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Curated Video

IRAQ: ASSYRIAN KING SENNACHERIB PORTRAIT

Higher Ed
English/Nat A farmer's accidental discovery is shedding new light on the life and deeds of one of Assyria's greatest monarchs. The tombstone-sized slab engraved with a portrait of the Assyrian king Sennacherib is currently being...
News Clip3:17
Curated Video

US author and civil rights activist Maya Angelou dies at age 86

Higher Ed
Maya Angelou, a modern Renaissance woman who survived the harshest of childhoods to become a force on stage, screen, the printed page and the inaugural dais, has died. She was 86. Her death was confirmed in a statement issued by Wake...
Audio15:22
Storynory

The Little Mermaid Part One

2nd - 6th Standards
Enjoy an engaging reading of Hans Christian Andersen's "The Little Mermaid" with a three-part audiobook. The first part of the emotional tale takes listeners under the sea to follow the little mermaid's journey above water to explore the...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Kids Clubhouse Adventures: Read Good Books!: Creating Insects

Pre-K - 1st
KIDS Clubhouse Adventures kids read and discover more about insects. In this feature, kids create their own insects based on the knowledge they gathered in entomology books using craft supplies to represent body parts and other defining...
Instructional Video
Penguin Publishing

Penguin Random House: Rh Kids: Fact Tracker: Penguins and Antarctica

K - 1st
This video checks information included in the fiction book entitled Magic Tree House #40: Eve of the Emperor Penguin by Mary Pope Osborne. The book Fact Tracker: Penguins and Antarctica, the nonfiction companion written by Will Osborne...
Instructional Video
Penguin Publishing

Penguin Random House: Rh Kids: Fact Tracker: Dolphins and Sharks

K - 1st
This video [0:53] checks information included in the fiction book entitled Magic Tree House #9: Dolphins at Daybreak by Mary Pope Osborne. The book Fact Tracker: Dolphins and Sharks, the nonfiction companion written by Will Osborne and...
Instructional Video
Penguin Publishing

Penguin Random House: Rh Kids: Fact Tracker: Ghosts

K - 1st
This video checks information included in the fiction book entitled Magic Tree House #42: A Good Night for Ghosts by Mary Pope Osborne. The book Fact Tracker: Ghosts, the nonfiction companion written by Will Osborne and Mary Pope...
Instructional Video
Penguin Publishing

Penguin Random House: Rh Kids: Fact Tracker: Knights and Castles

K - 1st
This video checks information included in the fiction book entitled Magic Tree House #2: The Knight at Dawn by Mary Pope Osborne. The book Fact Tracker: Knights and Castles, the nonfiction companion written by Will Osborne and Mary Pope...
Instructional Video
Penguin Publishing

Penguin Random House: Rh Kids: Fact Tracker: Rain Forests

K - 1st
This video checks information shared in the fiction book entitled Magic Tree House #5: Afternoon on the Amazon by Mary Pope Osborne. Fact Tracker: Rain Forests, the nonfiction companion written by Will Osborne and Mary Pope Osborne, is...
Instructional Video
Penguin Publishing

Penguin Random House: Rh Kids: Fact Tracker: Titanic

K - 1st
This video checks information included in the fiction book entitled Magic Tree House #17: Tonight on the Titanic by Mary Pope Osborne. The book Fact Tracker: Titanic, the nonfiction companion written by Will Osborne and Mary Pope...
Instructional Video
Penguin Publishing

Penguin Random House: Rh Kids: Fact Tracker: Tsunamis and Other Natural Disasters

K - 1st
This video checks information included in the fiction book entitled Magic Tree House #28: High Tide in Hawaii by Mary Pope Osborne. The book Fact Tracker: Tsunamis and Other Natural Disasters, the nonfiction companion written by Will...
Instructional Video
Imagine Learning Classroom

Learn Zillion: Find the Main Idea of a Section of Nonfiction Text

5th Standards
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]
Instructional Video
Imagine Learning Classroom

Learn Zillion: Find the Main Idea of a Nonfiction Article

5th Standards
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...
Instructional Video
Imagine Learning Classroom

Learn Zillion: Determine an Unfamiliar Word in a Nonfiction Text

5th Standards
In this lesson, you will learn how to figure out unfamiliar words by envisioning what is happening in the text and thinking about what the word probably means. [3:03]
Instructional Video
Imagine Learning Classroom

Learn Zillion: Find the Main Idea of a Section of Nonfiction Text

4th Standards
In this lesson, you will learn how to find the main idea of a section of nonfiction text by gathering details from that section and asking "What are these details mostly teaching me about?" [3:31]
Instructional Video
Imagine Learning Classroom

Learn Zillion: Explain Scientific Concepts Based on Information in a Text

4th Standards
In this lesson, you will learn how to understand scientific concepts by examining specific information in nonfiction text. Login gives access to a slideshow and a student handout. [7:00]
Instructional Video
Penguin Publishing

Penguin Random House: Rh Kids: Fact Tracker: Dog Heroes

K - 1st
This video [0:30] checks information included in the fiction book entitled Magic Tree House #46: Dogs in the Dead of Night by Mary Pope they had lots of questions. How do St. Bernards help find avalanche survivors? Who are some of the...
Instructional Video
Penguin Publishing

Penguin Random House: Rh Kids: Fact Tracker: Sea Monsters

K - 1st
This video [0:48] checks information shared in the fiction book entitled Magic Tree House #39: Dark Day in the Deep Sea by Mary Pope Osborne. Fact Tracker: Sea Monsters, the nonfiction companion written by Mary Pope Osborne and Natalie...
Instructional Video
Other

Cult of Pedagogy (You Tube): Teaching Text Structures for Non Fiction Reading

9th - 10th Standards
This video from Jennifer Gonzalez's Cult of Pedagogy provides step-by-step instructions for guiding students to understand how to determine text structures.
Instructional Video
Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: Author Interviews: Tanya Lee Stone

1st - 9th
Tanya Lee Stone writes a little bit of everything - science, history, biography, poetry, and fiction - for kids and teens. She's written middle grades biographies of pioneering women in the NASA space program, Amelia Earhart, and Ella...