McGraw Hill
Mc Graw Hill: Introduction to Reading Skills: Claims and Supporting Evidence 2
This video highlights the importance of supporting claims with evidence. [2:35]
eSpark Learning
E Spark Learning: Using Text Features to Locate Information (Ri.5.7)
This video explains how to find the central idea and identify text features in print or digital nonfiction text. It uses several engaging articles as examples including one about a machine that splits Oreo cookies. [7:42]
eSpark Learning
E Spark Learning: Integrating Information From Different Formats (Ri.6.7)
This video discusses how to use nonfiction text features to better understand what is being read. [4:19]
Other
Axelson Academy (You Tube): The Role of the Author and Illustrator
This video is a resource for teachers that provides examples of how to introduce the author and illustrator of a text and define the role of each in presenting the ideas or information in a text to a kindergarten class. [1:39]
Understood For All
Understood.org: Video: How First Graders Learn to Research and Organize Ideas
In this video from GreatSchools, viewers will observe strategies that first graders use as they research topics and organize new information. Observers will note the conversations about what they learn and examples of note taking. [1:45]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Music Video: Who What Where When Why How
In this video, the song "Who What Where When Why How" will help Joel and Benji solve the mystery of Joel's missing hat. This resource teaches question words.
PBS
Pbs: Treaty of Fort Laramie: The Bozeman Trail: A Rush to Montana's Gold
The Bozeman Trail was a shortcut to the newly-discovered gold fields of Montana Territory. Cutting through the heart of Indian country, it provoked a clash of cultures that exploded into warfare, destruction, and tragedy. In the...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Molly of Denali: Grandpa's Drum
In this episode (25:25) students explore Alaska Native history and culture using the 11-minute story "Grandpa's Drum" in this episode from the PBS KIDS series MOLLY OF DENALI. An old photograph sends Molly and friend Tooey on a mission...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Molly of Denali: First Fish
In this episode [25:25], students explore Alaska Native culture and values using "First Fish," an 11-minute animated story from the PBS KIDS series Molly of Denali. Before Molly catches her first fish, a childhood milestone that is as...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Molly of Denali: Tooey's Hero
In this episode (25:25) students explore Alaska Native culture and the importance of dog sledding in the 11-minute animated story "Tooey's Hero" from the PBS KIDS series MOLLY OF DENALI. Tooey, an aspiring dog musher, is excited to meet...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Molly of Denali: New Nivagi
Explore Alaska Native culture and learn how to use and create recipes, a type of informational text, in the 11-minute animated story "New Nivagi" from the PBS Kids series Molly of Denali. Support materials provided.
PBS
Pbs: Wyoming Voices: Wyoming Day (Grades K 5)
Students will learn about Wyoming's territorial history, statehood, constitution, and women's rights, in celebration of Wyoming Day.
PBS
Pbs: Work Keys Reading for Information: Level 4
In this video, viewers learn about reading comprehension.
PBS
Pbs: Work Keys Reading for Information: Level 5
In this video, learners comprehend, interpret, and apply information from complex written communications.
PBS
Pbs: Work Keys Locating Information: Level 3
Learn how to analyze and locate information on basic workplace graphics.
PBS
Pbs: Work Keys Locating Information: Level 6
In this video, students learn about the periodic table as an example of organizing and locating information.
PBS
Pbs: Work Keys Locating Information: Level 4
In this video, viewers examine a flow chart explaining how magma turns into solid rock and then back to magma again.
PBS
Pbs: Work Keys Locating Information: Level 5
In this video, students learn about how meteorologists locate and analyze information as they predict the movement and impact of weather systems.
PBS
Pbs: Work Keys Reading for Information: Level 3
In this video, viewers watch as a class dissects a poem and discusses the author's word choice.
PBS
Pbs: Work Keys Reading for Information: Level 6
In this video, viewers are asked to apply information from a sample passage to a new situation.
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Order the Information in Informational Writing
In this lesson, you will learn how to order the points of your essay by asking yourself, "What does my reader need to know first?" [5:07]
Other
Flocabulary: The 5 Types of Text Structure
How do authors organize the texts they write? This musical video teaches five common text structures used in informational and nonfiction text: description, sequence, cause and effect, compare and contrast, and problem and solution. [3:49]