♪ 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) - Happy Friday, second grade.

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

And you guys have become amazing readers.

Some of you guys are so ready for third grade.

I'm so excited for you guys.

Now, remember this week we're really focusing on that become amazing writers.

So we're really focusing on our grammar, mechanics and writing this week.

So, today for grammar, we're gonna focus on some pronoun, verb agreement, For mechanics we're gonna focus on book titles and we're gonna finish up our explanatory essay.

All right?

Lots of work to do today.

But before we get started, I wanted to share this book with you guys.

This is a great book called You.

That's right, You.

It's a great book of positive message and great encouragement.

So today, since it's Friday, I wanted to share with you guys a page from this book.

And this is, try not to say words like I can't, I won't and I should.

Instead think, I can, I will, I did and I'm good.

Keep repeating that to yourself boys and girls, keep saying I can, I will, I did and I'm good, because you are.

Isn't this a great book?

Great, a book full of encouraging words.

I love it.

So thank you Ms. Parker at Pilot Elementary for recommending the books that I'm sharing with you guys this week.

Now, if you wanna read this book, you can see if it's on Sora if you have the Sora app, you can try to see if your county library has it, or check to see if you can find it at your school library, especially if you go to pile I'll return this book next week and it'll be there waiting for you guys.

All right.

Awesome job, boys and girls.

Now don't forget, I'm also waiting to receive your letter.

So I wanna know all of the things you're learning.

I wanna learn, I want you guys to tell me what books you're reading and what are some of your favorite books that you've read.

Have you read some of the books that I've recommended?

How did you like them?

So make sure that you guys are writing to me here at PBS classroom you can use the address you see below, or you can email me and I'll send you one of these awesome activities books.

If you don't have one, that's how you get one.

That's it.

I know, so simple.

All right?

Okay, boys and girls, are you guys ready?

Let's get started with our lessons for today.

Now remember, we're gonna start with our grammar.

And today we're working on some pronoun verb agreement.

So all week, we've been really focused on pronouns.

So what is a pronoun verb agreement?

Well, let's kind of review.

So we learned, a pronoun is a word that replaces a noun or nouns, right?

At present tense verb tells about an action that's happening right now, right?

The present tense.

So the present tense action verb must agree with the subject pronoun of the sentence.

Just like when we were learning subject verb agreement.

Okay?

So we're gonna add an S to most action verbs in the present tense with the pronouns he, she, and it, because they're singular, right?

He makes rules.

She votes for the law.

It explains the rules.

Adding the S because it's a singular pronoun.

Do not add S to most verbs in the present tense with the pronouns, such as I, we, you and they.

So even though I and you, are what we consider singular, when we use those pronouns, we do not add an S to the verb.

For example, we visit the Statue of Liberty.

Here's my word I. I see a copy of the constitution, right?

I sees does doesn't make sense.

I see a copy of the constitution.

You talk about its importance, right?

Here's my you.

Remember, you don't add an S to the verb.

And they ask questions about the past.

So when you're writing, boys and girls make sure that if you're using your pronoun, your verb is agreeing with your pronouns.

If it's singular, we add an S, if they're plural pronouns, we do not add the S except for the word I and you, we don't add S to those verbs, okay?

Lots of rules to remember.

I know boys and girls.

Okay, so let's practice here.

The direction says, circle the verbs that agree with the subject pronoun.

Okay.

She like, or likes to think about his shoe.

Well, let's look at it.

She is singular.

So rule is add the S, good.

She likes to think about history.

Let's keep going.

It show or shows us what people long ago thought was important.

Let's look at my pronouns.

What is it?

It.

It is singular so we add an S, good job.

It shows us what people long ago thought was important.

Good job, let's keep going.

We like or likes to visit historic places.

Now here's my pronoun, we.

We is plural, good job.

So do we add an S to that verb?

No, we do not.

We like to visit historic places.

Good job, boys and girls.

Okay, let's keep going.

I plan or plans to visit the Liberty Bell.

Let's look at my pronoun.

What is it?

It's I, it is singular, but what's that rule with I?

Good job, I plan, we do not add the S. I plan to visit the Liberty Bell.

How are you doing?

Thumbs up, good job.

Let's keep going.

They wants or want to see it too.

Here's my pronoun.

What's my pronoun?

They, single or plural?

Plural, what's the rule.

Don't add an S, good job.

They want to see it too.

Okay.

He learned or learns about the constitution.

What's my pronoun?

He learns, with an S, good job.

And last one, you show or shows us what our country was like long ago.

What's your pronoun?

You.

What's the rule?

No S even though you is singular, good job.

You show us what our country was like longer ago.

So as you're writing, boys and girls, make sure your pronoun and verb are in agreement if you're writing in the present tense.

Now, I'm gonna pull this back so that we can practice our mechanic this week and we're focusing on book titles, okay?

And we've already learned the skill.

All right.

So this is a review for us, right?

So when we write a book title in our writing, we want to begin the first word, the last word and each important word in a book title with a capital letter.

But we also wanna underline the book title, okay?

And that's how we know that it's a title of a book.

Any unimportant words in a book, such as a, and, for, of, the, and, and to, those are what I call little words, they do not need to be capitalized, okay?

And so here's an example, The Liberty Bell.

The is capitalized because it's the beginning.

Symbols of Our Country, of is what we call unimportant words that does not need to be capitalized, okay?

So let's just practice quickly with a few of these.

Ready?

The book, our early country tells about long ago.

What's the name of our book?

Our Early Country.

Don't forget, we need to underline it, and then we're gonna capitalize the important words.

Our starts it, so we need our, early and country, all important.

So make sure they're all capitalized, okay?

Let's keep going.

The book, Making the United States, is about how our country was formed.

What's the title of our book?

Making the United States.

Make sure you underline it.

And then we need to capitalize, making the, good job right here, the no, good United States, yes.

Okay, how did you do?

Awesome job, boys and girls.

Good job capitalizing those book titles.

Okay.

Now, let's go into our journal writing.

And for journal writing this week we will focus on explanatory essay.

We're writing an essay, multiple paragraphs about a topic, right?

We provide the facts and definitions related to the topics number.

Remember these are factual details.

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

So we were going through Lisa's draft and then her, oh, I'm sorry, her pre-write and then her draft, and then we were revising and editing and we did not get to the editing part, but we did revise it.

Remember revising was we reading it to make sure it makes sense.

So let's quickly edit today.

So when you edit, boys and girls, we're fixing the spelling errors, punctuations, and capitalization.

That's why it's so important to learn those mechanics every week with your pronouns, okay?

So, as I was reading with Lisa, we were reading, and she said a green roof is a good way to help you community.

Does that make sense?

Oh, I don't think she meant you community, I think it was your community.

See how she spelled it wrong?

She just forgot the, she was saying your but she spelled it incorrectly.

So I'm just gonna tell her to spell it correctly, right?

And then as I was going this special kind of roof isn't, and I went, Lisa remember when we learned?

Contraction, how do I write isn't?

Isn't is I-S-N-'-T not I-S-'-T So remember, that's why it's important to learn commas and mechanics so that when we're writing, that we can put it in correctly, okay?

And then as I was writing with her, I went then, oh, reading with her, then soil was put on top of, I saw a capital letter and I went, oh, what did you forget?

And she said, oh, her period.

So let's add in that punctuation, right?

Same thing.

So, as we were reading and I'm going, that looks good, looks good.

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

Now, remember, it's talking about green roofs, so it's not it, but let's change it to a plural pronoun.

It should be, they give animals a place to live.

You see that?

And then I went birds, and I went, I said did you forget that ur does say a but bird is actually spelled with a ir.

She went, oh, that's right.

Remember we learned about the a spelling patterns?

Okay?

And then again as we were reading, I went, oh, benefit.

That was such a good try, but benefit, our spelling benefit is actually with the E not an A, okay?

So, now that we have revise and edit with an adult, well, she did it with me, her teacher, now she can go and go into her final step.

So if you're looking at the writing process, what is our final step?

Our final step is to publish.

What does publish mean?

We're going to type a rewrite, a final copy.

That means we're gonna fix all the errors and then we're going to be as neat as possible.

And then I get to share my writing.

So, Lisa took all of the revise and editing that we did, and then she typed out her final, let me move this, her final copy with all of our errors corrected.

And then now she is ready to share her writing with her classmates or her family.

So boys and girls, if you have finished your revise and editing, make sure that you guys are retyping or rewriting without errors so that's your final copy.

And one of the things that you can do, boys and girls, as you're reading your work, making sure that you are gonna be receiving that four.

All right?

So, make sure you guys are practicing your writing which I know you guys are and your reading.

And this was such a perfect writing at least I did because this week we had Earth Day on Thursday.

So what a perfect writing that went right along with Earth Day.

So boys and girls, make sure that you guys are doing your best and that you guys are reading and writing.

I'll see you guys next week when we continue with learning how to become amazing readers.

Have a great weekend, 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 ♪ ♪ Learning is good for everyone ♪ (upbeat music)