- Hello, readers and writers.

Welcome to "Read, Write, Roar."

Today we're going to do some word building, learn two new high-frequency words, and look for rhyming patterns as we read a nursery rhyme.

Before we get started, you are going to need something to write on, like a piece of paper or a notebook, and something to write with, like a pencil.

So go ahead and get your materials so we can get started.

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Today, we're going to build a word ladder.

We're going to start at the bottom and then we're going to change just one letter in the word.

Just like a ladder, we're gonna start at the bottom and make our way all the way to the top.

Make sure you have something to write with so you can write with us.

(bright mellow music) The first word we're going to write is the word cup.

I like to drink milk from a cup.

Let's listen for the sounds in the word cup.

Kuh, uh, puh.

Cup.

Let's write that word at the bottom of our ladder.

Kuh, uh, puh.

Cup.

I like to take my finger and check to make sure I spelled it the right way.

Kuh, uh, puh.

Cup.

Good.

Okay, now we're gonna change one letter in the word cup to make the work pup.

My pup was so cute when she was little.

Pup.

Let's look and listen to the sounds and figure out what letter we need to change to turn cup into pup.

Puh, uh, puh.

Pup.

Hm, what letter do we need to change?

That's right, we need to change the beginning sound of the word cup.

We need to take away the C and add a P. Let's write the word pup.

Puh, uh, puh.

Take your finger and check it.

Puh, uh, puh.

Pup.

Good.

Okay, now we're going to change one letter in the word pup to make the word pop.

I like to pop my bubblegum.

Pop.

Let's listen for the sounds.

Puh, aw, puh.

Pop.

Hm, what letter do we need to change to turn pup into pop?

That's right, we need to change the middle sound.

Puh, aw, puh.

We need to take out the U and make it into an O.

Let's write it down.

Say the sounds as you write it.

Puh, aw, puh.

Let's take our finger and check it.

Puh, aw, puh.

Pop.

Very good.

Okay, now we're gonna change the work pop into pot.

I use a pot to cook my rice.

Pot.

Let's listen for the sounds in the word pot.

Puh, aw, tuh.

Pot.

Hm, what letter do we need to change to turn pop into pot?

That's right, we need to change the ending sound.

We need to take out the P and add in a T. Let's write it down.

Listen to the sounds as you write down the word pot.

Puh, aw, tuh.

Take your finger and check it.

Puh, aw, tuh.

Pot.

Wow, you're doing great.

Okay, now we're going to change the word pot into the word pat.

My dog loves it when I pat her on the head.

Pat.

Let's listen to the sounds.

Puh, ah, tuh.

Pat.

Hm, what letter do we need to change to turn pot into pat?

That's right, we need to change the middle sound.

We need to take out that O and add in an A.

Great.

Let's write it down.

Don't forget to say the sounds as you write it.

Puh, ah, tuh.

Take your finger and check the sounds.

Puh, ah, tuh.

Pat.

Great.

Now we're gonna change the word pat into pan.

I love to make pancakes in a pan, yum.

That makes me hungry.

Let's listen to the sounds in the word pan.

Puh, ah, nn.

Pan.

Hm, what letter do I need to change to turn pat into pan?

That's right, we need to change the ending sound.

We need to take out the T and add in an N. Go ahead and write it down.

Don't forget to say the sounds as you write the word pan.

Puh, ah, nn.

Pan.

Great.

We've got one more word to get to the top of our ladder.

The last word we're going to make is we're gonna change the word pan into the word man.

The man was really nice.

Man.

Let's listen to the sounds.

Mm, ah, nn.

Man.

Hm, what letter do you think we need to change to turn pan into man?

That's right.

We have to take out the P and add in a mm, an M. Very good.

Let's write down the word man.

Don't forget to say the sounds as you write it down.

Mm, ah, nn.

Man.

Take your finger and check it.

Mm, ah, nn.

Man.

We just wrote the word man.

Now pay special attention to this word because it's gonna come up later when we read our nursery rhyme.

You did an amazing job writing all the words on our word ladder today.

Now we get to read them.

How fun is that?

Let's go ahead and we're gonna start at the top.

The first time through, I'm gonna read it with you, and then it will be your turn to read them yourself.

As I point, go ahead and read the word.

Man, pan, pat, pot, pop, pup, cup.

Now let's start at the bottom and go to the top of our ladder.

Cup, pup, pop, pot, pat, pan, and man.

Now, it's your turn.

So as I point to the word, go ahead and read it.

Now you're gonna start at the bottom and go back to the top.

You're doing great.

Wow, you did it.

Awesome job today building words on your very own word ladder.

(delicate music) (bright mellow music) We're going to learn two new words today.

These are called high-frequency words because they come up a lot in our reading.

The first word that you're going to learn is the word it.

Can you say that word?

Good.

The word it is easy to spell.

Let me show you how it works.

The first sound in the word it is ih.

The second sound is tuh.

Ih, tuh.

There are two sounds in the word it.

Watch me write the word it.

I-T, it.

Let's count out those letters.

I-T.

There are two letters in the word it.

Let's go ahead and shake our bodies out and stand up and let's put our arm out and tap out the spelling of the word it to help us remember how to spell it.

Put your other hand by your shoulder, and let's say the word it.

I-T, it.

Do it again.

I-T, it.

One more time.

I-T, it.

Great.

Another thing that I like to do to help me remember how to spell the word it, is to get my finger out and trace the word in the air.

You can stand up and trace along with me.

I-T, it.

Do it again.

I-T, it.

One more time.

I-T, it.

Good.

The next word that you're going to learn is the word in.

Can you say that word?

You can use the word in when you're talking about the weather.

I like to stay in my house when it's cold outside, do you?

All right, the word in is also easy to spell.

Let me show you how it works.

The first letter is I and it says ih.

The second letter is N, and it says nn.

Let's listen to the sounds.

Ih, nn.

There are two sounds in the word in.

Watch me write the word in.

I-N. I-N.

There are two letters in the word in.

I-N spells in.

Let's stand up, let's put our arm out and tap out the word in to help us remember the spelling.

Stand up and do it with me.

I-N, in.

Do it again.

I-N, in.

One more time.

I-N, in.

Great job.

Remember, we can trace in the air to help us remember how to spell the word in.

So you can put your finger out in the air and trace along with me.

I-N, in.

Do it again.

I-N, in.

One more time.

I-N, in.

Wow.

You did such a good job learning our two new high-frequency words.

Let's review.

What word is this?

It, good.

What word is this?

In.

Hm, what do you notice that's the same about both of these words?

Yes, they both start with the letter I.

Now pay special attention to these high-frequency words, because later on we're going to be looking for them in a nursery rhyme.

(delicate music) It's time for your brain break.

So stand up, move, and learn with me.

This game, we're going to clap out syllables and words.

Now I'm really hungry right now, so I'm gonna give you words that are all fruit words.

Syllables are the sounds that we can clap out or stomp out in words.

The first word we're going to clap and stomp is the fruit, watermelon.

Let's clap that one out.

Watermelon.

(hands clapping) Stomp it out.

Watermelon.

(feet stomping) Now let's count the syllables.

Watermelon.

How many syllables?

Four.

Great.

The next fruit is the fruit, banana.

Let's clap it out.

Banana.

(hands clapping) Stomp it out.

Banana.

(feet stomping) Count it out.

Banana.

How many syllables?

Three.

Great.

Our last fruit is the fruit, pear.

Oh, what a yummy fruit.

Let's clap it out.

Pear.

(hands clap) Let's stomp it out.

Pear.

(foot stomps) Let's count it out.

Pear.

How many syllables?

One.

Great job.

(delicate music) (bright mellow music) First, I'm going to read the nursery rhyme, "Pat-a-cake" and then you are going to be looking for the new high-frequency words that we learned today.

Let's review those words before we look for them.

What word is this?

It.

Good.

I'm gonna put this right here to remind us to look for that word as we're reading the nursery rhyme.

What word is this?

In.

Good.

Okay, now as I read, I want you to be on the lookout for those high-frequency words.

After we're done, we'll circle them.

Here we go.

"Pat-a-Cake," that's the name of the nursery rhyme.

"Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker's man.

Bake me a cake as fast as you can.

Pat it and prick it and mark it with 'B.'

Put it in the oven for baby and me."

That was a fun nursery rhyme.

All right, now, what I want you to do is to be on the lookout for the word it.

Can you take your finger and point to the word it.

It might be in there more than once.

Do you see the word it?

I'm gonna take my red marker and we're going to circle it.

Let's find it.

Here it is.

Look, it.

I-T, it.

Do you see another it in the poem?

Ah, there it is.

I-T, it.

Do you see it again?

Ah, there it is.

I-T, it.

It's in there one more time.

Can you point to it?

There it is.

I-T, it.

Very good.

Now we're gonna go ahead and look for our second word, the word in.

Can you find the word in?

Go ahead and take your finger and point to it.

Do you see the word in?

Ah, there it is.

I-N, in.

Great job finding our new high-frequency words it and in.

Now I'm going to read the nursery rhyme again and this time I want you to be listening for rhyming words.

Now rhyming words are words that have the same sound at the end.

Do you remember earlier today, we built some words on a word ladder?

The word at the top of our ladder was the word man.

Man sounds like this.

Muh, an, man.

Man has an at the end of it.

What I want you to do is I want you to be looking and listening for words that have an at the end of it.

And they will rhyme with man.

Listen for rhyming words as I read.

"Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker's man.

Bake me a cake as fast as you can."

Ah, do you hear rhyming words?

Man rhymes with can.

Can you repeat those words?

Man, can.

Do those words rhyme?

Yes, they do.

I'm going to take my marker and underline the words man and can because they rhyme.

Now let's see if we can find any more rhyming words.

Let me start from the top and read it one more time and see if we can find any more words that rhyme.

"Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake baker's man.

Bake me a cake as fast as you can."

The word bake rhymes with the word cake.

Can you repeat those words after me?

Bake, cake.

Do those words rhyme?

Yes, they do.

Let me underline the words bake and cake.

Great.

Can you think of any other words that rhyme with bake and cake?

What about the word make?

Make, bake, cake.

Those words rhyme.

Let's look at the word man and can one more time.

Can you think of another word that rhymes with man and can?

How about the words fan and ran and tan?

Those all have the same sound at the end so we know that they're rhyming words.

They're part of the an family.

Let's write those down so we can look at how how they're spelled.

Let's start with the word man.

Let's listen for the sounds.

Muh, an.

Man.

Mm, an.

Man.

Now let's write the word can, like in the poem.

Kuh, an.

Can.

Let's write it down.

Kuh, an.

Can.

Do you remember that we also said the word fan rhymes with man and can?

Let's write that one down, too.

Fuh, an.

Fan.

Hm, do you notice something that's the same in all three of these words?

What do you notice?

They all have A-N in them.

Mm, an.

Kuh, an.

Fuh, an.

They all say an in them.

We call this the an family because they all say an at the end of them, and that makes them rhyme.

If I were a baker, I might say something like, I can bake a cake.

Let's write a sentence together that says, I can bake a cake.

Do you wanna help me?

All right, let's clap out that sentence to plan our writing before we get started.

Here we go.

I can bake a cake.

(hands clapping) Let's count the words out.

I can bake a cake.

There are five words in that sentence.

I like to draw some lines to help remind me that there are spaces between my words.

I'm gonna draw as I read the sentence.

I can bake a cake.

Great.

Let's practice reading it.

I can bake a cake.

All right, what's the first word in my sentence?

I. I is just by itself.

Just a plain I.

It's a capital I when we talk about ourselves.

I can.

Can is a word that we can stretch out.

Help me stretch it out.

Kuh, ah, nn.

Can.

Let's write down the sounds.

Kuh, ah, nn.

Can.

I can bake.

Ah, that word was in our nursery rhyme.

Bake.

What sound does the word bake start with?

That's right, it starts with a B. Buh.

Buh, ay, kuh.

We hear a K in there.

And you don't hear it, but there is a magic E at the end of the word.

It makes the A say it's own name.

Let's read it.

I can bake a.

The word a is just a plain A.

A.

Let's read our sentence before we add the last word.

I can bake a cake.

Ah, bake, cake.

They have the same sound at the end.

So we just need to change the beginning sound.

What sound is at the beginning of the word cake?

That's right.

There's a kuh, or a C, at the beginning of the word cake.

Now I can just use the ending sounds.

A-K-E. And now I'm gonna add a period at the end of my sentence to tell my readers it's the end.

All right, let's do some reading.

Get your finger ready, and let's read our sentence.

I can bake a cake.

Great job today.

You did a great job today coming up with an family words and coming up with words that rhyme in our nursery rhyme.

Let's go ahead and read the nursery rhyme "Pat-a-Cake" one more time together.

Read with me.

"Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake baker's man.

Bake me a cake as fast as you can.

Pat it and prick it and mark it with 'B."

Put it in the oven for baby and me."

Great job reading.

This poem, this nursery rhyme is about a baker.

A baker is a person that works in a bakery.

Bakeries have yummy things like cakes, and doughnuts, and bread.

Is that a place that you'd be interested in working in?

Hm.

Today you did such a great job building words and learning two new high-frequency words and looking for rhyming patterns as we read the poem, "Pat-a-cake."

Thank you for learning with me today, and joining us on "Read, Write, Roar."

(bright playful music) - [Announcer] This program is made possible in part by Michigan Department of Education, The State of Michigan, and The Kresge Foundation.

Additional support for educational programming provided by and by viewers like you.

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