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Texas Gateway: How to Recognize a Phrase: No Nonsense Grammar

1st - 5th Standards
This video focuses on phrases, groups of related words that does not include both a subject and a verb. It only has one or the other.
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Texas Gateway: Reflexive Pronouns and Subjects: No Nonsense Grammar

2nd - 6th Standards
This video focuses on Reflexive pronouns; they reflect the subject of the sentence. A reflexive pronoun is a pronoun that is preceded or followed by the noun, adjective, adverb, or pronoun to which it refers within the same clause.
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Texas Gateway: Irregular Plural Nouns: No Nonsense Grammar

2nd - 4th Standards
While plural nouns often indicate more than one of something with a simple "s" or "es," irregular plural nouns do not. They change the word entirely. Elf becomes elves, tooth becomes teeth.
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Texas Gateway: Using the Correct Verb Tense: No Nonsense Grammar

3rd - 8th Standards
This video focuses on verb tenses which are used to show when an action occurs, whether it is in the past, the present, or the future.
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Texas Gateway: How to Use Prepositions: No Nonsense Grammar

1st - 5th Standards
This video focuses on using prepositions which indicate locations, whether physical or in time. Around, in, outside, before, during. Prepositions help us know the when and where.
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Texas Gateway: Music Video: Reading With Feeling: The Electric Company

K - 1st Standards
The Burnham Brothers sing "Reading with Feeling," a song explaining the importance of reading with the feelings ascribed to the characters and events. This resource teaches reading techniques and fluency.
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Texas Gateway: Pbs Learning Media Mighty Bright Knigh: The Electric Company

K - 1st
Learn about the vocabulary words individual, opponent, merit, fortunately, and unfortunately with The Electric Company when a competition almost goes too far. Jessica and Manny compete to win the last copy of their favorite comic book,...
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Texas Gateway: Pressure: Martha Speaks: Pbs Kids Lab

K - 1st
Help children build vocabulary using this Martha Speaks video! Martha explains the meaning of the word "pressure."
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Texas Gateway: Kid Math's Coming to Dinner: Word Girl

1st - 4th
In thus episode, Becky brings home her newest friend Rex, AKA Kid Math. They discuss having a secret identity while Becky's dad cooks.
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Texas Gateway: The Electric Company: Road Trip: Oy

K - 1st
Charlotte and Henry play a game collecting and comparing words which use the "oi" and the "oy" letter combinations. This resource teaches reading, sight-reading, spelling, pronunciation, and decoding.
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Texas Gateway: The Electric Company: Road Trip Long E

K - 1st
In the car with their father, Henry and Charlotte play a game collecting words containing the "ee" and "ie" vowel combinations from signs and billboards along the road. This resources teaches reading, sight-reading, and decoding
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Texas Gateway: The Electric Company: Tips From the Playground: Ou/ow

1st - 3rd
Reggie discusses the pronunciation of "ou" and "ow," and how to figure out which one goes in which word. He uses the phrase "oh you go first" to demonstrate that "ou" will be used when the sound appears in the first syllable of the word,...
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Texas Gateway: The Electric Company: Tips From the Playground: Mad at Ie

1st - 3rd
Reggie gives advice on how to sound out words using the "ie" vowel combination. This resource teaches decoding and reading strategies.
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Texas Gateway: The Electric Company: Road Trip: Oo

1st - 3rd
Charlotte and Henry play a game comparing words which use the "oo" letter combination and the different sounds they make. This resource teaches reading, sight-reading, spelling, pronunciation, and decoding.
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Texas Gateway: The Electric Company: Unmuffins

1st - 3rd
Learn about the vocabulary words unsure, unbelievably, undo, unfriendly, and unusual with The Electric Company in an undeniably exciting adventure. Something funny is going on. The Pranksters are being very helpful and The Electric...
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Texas Gateway: The Electric Company: Off Target

1st - 3rd
A neighborhood kid Marcus Barnes has the power. The Electric Company tries to help Marcus improve at throwing wordballs so he can join The Electric Company. Meanwhile, Francine and Gilda ask Manny to build a machine that can help them...
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Texas Gateway: The Electric Company: Shock & Friends Phonics Rap: Ue

1st - 3rd
Shock and James play "True or Not True" using words that contain the letters "ue" to demonstrate the sound made by that letter combination. The goal of this resource is reading, sight-reading, spelling, and decoding.
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Texas Gateway: Electric Company: Shock & Friends Phonics Rap: Ai

1st - 3rd
Shock and Lisa rap using words that contain the "ai" vowel combination. This resource teaches reading, sight-reading, decoding, and pronunciation.
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Texas Gateway: The Electric Company: Tips From the Playground: Oe

1st - 3rd
Reggie explains the different sounds made by the "oe" letter combination. He uses the sentence, "Your toes come before your shoes," to help students distinguish between the two sounds while reading. This resource teaches reading,...
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Texas Gateway: The Electric Company: Commercial: Pictures and Words

1st - 3rd
This commercial demonstrates how pictures and words work together to tell a story. This resource teaches print literacy, and helps students understand how different types of media may be used in storytelling.
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Texas Gateway: Forming and Using Possessive Nouns: No Nonsense Grammar

1st - 4th Standards
This video focuses on forming and using possessive nouns; they show when a noun belongs to someone. It is often indicated with an apostrophe "s," but when words end in "s" only an apostrophe is added.
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Texas Gateway: A Clubhouse Mystery: Iptv Kids Clubhouse

Pre-K - 1st
In this clip from IPTV KIDS Clubhouse, Dan Wardell and DanBot receive a mysterious letter in the mail and must follow clues to discover what the letter is communicating and who it is from! A link is provided for the episode.
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Texas Gateway: Martha's Memory: Martha Speaks: Pbs Kids Lab

2nd - 3rd
Help children understand point of view in storytelling and build vocabulary using this Martha Speaks video! Martha and friends discuss what the words "certain" and "sure" mean, and Martha shares her version of how a game they played ended.