Curated OER
Jolly Phonics - Blends - Part 3/3
Sing a little song for a variety of vowel and consonant blends. Each piece is to a tune of a popular children's song. Chant the sound along with a small action!
Curated OER
Jolly Phonics - A to Z - Part 2/3
A little song goes with every letter in the alphabet. This video goes along with the Jolly Phonics vowels video as the songs for the vowels are repeated. Small actions are described for each letter as well to make this video interactive...
Curated OER
Phonics Song - 2 - The Blends
Two letters pop up on the screen; each sound is said separately, blended together, and finally as part of a word. A picture pops up to visually display the word as well. Two words appear for each blend.
Curated OER
Phonics - Vowel Sounds
A vowel sound with its letter jumps onto the screen, followed by other letters that then make up a word. Each vowel sound is gone through once and then the entire process repeats. Finally, on the third round, readers are encouraged to...
Curated OER
ABC Phonics Chant
Scan through the letters of the alphabet, their sounds, and a word that starts with that letter. The letter is flashed along with a picture of the word as a male voice says, "G, /guh/, grape." A quick, efficient resource that can be used...
Sesame Street
Anderson Cooper Reports
Today on GNN (Grouch Network News) is the letter “G.” Anderson Cooper, Walter Cranky, and Dan Rather-not sound out "G" words to determine if "G" is a grouchy enough letter. This video is g-g-g-great for reinforcing the hard “G” sound.
Curated OER
Kindergarten Sight Words
A collection of single-syllable sight words appropriate for kindergarteners flashes across a yellow screen. Each word is clearly read and is printed in dark black lettering.
Curated OER
Phonics Song - 1 - The Basics
An object pops up on the screen for each letter of the alphabet, accompanied by the letter itself and the name of the object. The objects are drawn in black and white and the letters pop up in red.
Sesame Street
D: Dance
Dance starts with the letter “D!” Elmo, Big Bird, and Snuffy dance with the letter “D.” This is a parody of the old iPod commercial.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Oh, Yes, It Can!
This video segment from Between the Lions features an African tale full of surprises and new words. Master storyteller Karen Kandel models the power of storytelling, the mesmerizing effects of language, and how stories can help build...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Gawain's Word: Box
This video segment from Between the Lions features the Knights of Blending Fields demonstrating an important element of phonemic awareness: blending word parts to make a word.
Reading Rockets
Reading Rockets: Phonemic Awareness: Watch and Learn
This site offers four short video clips for the early elementary teacher to watch and learn about effective phonemic awareness techniques. From the PBS television series "Launching Young Readers".
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: City Country Rap Letter "C"
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...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Dixie Chimps: Delighted You're Mine Letter "D"
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,...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Dixie Chimps: Double O Heaven Letters "Oo"
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]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Double "O", "Oo"
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]
Other
Kiz Phonics: Mouse and Cow
In this interactive story [2:51], students will listen to the story about a mouse who has to learn how to deal with a noisy cow. The 'ou' and 'ow' diphthongs that make the sound /au/ will be learned in this funny story.
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Recognize Phonemes in Words by Identifying Sounds
In this lesson, you will learn how to recognize phonemes in words by identifying the individual sounds you hear in words. [3:08]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: It's a P H!
Dance along to the puppet band Phish while learning about the digraph "ph". In this video segment from Between the Lions, the puppet band Phish performs a rockin' song about the "ph" sound.
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Decode 5 Phoneme Words That Start With 3 Consonant Blends
In this lesson, you will learn how to decode five-phoneme words that start with three-consonant blends by segmenting each sound and blending them all together to make words. [4:05]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Decode 5 Phoneme Words That Start and End With Consonant Blends
In this lesson, you will learn how to decode five-phoneme words that start and end with consonant blends by segmenting each sound and blending them all together to make words. [4:09]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Decode 5 Phoneme Words That Start With 3 Consonant Blends
In this lesson, you will learn how to decode five-phoneme words that start with three-consonant blends in a text by segmenting each sound and blending them all together to make words. [4:17]