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Writing a Personal Narrative for Kids - Episode 8: Publishing for Kids
In this video, you will learn how to publish your personal narrative story. Publishing means getting your writing ready to share with others!
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Writing a Personal Narrative for Kids - Episode 6: Revising
In this video, you will learn how to revise your personal narrative story. We will discuss how to add, change, or remove parts of your story to make it even better!
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Writing a Personal Narrative for Kids - Episode 5: Writing a Closing or Conclusion
In this video, you will learn how to write a closing or conclusion for your personal narrative story. We will discuss different strategies like rephrasing your opening, sharing feelings, describing a lesson learned, telling a hope you...
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Writing a Personal Narrative for Kids - Episode 4: Writing a Draft
In this video, you will learn how to write a draft for your personal narrative story. We will write the important events in order, using transition words and details to describe what happened.
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Writing a Personal Narrative for Kids - Episode 3: Writing an Introduction
In this video, you will learn how to write an introduction for your personal narrative story. We discuss different strategies, such as using sound, dialogue, questions, and describing the setting.
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Writing a Personal Narrative for Kids - Episode 2: Making a Plan
In this video, you will learn how to make a plan for your personal narrative story. We will use a graphic organizer to organize our ideas.
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Writing a Personal Narrative - Episode 1: Brainstorming a Story for Kids
In this video, you will learn how to brainstorm topic ideas for your personal narrative story.
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How To Retell a Story For Kids
In this video, you will learn how to retell a fiction story by describing the characters, setting, and major events from beginning to end!
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How to Create a Story Map for Kids - Planning Your Narrative Writing
In this video, you'll learn how to create a story map to help plan your narrative writing! Your story map will include characters, setting, and plot events in the beginning, middle, and end of your story.
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Editing Your Writing For Kids - Grammar, Punctuation, Capitalization, Spelling
In this video, you'll learn how to edit your writing for conventional grammar, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling!
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Economics for Kids: Saving and Spending
In this video, you'll learn about the economics concepts of spending, saving, scarcity, and making choices based on costs and benefits.
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Economics for Kids: Producers and Consumers
In this economics video, you will learn about how producers and consumers buy and sell goods and services.
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Economics for Kids: Needs and Wants
In this economics video, you will learn the difference between needs and wants!
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Economics for Kids: Goods and Services
In this economics video, you will learn the difference between goods and services!
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Asking and Answering Questions About a Story: Reading Literature
In this video, you will learn how to ask and answer questions before, while, and after reading a fiction story or book. RL.K.1, RL.1.1, RL.2.1, RL.3.1
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Persuasive Writing for Kids - Episode 5: Writing an Introduction
In this video, you will learn how you can hook the reader of your persuasive writing with a good introduction! We will start with a question and then state our opinion.
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How to Write for Your Audience - Writing Video For Kids
This video will help you learn how to write for your audience in narrative, informational, and persuasive writing. You'll learn about writing style, formal and informal word choice, and tone.
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How to Write an Imaginative Narrative for Kids Episode 4: Writing an Introduction
In this video, you will learn how to write an introduction (or exposition) for an imaginative narrative or fantasy story! We will learn how to hook the reader, introduce the characters and setting, and set the mood for the story.
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How to Write an Imaginative Narrative for Kids Episode 3: Planning Your Story
In this video, you will learn how to make a plan for your imaginative narrative using a story map! We will plan the characters, setting, and events, including the problem and solution.
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How to Write an Imaginative Narrative for Kids Episode 1: What is it?
In this video, you will learn how to write an imaginative narrative, or fantasy story! In Episode 1, we answer the question, "What is an imaginative narrative?" After learning about the characteristics of this genre, we'll look at...
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Writing a Personal Narrative for Kids - Episode 7: Editing
In this video, you will learn how to edit your personal narrative story to fix any mistakes! We will discuss spelling, capitalization, and punctuation.
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How to Evaluate Sources for Reliability - Writing for Kids
In this video, you will learn how to choose the most reliable sources when researching a topic for a research paper. We will define reliable sources, discuss the author's impact on reliability (purpose, bias, and potential agenda),...
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How to Evaluate Sources for Relevance - Writing for Kids
In this video, you will learn how to choose the most relevant sources when researching a topic for a research paper. We will define types of sources and discuss strategies for determining relevance.
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How to Create an Outline for Kids - Planning Your Writing
In this video, you'll learn how to create an outline to plan your writing! We'll use a persuasive writing topic as an example to see how an outline can help you organize your ideas before writing.