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- Resource ID: PBS201
- Grade Range: PreK–2
- Subject: ELA & Reading
Here Is the Beehive
This rhyme can start a conversation with the child about where bees live, where they keep their honey, how they sound, and what they look like. It can help the child learn new words.
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- Resource ID: PBS225
- Grade Range: PreK–2
- Subject: ELA & Reading
What is Communication? | IPTV KIDS Clubhouse
Exploring our world is fun! Abby Brown, IPTV KIDS Clubhouse co-host, loves to help kids have fun while learning! In this segment, kids learn about a variety of verbal and nonverbal ways to send and receive messages, including American Sign Language, Braille, and many more.
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- Resource ID: PBS273
- Grade Range: K–2
- Subject: ELA & Reading
Firedog Freddie—Martha Speaks | PBS KIDS Lab
This video will help children understand the parts of a story. Helen reads her favorite childhood story to Jake and Martha.
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- Resource ID: PBS274
- Grade Range: PreK–2
- Subject: ELA & Reading
T.D. Tells a Story—Martha Speaks | PBS KIDS Lab
This Martha Speaks video will help children identify the key elements of a story and build vocabulary. T.D. tells Jakey a story he wrote about Martha.
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- Resource ID: PBS328
- Grade Range: 1–3
- Subject: ELA & Reading
Reading Strategies
This resource group teaches students a wide variety of reading strategies. It touches on such issues as careful reading and follow-through, context clues, capitalization, transition words, features of printed text, and the relationship between text and illustration.
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- Resource ID: PBS329
- Grade Range: 1–3
- Subject: ELA & Reading
Words from the Wild: R
Jahreese identifies words containing the letter "r" around his neighborhood in Harlem. This resource teaches reading, decoding, spelling, and vocabulary.
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- Resource ID: PBS331
- Grade Range: 1–3
- Subject: ELA & Reading
Road Trip—Long U
Knowing that "ew" and "u" produce the same sound, Henry and Charlotte play a game collecting words using those letters/letter combinations from signs and billboards along the road.
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- Resource ID: PBS333
- Grade Range: 2–3
- Subject: ELA & Reading
Martha's Memory—Martha Speaks | PBS KIDS Lab
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.
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- Resource ID: PBS334
- Grade Range: K–3
- Subject: ELA & Reading
Martha's Perspective—Martha Speaks | PBS KIDS Lab
Help children build vocabulary using this Martha Speaks video! Martha defines the word perspective.
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- Resource ID: PBS335
- Grade Range: 1–4
- Subject: ELA & Reading
Forming and Using Possessive Nouns | No Nonsense Grammar
Possessives 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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- Resource ID: PBS336
- Grade Range: 1–3
- Subject: ELA & Reading
Music Video: Capitalize
Lisa sings "Time to Capitalize" to teach children the rules of capitalization. This resource teaches capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and the concept behind proper nouns.
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- Resource ID: PBS337
- Grade Range: 1–3
- Subject: ELA & Reading
Music Video: Jessica & Shock—"IE" Song
Shock and Jessica rap and beatbox about how to pronounce the "ie" vowel combination. This resource teaches decoding, reading, and sight-reading.
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- Resource ID: PBS338
- Grade Range: 1–3
- Subject: ELA & Reading
The Electric Company Magazine | Issue Two
In this issue of The Electric Company Magazine, children will build literacy skills through games and reading adventures with Jessica and the gang.
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- Resource ID: PBS340
- Grade Range: 1–4
- Subject: ELA & Reading
What Are Collective Nouns | No Nonsense Grammar
A collective noun is a word that refers to a group, such as a collection, a herd, a team!
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- Resource ID: PBS343
- Grade Range: 2–6
- Subject: ELA & Reading
Proper Case of Pronouns | No Nonsense Grammar
Pronoun case is determined by how we use the pronoun in a sentence. There are three ways: subjective, when the pronoun does something; objective, when something is done to our pronoun;
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- Resource ID: PBS344
- Grade Range: 1–4
- Subject: ELA & Reading
The Most Magical Magician's Convention | WordGirl
Everyone in the Botsford family is excited to attend the Magician's Convention, except for Becky.
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- Resource ID: PBS345
- Grade Range: 1–4
- Subject: ELA & Reading
Tim Botsford, Fashionista | WordGirl
Mr. Botsford unknowingly starts the city's latest fashion trend.
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- Resource ID: PBS346
- Grade Range: 1–4
- Subject: ELA & Reading
Hello There, Earth Kids! | WordGirl
Rex, AKA Kid Math, is trying to keep his identity a secret from the kids at school, but he's not doing a very good job.
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- Resource ID: PBS352
- Grade Range: 1–3
- Subject: ELA & Reading
Words from the Wild: F
Faith and Tiffany search through their home for items containing the letter "F." This resource teaches reading, decoding, and spelling.
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- Resource ID: PBS354
- Grade Range: K–5
- Subject: ELA & Reading
Music Video: Reading with Feeling
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.