ABCMouse
The Grasshopper and the Ants
Instill the importance of preparedness with a video featuring Aesop's fable, The Grasshopper and the Ants. Scholars watch, listen, and gain vocabulary recognition as insects prepare for winter proving that hard work pays off.
Turtle Diary
Turtle Diary: Grade 1: Compound Words
This TurtleDiary interactive video lesson [0:47] features information about compound words. Games and worksheets are included to supplement this video lesson about compound words.
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Determine the Meaning of Words to Understand Contrast
In this lesson, you will learn how an author creates a contrast by determining the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text. [7:22]
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: How to Use Conjunctions: No Nonsense Grammar
Conjunctions are a part of a speech that connects different parts of a sentence, such as groups of words, clauses, or phrases.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Activity: Sentence Fluency: Word Girl
In this WordGirl lesson, build on words students already know to help them learn and apply new vocabulary and create different kinds of sentences.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Intro to Articles
Articles--words like the, a, and an-are special adjectives we use to indicate whether a noun is specific or not specific.
Turtle Diary
Turtle Diary: What Is a Synonym?
This is a video about synonyms including a definition, examples, and how to use them in your writing.
Learnbat
Show Me: Root Words and Inflectional Endings
Watch and listen while learning about root words with common suffixes, such as -ed, -s, and -ing, in this instructional video. Includes pauses for students to respond. [2:50]
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: How to Recognize a Phrase: No Nonsense Grammar
This video focuses on phrases, groups of related words that does not include both a subject and a verb. It only has one or the other.
Curated Video
Freckle Education: Identify the Meaning of Unknown Words in a Text Using Roots
This video shows examples of how to determine the meaning of unknown words using known root words. [1:38]