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Reading Multi-Syllable Words {CVCe Silent E}
This gives practice reading multisyllabic words with silent e or magic e CVCe syllables, along with closed and open syllables. This helps kids break apart words to read and spell longer words.
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Ending Rules: Doubling, drop -e, y to i
When we add suffixes to certain words, there are some important rules to know. In this video we learn about doubling the final consonant, dropping the e before adding a suffix, and changing the y to i before adding a suffix.
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Let's Learn: Soft G /j/ sound
This video teaches how to read and spell words with soft g. We learn soft g is followed by an e, i, or y and compare it to hard g.
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Let's Learn: Soft C /s/ sound
This video teaches how to read and spell words with soft c. We learn soft c is followed by an e, i, or y and compare it to hard c.
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Let's Learn Blending Vowel Teams: OU, OW
This video teaches how to blend vowel teams/ diphthongs OU and OW sounds. Practicing blending sounds is an important step in learning to read.
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Read, Spell & Write Sight Words - give, from, came, as, are, no, not
With this video, kids learn to read, spell, and write 7 high-frequency words with an easy approach that includes letter tracing and word shapes. These sight words are at a preschool and kindergarten level. As the word shape and outline...
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Two Animals for Each Letter of the Alphabet
Learn the sounds of the letters in the English alphabet while watching familiar and new animals with this ABC Phonics Song. Two super-cute cartoon animals teach kids common sounds for the each alphabet letter. Kids love singing along and...
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Down by the Station
Here’s a fun transportation song for kids from Rock ’N Learn. Using the traditional “Down by the Station,” we have added other forms of transportation. You’ll find trains, bicycles, planes, ferry boats, subway trains, fire trucks,...
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Learn English: My Family
Learn words for members of a family in English. Perfect for toddlers or English language learners of any age. The onscreen mouth shows how to properly form and pronounce each sound. Kids feel encouraged to imitate the sounds and learn...
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Learn English: Fun Words and Phrases for Outdoors
Kids practice learning English words and phrases that they might use outdoors. An onscreen mouth shows how to properly form and pronounce each sound. Learners feel encouraged to imitate the sounds as they learn the words and phrases....
Rock 'N Learn
Transportation Song
Here’s a fun transportation song for kids from Rock ’N Learn. Using the traditional “Down by the Station,” we have added other forms of transportation. You’ll find trains, bicycles, planes, ferry boats, subway trains, fire trucks,...
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The Secrets of Wordsift: How to Teach Vocabulary and Academic Words (ELL Supports)
Wordsift is a FREE website that allows you to breakdown the vocabulary of any article or text. I have been using Wordsift for years, so I will walk you through all the secret and hidden features. You are able to see the most common words...
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Giant moray (Gymnothorax javanicus) lurking in cave, Kungkungan Bay Resort, Sulawesi, Indonesia
Giant moray (Gymnothorax javanicus) lurking in cave, Kungkungan Bay Resort, Sulawesi, Indonesia
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IELTS Writing Essays 5
Robert Lewis continues to talk about building vocabulary using word maps. Use the five W's to create a diagram to go along with each new vocabulary word.
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Basic English Grammar - The Simple Past Tense #1
Listen to a few sentences describing the actions of the person shown. The sentences are then written in the past-tense for you to see and identify the simple past-tense verbs. Regular and irregular verbs are then defined with sentences...
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Prepositions - English Grammar #1
Discover how to use prepositions in order to talk about location and direction. Definitions of prepositions, prepositional phrases, noun phrases, and more are given. Separate prepositions are then discussed and used in sentences....
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Prepositions - English Grammar #2
Continue learning about prepositions of location and direction in part two with Jennifer. Different prepositions are discussed with the same fill-in-the-blank format from part one. The video ends with questions where the viewer chooses...
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Basic English Grammar - The Simple Past Tense #4
Practice forming questions and pronouncing them correctly in part four of Basic English Grammar - The Simple Past Tense. Questions are formed based on the subject and the object from part three. Scrambled sentences are given to put in...
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Prepositions - English Grammar #3
Finish the series on prepositions of location and direction in this video. Direction and location are distinguished with a description and a vignette at the local playground. Viewers then see a statement and choose the correct...
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Basic English Grammar - The Simple Past Tense #2
In part two of "Basic English Grammar - The Simple Past Tense," the reason to use simple past tense is explained more thoroughly. The same video from part one is shown with questions focusing on the reason the past tense is used....
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Basic English Grammar - The Simple Past Tense #3
Part three of Basic English Grammar concentrates on asking questions in the simple past tense. A review using a different scenario covers types of past tense verbs, asking learners to fill in the correct form of the verb in various...
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Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
A very happy animated boy jumps and claps while "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" is sung. A short, simple video.
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Mary Had a Little Lamb
"Mary Had a Little Lamb" is sung and animated while the words show up on the screen. It is shown twice through.
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Five Little Monkeys!
Various animation is shown, from jumping cartoon monkeys to a claymation-looking doctor in this fun little rhyme. See all five monkeys fall off the bed, and believe it or not, all five hit their heads.