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EdTech Tuesdays: Writing Club & Technology with Linda Edwards
Linda Edwards reveals how she uses technology to support her grade school writing club. Club members use Pages, a production presentation program, to create a newsletter that is sent to parents and iMovie to create video newscasts.
Lesson Planet
EdTech Tuesdays: Make Beliefs Comix
An iPad, a free app, or a free website are all kids need to create comic strips that tell stories, recount events, or express feelings. Rich and Jennifer discuss the strengths and weakness of the app, as well as model how to use this...
Storynory
Four Aesop Fables
Listen and enjoy as an engaging narrator reads four of Aesop's fables in a 13-minute audiobook. Fables include "The Rat and the Elephant," "The Grasshopper and the Ants," "The Fox and the Crow," and "The Little Mouse."
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The Town Musicians of Bremen
Take a listen to "The Town Musicians of Bremen" by the Brothers Grimm with a nine minute audiobook. The story details four elderly animals that join together to make a band and travel their way to find an unlikely home thanks to their...
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The Billy Goats Gruff
How do three billy goats outsmart a troll? Find out with a five minute audiobook featuring the fairytale "The Billy Goats Gruff."
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Kissa the Cat
Follow along with a 14-minute audiobook showcasing the story "Kissa the Cat" from a series of stories written by Andrew Lang. An inviting narrator tells the tale of a magical cat and the princess she rescued.
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The Cat’s Elopement
"The Cat's Elopement" by Andew Lang is a love story between two cats and their adventurous tale to remain together. Discover how the romantic felines get their happy ending with a 12-minute audiobook.
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The Boy Who Cried Wolf
Boost the importance of telling the truth with an audiobook taken from Aesop's fable, "The Boy Who Cried Wolf." This version is told by the young boy who is now a grown man looking back on the time he made the unfortunate decision to lie.
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How the Tiger Got His Stripes
Learn how the tiger got its stripes with a seven-minute audiobook featuring the classic folktale detailing the origin of the big cat's colorful coat.
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Thumbelina
Thumbelina may be small in size, but she is mighty in courage. Listen to Natasha, the engaging narrator, as she tells the tale of "Thumbelina" by Hans Christian Andersen in a 33-minute audiobook.
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The Emperor’s New Clothes
An 18-minute audiobook expresses the importance of speaking the truth with an engaging reading of "The Emperor's New Clothes" by Hans Christian Andersen.
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The Little Mermaid Part Three
Listen to the final part of a three-part audiobook featuring Hans Christian Andersen's fairytale "The Little Mermaid." Intrigued listeners hear the conclusion to the little mermaid's choice of living an immortal life under the sea or...
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The Little Mermaid Part Two
Continue Hans Christian Andersen's story of "The Little Mermaid" with the second part of a three-part audiobook. A captivating narrator takes listeners along the little mermaid's path to becoming a human after falling in love with a prince.
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The Little Mermaid Part One
Enjoy an engaging reading of Hans Christian Andersen's "The Little Mermaid" with a three-part audiobook. The first part of the emotional tale takes listeners under the sea to follow the little mermaid's journey above water to explore the...
Learning Upgrade
Titles Punctuation Song
It's hard to remember how to punctuate titles correctly, but after you listen to this grammar video a few times, you'll never italicize a song title again! Hip hop-themed and catchy, the song is a great addition to your punctuation unit.
Learning Upgrade
Rhyming Word Building Song
All you need is a word ending to find a rhyme. In a video that focuses on rhyming words, a dog provides bricks to a wall for mice to add the beginning sounds.
Learning Upgrade
Sentence 1 Song
Yeehaw! Review the basic structure of a sentence with a fun Western song. The video explains that a sentence must start with a capital letter, end with a punctuation mark, and contain words to convey an idea.
Learning Upgrade
Pronouns 1 Song
Introduce your language arts class to their new favorite song with a video about pronouns. Hip, informative, and very catchy, the song demonstrates several different ways to replace nouns with pronouns.
Learning Upgrade
Interjections 5 Song
Wow! Your class will be humming along during a fun grammar video focused on interjections. It demonstrates the positions interjections can take in a sentence, as well as the different emotions they can convey in writing.
Curated OER
The Alphabet
While teaching your students the alphabet and letter sounds, show this colorful video! The author gives a real-life example of an object for each letter.
Curated OER
How to Set Up a Research Paper
Show your students how to set up a research paper using Microsoft Word. What a great step-by-step video!
Curated OER
Gerunds Action
Scott Middle School students demonstrate how to use gerunds properly in their writing. This is an engaging and informative video that is perfect to use as an introduction to your gerunds lesson.
Imagine Learning Classroom
Form Irregular Verbs
Teach your class to pay attention to how a word looks and sounds when working with conjugating irregular verbs into the past tense. The video provides several examples of incorrectly and correctly spelled irregular verbs.
Curriculum Associates
Comprehensive Assessment of Reading Strategies II
Assess your kids' reading skills with a straightforward reading comprehension exercise. Pupils read a story and answer 12 multiple choice questions about the story. Each question is labeled with one of 12 reading strategies, such as...
