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Pbs Learning Media: Rock Paper Scissors

K - 1st
This Kindergarten through 5th grade activity puts a physical twist on the traditional game, rock, paper, scissors! Students get into pairs to play rock, paper, scissors. However, in this game the person who does not win the match is...
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Pbs Learning Media: Mystery Bag Fitness

Pre-K - 1st
This Kindergarten through 5th grade activity includes fitness with an element of surprise! Students get to choose a mystery exercise from a bag such as star jumps, V-sits and hot feet. After one is selected, the teacher will read it...
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Pbs Learning Media: Memory Lane Fitness

K - 1st
With this Kindergarten through 5th grade activity, students get a brain and body workout! Students work in pairs as the teacher calls out physical tasks such as high fives and tunnel tens. As the teacher is calling out these partner...
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Pbs Learning Media: Twizzle

Pre-K - 1st
Students must use their listening and exercise skills to win this Kindergarten through 5th grade game! Students listen for commands from their teacher such as jump, turn, freeze, go, and twizzle. As they hear them, they must perform them...
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Pbs Learning Media: Fitness Charades

Pre-K - 1st
This Kindergarten through 5th grade version of charades helps students get up and moving while putting a fun twist on the classic game. The teacher calls out various acts in different sports such as swinging a golf club, batting a...
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Pbs Learning Media: Odd Todd & Even Steven

3rd - 6th
Solve the multiplication problems on the screen to improve your mental math skills before determining if the product is odd or even. Then Odd Todd or Even Steven will give you exercises to try along with the kids in the video.
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Pbs Learning Media: Antonyms and Synonyms

3rd - 5th Standards
In this 3rd through 5th grade video, students learn about synonyms and antonyms through physical activity. The teacher calls out a series of commands. First, the students perform the synonyms (the same as the movement called out) and...
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Pbs Learning Media: Molly of Denali: A Splash of Mink

K - 1st
Molly and Trini discover that it's important to question the reliability of informational texts, in this animated 11-minute story from the PBS Kids series Molly of Denali. [25:25]
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Pbs Learning Media: Ready to Learn 2010 2015 Initiative: Teaching Tips: Differentiated Instruction (Peg + Cat)

Pre-K - K
Kindergarten teacher Allison Frometa uses Peg + Cat games to demonstrate and discuss how she provides differentiated instruction to meet the needs of all students. [3:16]
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Pbs Learning Media: Let's Learn: Let's Share a Story: "Miss Dorothy and Her Book Mobile"

Pre-K - 1st Standards
Read "Miss Dorothy and Her Bookmobile" with Earnestine Sweeting. This story, written by Gloria Houston, tells the true story of the librarian Miss Dorothy. [14:33]
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Pbs Learning Media: Let's Learn: Let's Share a Story: "Alfie"

Pre-K - 1st
Read "Alfie" with Emmy Weissman from NYC Children's Theater. This story, written by Thyra Heder, is about a girl and her pet turtle who disappears. [12:30]
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Pbs Learning Media: Let's Learn: Let's Share a Story: "After the Fall: How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again"

Pre-K - K
In this video from Let's Learn, NYCDOE Universal Literacy Reading Coach Anna Stretching-Cole reads "After the Fall: How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again" by Dan Santat. After reading, she opens up a discussion about overcoming our fears....
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Pbs Learning Media: Kid Vision: Ice Cream Parlour Field Trip

Pre-K - K Standards
Get your sweet tooth on! Join Miss Penny and the KidVision Pre-K Kids at Jaxson's Ice Cream Parlor. We learn about the job of a restaurant server, read an ice cream menu, count and crumble Oreos to make our own ice cream. Included are...
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Pbs Learning Media: Kid Vision: How to Play Soccer

Pre-K - K
Soccer is the most popular game in the world. Join Penny and the KidVision kids and learn how to play. We meet a coach, a team, do warm-ups, and play a game! You'll be World Cup ready! Included are links to age-appropriate lesson plans...
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Pbs Learning Media: Kid Vision: Flag Company Field Trip

Pre-K - K
Penny and the KidVision VPK kids visit a flag company. They locate the United States on a map, put the pieces of the American flag together, learn how to fold the flag, and say the Pledge of Allegiance. Watch this field trip and get...
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Pbs Learning Media: Kid Vision: Children's Theater Field Trip

Pre-K - K
Learn how to take the stage at the Ft. Lauderdale Children's Theater. Practice using body language, play in the prop room, try on amazing costumes, and act out The Three Little Pigs. Includes links to lesson plans, an assessment, and a...
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Pbs Learning Media: Kid Vision: African Dance Field Trip

Pre-K - K
Penny and the KidVision Kids learn about West African dance and music. They listen to a storyteller, make and wear traditional dance attire, play dundun drums and dance the Lamba, and watch a professional performance by Delou Africa!...
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Pbs Learning Media: Kid Vision: Animal Farm

Pre-K - 1st
This Little Farm is full of sweet farm animals! Come with Miss Penny and the KidVision Pre-K Kids as they collect eggs, measure a pony, and milk a goat. You will hear the sounds all your favorite farm animals make! It will inspire your...
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Pbs Learning Media: Clifford the Big Red Dog: Pirate Hats, Ahoy!

Pre-K - K
After reading a book about pirates, Clifford and Emily Elizabeth go on a pretend swashbuckling adventure around Birdwell Island in search of treasure! During "Red Beard the Pirate," Emily Elizabeth makes her pirate hat from a sheet of...
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Pbs Learning Media: Play With Food

Pre-K - 1st
Expand vocabulary and learn about healthy eating at the same time! Use this video to practice "P" words that make up this healthy pizza. [1:01]
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George Mason University

George Mason University: Speech and Accent Archive

9th - 10th
Listen to hundreds of examples of native and nonnative English speakers reading a paragraph that encompasses, in a few sentences, a wide range of sounds made in English.
Instructional Video
British Council

British Council: Learn English Kids: The Story of My Dad

Pre-K - 1st
Use this story that can be listened to and read to practice reading skills that pick out details from a story. Activity is included.
Instructional Video
British Council

British Council: Learn English Kids: Eric the Engine and the Railway Rock

Pre-K - 1st
After listening to and reading along with this story, print off the activity sheet to practice sequencing. Good for checking comprehension for early intermediate English language learners or any beginning reader.
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British Council

British Council: Learn English Kids: Record Breakers (Song and Jigsaw Puzzle)

Pre-K - 1st
This story gives a fun way to check listening and reading comprehension. Read and listen to the story before printing out an activity that tests what you've learned.