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Sesame Street: A is for Apple with Elmo
The letter A can make so many words! Share the amazing A with your students. A words highlighted include: apple, ache, auto, awesome, arise, ape, afraid, and adios. This is a great video for building phonemic awareness and letter...
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Inside Sesame Street
Katie Couric interviews Little Jack Horner in this film. He rhymes as he describes his experiences. It's a wonderfully entertaining review of Language Arts. Children will love to come up with their own stories using Language Arts words.
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Song: Silly Sounding Words
Sesame Street characters celebrate words. They list some of their favorite silly sounding words including tweezers, snorkel, flapjack, smudge, and aardvark. Children could then list their own favorite words. It's a great way to make...
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True Mud
Through the show True Mud, characters discuss Language Arts. A Sesame Street character enters a restaurant looking for mud, but instead is offered a spud, cud, and a dud. Viewers will love adding their rhymes to the list.
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Letter G Game
As a review of the letter G, this resource would be a motivating addition to a language arts lesson. The video not only explores the sound of the letter G, but focuses on words that begin with the letter. What learner won't love the...
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Celebrity Lullabies
What do you do when you can't sleep? Elmo lays his fuzzy head down and listens to Ricky sing him a lullaby focusing on the letter “N.” The "N" words appear as Ricky sings them and he reinforces the /n/ sound by loudly singing NNNNNN....
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Ellen And Elmo
Ellen tells Elmo that their names are similar, he doesn't agree. She repeats the two names until he hears the /ell/ sound at the beginning of each name. This could be useful prior to a lesson on sound or word chunking.
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What Makes this Sound?
Check out this video to learn about some tricky phonemes. It shows the similarities between the /f/, /ph/, /gh/, and /ff/ sounds. After watching this video, ask your class to share different words using each different phoneme.
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Anderson Cooper Reports
Today on GNN (Grouch Network News) is the letter “G.” Anderson Cooper, Walter Cranky, and Dan Rather-not sound out "G" words to determine if "G" is a grouchy enough letter. This video is g-g-g-great for reinforcing the hard “G” sound.
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A Is For Astronaut
“A” is for astronaut! Build phonemic awareness and letter recognition with this short clip. An actual astronaut shares the letter "A" and makes the /a/ sound.
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D: Dance
Dance starts with the letter “D!” Elmo, Big Bird, and Snuffy dance with the letter “D.” This is a parody of the old iPod commercial.
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Beginning Consonant Blends - 1/3
Introduce /ch/ and /sh/ to your beginning readers. The digraphs are stated and other letters are added to make words. The words are repeated to allow young ones to practice saying the words themselves before the voice-over speaks.
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ABC Phonics Song / Sounds of the Letters
Review letters of the alphabet, their sounds, and their hand signs! A singsong female voice states the letter and sounds it out as hand signs and letters are shown along with a toddler signing. A great way to go through letters and their...
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J Jacket Song
Elmo sings about the letter “J.” He lists words that begin with the letter, like jacket. He also practices saying the sound. This film could be used to introduce the letter “J.”
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Jumping With J
Kids jump to demonstrate the sound of the letter “J.” After watching this film, it would be hard for learners to forget the sound of this letter. All they need to do is jump.
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Ruben Studdard: Soul Alphabet
Elmo and Ruben sing the alphabet song in this video. This is a soulful rendition of the song and a great way to practice it in the classroom. It could be used as a review before a lesson on the alphabet.
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B. B. King: The Letter B
You can't sing the blues without the letter "B". Groove along with Elmo and B.B. King as they sing about all the things you couldn't have without the letter "B". This is a fun song that reinforces beginning sounds, letter recognition,...
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Romeo And Alphabet
With a wonderful take on the play Romeo and Juliet, Sesame Street characters romanticize the alphabet. Telly calls out the letters of the alphabet as a banner slowly parades by. This could be a fun way to review the alphabet before a...
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Kingdom Of O
Elmo looks for the Kingdom of E but finds the wrong place. He implores the king and queen to change their kingdom to the land of the letter “E.” What a fun way to introduce this letter!
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ABC Phonics Chant
Scan through the letters of the alphabet, their sounds, and a word that starts with that letter. The letter is flashed along with a picture of the word as a male voice says, "G, /guh/, grape." A quick, efficient resource that can be used...
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Phonics - Vowel Sounds
A vowel sound with its letter jumps onto the screen, followed by other letters that then make up a word. Each vowel sound is gone through once and then the entire process repeats. Finally, on the third round, readers are encouraged to...
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Phonics Song - 2 - The Blends
Two letters pop up on the screen; each sound is said separately, blended together, and finally as part of a word. A picture pops up to visually display the word as well. Two words appear for each blend.
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Jolly Phonics - A to Z - Part 2/3
A little song goes with every letter in the alphabet. This video goes along with the Jolly Phonics vowels video as the songs for the vowels are repeated. Small actions are described for each letter as well to make this video interactive...
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Jolly Phonics - Blends - Part 3/3
Sing a little song for a variety of vowel and consonant blends. Each piece is to a tune of a popular children's song. Chant the sound along with a small action!