Instructional Video
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Pbs Learning Media: Tips From the Playground: Oy/oi

1st - 3rd
How do you know when a word uses "oy" or oi? This video will demonstrate rules for when each one is used so you will never be confused again! This resource teaches spelling, pronunciation, decoding, and grammar skills. [1:37]
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Tips From the Playground: Ou/ow

1st - 3rd
When do you use the "ou" sound or "ow" sound? This video will demonstrate rules to help you figure out which one goes in which word. This resource teaches spelling, pronunciation, decoding, and grammar.
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: City Country Rap Letter "C"

Pre-K - 1st
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...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Dixie Chimps: Delighted You're Mine Letter "D"

Pre-K - 1st
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,...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Dixie Chimps: Double O Heaven Letters "Oo"

Pre-K - 1st Standards
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]
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Double "O", "Oo"

Pre-K - 1st
Join the female singing group Fonix as they perform songs about the double "o" sound (oo). Featured words include: moo, goo, coo, room, broom, kerchoo, pool, cool, loot, hoot, and yahoo. [1:12]
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Hung Up on "H"

Pre-K - 1st
In this Between the Lions video, Tammy Lionette (Cleo) and Jasmine Guy sing about the confusing sound of the letter "h". Featured vocabulary includes: hung, hard, hear, hope, heavy, hassled, hold, head, howl, hound, handle, hard, hard,...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: "W" Trouble

K - 1st Standards
Introducing the letter W! Tammy Lionette sings about her "W" troubles in this Between the Lions video. Featured words include: wasted, woeful, wilted, worried, weep, worn, weary, won't, and will.
Instructional Video
Learning Upgrade

Learning Upgrade: Phonics Letter Sounds Song

K Standards
Match letter sounds to the consonants that commonly produce them. [2:21]