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Inside Sesame Street
Katie Couric interviews Little Jack Horner in this film. He rhymes as he describes his experiences. It's a wonderfully entertaining review of Language Arts. Children will love to come up with their own stories using Language Arts words.
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Song: Silly Sounding Words
Sesame Street characters celebrate words. They list some of their favorite silly sounding words including tweezers, snorkel, flapjack, smudge, and aardvark. Children could then list their own favorite words. It's a great way to make...
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Romeo And Alphabet
With a wonderful take on the play Romeo and Juliet, Sesame Street characters romanticize the alphabet. Telly calls out the letters of the alphabet as a banner slowly parades by. This could be a fun way to review the alphabet before a...
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Celebrity Lullabies
What do you do when you can't sleep? Elmo lays his fuzzy head down and listens to Ricky sing him a lullaby focusing on the letter “N.” The "N" words appear as Ricky sings them and he reinforces the /n/ sound by loudly singing NNNNNN....
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True Mud
Through the show True Mud, characters discuss Language Arts. A Sesame Street character enters a restaurant looking for mud, but instead is offered a spud, cud, and a dud. Viewers will love adding their rhymes to the list.
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Kingdom Of O
Elmo looks for the Kingdom of E but finds the wrong place. He implores the king and queen to change their kingdom to the land of the letter “E.” What a fun way to introduce this letter!
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Ellen And Elmo
Ellen tells Elmo that their names are similar, he doesn't agree. She repeats the two names until he hears the /ell/ sound at the beginning of each name. This could be useful prior to a lesson on sound or word chunking.
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Letter G Game
As a review of the letter G, this resource would be a motivating addition to a language arts lesson. The video not only explores the sound of the letter G, but focuses on words that begin with the letter. What learner won't love the...
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ABC Phonics: ABC Song
Boost phonics with a music video featuring each letter of the alphabet, its sound, and an item that begins with that letter.
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What Makes this Sound?
Check out this video to learn about some tricky phonemes. It shows the similarities between the /f/, /ph/, /gh/, and /ff/ sounds. After watching this video, ask your class to share different words using each different phoneme.
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Jolly Phonics - Vowels - Part 1/3
A jolly little song begins this video with the sounds of each vowel and the names of the letters. Words are written somewhat small, but still legibly. Children are singing the song with a slight British accent, but not too strongly. Each...
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Ending Consonant Blends
Consonant blends at the end of words are shown in this video. The ending is shown first, then other letters jump onto the screen to form a word. A female voice reads all the letters, sounds, and words.
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Jolly Phonics - Blends - Part 3/3
Sing a little song for a variety of vowel and consonant blends. Each piece is to a tune of a popular children's song. Chant the sound along with a small action!
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Jolly Phonics - A to Z - Part 2/3
A little song goes with every letter in the alphabet. This video goes along with the Jolly Phonics vowels video as the songs for the vowels are repeated. Small actions are described for each letter as well to make this video interactive...
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Phonics Song - 2 - The Blends
Two letters pop up on the screen; each sound is said separately, blended together, and finally as part of a word. A picture pops up to visually display the word as well. Two words appear for each blend.
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Phonics - Vowel Sounds
A vowel sound with its letter jumps onto the screen, followed by other letters that then make up a word. Each vowel sound is gone through once and then the entire process repeats. Finally, on the third round, readers are encouraged to...
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ABC Phonics Chant
Scan through the letters of the alphabet, their sounds, and a word that starts with that letter. The letter is flashed along with a picture of the word as a male voice says, "G, /guh/, grape." A quick, efficient resource that can be used...
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Anderson Cooper Reports
Today on GNN (Grouch Network News) is the letter “G.” Anderson Cooper, Walter Cranky, and Dan Rather-not sound out "G" words to determine if "G" is a grouchy enough letter. This video is g-g-g-great for reinforcing the hard “G” sound.
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Kindergarten Sight Words
A collection of single-syllable sight words appropriate for kindergarteners flashes across a yellow screen. Each word is clearly read and is printed in dark black lettering.
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Phonics Song - 1 - The Basics
An object pops up on the screen for each letter of the alphabet, accompanied by the letter itself and the name of the object. The objects are drawn in black and white and the letters pop up in red.
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D: Dance
Dance starts with the letter “D!” Elmo, Big Bird, and Snuffy dance with the letter “D.” This is a parody of the old iPod commercial.
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Pbs Learning Media: City Country Rap Letter "C"
Join Rhymo and his hip-hop-singing hippopotamus friend, Hip, as they rap about the hard "c" and soft "c" sounds, giving examples of objects that use the hard "c" (like candy) and the soft "c" (like celery). Featured vocabulary includes...
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Pbs Learning Media: Dixie Chimps: Delighted You're Mine Letter "D"
Sing along with the Dixie Chimps as they perform a song starring the letter "d". Featured vocabulary includes: dropped, dinner, destroyed, dishes, dropping, dumped dirt, desk, damaged, drapes, door, dashing, dreamy, dancing, divine,...
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Pbs Learning Media: Dixie Chimps: Double O Heaven Letters "Oo"
Sing along with the Dixie Chimps as the perform a ballad centered around the double O sound (oo). Vocabulary words used to reinforce the double "o" sound include book, took, hook, brook, crook, cooking, good-looking, and shook. [0:40]