S., the United States of America, and America."

Next for my paragraph, I wanna add three details about my country.

First, "The United States is a country made up of 50 states."

"The size of the United States makes it the fourth largest country in the world."

And, "Washington DC is the capital of the United States."

Then I ended my paragraph with a closing sentence, "The United States is a great place to live because it has big cities full of hustle and bustle, but also beautiful national parks with wide open spaces."

Looking at my map of the United States, I've included a compass rose that tells us the direction, and I've included a map key to let us know what the symbols represent.

So first it says, the green on my map represents Michigan.

So I colored Michigan green, because that's where I live, and I wanted to show where I live in the country.

The blue is for the Great Lakes.

The brown triangles on both sides of the country show where the mountains are.

The black star here in Michigan shows Manistee, where I live.

The orange line is the Mississippi River.

And then I have a red star over here that shows us Washington, DC, where the capital of our country is.

We're also gonna be writing in our book today about my continent.

So in your book, where it says "My Continent," one side's gonna be the map, and the other side's gonna be a paragraph.

In the book we read today, we read that the name of our continent is North America.

This is what a map of North America might look like.

Notice that you can see the three countries that are in north America, Canada, the United States and Mexico.

In my book, I wrote my paragraph and my map of my continent.

Let's take a look.

Notice for my paragraph, I started with a topic sentence, I wrote three details, and a closing sentence.

My topic sentence, "I live on the continent of north America."

"North America is made up of three large countries.

They are Canada, the United States, and Mexico."

"The United States is located in the middle of the continent, between Canada and Mexico."

"One of the most famous natural landmarks in North America is the Grand Canyon."

"One of the most famous human or man-made landmarks in North America is the Statue of Liberty."

On my map, notice, I have a compass rose, letting us know the direction, and that I have a map key.

On the map key, it tells us that the pinkish purple color is for Canada, and notice, Canada goes way up to the top.

The green is for the United States, where we live.

The blue is for the Great Lakes.

And I put that blue so that we had a reference to where we live on the continent.

The star is for Michigan.

The orange, for Mexico.

And the oceans are outlined in blue.

Before we wrap up today, scholars, I'd like to read through my whole book, "Where do I Live?," and see what we have so far.

"My Room.

My room is a comfortable place to read and relax.

When you come into my room, you will see my bed with a lot of comfy pillows.

My room also has a dresser, a bookshelf, and a chair in the corner for reading.

My room is a good place to go to rest and have some quiet time.

My room is cool because when I look out the window in the summer, I can see grapes growing and a really big tree.

My Home.

My home is a house.

It is brown with green shutters.

My home was built in 1952.

It has an extra room called a breezeway.

A breezeway is a room in between the house and the garage.

My home is cool because we have a basketball hoop in the driveway.

At my home I like to have my family and friends come and visit.

My Street.

I live on 24th street.

My street has houses on both sides of the road.

The people that live on my street are very nice and friendly.

The man that lives next door is 92 years old.

When the weather is nice, people walk down my street and take their dogs for a walk.

My Neighborhood.

My neighborhood has a special name.

It is called Oak Hill.

It is in the suburbs, or just outside of the city.

My neighborhood has many houses and only a few businesses.

In my neighborhood we have one school and two restaurants.

Oak Hill is a nice place to live because it is quiet and also close to the city of Manistee.

My Town.

I live in the town of Manistee.

Manistee is in Michigan.

Manistee is on the shore of Lake Michigan, in the Northern half of the lower peninsula.

My town has a river running through the middle.

The river connects Lake Michigan to Manistee Lake.

To get from one side of town to the other, you have to cross the river.

To get over the river you have to go over a drawbridge.

One of the best parts of Manistee is going to the beach.

We have a beach on both sides of the river.

The beach is 5 minutes from my home.

My State.

I live in Michigan.

Michigan is called the Great Lakes State.

Michigan is surrounded by the five great Lakes.

They are Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Ontario, and Lake Superior.

It has an upper and a lower peninsula.

A peninsula is a piece of land that is surrounded by water on most but not all of its sides.

The Mackinac Bridge connects the upper and lower peninsula and is 5 miles long.

Michigan also has several islands that you can visit and that some people live on.

My Country.

I live in the United States.

The United States goes by several names.

Some of those names are the U.S., the United States of America, and America.

The United States is a country made up of 50 states.

The size of the United States makes it the fourth largest country in the world.

Washington DC is the capital of the United States.

The United States is a great place to live because it has big cities full of hustle and bustle, but also beautiful national parks with wide open spaces.

My Continent.

I live on the continent of North America.

North America is made up of three large countries.

They are Canada, the United States, and Mexico.

The United States is located in the middle of the continent, between Canada and Mexico.

One of the most famous natural landmarks in North America is the Grand Canyon.

One of the most famous human or man-made landmarks in North America is the Statue of Liberty.

Scholars, take some time to finish up the maps and the paragraphs in your book.

As you finish those, read those out loud to your family and friends, and discuss the many places that you live.

Thank you so much for learning with us today, scholars, and join me next time, as we learn more about where we live and focus on our world and beyond.

I'll see you next time on "Read, Write, Roar!"

- This program is made possible in part by the Michigan Department of Education, the State of Michigan, and the WK Kellogg Foundation.

Additional support by... And, by viewers like you.

Thank you.

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