♪ 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.

♪ ( bright upbeat music) - Good morning Second Grade.

My name is Mrs. Vang, I'm so excited to have you join me so that we can become amazing readers and writers.

And I know you guys have worked hard all year and are becoming amazing readers and writers and you guys are doing such a great job.

Remember this week, we're just gonna focus on that writing part.

So we're gonna focus on our grammar which today we're gonna focus on possessive pronouns.

We're gonna be working on our mechanics which is the writing part or part of our writing, we're gonna be focusing on proper nouns and then we're gonna go into our genre writing this week, which is working on an explanatory essay, lots of work.

So hopefully you guys have been watching because we're gonna continue with our writing but I want to say something to you.

Did you know that all because, well you matter.

Did you know that?

You do.

So, this is a great book I wanted to share with you guys.

This is a book called All Because You Matter.

Written by Tammi Charles, illustrated by Bryan Collier.

And boys and girls, this is such a great book to read.

So I do wanna thank Ms. Parker at Pyle Elementary for recommending all the books this week 'cause I have not read this book and I read it and I just fell in love with it.

Remember, if you wanna read what the book is gonna be about.

If it has a book jacket like this one, you can open it up and sometimes it has a little bit of what's gonna be in the book on the check, or sometimes it tells you a little bit of a summary about the book to see if you're interested or you wanna keep reading.

So this one says, They say that matter is all things that make up the universe, energy, stars, and space, and you dear child matters.

And that's what got me hooked.

Because I thought what a great message.

So if you wanna check out this book, you can if you have the Sora App, you can check on Sora to see if it's on Sora.

You can check at your County library or you can also check it out at your school.

Especially if you go to Pyle, this one's gonna be waiting for you next week when I return it all right.

So keep reading boys and girls 'cause you guys are becoming amazing readers.

Now I know there are many amazing writers out there boys and girls.

So make sure that you guys are writing to me.

Tell me what you're learning.

tell me what you're having trouble with, maybe I can help you guys here on PBS, or what you guys are reading.

I would love to hear from you guys, so you guys can write me a letter, send it to the address that you see below and don't forget to include your home address or your return address so I can send you one of these fun activity books.

So if you don't have one yet, make sure you write to me and I'll put one in the mail so that you can get it.

All right, awesome.

Okay, so, now let's go on with our lesson, we've a lot to learn today, boys and girls.

So, in grammar remember, I said we were gonna focus on possessive pronouns.

So we've been working with pronouns, today we're gonna work on possessive pronouns.

So what is a possessive pronoun?

So let's learn, a possessive pronoun takes the place of a possessive noun.

So remember possessive noun shows ownership, right?

And it shows who owns something.

So, here's some possessive pronouns.

Here are some examples of possessive pronouns.

My, your, his, her, and it's, are singular possessive pronoun.

Singular means one, right?

So my brother is a firefighter.

His job is very hard, you see that?

'Cause it's my brother, so his job.

Your answer was correct, the box was on its side.

Those are what we call possessive pronouns.

Now plural, possessive pronouns are, your, our and there.

So if I said, our brother is a police officer, our, is my possessive pronoun.

Your sister is a firefighter.

Your, is a plural possessive pronoun.

And the teacher eats their lunch, plural possessive pronoun.

So as we're writing, we just make sure that they, my possessive pronouns are matching my sentences.

Okay, so let's practice.

So, it says, my direction says, circle the correct possessive pronoun in the parenthesis for each sentence.

So let's read it.

The first one says, one of my or me favorite people in history is George Washington.

Now, which pronoun or possessive pronoun will make sense?

One of, what is it?

My favorite people in history is George Washington.

You see, that would make sense.

Me, would not make sense.

Let's keep going.

George Washington was a hero in his time or in he time?

Good, in his time, okay.

Let's keep going, you guys are doing such a good job, choosing those correct possessive pronouns.

The farm was known for its fine home or the form was known for he fine home?

What is it?

It's, but you see what I'm doing as I'm reading I'm reading and I'm putting each answer choice in my sentence to see if it makes sense.

So when you were writing, make sure that when you are writing it, you're writing it as how you would be reading it.

Okay, let's keep going.

Your favorite hero is someone in your family or you favorite hero is someone in your family?

Which possessive pronoun will makes sense?

Good job, your favorite hero is someone in your family.

Okay, keep going.

Let's go onto number five.

They jobs are very hard, or I'm i gonna choose, their jobs are very hard.

Which one is correct?

Good, their job, because they, is what we call just a pronoun.

Their is a possessive pronoun.

And that's the other reason why this will make sense.

Okay, last one, they work in our town's fire station, or they work in us town's fire station?

They work in because it's they, our town's fire station.

How did you do?

Good job boys girls working on those possessive pronouns.

Now let's go into our mechanics.

So as you guys are writing, I want you guys to focus on proper nouns.

Proper nouns, names special, people, places or things.

Remember, we have talked about this and learned about it a couple of weeks ago.

So it's a review for us, but it's also a good review 'cause as we're writing, we wanna make sure that we are capitalizing those proper nouns, because they name a special person, place or thing.

We need to capitalize the beginning word in the proper noun.

So, it says each important word in a proper noun begins with a capital letter.

The names of products are proper nouns.

For example, Fluffy Ice Cream.

You see that's the name of the ice cream.

We capitalized fluffy ice and cream.

Clean soap that's the name of the product we capitalize clean and soap.

Okay, so let's practice with those proper nouns.

It says use capital letters correctly.

So number one says, we like to eat at browns sandwiches.

So because it's a special place, brown sandwiches remember we need to capitalize the B in brown and capitalize the S in sandwiches.

Okay?

Number two says very berry chili was on the menu.

Now remember that a proper noun, very berry oh sorry, let's read that again.

Very beanie chili that makes better sense, was on the menu.

And because it's the name of the chili, we need them all to have a capital letter, very beanie and chili, okay?

Last one, my brother had the Vitta Chocolate shake to drink.

What was the name of the product?

It was the Vitta Chocolate shake to drink, So what do we need to capitalize?

Vita and chocolate, and we can do the shake because that's the whole name of the shake.

Okay, so when you're writing, make sure you guys are capitalizing those proper nouns.

Okay.

Boys and girls.

Now let's go into our genre writing this week.

remember this, week we are gonna focus on that's right?

You guys remember explanatory essay.

So, what is an explanatory essay?

Explanatory essay explains the topic clearly.

It provides facts and definitions related to the topic.

It uses linking words to connect ideas, and it ends with a concluding statement or section.

So, yesterday we talked about the first part of our writing process, which was the pre-writing.

We're just getting our ideas down.

And so Lisa, second grade student came and she had her topic.

She wanted to write about green roofs, 'cause she knew a lot about them, 'cause she's done some research, and remember, these are all topics that you wanna write about that you know that are, and you have details that are factual facts that goes with your topic, okay?

And so we said, here are her three details.

Green roofs are covered with light plants.

There are many benefits like keeping the building cool and it saves on electricity and it gives animals a place to live and it helps the environment.

So now let's look at what Lisa's essay looks like.

Okay, so now she went to her second part of the writing process, which is what we call the drafting.

So, drafting is now we're just getting all of our ideas down on paper, so here's what her draft looks like.

Let's quickly read it.

It says Green Roofs, that was her title, by Lisa F, says a green roof is a good way to help you community and the environment.

This special kind of roof isn't painted green.

It is green because it is covered with light plants.

On green roofs special material is placed over the regular roof.

Then soil is put on top.

Plants are added, I think flowers are the best plants for green roofs.

These roofs have many benefits.

They help keep buildings cool in the summer and warm in the winter.

Do you guys see some of her details in here already?

Awesome, let's keep going.

This saves a lot of electricity.

Plants on green roofs, also make a shade, also make shade and help cool hot air city.

Another thing people can do on roofs is put in beehives.

Another good thing about green roofs is that it gives animals a place to live.

Birds and insects can find food, water and shelter on green roofs.

These roofs also benefit people.

Green roofs are not only nice to look at.

They also help the environment and improve community.

Oh, did you see how she ended it?

That's right, that was one of her ending sentence, right?

Or her details, so now remember, so Lisa went and drafted her draft.

Alrighty now tomorrow I'm gonna help her revise and edit.

And this is where we're gonna reread her sentence fix some of them and take some things out that doesn't belong, we can add things in that will make it make more sense.

And then we're gonna fix some of her spelling errors, punctuation, and check to make sure that her writing can be the best it can be.

Because remember our focus is to get a four on our writing and to do that, she is gonna have an adult or her teacher help her revise and edit, which is our next step in our writing process.

Don't forget to come back tomorrow, so you can edit and revise with me, tonight though I want you guys to start writing your drafts, so if you guys did your graphic organizer yesterday, make sure you are studying your chat, so the tomorrow you can edit and revise with me, okay.

And don't forget, you'll need your red and green pen or marker so make sure you have those ready to revise with me.

You guys are doing such a great job, boys and girls, continue learning, continue reading and have a great day learning today.

And I'll see you back here tomorrow.

Bye, bye ♪ 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 ♪