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Decoding Four-Phoneme Words with Consonant Blends and Magic E
In this video, the teacher explains how readers can decode four-phoneme words that start with consonant blends and end with a magic E in a text. The teacher provides step-by-step instructions, emphasizing the importance of segmenting...
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Decoding CVC Words in Text: Segmenting and Blending
In this video, the teacher explains how to decode CVC words in a text. The steps are outlined, including finding the word, segmenting the phonemes, and blending them together to read the word. The teacher emphasizes the importance of...
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Decoding Three Phoneme Words with Consonant Digraphs in a Text
In this video, the teacher explains how readers can decode three-phoneme words with consonant digraphs in a text. The steps involve locating the word, writing it down on a sticky note, segmenting each sound, and blending them back...
Imagine Learning Classroom
Decoding Four Phoneme Words with Consonant Blends
In this lesson, you will learn how to decode four-phoneme words that start with consonant blends in a text by segmenting each sound and blending them all together to make words.
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Reading Words with the R-Controlled Syllable 'er' in Context
In this video, the teacher provides a step-by-step approach to reading words with the R controlled syllable "er" in context. By using keywords, highlighting the "er" syllable, blending sounds, and rereading the text, students can...
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Reading Words with the R-Controlled Syllable AR: Strategies and Practice
In this video, the teacher demonstrates a step-by-step approach to reading words with the vowel followed by the letter R, specifically focusing on the AR syllable. The teacher emphasizes the use of keywords, highlighting, blending...
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Reading Words with R-Controlled Vowels in Context
In this video, the teacher provides a step-by-step approach to reading words with vowel followed by an R in context. The teacher emphasizes the use of keywords to remember the sounds that R controlled vowels make, and demonstrates how to...
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Reading Words with the 'or' Syllable: Highlighting and Remembering
In this video, the teacher explains how to read words with the vowel followed by an "r" sound in context. They provide strategies such as using keywords, highlighting, blending sounds, and rereading the text to figure out unfamiliar...
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Reading Words with IR and UR Syllables
In this video, the teacher explains how to read words with the R-controlled syllables IR and UR. They provide a keyword strategy using words like "girl" and "turtle" to help remember the sounds. The teacher demonstrates the steps to read...
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Reading Words with Consonant LE Syllables in Context
In this video, the teacher guides students on how to read words that end in a consonant followed by "le" in a story. The teacher uses a keyword strategy, syllable breaking, blending sounds, and rereading to help students decode these...
The British Museum
Was the ark round? The new Babylonian text that reshaped Noah’s Ark
It all started with a fairly normal event for a museum: a member of the public bringing in an old family heirloom. However the heirloom – a cuneiform tablet from around 1750 BC – proved to be one in a million. Dr Irving Finkel, Deputy...
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Understanding Idioms: Decoding the Meaning of 'Water Under the Bridge
In this video, the teacher explains the concept of idioms and how to understand their meanings through context clues. Using the example of "water under the bridge," the teacher encourages students to think beyond the literal...
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Decoding Idioms: A Leopard Can't Change His Spots
In this video lesson, students will learn the meaning of the idiom "a leopard can't change its spots" by using context clues. The teacher explains the concept of idioms and how they cannot be understood by looking at the meaning of...
Tate
Victor Burgin | TateShots
"There's no point in making any more images", says artist and writer Victor Burgin. "There are already enough photographs in the world... What we need to do is re-read the images we already have." In this film, shot in Paris, Burgin...
The Great War
Mexico in WW1 - The Mexican Revolution I THE GREAT WAR Special
The full text of the Zimmerman Telegram: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimmermann_Telegram#Content Mexico was mainly focussing on internal struggles and the Mexican Revolution during World War 1. But Germany's stance against the USA...
Student Achievement Partners
"The Glorious Whitewasher" from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain with Mini-Assessment
It's the classic scene: Tom Sawyer is whitewashing a fence. Expose your learners to Mark Twain's humor while reinforcing reading comprehension. Eighth graders are encouraged to read and reread, achieving as much exposure to the text as...
Curated OER
Phonics: Decoding Words in Connected Text
Decoding words in connected text can make emergent readers really feel like they are great readers. They work as a class to sound out simple cvc words located in super short sentences. Tip: Extend this activity by having a variety of...
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Lesson One: Decoding Strategies
Review decoding strategies to read a chosen text. Readers tape themselves reading out loud, listen to the recording, and mark where they have misread words or phrases. They then discuss which words were misread and review how to correct...
Curated OER
Introduce Reading Connected Text
Get your scholars ready to read their first story...with a little assistance, of course. Projecting the short story (included) for all readers to see, point to each word so they can sound it out together. The strategy here is not to have...
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Text Compression
The second lesson in a unit of 15 introduces pupils to text compression. The class begins with discussing how they already use text compression when sending text messages. Pairs learn more about the subject as they work to compress a...
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Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass an American Slave, Written by Himself
Foster reader confidence when encountering complex text and reinforce the skills readers have acquired to build and extend their understanding of text. The plan uses a section of Douglass’ narrative as an exemplar text. Directions for...
Curated OER
Phonics: Decoding Words in Connected Text
Introduce your little ones to the wonders of phonemic decoding. They practice along as you sound out simple cvc words in the context of a sentence.
Curated OER
Decoding Strategies
Young readers apply decoding strategies to identify unknown words. For this reading lesson, they read the Preamble and practice using decoding strategies. Small groups rotate to five charts that have questions regarding the Constitution...
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Applying Decoding, Vocabulary, and During Reading Strategies
Apply reading strategies to boost phonemic awareness. While reading a provided informational text, learners use decoding, vocabulary, and a graphic organizer to strengthen their overall reading ability. Handouts and the reading passage...