Curated Video
Tone and Mood in Literature
A video entitled “Tone and Mood in Literature” which analyzes the tone and mood in literary passages.
Curated Video
Define It
“Define It” explains what a dictionary is and how to use one to define words.
Neuro Transmissions
Are learning styles real?
You may be familiar with the four learning styles: visual, aural, reading/writing, and kinesthetic. It's hard to miss this popular concept that is supposed to give you a leg up in learning. But are learning styles legit? Or are they just...
Curated Video
Reference Resources: Glossary, Dictionary, Thesaurus
What happens when you are reading and you can't figure out what a word means? Learn how to find out what your word means by using a glossary, dictionary, and thesaurus.
Curated Video
Making Predictions as You Read
How can readers make predictions as they read? Following the fortune teller reading, predict what will happen next by observing pictures. Then read 3 situations on task cards to predict what will happen next. Your future looks bright...
Curated Video
Context Clues: Reading Strategy From the Ocean
Context Clues Strategies: definition, synonyms, and antonyms Parents and Teachers: 1. Use this video as an introduction to context clues. 2. Use this video during remediation to review context clues. 3. Send a link to parents to help...
Curated Video
Become a Better You in 2023 By Reviewing These Positive Character Traits (reading skill/vocabulary)
View a list of positive character traits. 5 of them are interactive task cards. Think of one way that you can improve as a person in 2023.
Curated Video
Fiction and Non Fiction
This video goes over different examples of fiction and non-fiction books. Some genre is mentioned. It begins to teach students about author's purpose. The purpose of a non-fiction book is to inform us. The purpose of a fiction book is to...
Curated Video
Sight Words For Kids: Practice With A Cat (sight word fluency)
Sight Words: new, only, work, know, live, give, most, very, our, said
Curated Video
Sight Words For Kids: At the Flower Garden (sight word fluency)
Practice the following sight words in my flower garden. (there, use, each, which, how, other, about, out, many, and then). How many flowers will you have in your bouquet by the end of the movie?
Curated Video
Sight Words for Kids: During an Egg Hunt (sight word fluency)
Practice these sight words with this egg hunt themed video: before, line, right, means, any, same, every, run, find, and want.
Curated Video
Setting: It’s Simple
“Setting: It’s Simple” compares and contrasts the settings of two stories.
Curated Video
Questions: They Are Everywhere
A video entitled “Asking Important Questions” demonstrates how to ask questions about an explanation.
Teaching Without Frills
Informational Writing for Kids- Episode 4: Writing an Introduction
In this video, you will learn how to write an introduction for your informational book. We will discuss strategies to hook the reader and introduce your topic.
Teaching Without Frills
How To Retell a Story For Kids
In this video, you will learn how to retell a fiction story by describing the characters, setting, and major events from beginning to end!
Teaching Without Frills
Asking and Answering Questions About a Story: Reading Literature
In this video, you will learn how to ask and answer questions before, while, and after reading a fiction story or book. RL.K.1, RL.1.1, RL.2.1, RL.3.1
Communication Coach Alex Lyon
How to Be More Articulate 5 Tips
Learn how to be more articulate with these 5 tips.
Hip Hughes History
The Preamble to the United States Constitution: A Reading
A direct reading of the Preamble to the United States Constitution.
Hip Hughes History
Guessing on Tests
Multiple choice guessing strategies for state exams in the Social Studies. Specifically designed for the NY State Regents examinations but applicable to multiple disciplines.
Hip Hughes History
The Articles of Confederation Explained: U.S. History Review
A review of our first Constitution, the AOC. What were the Articles of Confederation? How did it run the United States? Why did the Articles of Confederation fail? Mr. Hughes explains the basics of the Articles of Confederation including...
Vlogbrothers
What OCD Is Like (for Me)
In the video, I talk about my life with obsessive-compulsive disorder and a bit about how I came to write my forthcoming book, Turtles All the Way Down.
Vlogbrothers
Stress and Joy
In which Sabrina ( / nerdyandquirky ) fills in for Hank to talk about stress, joy, and being a university student.
Vlogbrothers
On Motivation
100 Days: / 100days In which John discusses motivational quotes, his abiding hatred for them, and how he has come around to them anyway. Also discussed, life's way of making you grapple seriously with much that seems easily dismissible.
Vlogbrothers
On Punctuality
In which John makes a video about punctuality that is also kind of a video about everything else in 2018.