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The Word "Man"

ChildrenECHow-toLiteratureReadingVocabulary
Learn the sight word "man".
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Haiku: Saying More With Less

YouthPoetryEducationHow-toLiteratureWritingYouth 110Youth 115
In this lesson students will define haiku and its purpose, explain its basic structure, and analyze how it uses imagery.
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The Word "Had"

ChildrenECEducationLiteratureReadingVocabulary
Learn the sight word "had".
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The Word "Has"

ChildrenECEducationLiteratureReadingVocabulary
Learn the sight word "has".
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Making Mistakes When You Read

KidsEducationHow-toKids 110Kids 115Kids 120Kids 125Kids 130LiteratureReading
Ollo notices how sentences sound to see if the words make sense. If they don't make sense, he reads the sentence again until he gets the words correct.
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Figurative Language: Hyperbole & Personification

YouthLanguageLiteratureWritingYouth 120Youth 125Youth 130
Students will learn what figurative language is and why writers use it in descriptive writing.
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Making Predictions

KidsEducationHow-toKids 110Kids 115Kids 120Kids 125Kids 130LiteratureReadingStorytelling
Ollo makes predictions about what will happen next in the story. Pictures and text in the story can help inform these educated guesses.
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How Illustrations Show Mood

KidsEmotionEducationKids 110Kids 115Kids 120Kids 125Kids 130LiteratureReading
Reya and Sandy look at the pictures in the book to understand the mood of the story.
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Flamingo Flamenco!

KidsBooksInclusionKids 125Kids 130LiteratureSelf
A silly celebration of the traditional Spanish flamenco, Flamingo Flamenco lightly touches on themes of self-expression and diversity.
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How Illustrations Show Plot

KidsKids 110Kids 115Kids 120Kids 125Kids 130LiteratureReadingStorytelling
In this video, Sandy and Peck study the pictures in a book to help understand the story better.
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The Word "Day"

ChildrenECEducationHow-toLiteratureReadingVocabulary
Learn the sight word "day".
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Different Points Of View

KidsEducationKids 110Kids 115Kids 120Kids 125Kids 130LiteratureReading
Reya and Sandy explore how characters in a story can have different points of view.
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Identifying The Tone Of A Character's Dialogue

KidsBooksHow-toKids 110Kids 115Kids 120Kids 125Kids 130LiteratureProcessReading
Reya describes how the story's character sounds by reading clues in their dialog.
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Fiction Versus Non-Fiction

KidsBooksEducationHow-toKids 110Kids 115Kids 120Kids 125Kids 130Literature
Reya talks about the difference between fiction and non-fiction books.
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Visualizing While You Read

KidsEducationHow-toKids 110Kids 115Kids 120Kids 125Kids 130LiteratureProcessReading
In this video, see how we use words in a story to create pictures in our minds.
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How Characters Change In A Story

KidsKids 110Kids 115Kids 120Kids 125Kids 130LiteratureReadingStorytelling
Reya observes how main characters can change over the course of the story by noticing what they look like, see, and do over time.
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Identifying The Setting Of A Story

KidsHow-toKids 110Kids 115Kids 120Kids 125Kids 130LiteratureReadingWriting
In this video, Sandy and Reya talk about the pictures and words that help identify the setting of a story.
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Literary Genres: Nonfiction

YouthBooksLiteratureReadingWritingYouth 120Youth 125Youth 130
Learn all about the word genre, and the many styles of nonfiction that you can read.
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Summarizing A Story

KidsLiteratureEducationHow-toKids 110Kids 115Kids 120Kids 125Kids 130ReadingStorytelling
In this video, listen as Reya retells the story of the Three Little Pigs by describing what the main characters wanted, what the problem was, and how it was solved.
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Literary Genres: Fiction Part 2

YouthBooksLiteratureReadingWritingYouth 120Youth 125Youth 130
Learn about six more styles of literature that you can choose to read.
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The tale of the Monkey King and the Buddha - Ji Hao

AdultsCultureLiteratureMythologyStorytelling
Follow Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, as he attempts to outwit the Buddha and escape from his clever traps and imprisonment.