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10 IDIOMS that describe PEOPLE
Want to describe your mum in English in a natural way? In this video, I’ll teach you 10 powerful English idioms to express love, admiration, and appreciation for your mother. These common idioms will help you sound more fluent and...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Samantha Barbas - Teachers Make a Difference - Robert Slayton
Samantha Barbas's favorite teacher wasn’t someone from her early schooling, but a colleague she met while beginning her career as a professor at Chapman University: historian Robert “Bob” Slayton. Bob profoundly influenced her approach...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Bradley W. Hart - Teachers Make a Difference - Richard J. Evans
Bradley Hart reflects on the many teachers he's had, both in and out of the classroom, but names his doctoral supervisor, Richard J. Evans, as the most influential. He praises Evans for his encyclopedic knowledge of historiography and...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
H.W. Brands - Teachers Make a Difference - Joe DeJardin
H.W. Brands shares that the teacher who had the most influence on his career was his ninth-grade history teacher, Joe DeJardin. Though he didn’t realize it at the time, DeJardin's radical experiment deeply shaped his path. He split the...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Agustina Paglayan - Teachers Make a Difference
UC San Diego professor Agustina Paglayan reflects on the many teachers and mentors who influenced her, making it difficult to choose just one. She highlights a high school teacher and several university professors who shared two key...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Deborah Riley Draper - Teachers Make a Difference - Jeanette Coleman Riley
Throughout her life, Deborah Riley Draper has learned from everyone she met, but her greatest teacher has been her mother, Janette Coleman Riley. A dedicated public school teacher for over 40 years, she instilled in her the values of...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Janet E. Helms, PhD - Teachers Make a Difference - Mentoring Moments
Dr. Janet E. Helms reflects on her path to becoming a counseling psychologist, shaped by her parents' aspirations and formative "mentoring moments." Raised with the expectation of attending college, she combined her father’s love for...
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Sound by Sound Blending- Beginning Blends
This video has kids practice blending sounds sound by sound where they blend the first two sounds first, and then the next sounds. Many kids who struggle to blend words, especially those with blends, find this method helpful. This is...
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Sound by Sound Blending for Beginning Readers
This video has kids practice blending sounds sound by sound where they blend the first two sounds first, and then the next sounds. Many kids who struggle to blend words find this method helpful. This is great for kids who are just...
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Contiuous Blending for Beginning Readers
This video has kids practice blending sounds with continuous sounds so they can stretch and hear them better to more easily blend. This is great for kids who are just starting to blend or those who are struggling to blend when each sound...
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Reading Multi-Syllable Words {Consonant +LE}
This gives practice reading multisyllabic words with consonant + le syllables, along with many hopefully prior learned syllables. This helps kids break apart words to read and spell longer words.
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Reading Multi-Syllable Words {Vowel Teams}
This gives practice reading multisyllabic words with vowel team and diphthong syllables, along with many hopefully prior learned syllables. This helps kids break apart words to read and spell longer words.
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Common Trigraphs: TCH, DGE, & IGH
This video teaches about trigraphs, tch, dge, and igh and the rules of when to use them. There is practice with both reading and writing with them.
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Reading Multi-Syllable Words {R-controlled}
This gives practice reading multisyllabic words with r-controlled syllables, along with closed and open syllables. This helps kids break apart words to read and spell longer words.
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Reading Multi-Syllable Words {CVCe Silent E}
This gives practice reading multisyllabic words with silent e or magic e CVCe syllables, along with closed and open syllables. This helps kids break apart words to read and spell longer words.
Makematic
Community Helpers
Learn about the important role that community helpers such as teachers, doctors, and firefighters play in our communities.
Makematic
Rules & Laws
Rules and laws are special instructions that tell us what to do at home, at school and in our communities. They help to keep us safe and make society more fair.
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Let's Learn: Soft G /j/ sound
This video teaches how to read and spell words with soft g. We learn soft g is followed by an e, i, or y and compare it to hard g.
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Let's Learn: Soft C /s/ sound
This video teaches how to read and spell words with soft c. We learn soft c is followed by an e, i, or y and compare it to hard c.
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Let's Learn Blending Vowel Teams: OU, OW
This video teaches how to blend vowel teams/ diphthongs OU and OW sounds. Practicing blending sounds is an important step in learning to read.
The Business Professor
Step Costs - Managerial Accounting
Professor AJ Kooti explains what are step costs in managerial accounting.
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Jim Murphy - Teachers Make a Difference - Mr. Correale
Jim Murphy talks about a transformative experience with his English teacher, Mr. Correale, at LaSalle College. He pushed him to improve his writing skills by holding high standards. After receiving a surprising 5/10 on his first...