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Learning About Contractions: Making Words Shorter and Faster
In this video, Jenny and Lucas learn about contractions as they prepare for the grand opening of their store. They explore how contractions are formed by removing letters and using apostrophes. The video covers various common...
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Using Commas in Letter Writing
This video is all about the comma. Commas are punctuation used to separate lists, numbers, or ideas. We use commas to show a short pause, like just now! Commas can be tricky to learn, so we'll start with commas used in letter writing....
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Reading with Voice Expression
Join us in this video as we practice reading with expression. Students learn how to change their tone, volume, and pace by identifying punctuation marks and typeface. When reading a story, it is so much better to use expressive reading....
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Sentence Comprehension: Pronouns, Punctuation, & Multiple-meaning Words
Comprehension is complex for kids. This focuses on sentence comprehension with pronouns, punctuation, and multiple meaning words. Kids will learn how noticing these in sentences can grow their comprehension.
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Poetic Devices Explained ENJAMBMENT and ENDSTOPPED
How do poet's decide to end their lines? How are you supposed to read them? In many ways, poetry is more like sheet music than it is a novel; knowing the difference between enjambment and end-stopped lines will help you better read it....
Debunked
English Phrases That We Get Wrong Everyday!
We've all been saying them, and we've all been wrong!
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Editing
Editing explores the important elements of the editing step of the writing process.
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Punctuation Place: Exclamation
Dr. Reed Moore explains that when strong feelings need to be expressed, a writer uses an exclamatory sentence with its punctuation.
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Parenthetical Punctuation
A video entitled “Parenthetical Punctuation” which presents ways to use marks of punctuation (commas, parentheses, and dashes) to indicate nonrestrictive elements.
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Exclamations
“Exclamations” explains what exclamations are and demonstrates the use of exclamation points to end sentences.
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How to spell "secretary"
Secetary...secretry...secetry...secretery...secetarey...secretarey...ohhhhh! I've got it! PA. Simples!
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Sir Linkalot: How to spell 'sausage'
Sausage is one of Sir Linkalot's three favourite words, especially when it's a silly one, along with banana and fiddlesticks!
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Sir Linkalot: "Little Ted Talks" - How to spell business
Oi, Travolta! Move over as Little Ted and Sir Linkalot have got some smokin' mooooooves!
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Sir Linkalot: "Little Ted Talks" - How to spell biscuit
Little Ted has earned himself a cuppa and a custard cream with this splendid display of 'show and spell'. Biscuit used to be such a tricky word to handle. But not anymore!
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Link of the Day #17 - Sir Linkalot (#Spelling, #Revision, #Homeschooling, #Keystage1, #Keystage2)
In this clip (the 17th most popular link, as voted by you) Sir Linkalot, maybe unwisely, accuses Lady Lexicographer of some foul play. Risky, Linky. Risky...
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Sir Linkalot: What's It All About?
Sir Linkalot is on a quest to make 'I can't spell' a thing of the past. His groundbreaking linking technique makes it a fun and easy way to remember how to spell hundreds of tricky words - all the way from 'are' to 'onomatopoeia'. What's...
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Sir Linkalot Christmas links - 'Christmas'
Silly Sam. Have a fantabulous Christmas one and all and a linking good New Year!
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Sir Linkalot: "Little Ted Talks" - Ted spells colour
Please welcome "Little Ted Talks" - one-minute spelling wonders from the wunderkind that is...Ted! Today, Ted spells colour...
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How to spell "colour"
Our chivalrous chum is knocking down that 'letters on paper' barrier for people diagnosed with dyslexia. Who doesn't love a crazy monkey!
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Link of the Day #16 - Sir Linkalot (#Spelling, #Revision, #Homeschooling)
Not only is Sir Linkalot outrageously good for spelling, it works to learn any fact! Check out no. 16 in the 'Linking Hit Parade' to find out...
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Link of the Day #11 - Sir Linkalot (#Spelling24/7, #RevisionForKids, #Learning)
Link of the Day #11 - Sir Linkalot (#Spelling24/7, #RevisionForKids, #Learning)
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Sir Linkalot: How to spell "onomatopoeia"
Juli Morgan-Russell, whose name is on the app, is a complete genius for spotting that the number of letters in this truly bonkers word matches the number of syllables in the first line of what is, without question, one of the best...