Language Tree
Language Function and Construction: Condensing Ideas, Part 1
For beginner English learners, this standards-based ELD lesson focuses on condensing ideas in simple ways (e.g., by compounding verbs, adding prepositional phrases, or through simple embedded clause) to create precise and detailed...
Super Geek Heroes
Keeping Promises with Suzi Smiles
Fun 3D animated learning episodes to support the early years development areas of PSED. Suzi Smiles is a Super Geek Hero on a mission to learn! Suzi learns how to make promises and keep them. The mission focusses on behaviour and...
Super Geek Heroes
Jake's Missing Book Mission
It’s book day at Super School and Jake Jotter is very excited. He’s a literacy expert and just loves reading. Jake sees a book he likes and when his back is turned it disappears. He heads off to tell his friends. Can Jake and the other...
Super Geek Heroes
Mixing Colors with Ronnie Rock
Fun 3D animated learning episodes to support the early years development areas of Expressive Arts & Design. Ronnie Rock is a Super Geek Hero on a mission to learn! Ronnie discovers what happens when he mixes primary colours together....
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Howard Stevenson - Promoting Racial Literacy in Schools
Dr. Howard Stevenson is the Constance Clayton Professor of Urban Education, Professor of Africana Studies, and former Chair of the Applied Psychology and Human Development Division in the Graduate School of Education at the University of...
Makematic
The Quill Pen
How the quill pen helped to promote literacy in North America and played a part in the founding of the nation.
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Valeri Lantz-Gefroh - Teachers Make a Difference - Diane Jones
Valeri Lantz-Gefroh, MFA, is an Associate professor in the School of Journalism where she serves as the Improvisation Program Director in the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science. She teaches workshops and graduate courses at Stony...
Language Tree
Language Function and Construction: Using Noun and Noun Phrases, Part 2
For beginner English learners, this standards-based ELD lesson explains how to expand noun phrases (e.g., adding a sensory adjective to a noun) in order to enrich the meaning of sentences and add details about ideas, people and things.
Tarver Academy
Differentiating for Students in History and Literacy Classes
In This Episode, Tyler Teaches Us About Differentiating for Students in History and Literacy Classes
Language Tree
Collaborative Listening and Speaking: Listening Actively
This lesson provides opportunity for English learners to practice listening to information and gaining insight by asking wh- questions (“who”, “what”, “when”, “where” and “why”).
Super Geek Heroes
Spelling with Vicky Voice
Fun 3D animated learning episodes to support the early years development areas of Communications & Language and Literacy. Vicky Voice is a Super Geek Hero on a mission to learn. Vicky is learning about spelling her super friends names....
Language Tree
Collaborative Listening and Speaking: Evaluating Language Choices
This standard-based video teaches English learners how to use specific language and word choices to either entertain, persuade, inform or give information.
Language Tree
Language Function and Construction: Condensing Ideas, Part 3
For beginner English learners, this standards-based ELD lesson focuses on condensing ideas in simple ways (e.g., by compounding verbs, adding prepositional phrases, or through simple embedded clause) to create precise and detailed...
KERA
Barbershop Promotes Reading
Schools are finding creative ways to encourage kids to read. In Fort Worth, Texas, barbershops are giving kids a chance to read while they get their hair cut. Some barbers are doubling as reading coaches—asking kids if they understand...
Language Tree
Collaborative Listening and Speaking: Using Specific Language for Writing and Speaking, Part 2
This lesson demonstrates to English Learners how the use of specific words such as apple and banana vs. just fruit can make a sentence more descriptive. It also reviews the use of prefixes such as un-, re- and mis-.
Language Tree
Collaborative Listening and Speaking: Analyzing Language Choices, Part 2
This video for beginner English learners covers choosing language or words to provide more detail and better understanding of the situation when speaking or writing.
Language Tree
Collaborative Listening and Speaking: Exchanging Information and Ideas, Part 1
This lesson on collaborative listening and speaking teaches English learners how to engage in conversational exchanges and express ideas on familiar topics by asking and answering yes-no and wh- questions (who, what, when, where why) and...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Juline Anquetin Rault - Teaching in the Global Pandemic - France
Even as a child, Juline Anquetin Rault knew she wanted to become a teacher, but there was a time when she doubted whether her dream would come true. When she took the national exam to become a history and geography teacher, she ranked...
Language Tree
Collaborative Listening and Speaking: Reading and Viewing Closely, Part 1
This video teaches English learners how to breaking down presentations and / or passages to pinpoint the main idea, details, similarities and differences to gain deeper understanding. It also shows how to identify the concept of cause...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Yonty Friesem - Leadership in Digital Media Literacy
Yonty (Jonathan) Friesem is the Associate Director at the Media Education Lab and an Assistant Professor of multimedia production faculty at the department of communication, Central Connecticut State University. He received his PhD from...
Language Tree
Collaborative Listening and Speaking: Writing
This lesson shows beginner level English learners how to create paragraphs using sentences on the same topic or idea and how to organize sentences in the paragraph by using “first”, “next”, “then”, “after”,” that” and “finally”.
Language Tree
Language Function and Construction: Using Verbs and Verb Phrases, Part 5
For beginner English learners, this standards-based ELD video covers how to use a variety of verbs in different tenses (e.g, past, present, future, simple progressive) appropriate to the text type and discipline (e.g., simple past and...