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Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Language
English
Description
Teachers of adolescents are under enormous pressure to cover more content in their disciplines, to make instruction more relevant to students, and to help students acquire the reading skills they need to succeed on standardized tests and beyond. In this video set, high school teacher Cris Tovani brings viewers into her school and classroom and shows how she and her colleagues are meeting the challenge of improving students' reading skills across the...
Publisher
The Great Courses
Language
English
Description
After reviewing your sight-reading skills to date, going over the Beethoven Minuet again, and revisiting the secondary chord progressions, Professor Pike shows you two new time signatures: 2/4 time and 3/8 time. She also shows you some new music: the peppy "Cheerful Tune" and the "Rocking Étude" to bring compound meter to life.
Publisher
Learning Seed
Language
English
Description
The most important words in advertising are the ones you don't see or hear. Why Ads Work proposes that ads rarely lie, they merely allow plenty of room for self-deception. Ads use humor, drama, and entertainment because people being humored and entertained are not critical - they "suspend their disbelief." In short, they become the perfect consumer.. Why Ads Work will help your students reclaim their critical powers. Think of this video as a re-training...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Language
English
Description
When is the best time to invite students to become actively involved in think-alouds? Join classroom teacher, Patrick Allen, in this 35 minute video, and watch as he engages the students in his fourth-grade classroom, demonstrating that you don’t need to wait very long to make the most of your think-alouds. The importance of nonfiction literature in literacy instruction is. Using Seymour Simon’s Animals Nobody Loves, Patrick demonstrates how comprehension...
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Edition
Full screen version.
Language
English
Description
Pigeon finds a delicious hot dog, but a sly and hungry duckling comes along who also wants a bite. Who will be the more clever bird? Help kids enhance reading skills, cooperation skills, and problem-solving skills in an enjoyable and entertaining way! Additional stories include Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity; and Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed.
Publisher
Video Aided Instruction
Edition
Full screen version.
Language
English
Description
Helps students build a solid foundation in basic reading skills, including learning new words by using word roots and context clues, identifying key points and main ideas in a variety of reading materials, and recognizing an author's purpose and message. Also discusses how plot, characters, setting, and tone bring literature to life and how poets use rhythm, rhyme, imagery, and symbols.
Publisher
PBS Kids
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
Join Whyatt Beanstalk and the Super Readers for some fun-filled, interactive adventures set in classic fairy tales as they save the day by searching for Super Letters and practicing key reading skills including letter identification, word decoding, spelling, vocabulary, and comprehension.
Series
Publisher
Schlessinger Media
Language
English
Description
Students are taken through a step-by-step process of constructing a map. By translating a mental map into a sketch map and then creating a map complete with an alphanumeric grid, legend, compass rose and title, students are able to gain insight into the entire map-making process from beginning to end. Students will also learn about the essential map reading skills of scale, absolute and relative location, personal directions, point, line, area, distance...
Publisher
Master Communications
Language
English
Description
Animated Christmas stories that will help children improve their listening comprehension, reading skills and foreign language skills by watching the enchanting stories about Christmas and the holiday spirit. Same Language Subtitling is used to put on the screen, word for word, what is heard in each story.
Publisher
Scholastic
Edition
Full screen version.
Language
English
Description
Perfect for Halloween set-ups, Scholastic presents five slightly scary stories. Witches, ghosts, and goblins are not so scary in a kid-friendly Halloween collection. Presents five animated stories that support self esteem, reading skills and creativity.
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