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Stroop Effect: Tricky Colours Mental Workout
Checking if interference between the contradicting information can cause problems for Alex to do a simple task - naming the colours! Try doing it yourselves! Pause the video and name colours, not the words.
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The Native American Impact on Our Culture
Dr. Forrester asks the question, “How did the Native Americans get to The New World?” She also discusses the Bering Strait Land Bridge Theory. She then gives examples of Native American words still used in our vocabulary today.
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Simile/Metaphor: It's a Figure of Speech
Mr. Griot explains and models writing similes and metaphors.
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Safari Scholar: Searching for Homophones and Homographs
The Safari Scholar explores the jungle and learns about homophones and homographs.
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Safari Scholar: Searching for Antonyms and Synonyms
The Safari Scholar searches the jungle for synonyms and antonyms.
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Review for You: Participles
Mr. Griot will review participles and how to correctly use them in a sentence.
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Name That Sentence Part
Mr. Griot explains how to find subjects and predicates in sentences.
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Review for You: Understanding Quotes
Mr. Griot reviews dialogue and the types of punctuation that are commonly used when writing it.
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Take Me Out to the Ball Game: Final Copy
Mr. Griot reviews the rough draft he wrote about baseball. Then he uses a rubric to evaluate his work. Once he edits and corrects the paper, he writes a final copy of the research report about baseball.
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Review for You: Adverbs
Mr. Griot reviews adverbs and how they are best used in a sentence.
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Crazy Contractions
Mr. Griot explains that contractions are formed when two words are put together and shortened. He also teaches the purpose of the apostrophe in contractions. Mr. Griot also demonstrates how to write contractions correctly and correct...
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Review for You: Using Contractions
Mr. Griot reviews the origins of contractions and practices using them properly in a sentence.
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Review for You: Possessive Pronouns
Mr. Griot reviews possessive pronouns, their functions, and how best to use them in a sentence.
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Pronouns Produce Interesting Paragraphs
Mr. Griot explains that pronouns can make writing a lot more interesting. Then he describes different types of pronouns: singular, plural, object, and subject.
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Safari Scholar: Searching for Subject-Verb Agreement
The Safari Scholar searches for answers on how to make subjects and verbs agree in sentences.
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Personal Narrative: Transforming the Draft into the Final Copy
Mr. Griot works to revise, edit, and add details to a personal narrative. He then models writing the final copy of a personal narrative.
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Can’t Get Enough of That Zoo
Mr. Griot teaches how to use graphic organizers to organize his ideas and write a rough draft of a personal narrative.
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The Park: Past, Present, and Future
Mr. Griot introduces the students to past, present, and future verb tenses.
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Review for You: Verbs and Their Tenses
Mr. Griot will review verbs and their three tenses and cover how best to identify their placement and use.
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Plural Possessive Nouns
Mr. Griot explains how to change a singular noun to a plural noun. He shows how to look at endings of plural nouns and properly make them plural possessive nouns.
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Singular Possessive Nouns
Mr. Griot explains how to change a singular noun to show possession.
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Review for You: Subjects and Predicates
Mr. Griot will review both the subject and predicate of a sentence and help the student learn to identify each.
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Helping Verbs and Main Verbs
Mr. Griot provides information and examples of helping verbs and main verbs. He models how to identify verb phrases and helping verbs in sentences.