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Characters and Setting Song

1st - 3rd Standards
Put a reggae spin on literature instruction with a music video detailing what characters are, and what a setting is. In addition to the concept's definitions, the video displays an excerpt that showcases how to identify the characters...
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Long Vowels Song

K - 2nd Standards
Throw on a leather jacket and saddle shoes, because it's time to sing about long vowels! Listen while a doo-wop group explains how long vowels are made and shares words that have long vowel sounds.
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Short Vowel Song

K - 2nd Standards
Get your groove on with a music video showcasing short vowels! Throughout the song, each vowel's letter name, sound, and example word is identified with a cool disco beat.
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Titles Punctuation Song

3rd - 8th Standards
It's hard to remember how to punctuate titles correctly, but after you listen to this grammar video a few times, you'll never italicize a song title again! Hip hop-themed and catchy, the song is a great addition to your punctuation unit.
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Rhyming Word Building Song

3rd - 8th Standards
All you need is a word ending to find a rhyme. In a video that focuses on rhyming words, a dog provides bricks to a wall for mice to add the beginning sounds.
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Sentence 1 Song

3rd - 8th Standards
Yeehaw! Review the basic structure of a sentence with a fun Western song. The video explains that a sentence must start with a capital letter, end with a punctuation mark, and contain words to convey an idea.
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Pronouns 1 Song

3rd - 8th Standards
Introduce your language arts class to their new favorite song with a video about pronouns. Hip, informative, and very catchy, the song demonstrates several different ways to replace nouns with pronouns. 
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Interjections 5 Song

3rd - 8th Standards
Wow! Your class will be humming along during a fun grammar video focused on interjections. It demonstrates the positions interjections can take in a sentence, as well as the different emotions they can convey in writing.
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Verbs 1 Song

3rd - 5th Standards
Sing along with a short, animated video that defines, provides examples of different types of verbs, and models how they operate in a sentence.
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Decode Multi-Syllable Long Words Song

1st - 3rd Standards
Provide a visual and auditory representation of how to decode multisyllabic words in a music video set to an upbeat jazz tempo.
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Main Idea Song

K - 3rd Standards
Tap your toes and give a snap to a jazz inspired song showcasing a paragraph's main idea. Pupils hear about a paragraph's structure, including its topic sentence, supporting details, and the conclusion, and how they relate to identifying...
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Learning Upgrade: Long Vowels Song

1st Standards
Identify final -e words as having a given long vowel sound. [1:55]
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Learning Upgrade: Short Vowel Song

K Standards
Learn your short vowel sounds while listening to this catchy song! [0:51]
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Learning Upgrade: Phonics Letter Sounds Song

K Standards
Match letter sounds to the consonants that commonly produce them. [2:21]
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Learning Upgrade: Sight Words Song

K Standards
Read high-frequency kindergarten sight words. [1:12]