- Hello, scholars.

Welcome to second grade on "Read, Write, ROAR!"

Today with Mrs. Fuller, we are going to continue working on our books about where we live.

We will also be working on answering our big questions while working on our books.

Let's read our big questions.

What are the parts of a map, and how can a map help me describe where I live?

Hmm.

Scholars, today, we are also going to be working with different ways to spell words that have the er sound in them.

Uh-hmm.

So go ahead and get yourself something to write with and something to write on so that we can 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) (lion roars) - Hi, scholars.

I'm Mrs. Z-K, and today we are going to be working with words that have the er sound.

What sound?

Yeah, it's pretty common sound, right?

Well, a picture is going to pop up here on the screen and I want us to look at that picture and think about words that you see in the picture that might have the er sound.

Do you see a person in this picture?

Person has the er sound.

P-er-son.

Good, okay.

What else do you see?

That person is actually a little what?

A little girl, say girl slow.

G-er-L. That also has the er sound.

Okay.

What is that little girl wearing?

Any er words?

Purple shirt?

P-er-ple.

Purple has a er sound.

Okay, and so does shirt.

Sh-er-T, shirt.

Nice job.

What else is she wearing?

A skirt.

(chuckles) She's also wearing a skirt.

Skirt has S-K-er-T, it also has er.

Nice.

What do you notice about her hair?

It's very, very curly.

K-er-ly, curly, nice.

All right.

Look at that weather in the picture.

Oh, I dream about weather like that.

The weather is so... Oh, well, it is nice, but nice doesn't have the er sound in it.

Remember, we're thinking of words that have er.

Hmm, no, not warm.

Sunny, no.

Perfect.

It is perfect weather for her to be outside.

Absolutely, P-er-fect.

There we go.

All right.

Ooh, I think she sees something.

What do you see?

Do you see the little blue bird?

Nice, bird, B-er-D. All right.

And that bird is in the what?

Digging in the dirt.

Why do you think the bird is digging in the dirt?

Ah, to get food?

Are there some baby birds up there?

Uh-huh.

Oh.

So the momma bird is digging in the dirt to search, er, search, for some worms.

Okay.

And maybe, the little girl... Ah, what kind of noise do birds make?

(birds chirping) Ooh, so maybe the little girl heard, H-er-D, heard some, what's the sound the birds make, (birds chirping) chirping.

Ch-er, chirping.

Nice.

Okay.

So she might turn to look at the birds chirping.

And what do you think she'll see when she turns around?

She might turn to look and the baby birds, look like they might perch on the branch while they wait for momma bird.

Perch.

Well, scholars, that girl will learn so much about how a momma bird and a baby bird react together just by observing.

So I'm gonna add that word, learn, L-er-N. Nice.

These er words are in columns.

Do you notice something about these columns?

Okay, the words are on the same color.

Good, now let's look at the words a little bit more closely.

Let's look at this one.

Person.

Perfect.

Perch.

They do all start with a P. That is correct.

But what letters are making the er sound in these words?

E-R. Good.

Okay.

All right, what about our next column?

Pretty popular here.

Let's reread our words.

We have girl, shirt, skirt, bird, dirt, chirping.

What letters are making the er sound in those words?

I-R. You got it now.

All right, let's look at our pink words.

Let's go ahead and read them first.

We have purple, curly, turn.

What letters are making the er sound in those words?

U-R. And sometimes you might have heard the E-R, I-R, U-R, but I have a tricky one for you over here.

Yeah.

All right, let's read these words.

We got search, heard, learn.

Mm.

What letters are making the er sound in those words?

More than two letters.

E-A-R. (soft music) E-A-R by themselves, together as one word, is actually the word ear.

So you might wanna say the sound ear when you see it, but inside of bigger words, E-A-R can also represent the sound er like we see in our three words up here.

Great work, scholars.

Well, now we are going to take one er word from each column and make it into its own sentence.

And we're still going to be talking about the picture to help us along.

All right.

So how many columns do we have?

How many categories?

Four, there were four different spelling patterns that we worked with today that all make the er sound, so we are going to write four sentences.

Now, today, you can write the sentence along with me or you can choose your own word and create your own sentence about the picture, all right?

Just make sure you're writing along with me.

Let's give it a shot, scholars.

Let's go with number one.

Do we wanna use the word person, perfect, or perch?

I kinda like the word perfect.

What do we say about the word perfect?

The weather was perfect, yes.

All right, so let's go ahead and start that sentence.

What do we start our sentences with?

Capital letters, good.

So start it with a capital letter The.

In between your words goes what?

Some space, good.

The weather was perfect.

And remember, you can write with me or you can create your own sentence.

Make sure that it does start with the capital, have space in between its words, and end with a punctuation.

All right.

Let's pick a word from our second column.

Hmm.

Which word do you wanna use?

Bird?

All right, let's use bird.

What could we say about the bird?

Okay.

Momma bird was getting food.

I like that.

All right, so momma bird was getting food.

Let's pick a word out of that third column, purple, curly, turn.

Purple, all right.

What do we think about purple and the girl?

Do you think purple might be her favorite color?

That's a pretty good guess cuz she is wearing purple.

We could write that down.

Let's do that.

Purple is the girl's favorite color.

And that apostrophe doesn't show that there's more than one girl, the apostrophe is showing that this is a possession word.

So whose favorite color?

The girl, okay.

Purple is the girl's favorite color.

And this is kind of an inference for us.

We don't know for sure, right?

We're just looking at a picture, but nice job.

All right, we're gonna do one more from the last column.

So what word do you want to use?

Learn, all right.

So what do we say about learn?

Why don't we add that word to our list?

We said that she would learn a lot by what?

Just by watching, just by observing nature you can learn so much.

Yes.

All right, so we will put that.

She will L-ear-N so much just by watching.

All right, scholars, and then we're gonna reread our sentences together.

The weather was perfect, nice.

Momma bird was getting food.

Purple is the girl's favorite color.

And she will learn so much just by watching.

I think this sentence might be missing something.

What do you think?

Yeah, cuz like, she's going to learn so much by watching what?

Yeah, it's missing some details.

Scholars, maybe you can add to your sentence to help add some details so the sentence will make sense.

(soft music) Scholars, you did an amazing job today.

Working with sounds that have different spelling patterns can be tricky, but the best things to do is practice.

Continue to read, practice reading these words, and as you begin to start writing them down, you'll be able to say, "Does this look right?"

And think about how the word looks when you read it in a book.

Maybe you can come up with some more sentences on your own.

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

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

First, we're gonna be reading a few pages from the book "Where Do I Live," written by Neil Chesanow, illustrated by Ann Iosa, and read by permission from B.E.S.

Publishing.

We're also gonna read "Map My Home," written by Jennifer Boothroyd, and read by permission from Learner Publications.

As we read today, I'd like you to listen for information that'll help us to answer our two big questions: What are the parts of a map, and how can a map help me describe where I live?

We're also gonna be learning about and using parts of a map.

A map key helps us know what the symbols on a map represent.

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

We've got a busy day today, so grab your supplies and let's get started.

"Where Do I Live?"

You live in your home.

Your home is the place where your room is.

It's the place where you live.

Of course, you don't live at home all by yourself.

Other people live there with you.

They are your family.

That's what your home is: the place where you and your family live.

You live on a special piece of land.

Do you know what land is?

That's right.

It's the stuff you walk on.

It's the ground.

For some people, this special piece of land is called a yard.

If you live in a house, your yard is the land around your house.

It's your own private place to play when you're outside.

Your yard is land that belongs to you and your family and nobody else.

If you live in an apartment in the city, you may not have a yard.

The city has lots of buildings, so there isn't room for too many yards.

But the city has a special piece of land called the park.

The park is a nice green place to play when you're outside.

A park is like the yard for people who live in the city.

A park doesn't belong to only one family.

It belongs to everyone.

Some of the children in the book lived in a house and some of them lived in an apartment.

What are some other places or types of homes that people might live in?

I heard you say that some people might live in a cabin.

I heard someone say a duplex.

A duplex is one house that's really has two houses inside of it.

I heard someone say a mobile home, and someone else say a mansion.

You also mentioned the families that might travel.

Some families might live in a camper or RV, or they might stay in a hotel.

Homes definitely come in many shapes and sizes.

"Map My Home."

A Map.

We learned about fire safety in school.

Our teacher drew a safety plan for our classroom.

I will draw a map of my home.

It will show the main ways out.

Planning a Map.

My map will show the rooms in our home.

It will show the outside doors.

It will show my family's meeting spot, that's where we meet in case of a fire.

Our meeting spot is south of our front door.

My map will have a compass rose to show which way is south.

It will also have a key.

A map key helps people read a map.

Drawing a Map.

I drew the outline of my home.

I drew in the rooms.

I wrote a label in each.

I drew the main doors.

I made them bright orange.

I marked the meeting spot.

I drew a big red X. I put the compass rose in one corner.

A compass rose is another part of the map.

So let's go ahead and add that to our parts of the map poster.

And remember, a compass rose helps us know which direction our house is facing.

I added the key in the other corner.

The map is done.

Now, it is time for our family fire drill.

Looking at this map, we can see that the home has eight rooms and each of the rooms is labeled.

The rooms are also drawn in different sizes to represent the size of the rooms in comparison to each other.

We can see where the doors are located which is important since this map was drawn to help this family make a plan in case of a fire.

This map also has a map key to let us know what the symbols represent and a compass rose so that we know which direction the house is facing.

How to Make a Map of Your Home.

One, decide what you will put on your map.

Your map should show your home's rooms.

You may also want to show doors.

You could show a meeting spot if you are making a fire map.

Two, draw the outline of your home.

Three, draw in the rooms and anything else you are including.

Label each room.

Four, draw in a compass rose if you want, and a map key if you want.

All right, scholars, I've gathered my supplies and I'm ready to get started making a map of my home.

In our book, we're gonna be working on the page that says My Home.

I'm gonna make my map on this side.

And I'm gonna do some writing a little bit later on this side, but you could put the map on either side.

In the book we read, it gave us some directions on making a map.

Let's read those.

How to Make a Map of Your Home.

One, decide what you will put on your map.

Your map should show your home's rooms.

You will also wanna show doors.

You could show a meeting spot if you're making a map.

Two, draw the outline of your home.

Three, draw the rooms and anything else you are including and label each room.

And then we could also include the parts of a map like a compass rose or a map key.

So we're gonna start with drawing an outline of your home.

Your home might be a rectangle or like my home, it has an unusual shape.

So think about the shape of your home and go ahead and draw the outline.

Next, we need to include the rooms in the home and we're gonna go ahead and label those, okay.

So I have the outline of my home, and I'm gonna go ahead and label and add some extra details as I go along.

So first, I'm gonna add the compass rose for my home so that I know which direction my house is sitting.

So I'm gonna draw this plus sign.

I'm gonna put an arrow on each end.

And I know this end of my home is north, and then I can fill in south, east, and west.

And in my house, this is the back, so the back of my house faces north.

I'm also gonna set up my map key so that as I go, I can remember what to label things.

So I'm gonna do a green line for the doors, make a box for window, sort of a shape like that for any place that I have steps or stairs.

I'm gonna do a dotted line for outside spaces.

And I'm gonna do yellow for the hallways.

Okay, so now as I go, I can be adding those things.

Okay, so I know that this is the garage.

So I'm gonna go ahead and label the garage.

And then this room between the garage and the house is the breezeway.

All right, then I'm gonna do the outside spaces.

On the back of the breezeway, we have a patio.

And a patio is where we keep our lawn chairs and our grill.

Then when we go in the house, I know in the back, that's where we have bedrooms.

All right.

I went ahead and put some finishing touches on my map of my home.

All right, I think I went through and put all of the doors and windows, and I made sure I labeled the hallways.

And now that should fit in my book.

(soft music) Okay, scholars, if you didn't get to finish your map, you can add more details and finish that up a little bit later.

Now we need to think about what we could write in our book about my home.

Remember, on one side, we put our map, the other side, we're gonna be writing a paragraph.

Before we start writing, it's always a good idea to brainstorm or to jot down our thoughts and ideas.

I'm gonna be jotting down my ideas on this graphic organizer.

The graphic organizer, notice, has questions about your home and some sentence starters that'll help you get started with your writing.

Let's take a closer look at the graphic organizer.

So there's three questions that we're gonna ask about our home to help us brainstorm and get some ideas down.

The first question, what does my home look like?

What are some facts about my home, and what do I like about my home?

And for each of the questions, there's a set of sentence starters that can help you get started on writing your sentences.

Okay, scholars, I'm gonna share with you some of the answers that I put on the graphic organizer about my home.

For the first question, what does my home look like?

My home is a house.

My home is brown with green shutters.

It has two patios with flowers and chairs.

And a patio is an outside space, usually with cement where you would put lawn chairs.

It has a garage with two white doors.

My home has a front porch.

And my home has a lot of doors and windows.

So from this one question, I was able to come up with six different sentences about my home.

For the second question, what are some facts about my home?

My home was built in 1952.

My home has a big basement for storing all of my junk.

It has an extra room called a breezeway.

A breezeway is a room that's built between your garage and your house.

My home is in between two lakes.

And I've lived in my home for one year.

So I was able to answer the questions and use the sentence starters to come up with my sentences.

On the last question, what do I like about my home?

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

My home has a pantry for storing extra things from the kitchen.

And a pantry is an extra room or a closet close to your kitchen.

My home has big windows that let in lots of sunlight.

My home is a good place to have fun outside.

And at my home, I like to have my family and friends come and visit.

(soft music) The next step would be to take the information off of my brainstorm or my graphic organizer and use it to write my paragraph.

Remember, when we write a paragraph, we wanna make sure that it has a beginning, a middle, and an end, and that means that it includes these parts of a good paragraph.

So first, we wanna start our paragraph with a topic sentence.

That's the sentence that's gonna introduce our paragraph.

Then we need three details or examples.

And that's easy because we have lots of details and examples on our graphic organizer.

And then we need to end with a conclusion or a sentence that ends our paragraph.

Scholars, if you weren't able to finish up your map or your graphic organizer, take a few minutes and finish those up.

Then take the time to write the paragraph and add that to your book about my home.

Scholars, join me next time as we keep adding to our book about where we live.

Thank you so much for learning with us today.

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.

(upbeat music) (soft music)