Instructional Video
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: The Electric Company: Tips From the Playground: X

K - 1st
In this video [1:33] Reggie explains how to pronounce different words containing the letter "x." This resource teaches reading, reading strategies, spelling, phonics, and decoding.
Instructional Video
ABCkidTV

Abc Songs for Children: Abc Phonics Song

Pre-K - 1st
This YouTube video shows animals for each letter of the alphabet as a song about the sounds of letters is sung.
Instructional Video
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: The Electric Company: Road Trip: Oy

K - 1st
Charlotte and Henry play a game collecting and comparing words which use the "oi" and the "oy" letter combinations. This resource teaches reading, sight-reading, spelling, pronunciation, and decoding.
Instructional Video
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: The Electric Company: Road Trip Long E

K - 1st
In the car with their father, Henry and Charlotte play a game collecting words containing the "ee" and "ie" vowel combinations from signs and billboards along the road. This resources teaches reading, sight-reading, and decoding
Instructional Video
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: The Electric Company: Tips From the Playground: Ou/ow

1st - 3rd
Reggie discusses the pronunciation of "ou" and "ow," and how to figure out which one goes in which word. He uses the phrase "oh you go first" to demonstrate that "ou" will be used when the sound appears in the first syllable of the word,...
Instructional Video
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: The Electric Company: Tips From the Playground: Mad at Ie

1st - 3rd
Reggie gives advice on how to sound out words using the "ie" vowel combination. This resource teaches decoding and reading strategies.
Instructional Video
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: The Electric Company: Road Trip: Oo

1st - 3rd
Charlotte and Henry play a game comparing words which use the "oo" letter combination and the different sounds they make. This resource teaches reading, sight-reading, spelling, pronunciation, and decoding.
Instructional Video
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: The Electric Company: Shock & Friends Phonics Rap: Ue

1st - 3rd
Shock and James play "True or Not True" using words that contain the letters "ue" to demonstrate the sound made by that letter combination. The goal of this resource is reading, sight-reading, spelling, and decoding.