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Texas Gateway: Sign the Sing a Long Song | Sesame Street

Pre-K - 1st
Sign language transforms this popular nursery rhyme. This bilingual sing-along teaches "If you're happy and you know it" in English and Sign language.
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Texas Gateway: Wheel of Fitness

K - 1st
This K-5 video is similar to Wheel of Fortune. Students are chosen to spin the Wheel of Fitness and perform the exercise shown. These movements are fun and engaging while ranging from individual, partner to group exercises that include...
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Texas Gateway: Lights, Camera, Beetles | the Electric Company

K - 1st
Jessica and Hector plan to surprise their cousin with a bug zoo for his birthday party. When Francine steals the prized rhino beetle, it's up to the Electric Company to get it back in time to save the party. Explore the vocabulary words...
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Texas Gateway: Music Video: Chunking

1st - 3rd
Jessica and Shock rap about chunking, a method used to break down multi-syllable words. This resource teaches reading, sight-reading, decoding, and spelling.
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Texas Gateway: Words From the Wild: F

1st - 3rd
Faith and Tiffany search through their home for items containing the letter "F." This resource teaches reading, decoding, and spelling.
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Texas Gateway: Pbs Learning Media Tim Botsford, Fashionista | Word Girl

1st - 4th
In this Word Girl episode, Mr. Botsford unknowingly starts the city's latest fashion trend. It shows that following fads can be silly.
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Texas Gateway: Electric Pinball: Ave, Ank, and Ang

K - 1st
A boy plays Electric Pinball making words containing the common endings "-ank," "-ang," and "-ave." This resource teaches reading, sight-reading, pronunciation, spelling, phonics, and decoding.
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Texas Gateway: Tips From the Playground: Qu

K - 1st
Reggie explains the relationship between "q" and "u," and the sound "qu" makes. This resource teaches reading, phonics, and decoding.
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Texas Gateway: Road Trip Short a & Long A

K - 1st
In the car with their father, Henry and Charlotte play a game collecting words containing the long and short "a" vowel sounds from signs and billboards along the road. This resources teaches reading, sight-reading, and decoding.
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Texas Gateway: R Blends

1st - 3rd Standards
This resource group teaches students all about "r" consonant digraphs. It goes over common "r" blends, such as "tr" and "gr," and teaches students how to pronounce these blends.
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Texas Gateway: Shock & Friends Phonics Rap: Oe

1st - 3rd
Shock and his friend rap and beatbox using words that contain the "oe" vowel combination. This resource teaches reading, pronunciation, and decoding.
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Texas Gateway: Tips From the Playground: Kn, Gn, and Bt

1st - 3rd
Reggie discusses the silent letters in the "kn," "gn," and "bt" combinations. He advises his viewers that "the ghost is always first," meaning that in all three combinations only the second letter is pronounced. This resources teaches...