♪ Good morning to a brand new day ♪ ♪ Time to learn and the games to play ♪ ♪ Learning things is so much fun ♪ ♪ Learning is good for everyone ♪ (upbeat music) - Good morning Second grade.

Happy Wednesday.

Almost through the end of the week.

Can you believe it?

That was quick.

Wasn't it?

My name is Mrs.Vang.

I'm so excited to have you join me so that we can become amazing readers and writers.

And this week we're really focusing on our writing skills so that we can become amazing writers.

So I have another book to share with you guys and boys and girls, I try to check this book out my County library and it's not quite ready yet but I wanted to share this with you guys because this is a book called, "It's Hard to be a Verb!"

written by Julia Cook illustrated by Kari Hartman.

And boys and girls, did you know that it's really hard being a verb because remember what are verbs?

verbs are action words.

You're right.

And in this book, Lewis just can't seem to control himself when he gets the urge to move at the wrong time.

So his mom helps him to help control himself.

So he's not so much of a verb.

Isn't that amazing.

And it's also a great book to read to find all the different verbs.

So if you wanna read it you can see if you can find it at your county library, or if you have the store app, see if you can find it on Sora.

It's a great book to read.

Okay boys and girls.

Now speaking of Sora, let's see which school came in our top countdown.

Let's see today we're number three so you ready?

Let's see if it's your school fingers crossed.

Ewing, good job Ewing Elementary.

You guys are doing an awesome job reading.

Now, boys and girls.

Don't forget if you want in your school on our top countdown check out those books on Sora and read especially if you have the app in Fresno Unified.

Okay.

Now boys and girls I need more books to share with everybody.

So boys and girls write me a letter here in our PBS classroom.

Use the address that you see below.

Tell me what books I should be sharing with all the other second graders.

And when you send me a letter I'll send you that's nice, some awesome activity books.

So boys and girls, I can't wait to get your letter so that you can tell me what books I should recommend to other boys and girls to read.

And it's perfect because this week we are focusing on opinion letter.

Okay.

Are you guys get ready to start it?

Awesome.

We're gonna start with our grammar this week and today I'm gonna be focusing on helping verbs.

And then we'll go to a letter punctuation cause when you write me that letter make sure you're putting those punctuation in correctly.

And then we'll go to a genre writing which is opinion letter.

Are you ready?

All right, let's get started.

So in grammar, we've been working with verbs, right?

And we know verbs are action words.

You're right.

But yesterday we also learned that there are what we call linking verbs.

They don't really show an action but they link the subject to the noun.

Today we're gonna focus on helping verb and guess what?

It does what it says, it's going to help a verb.

So let's learn about helping verbs.

So the helping verbs have, has, had, was and were help the main verb that shows action that happened in the past.

Okay.

So if the action which is the verb happens in the past we can use, have, has, had, was and were to help the main verb.

The helping verbs am, is, are help the main verb show action that happens in the present.

So that's happening right now i can use am, is and are to help the main verb.

So that's the difference.

And a helping verb these verbs help the main verb.

There is a verb and these verbs are going to help it.

That's why it's called a helping verb.

So let's see if we can practice on these sentences, ready?

It says, choose the correct helping verb in the parentheses, write the sentence.

We're not gonna write it.

But if you want to boys and girls, that's awesome.

It says, so let's look at number one.

It says I have, or has read about earth changes in class.

Now here's my main verb, okay?

My main word is read.

Okay.

So I, I have read or I has read?

which helping verb will make sense?

Good.

I have, whenever you have the subject I, it's a have.

Good job.

I have read about earth changes in class.

Okay.

Let's look at number two.

wind has or have blown sand away.

So blown is my main verb.

Wind, how many?

It's a singular noun, you are right.

So wind has blown sand away.

Get, okay.

Next one I had, or I has learned a lot about earth changes before class ended.

So here's my main verb learned.

There's an ed so I know it happened in the past.

Now let's read it.

I cause sometimes it suppose to go, when you read you can see if it makes sense.

I had learned, or I has learned a lot about earth changes before class ended, which one will make sense?

I had.

You're right.

Good job.

I hear you.

Okay.

Let's keep going.

Number four says I am or I are learning how water breaks rocks.

Learning is my main verb.

I-N-G tells me it's happening right now.

I, I'm I gonna say I am learning or I are learning.

What's the answer.

Good job.

I am learning how water breaks rocks.

Okay.

Ready.

Last one.

Rain clouds was or were blowing across the sky.

My main Verb is blowing.

It means it's happening right now.

Rain clouds.

Did you see that?

Is a single or plural?

Good job.

My subject or my noun is plural.

So I need to put were good job.

Rain clouds were blowing across the sky.

How did you do?

Awesome job.

Don't forget these are what?

Helping verbs.

They help the main verb.

Good job boys and girls.

Okay.

Now let's go into our mechanic and this week we're gonna focus or today we're gonna focus on letter punctuation.

So when you write me that letter remember that we need to capitalize all the greeting in a capital letter.

So like here's my letter.

Dear Mark?

Guess what?

That dear, yeah.

It needs to have a capital letter.

You're right.

So don't forget to capitalize it.

Dear Mark.

Oh, don't forget proper noun, you are right it's someone's name.

Put that capital.

Now only the first word in the closing of a letter begins with a capital letter.

Yes.

And use comma after the greeting and the closing of a friendly letter.

So Dear Mark, this is my greeting.

Don't forget to put your comma.

I like learning about nature.

What do you like to learn about?

Your friend Lizze.

Again the first word in the closing, your is the only word that gets a capital letter.

And don't forget to put that comma.

So when you write Dear Mrs. Vang, don't forget to put that capital D that comma after Mrs. Vang, tell me what books I should share with all the second graders.

Don't forget to put your or sincerely or if you can put your friend.

That's awesome.

Don't forget just the your gets capitalized and then the comma and then don't forget to put your name and your address so I can send you that book.

Okay.

Boys and girls, now let's go and practice or learn our genre writing for this week, because it's also a letter.

Remember we have been learning how to write an opinion letter.

Remember because it's an opinion letter, it still follows the format of a letter with all of its letter parts, such as heading, greeting, the body, the closing and the signature.

We just learned all those punctuation on this and make sure you guys are remembering.

First in the opinion letter, don't forget that the writer States an opinion about the topic.

It gives reasons that supports the opinion, it has a concluding sentence.

And don't forget about the closing and the signature.

So remember our writing process.

Yesterday we were on the pre write.

This is where we just wrote all of our ideas down.

And I gave you a graphic organizer.

Do you guys remember what it was called?

Good job it was the OREO.

We need the O, the opinion the R my reason, the E my evidence or examples and then my O, my opinion.

So we're just getting all the ideas out.

Today we're gonna move to the draft in our writing process.

That just means we're going to write our ideas into sentences and paragraphs now.

So that's what we're going to be practicing today.

Okay.

So let me move this and let me show you.

Remember our graphic organizer from a student.

So she put all of her ideas down on the graphic organizer to help her.

Now she can use these to write her sentences, but remember these are not her sentences.

You need to add more to your sentence so that it makes sense.

So just quickly reviewing her opinion was, she wanted a Park cleanup day and she thought it was a great idea.

Who was she writing to?

She was writing to Mr.Walter who was the mayor of the town.

Now, what were her reasons?

She said it was good.

It was a good place to go.

Now, why was it a good place?

Here's our example, because kids can run, play and get fresh air.

Our next example, things at the park were broken.

Now her example of that because there was a storm and the branches fell.

So the park was important to the community and her reason was when they are working together then they can work to fix something that's good for the community.

She restated park cleanup day was a good idea.

And she put, thank you for considering my idea.

Wasn't that a nice closing to end her letter with?

It was.

So let's look at Carrie's writing.

So she used her graphic organizer.

Now she wrote it into what we call her draft.

So now she just wrote down her ideas into sentences and paragraphs.

So let's read it.

Dear.

Mr. Walters, last weekend, I went to City Park.

I think we need to have a park cleanup day the park is messy and things are broken.

A day of working together to clean the park Will make it a better place.

Kids need to run, play and get fresh air.

City Park can be a good place for this.

If we clean City Park, it will be a good place for kids to go.

Also during the storms or during the storm last week, tree branches fell.

Now some things at the park are broken.

We could fix broken stuff.

A park cleanup is a good idea because people will work together.

City Park is important to our community.

A cleanup day will be a great way to work together and improve our park.

Thank you for considering my idea, Carrie.

Now this is what Carrie wrote.

And so she said to Mr and Mrs.Vang, So I put all my draft together and she wrote her idea.

Did you see some of her ideas in here?

Good.

Did you see how she supported it with evidence that she wrote in?

That's right.

And she added more sentences so that her letter would make sense or that would be longer because remember you guys are in second grade you guys can write those longer sentences.

Now, tomorrow, what I'm gonna do with you guys and what I do now is we're gonna go to the next step in a writing processes, which is I'll quickly show you.

We're gonna go to our revise and edit.

So with Carrie, I'm going to help her revise and revise means I'm gonna help her improve it and make some changes to her writing and edit which is her corrections to her spelling her capitalization or punctuation.

And boys and girls this is something that you can do, the editing part while you're waiting for an adult to help you revise.

So come back tomorrow, boys and girls so that we can edit and revise Carrie's writing.

Okay?

I know you guys are doing an awesome job.

So tonight, boys and girls, I want you guys to take your graphic organizer that you did yesterday and write it into a letter.

Let's see what type of letter that you guys are writing.

You guys are doing such an amazing job and don't forget to come back tomorrow so you can go to the next step with me.

Boys and girls I hope you guys are having a great day of learning and I can't wait to see you back here tomorrow.

Bye bye.

(upbeat music) ♪ Good morning to a brand new day ♪ ♪ Time to learn and games to play ♪ ♪ Learning things is so much fun ♪ ♪ Learning is good for everyone ♪ (upbeat music)