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Make Sense of Spelling Instructional VideoMake Sense of Spelling Instructional Video
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TED-Ed
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7th - Higher Ed
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English Language Arts
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Media Length
4:19
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2013
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Make Sense of Spelling

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Help your pupils comprehend how words are put together. The video takes the history of words into consideration as the narrator investigates the word one and words related and connected to one. Using an onion as a metaphor, the video clearly describes how spelling can help make meaning. The video does use some linguistic terminology; however, the concepts are still clear enough without knowledge of those terms.

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CCSS: Adaptable

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english language arts

Pros

  • Clearly shows how words are related to one another
  • Includes the option to flip the lesson and customize the questions and extra information

Cons

  • Several of the included questions are missing important words

Common Core

L.7.2.a L.8.2.a L.9-10.2.a L.11-12.2.a

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