- Hi readers, welcome to "Read, Write, Roar!"

Today, we're gonna be reading a book all about worms.

You're gonna be learning some new vocabulary words, and at the end, we'll draw a picture and write a sentence using the information from the story.

So you're going to 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 then we'll start learning.

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(playful music) (bright upbeat music) - Hi readers, have you ever seen a worm?

If so, where did you see it at?

Have you ever felt a worm?

What did it feel like?

Today, we're gonna be learning all about worms.

We're going to read a non-fiction book.

Non-fiction books tell us interesting facts and help us answer questions.

Today, we're going to try to answer this question.

How do worms help the earth?

The book we're going to read is called "Wonderful Worms".

It's written by Linda Glaser.

She's the author.

Authors write the words.

And the illustrator is Loretta Krupinski.

Be thinking about our question as we read.

Let's get started.

Earthworms are fat and wiggly, like my fingers and my toes.

They live where it is cool and dark and damp.

Damp means a little wet.

Where roots spread out underground like trees.

Do you see the roots?

Worms feel sounds with their whole bodies.

They feel thunder when I walk, stomp stomp.

They are wonderful diggers.

They dig passageways and burrows.

A burrow is a home underground for a small animal.

But they don't use shovels, or fingers, or toes.

How do they do it?

They eat their way through, move along.

Do you see them moving?

They stretch out long and thin and squeeze in, short and fat.

Stretch and squeeze, stretch and squeeze.

Eat and dig, move and dig.

Earthworms mix and turn the dirt as they dig and tunnel the earth.

Do you see them digging?

They make the soil soft and airy.

Soil is another word for dirt.

So the roots of the plants can breathe and grow.

Mmh, I see some roots.

Worms don't have eyes or ears or a nose.

They do have a mouth.

And they need food, just like I do.

But they eat dirt and rotting leaves.

Rotting means getting old and breaking down.

They swallow tiny pieces.

And inside the worms, the food changes.

When it comes out of their tail ends, it makes the earth rich so plants can grow.

Earthworms are my helpers, the underground gardeners.

We work hard in the dirt, in my garden, their home.

That was a great non-fiction story.

(bright upbeat music) During our story today, we learned three new vocabulary words.

Let's learn some more about those words.

Our first word is the word damp.

Can you say great damp?

Great, damp means a little wet.

Let's see what the book said about damp.

The book said, "They live where it is cool and dark and damp."

Let's clap the syllables in the word damp.

(clapping) Damp.

How many syllables?

One, one syllable.

Let's use the word damp in a sentence.

My sponge is a little damp.

What else do you know that could be damp?

Great, our next word is the word rotting, rotting.

Can you say rotting?

Great, now, rotting means getting old and breaking down.

Let's see what the book said about the word rotting.

In the book, it tells us, "And they need food, just like I do.

"But they eat dirt and rotting leaves."

Let's clap the syllables in the word rotting.

(clapping) Rot-ing.

How many syllables?

Two, two syllables in the word rotting.

Let's use rotting in a sentence.

This banana is not fresh, it is rotting.

What else can you think of that could be rotting?

Great, our last word is the word burrow.

Can you say the word burrow?

Great, a burrow is a home underground for a small animal.

Do you remember what it said in the book about the word burrow?

Let's find out.

In the book it says, "They dig passageways and burrows."

Let's clap the syllables in the word burrow.

(clapping) Bur-row.

How many syllables?

Two syllables, let's use burrow in a sentence.

The worms burrow a home in the soil.

What else could you think of that might build a burrow?

That's great, let's practice reading all three of our new words, ready?

Damp, rotting, burrow.

Today, try to use our new vocabulary words with someone in your home.

(bright upbeat music) Readers and writers, we sure learnt a lot of interesting things from our book today.

Our book was "Wonderful Worms" and we learned many wonderful facts about worms.

Today, we're gonna use this map to help us organize all of our new information.

Do you remember what the book was mostly about?

That's right, it was mostly about worms.

Worms was our topic.

We're going to put our topic in the first box.

So, in the first box, we're going to write the word worms.

Could you help me with the sounds in the word worms?

Let's think about it.

The first sound, let's stretch it out, W-OR-M-S.

There are four sounds in the word worms.

Watch me write it.

The first sound was /w/, that's W. The next sound was /or/.

In the word worms, that's OR.

W-OR-M, /m/ is the next sound.

Do you know what letter makes the /m/ sound?

M, that's right.

And what's the last sound in the word worms?

/S/, that's right, it's an S. Worms is our topic.

Now, we're gonna organize our information that we learned about the word worms.

Let's think about the book.

We learned many things that worms have worms.

Let's write the word have.

Can you help me with the sounds in the word have?

H-A-VE, three sounds in the word have.

We're gonna write worms have on the next line.

The first sound was /h/, that's H. Do you know what letter makes that /a/ sound?

Yeah, A, A makes the /a/ sound.

What's the next sound?

H-A-VE, VE, that's V. But I know the word have also has an E at the end.

That's the word have.

Worms have, what did worms have?

Do worms have ears, no.

Do worms have eyes, no.

Do worms have noses?

They do not, what do worms have?

That's right, worms have a mouth.

Let's think about the sounds in the word mouth.

/M/, what's that first sound, M. Worms have a mouth.

M-OU, OU is the next sound.

Two letters make the /ou/ sound in this word.

It's O and U.

Let's think about the last sound in the word mouth.

TH, TH, do you hear it?

Yeah, it's T H. So, worms have a mouth.

They used it to dig, didn't they, right.

Now, let's think about what worms can do.

Do you remember from the book some of the things worms can do?

Can worms jump, no.

Can worms run?

No, worms can't run.

What did the worms do?

That's right, worms can wiggle.

Let's think about how worms wiggle.

Worms can wiggle.

We need to write that word can.

Let's think about it.

What's the first sound in the word can?

C-A-N, three sounds, right?

The first sound was /c/, that's C. The second sound was /a/, that's A.

And the last sound was /n/, that's N. Worms can wiggle.

Do you remember how we wiggle?

That's right, let's write wiggle.

Let's think about the first sound in the word wiggle.

W, that's W. Can you hear the next sound in the word wiggle?

W-I, that's I. W-I-G-G, that's the letter G. But I know in wiggle, we have to use two of them.

And the last sound in the word wiggle is /le/, that's L-E.

In this word worms can wiggle.

Now, let's think about what did worms help.

Do you remember from the book?

Worms help, hmm, let's think about it.

Worms help by making the soil soft and airy.

They also help by turning the dirt and making it rich so that plants can grow.

That's right, worms help plants.

Let's write that.

Could you help me with the word help?

Let's think about the sounds.

/H/, what letter is that, H. Let's think about the next sound, /e/ What letter makes that E sound, that's E. H-E-L, L, that's L. Let's think about the last sound.

Help, p, do you hear the P?

That's P at the end.

Worms help plants.

Our last word we're going to write on our map is plants.

Help me with the sounds in plants.

/P/ is the first sound, that's P. P-L, that's L. P-L-A, /a/ is the next sound, that's A. P-L-A-N, /n/, N is the next sound.

P-L-A-N-T, T, do you hear the T?

And the last sound we hear in the word plants is /s/.

That's an S. Let's go back and look at all of our new information and use the map to help us.

Worms have a mouth.

Worms can wiggle.

And worms help plants.

Thanks for helping me organize all of our new information.

Next, we'll use this map to help us write a sentence.

(Bright upbeat music) Wow, you sure remembered a lot about worms from our story.

Now, let's write a complete sentence about worms.

Our sentence today is worms can help plants grow.

How many words were in that sentence?

Five, five words in our sentence today.

When we write a sentence, I like to write a line for each word.

So let's do that.

Worms can help plants grow.

(playful music) What letter starts the word worms?

Let's think, let's stretch out those sounds.

/W/, what letter is that, W. Let's make a capital W. Down, up, down, up, W The next sound in the word is, /or/ in the word worms, OR makes that R sound.

So let's write OR.

Around like a C and close it up.

O, now R, down, up spin around.

W-O-R-M, what letter makes the /m/ sound?

That's M you're right.

Watch me make the M. Down, around, and around, worms.

We need one more letter to make worm more than one we add a, /s/ an S. Let's put an S at the end of worm.

Around like a snake, worms.

Worms was our first word.

Worms can, our next word in the sentence is can.

Can you help me stretch out the sounds in the word can?

/C/ what's the first sound, that's right.

C makes the sound /c/ in can.

Around like a C, /c/.

The next sound is /a/, what letter makes that /a/ sound, A.

Around like a C, close it up and down.

C-A-N, what letter makes the /n/ sound?

That's right, it's N. To make an N, we go down up and around.

Worms can, let's think about our sentence.

Worms can help.

Help is the next word let's stretch out the sounds in the word help.

/H/ is the first sound.

What letter makes the /h/ sound that's right.

It's H start at the top, down up and around /h/.

The next sound is /e/, /e/, what letter makes that /e/ sound?

You're right, it's E, out, up and around.

H-E-L, /l/ is the next sound.

L makes the /l/ sound.

Start up at the top and straight line down.

H-E-L-P, /p/ is the last sound in the word help.

What letter makes the /p/ sound?

Do you know?

You're right, it's P. Big line down, come up and curve around.

Help, worms can help.

What did worms help?

They help plants.

Our next word is plants.

What's the first sound in plants.

/P/, you're right that's P. Big line down, up and around, /p/.

The next sound in plants is /l/.

What letter says /l/, L. Start up at the top and line down.

P-L-A, that's that letter A again?

Make the curve like a C close it up and down.

P-L-A-N, N the next letter, that was N. Down, up and around.

P-L-A-N-T, T, is the next sound.

What letter makes the /t/ sound?

It's T, start up at the top, big line down and cross in the middle plant.

Hmm, we need that S again to make it be more than one.

Let's add an S, plants.

Worms can help plants.

What did they help plants do?

Do you remember?

Grow, that's right.

We need to write the word grow.

That's our last word in our sentence.

What's the first sound in grow?

/G/, /g/, that's G. Around like a C close it up and hook, /g/.

The next sound is, /r/, /r/ that's R. To make an R we go down up and around.

G-R-O, O, the last sound in the word grow.

We need two letters to make the long O sound in this word.

It's OW just like in the word snow, grow and snow rhyme.

So we need to use OW to make the long O sound.

Let's write that ready?

Around like a C and close it up.

Now, W down, up, down, up, grow.

Worms can help plants grow.

Great job with your sentence.

We need to do one more thing.

Do you know what comes at the end of a sentence?

That's right, a punctuation mark.

Should it be a period or a question mark?

That's right, it should be a period.

So we'll put a period at the end of our sentence.

Worms can help plants grow.

I can't wait for you to join us again on "Read, Write, Roar!".

- [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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