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Retelling Hot Summer Fun
Miss Palomine talks about how retelling can make stories or poems much easier to understand. She then recites “Hot Summer Fun!” and helps the student retell the poem using familiar words and terms.
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Poems: Meanings of Words
Miss Palomine recites the poem, “My Teacher” and explains that the student can figure out what a word means by how it is used in a poem, in a song, or in a story.
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Old MacDonald's Farm
Miss Palomine recites the poem, “Old MacDonald Had a Farm” and reviews vocabulary words in the poem to ensure that the student fully understands the poem.
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The Fish in My Aquarium
We find Miss Palomine feeding the fish in her aquarium. She then recites the “Fish” action poem and asks the student to join her in performing the actions. She then reviews some words from the poem to ensure that the student understands...
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Baa, Baa, Black Sheep
Miss Palomine recites the poem “Baa, Baa, Black Sheep” and then talks about her favorite part of the poem and why she likes it.
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Retelling Baa Baa Black Sheep
Miss Palomine talks about how retelling can make stories or poems much easier to understand. She then recites the poem “Baa, Baa Black Sheep” and then helps the student retell the poem.
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Seeing and Saying Same Sounds
Miss Palomine reviews the concept of common letter sounds. She and the student then look and listen for common letter sounds in a few sentences Miss Palomine uses as examples.
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Ground Transportation
Miss Palomine needs to ride the bus to class. Once she gets to the classroom, she begins a discussion of ground transportation that moves people, and ground transportation that moves products. She also introduces the action poem, “The...
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There Are So Many Teachers
Miss Palomine recites the poem “Teachers” and explains that there are so many different types of teachers who teach us many, many things. Teachers can also help us get better at doing the things we already know how to do.
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Air Transportation
The discussion begins when Miss Palomine talks about how much fun it would be to be a bird and to be able to fly. She then recites the poem, “Airplane,” and introduces the topic of air transportation. She explains what air transportation...
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Name That Transportation
Miss Palomine hosts the game show, “Name That Transportation!” She begins by defining transportation and then the contestant (student) plays assorted guessing games based upon what is and what is not considered basic transportation. Miss...
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Thanks to the Vet
Miss Palomine gets a phone call from her friend April, telling her that April’s cat, Barney, went to the veterinarian and now he’s not sick any more. She talks about the way her vet helps her and the pets in the community. She recites...
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Healthy, Bright Smile
Miss Palomine talks about her friend the dentist. She then recites the poem “My Dentist” and closes by inviting the student to do the tooth brushing motions with her to the song, “Healthy, Bright Smile.”
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There's a Doctor for Everything
Miss Palomine returns from a doctor’s visit with some medicine her doctor gave her. She talks about the way her doctor helps her and the people in the community. She recites the poem, “My Doctor” and talks about the many different types...
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The Librarian
Miss Palomine shares a poem about librarians and explains how librarians are important community helpers.
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The Mail Carrier
Miss Palomine recites the poem, “The Mail Carrier” and explains what a mail carrier is, and how a mail carrier is another valuable community helper.
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The Fireman
Miss Palomine tells your student what a community is. She introduces the concept of the community helper and opens the discussion with the first community helper, the firefighter.
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Water Transportation
We find Miss Palomine at a harbor, watching the boats. She talks about the different kinds of water transportation and when water transportation is useful compared to other types of transportation. She recites the poem, “Row, Row, Row...
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What Do I See
Miss Palomine introduces the topic of the five senses when someone comes in and gives her a brownie. She then recites the poem, “What Do I See?” and continues the discussion about how valuable the sense of sight is. She challenges the...
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What Do I Smell?
Miss Palomine starts her day by smelling flowers, perfume, and then a rotten sandwich. She then recites the poem, “Something Smells Good” and continues the discussion about pleasant smells and unpleasant smells. She challenges the...
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British English Pronunciation Practice - "Inconsistent" Poem & Explanation
British English pronunciation is notoriously tricky. To honor some of the nuances of its "inconsistent" pronunciation I wrote a little poem. Mastering pronunciation requires consistent and focused practice.
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Text Structure and Genre
Text Structure and Genre shows how knowledge of the structure of a text can determine the genre of the text.
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Erlkönig with sarcasm - Deutsch lernen
Did Erlkönig ever make sense to you? I didn't think so. Here is my version using Xtranormal and loads of sarcasm.
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Poetic Devices Explained ENJAMBMENT and ENDSTOPPED
How do poet's decide to end their lines? How are you supposed to read them? In many ways, poetry is more like sheet music than it is a novel; knowing the difference between enjambment and end-stopped lines will help you better read it....