PBS
Academic Vocabulary in the Common Core: High School Career & Technical Ed.
These video segments examine the integration of domain-specific vocabulary in technical education course, a construction core class. The teacher demonstrates how to introduce the new vocabulary in the first segment via a complex course...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Using Affixes to Determine Meaning
This lesson shows how to use affixes to determine the meaning of unknown words. It provides definitions of terms and demonstrates how to use similar words and word parts to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words. [2:30]
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Using Surrounding Sentences
This screencast lesson focuses on how to use surrounding sentences to determine word meaning when reading literature. It suggests looking at adjoining sentences, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs. She uses two examples from "Wuthering...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Vocab Tip: Memory Devices
A screencast lesson explaining how to create and use the mnemonic devices rhyme and acronyms to help remember vocabulary words and their meaning. [4:23]
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Vocab Tip: Memory Devices
This lesson explains how to remember vocabulary by using memory devices. This tutorial lesson shares a short screencast with the lesson's content. [4:23]
Charles I. Kelly and Lawrence E. Kelly
Many things.org: Special English Vocabulary
Listen and read along to several articles about a variety of topics, to enhance vocabulary and listening skills.
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Analyze How a Poet's Word Choices Contribute to the Poem's Meaning
In this video, you will learn how to determine the difference between what is directly stated and what is meant by considering the effect of word choice on tone. [7:47]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Determine the Meaning of Unknown Words by Using a Glossary
In this lesson, you will learn how to figure out the meaning of unknown words by using a glossary while you read. [4:31]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Use Vocabulary in a Text to Deepen Your Understanding
In this lesson, you will learn how to speed up your understanding of a text by paying close attention to the vocabulary. Login gives access to an additional video. [3:14]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Use Clue Words to Determine the Meaning of Unfamiliar Words
In this lesson, you will understand the meaning of unknown words in the text by using clue words. [4:45]
British Council
British Council: Learn English Kids: Old Mac Donald Had a Farm
This interactive lesson provides animal vocabulary, and fun activities to do with children learning English.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Bananas: The Electric Company
Learn about the vocabulary words binoculars, discover, observe, flustered, and admit with The Electric Company when family members need assistance. Annie's Uncle Sigmund needs The Electric Company's help to talk to an old friend who has...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Activity: Sentence Fluency: Word Girl
In this WordGirl lesson, build on words students already know to help them learn and apply new vocabulary and create different kinds of sentences.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: The Electric Company: Words From the Wild: R
Jahreese identifies words containing the letter "R" around his neighborhood in Harlem. This resource teaches reading, decoding, spelling, and vocabulary.
PBS
Academic Vocabulary in the Common Core: High School Social Studies
This video [5:06] provides research related to the Common Core approach to vocabulary, footage of classroom teachers engaging students in vocabulary instruction, and sample vocabulary assessments.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Academic Vocabulary Common Core: Hs English Language Arts
This series of video lesson segments demonstrates a teacher engaging students in strategies that help high school students explore a passage from Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel, The Scarlet Letter. These video segments include a bell ringer...
PBS
Pbs Kids: Word Girl
This site provides full episodes of Word Girl videos. Each is 25+ minutes long.
Other
Western Reserve Public Media: Power Words (Youngstown City School District)
In this modeled lesson, second graders work in groups to create "video dictionaries," using a tablet and an app. Students complete graphic organizers then find images online to illustrate their words. They write their own sentences,...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Word on the Street: Patience With Murray
What's the word on street? Murray introduces the vocabulary word "patience." [0:30]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Word on the Street: Remember With Murray
What's the word on street? Murray introduces the vocabulary word "remember." [0:30]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Word on the Street: Champion With Murray
What's the word on street? Murray introduces the vocabulary word "champion." [0:30]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Word on the Street: Nibble With Murray
What's the word on street? Murray introduces the vocabulary word "nibble." [0:30]
eSpark Learning
E Spark Learning: Word Mysteries Framing Video (k.ri, Quest 4)
"This eSpark video outlines a new learning quest that will help students master Common Core State Standard K.RI.4 With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text."
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Word on the Street: Vibrate With Murray
What's the word on street? Murray introduces the vocabulary word "vibrate." [0:30]