Townsend Press
Critical Reading
Skilled readers know that any author's argument must be carefully analyzed and evaluated. Assist youngsters in their reading pursuits with a video about logical fallacies, including circular reasoning, straw man arguments, and false...
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Write a Conclusion for a Narrative by Showing How You Feel
In this lesson, you will learn how to to create strong endings for your narratives by showing the reader how you feel. [4:50]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Take Position on a Topic by Analyzing Evidence
In this lesson, you will learn how to take a position on a prompt by analyzing the evidence for each side. [5:40]
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Learn Zillion: Compare and Contrast Elements Within a Text
In this lesson, you will learn how to compare the remaining elements by listing similarities in a table. [5:34]
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Learn Zillion: Order the Paragraphs in an Informational Text
In this lesson, you will learn how to order the points of your essay by asking yourself, "What does my reader need to know first?" [4:46]
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Learn Zillion: Determining the Main Idea of a Text
In this lesson, you will learn how to find the main idea of a text by looking at the information you've put into categories and asking "How does it all fit together?" Login gives access to an additional video. [3:28]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Find the Main Idea of a Section of Nonfiction Text
In this lesson, you will learn how to find the main idea of a section of text by anticipating the box and bullets structure as you read a new section. Login gives access to a slideshow and additional videos. [3:21]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Find the Main Idea of a Nonfiction Article
In this lesson, you will learn how to get the big idea of a nonfiction text by stopping at new information and asking "Is this adding to an idea I already have, or is it giving me a new idea?" Login gives access to a slideshow with...
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Learn Zillion: Determine the Main Idea of Paragraphs as You Read
In this lesson, you will learn how to keep track of what you read by using your palm for the main idea and your fingers for details. Login gives access to an additional video. [4:02]
eSpark Learning
E Spark Learning: Comparing Stories in the Same Genre Framing Video (5.Rl.9)
Explains how to compare stories within the same genre for their similarities and differences and how this skill will benefit one as a reader. This video introduces a followup activity where students would compare two fables and two...
eSpark Learning
E Spark Learning: Comparing and Contrasting Points of View, Ri.5.9, Ri.6.9
This video compares and contrasts excerpts from a biography and the autobiography of Michael Jordan. After the instructor reads aloud both texts, she explains a Venn diagram that shows similarities and differences between the two...
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Connect Ideas in Informational Writing
In this lesson, students practice revising a draft about invasive species with a focus on using transitions to connect ideas across and within paragraphs. A video models the thought process writers use to apply the targeted skill and...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Literary Elements and Techniques: Conflict
Learn how to identify different types of conflict in literature in this animated video [2:46] from WNET.
PBS
Pbs: Wyoming Voices: Wyoming Day (Grades K 5)
Students will learn about Wyoming's territorial history, statehood, constitution, and women's rights, in celebration of Wyoming Day.
Other
Flocabulary: The 5 Types of Text Structure
How do authors organize the texts they write? This musical video teaches five common text structures used in informational and nonfiction text: description, sequence, cause and effect, compare and contrast, and problem and solution. [3:49]