- Hello Scholars.

Welcome to second grade on Read, Write, Roar!

Today with Mrs. Fuller, you are going to listen to a story about a girl named Madlenka.

You'll learn about the community that she lives in.

We are also going to focus on reading words with the ow sound.

Mm-hmm.

Scholars, go ahead and get yourself something to write with and something to write on and let's 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) (playful music) (lion roars) (playful music) (lion roars) - Hello Scholars.

I'm Mrs. Z-K and today we are going to be focusing on the sound ow.

What sound?

Ow.

Yeah!

Ow can be spelled in two different ways.

I have two words up here that help me remember how to spell the sound ow.

I have ow in the word ow, spelled with O-W. And then I have the word ouch, spelled with O-U, making the ou sound.

Ouch.

Ouch.

So these are my ow, ouch words.

Yeah, so like, when you hurt yourself or get a boo, boo, you say ow or ouch!

Yeah, those ow sounds come from the letters O-W or O-U.

Today we are going to read a passage where we focus on words that have the ow sound.

Let's go over those words now.

We'll start with words that are gonna have O-W.

When O-W represents the ow sound in a word, it could come at the beginning of a word like in the word owl, nice job.

Yeah, like the animal owl.

A bird that might be in the tree, the night owl.

Owl will be in our story.

O-W can also come in the middle of words.

When you hear the ow sound in the middle of words.

Like for an example, what word is that?

Brown.

Brown.

Yep.

The color brown.

Or in this word.

What word do you see?

Town.

Town.

Nice.

Or in this word.

What do you see?

Rhymes with town.

Down.

Also in the middle here.

This word a little bit longer of a word.

Flowers.

Flowers.

Yeah.

Also in the middle of this word.

Crowds.

Crowds.

That's when there's a big group of something.

Crowds of it.

Crowds of people.

Or in our story it's gonna be crowds of animals.

And O-W can also be seen at the end of words.

So when you hear that ow sound at the end of the word it's going to be spelled with O-W like in the word now, nice job.

What about this word?

How.

And I have one more word for you.

It's actually our other character.

Cow.

Nice work.

So as you can see, O-W can be at the beginning, the middle, or the end of words.

Let's look at O-U.

O-U can also be at the beginning of words.

Like in the word ouch, like that one.

Or outside.

That's a compound word there.

Out and then side.

Outside.

Ou is at the beginning of out, outside.

O-U can also be in the middle of words.

Like in our word mouse.

There's another character.

Hmm.

What about this word?

Rhymes with mouse, starts with a h. House.

Great job.

Okay, what about this word?

South.

South.

Yeah, the direction going south.

The ou sound is still in the middle.

What word?

Round.

Round.

Nice work.

Rhymes with round.

Starts with a f. Found.

Great job.

Another one in the middle we hear that ou sound.

Yeah, blend at the beginning.

Proud.

Proud.

Yes.

And that is when you are happy of your accomplishments.

You're gonna be really proud.

And what about this word?

About.

About.

Nice work, Scholars.

So, as you can see, O-U can be in the beginning or in the middle of words.

Where do you notice that O-U was not at in these words?

We didn't see any O-U at the end of words.

Usually, if you hear the ou sound at the end of a word it's going to be spelled with O-W. All right, Scholars, before we read our passage let's do a fast reread of our words.

Are you ready?

All right, here we go.

Owl.

Brown.

Town.

Down.

Flowers.

Crowds.

Now.

How.

Cow.

Over to the O-U.

Outside.

Mouse.

House.

South.

Round.

Found.

Proud.

About.

Great work, Scholars.

(playful music) Okay Scholars, I have our passage here.

The passage is called "The Friendship Garden."

This story is going to have some of our ow words that we worked on.

You will see those highlighted in orange.

Remember that O-U and O-W are going to make what sound?

Ow.

Nice job.

Scholars, I want you to go ahead and try to read along with me.

All right?

Let's get started.

The Friendship Garden.

Little mouse stayed in a brown house.

He lived in a town down south right next to his best friend the old round Cow.

Cow and Mouse were best of friends.

One day Mouse said, "We should plant a garden together."

Hmm.

Cow agreed, "Now, all we need to do is find a good spot."

They found the perfect spot next to Owl's place.

Mouse and Cow worked all day and night planting their garden outside.

They were very proud of their garden.

They called it their friendship garden.

It grew beautifully.

Animals all around talked about how colorful all of the flowers were.

Sometimes crowds would gather and new friends would be found.

What else would you do, Scholar?

The about that?

What if you and your friends made a garden together?

What kinds of things would you be able to do?

Would you invite other friends over?

Yeah.

And then they could meet each other and become friends as well.

Awesome work today, Scholars.

We learned all about the ow sound inside of words.

What do you remember about the O-W making the ow sound?

Where can we find that in words?

The beginning, middle and end of words.

Nice job.

And what about the O-U inside of words?

Where do we usually find that?

The beginning and the middle.

What about the end?

Not usually, right?

So remember when you hear that ou sound at the end, ding, ding, ding, it's gotta be the O-W, right?

Scholars, I know these spelling patterns can get pretty tricky, right?

Because there's two patterns making the same sound.

The best way to become a really good speller is by practicing and reading these words.

The more practice you have reading these words the more you'll remember what they look like.

So continue reading, Scholars.

(playful music) (text scratching) (birds chirping) (kid laughing) - This movement activity is Deck o' Fun Card Fitness.

So let's go over how it works.

If you don't have a deck of cards at home, that's fine.

Go ahead with me and you can do this later on your own once you learn it.

If you have a heart, slide through my deck, a heart.

It's going to be a jumping jack for each number.

So I have an ace, that would only be one.

If you have a diamond, it's going to be a push up.

I would have six here so six pushups.

If you have a spade, looks like a little shovel, you would do sit ups.

So this one would be worth two sit ups.

And if you have a club, looks like the little clover, that's going to be air squats.

So this one would be six air squats.

If you get a joker, that's gonna be worth two burpees.

If you get a face card, which is a Jack, a King or a Queen then you're going to do 10 of whatever suit that is.

And I pulled a seven of clubs.

So I have seven air squats to do.

For your air squat, really important to have good form.

We wanna have our feet, that shoulder width apart.

So if you stand nice and tall, hands to your side, move them forward and look down.

You can get the laces part of your shoes underneath your fingers.

It's a quick way to line up shoulder width apart.

Toes stay forward or slightly turned out.

Whatever feels more comfortable for you but your knees follow your toes.

So they are either forward or they are out, right?

Don't let them cross in.

That's no good.

Okay friends, get ready.

Get your bum down to your knees or below.

Head and shoulders up.

Keep the heels on the ground.

Seven of them.

Here we go.

One.

Two.

Three.

Four.

Five.

Six.

Seven.

Let's find out what's next.

We have two of diamonds.

So two pushups.

Hold your bellies nice and tight.

All the way up.

All the way down.

One, all the way up.

All the way down.

Two.

Nice job.

Four of diamonds.

Oh no.

We have pushups back to back.

You can do it.

I believe in you.

If pushups get a little too tiring and you need to do them on your knees, that's okay.

You can do them on your knees.

So they would look like this instead.

Let's go ahead friends.

3, 2, 1, go.

One.

Two.

Three.

Four.

Oh, we got a joker.

Two burpees, friends.

If you need to modify the burpee, you can walk it.

Or you can just do the regular burpee.

Let's go ahead and get to the burpee.

Starting with standing.

Down we go.

Either step it back, or you could jump it back.

A push up, if you can, Step it up.

Or you could jump it up and up we go.

Your choice for those modifications.

Two of these.

Ready go.

One.

Two.

Okay, back to our pile we go.

A seven of spades.

That means seven sit ups.

So flip it on down, friends, get ready.

Find your comfy sit up spot.

And if you can only make it into a crunch, that's okay.

Do whatever you can.

You're gonna try.

3, 2, 1, go.

One.

Two.

Three.

Four.

Five.

Six.

And seven.

All right, friends.

Thank you for joining me for my Deck o' Fitness Fun.

This is a great one that you can do at home.

Just grab a deck of cards, mix them all up.

You can pick your own movements and just have a lot of fun.

(playful music) - Hi Scholars, I'm Mrs. Fuller.

Today we're gonna be reading the book, "Madlenka" written and illustrated by Peter Sis and read with permission from Square Fish Publishing.

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

First, how can a map help me describe where I live?

And how are communities alike and different?

A community is a neighborhood or a group of people and buildings in one area.

In our book today the main character is a girl named Madlenka who lives in New York City.

Madlenka has lived on the same block, in the same building, in the same apartment since the day she was born.

Everyone on the block knows her and they are all her friends.

The French baker, the Indian news vendor, the Italian ice cream man, the German lady who sits by her window, the Latin American greengrocer and the Asian shopkeeper.

For Madlenka, a trip around the block is like a trip around the world.

Let's get started.

The cover of our book has an interesting feature.

It has a window.

So we can see that Madlenka is looking out the window at the map of her neighborhood.

On this page, we can see the red dot where Madlenka's neighborhood is in the galaxy.

And on this page, we can see where the red dot or her neighborhood is on the earth.

We're getting closer.

On this page, we can see that the red dot shows us where Madlenka's neighborhood is in this big city.

And on this page the red dot shows us which neighborhood is hers.

In the universe, on a planet, on a continent, in a country, in a city, on a block, in a house, in a window, in the rain, a little girl named Madlenka finds out her tooth wiggles.

She has to tell everyone.

"Hey everyone!

My tooth is loose!"

Loose!

Jumping with joy, she skips down the street and sees her friend, Mr. Gaston, the French baker.

On this page, you can see the map of Madlenka's neighborhood.

You can see her there on the sidewalk with her yellow umbrella and she's standing in front of Mr. Gaston's bakery.

"Hello, Mr. Gaston, my tooth is loose.

I am a big girl now."

Mr. Gaston bakes croissants, French bread, cakes with fruit, chocolate cakes.

When I have a birthday, he puts a pink ballerina on my cake.

He tells me about Paris and about France.

"Bonjour Madeline.

Let's celebrate."

On this page you can see Madlenka is thinking about the stories Mr. Gaston is telling her about Paris.

Madeline wants to tell all her friends.

"Hello, Mr. Singh.

My tooth is loose!"

Mr. Singh sells newspapers, magazines and candy.

He is from India.

Then she sees Ciao's ice cream truck.

"Look, Mr. Ciao.

My tooth wiggles."

Mr. Ciao is from Italy.

Cats, pizza, the Leaning Tower of Pisa and spaghetti are also from Italy.

Around the corner Madlenka finds Ms. Grimm.

"Good morning.

My tooth is loose."

Ms. Grimm is from Germany and she knows many stories.

"Sathsariakal, Madela.

Good news."

On this page, you can see that Madlenka is listening to stories about India.

"Buon giorno, Maddalena.

This calls for a treat."

On this page you can see she's listening to stories about Italy.

"Guten Tag, Magda.

Let me tell you a story."

On this page Ms. Grimm is telling her stories about Germany.

Madlenka thinks this must be the best day of her life.

Oh, there's Mr. Eduardo, the greengrocer.

"Hello Eduardo.

My tooth wiggles."

Eduardo is from Latin America.

He sells flowers, trees, plants.

His store feels like a rain forest.

Forest, rain, butterflies, parrots, jaguars, snakes.

Latin America also has mountains, rivers, people, pyramids.

Eduardo also has pineapples, oranges, apples, bananas, corn, tomatoes, potatoes.

"Hola, Magdalena.

Senorita Magdalena!"

Here she's listening to stories about Latin America.

"Hi Cleopatra.

My tooth is loose."

Cleopatra is a school friend.

Cleopatra and all the girls can't wait to lose their baby teeth and grow up.

Madlenka and Cleopatra play in their secret garden in the courtyard.

They pretend it is a desert, a jungle, an ocean.

There are secret animals in the garden, like an eagle, a rhino, lions, T-Rex, Komodo dragon.

Sometimes they dance.

Cleopatra is named after an Egyptian Queen.

"Cool baby.

Let's play in the courtyard."

Here, you can see they're having an imaginary adventure in the courtyard.

Who else can she tell?

Oh, Mrs. Kham has to know.

"Hello Mrs. Kham.

My tooth wiggles."

Mrs. Kham is from Asia.

She has many wrinkles and no teeth.

Her store is full of magical things from Asia.

There are many Buddhas, silk scarves, lucky dragons, masks, a picture of the Dalai Lama, green tea, rice, black tea, chopsticks.

You eat with them.

Yak hats, Samurai swords, Great Wall of China, longevity symbol, different smells, lotus.

"Tashi delek, Mandala.

That's a lucky sign."

And here she's listening to stories about Asia.

"Oh dear, I'm late."

"Madlenka, where have you been?"

"Well, I went around the world.

And I lost my tooth."

In our story today Madlenka took a walk around her neighborhood but she said that she had taken a walk around the world.

What do you think she meant by that?

I'd like you to turn and talk and share your answer with the person next to you.

And if you're by yourself you can just say your answer out loud.

That's right.

When Madlenka takes a walk around her neighborhood she visits different neighbors or friends that are from different parts of the world.

And from listening to their stories she feels like she's taken a trip around the world.

Let's look back at our two big questions.

Our first big question.

How can a map help me describe where I live?

Let's look at the map from Madlenka's neighborhood in the story today.

So looking at the map how can this map help us describe or see where she lives?

So we can see that she lives here.

It looks like in an apartment building.

Her neighborhood is in the shape of a square.

And in her neighborhood she has other businesses and people from other parts of the world.

So this map tells us a lot about where Madlenka lives.

Our second big question, how are communities alike and different?

So from thinking about what we read today and looking at the map, how might Madlenka's neighborhood be alike or similar to yours and how might her neighborhood be different?

So Scholars, let's start with the first part of that question.

How are communities alike?

So how might Madlenka's neighborhood be alike or similar to your neighborhood?

Go ahead and say your answers out loud.

I like those answers.

I heard someone say that Madlenka lives in an apartment building and that you did also.

I heard someone else say that there are businesses in Madlenka's neighborhood, just like yours.

And I heard someone else say that she has a courtyard in the middle or a park or a place with trees and grass that she can play.

Now, Scholars, think about how is Madlenka's neighborhood different from yours.

Go ahead and say your answers out loud.

Good answers.

I heard someone say that Madlenka's neighborhood is in a square with businesses and that their neighborhood has long streets with houses.

I heard someone else say that they did not have a courtyard in the center.

Someone else said that their neighborhood is in the country.

And so they did not have big buildings and businesses in their neighborhood.

I'd like us to look at a map of my neighborhood.

So I drew a map of my neighborhood.

I want us to look at how my neighborhood is alike and different from Madlenka's.

So in my neighborhood, the people live in houses and there are no businesses in my neighborhood.

And it's also not in a square, no courtyard in the middle.

Everyone has their own yard in my neighborhood.

Scholars, take a walk around your neighborhood and as you do, think about how your neighborhood is alike and how is it different from my neighborhood and from Madlenka's.

Thank you so much for learning with us today, Scholars.

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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