The purpose of the video lesson is to review what contractions are and practice using them. The accompanying handout provides more practice.
The purpose of the video lesson is to review what personification is and practice writing personification using objects and self-drawn pictures.
The purpose of the video lesson is to review writing poetry, including rhyming schemes and rhythm.
The purpose of this video lesson is to learn the difference between fiction and non-fiction.
The purpose of the video lesson is to learn how to write recipes that aren't always with food.
The purpose of the video lesson is to learn about the part of speech, adjectives. The accompanying handout reviews what adjectives are, provides practice using adjectives and gives the opportunity to to write a response journal using interesting adjectives.
The purpose of the video lesson is to introduce the figurative language technique of similes.
The purpose of the video lesson is to go over the steps of the writing process. The accompanying handout leads the writer through the stages of the writing process to write a surprise story.
The purpose of the video lesson is to go over the steps of writing a friendly letter. The accompanying handout gives an example of a friendly letter, outlining the parts, as well as an opportunity to write a friendly letter.
The purpose of the video lesson is to learn to read between the lines when reading text - inference reading.
The purpose of the video lesson is to review the making connections reading strategy and the difference between fiction and non-fiction.
The purpose of the video lesson is to review syllables. The accompanying handout provides practice with syllabication.
The purpose of the video lesson is to review how to give and receive effective feedback. The accompanying handout provides an outline of the important things to remember when giving and receiving feedback. The attached self-evaluation has students think about the feedback that they give and also how they seek and react to feedback for themselves.
The purpose of the video lesson is to review how to use a thesaurus.
The purpose of the video lesson is to review the effective characteristics of reading aloud. The accompanying handout provides a synopsis of the important things to remember to be a good oral reader. The attached self-assessment has students think about the quality of their oral reading and set goals.
The purpose of the video lesson is to review effective strategies for identifying unknown words. The accompanying handout provides a list of word attack strategies for helping with determining the meaning of unfamiliar words.
The purpose of the video lesson is to review the steps in creating a bibliography. The accompanying handout provides an outline for writing a bibliography and an opportunity to write a bibliography as practice. It also gives an online link for doing research and writing bibliographies. The attached self-evaluation includes a checklist that requires students to reflect on their experience with writing a bibliography .
The purpose of the video lesson is to explore the reading strategy of determining importance.
The purpose of the video lesson is to explore the reading strategy of evaluating and brings all of the reading strategies together.
The purpose of the video lesson is to outline effective reading strategies that good readers use. They include: predicting, making connections, visualizing, monitoring your own comprehension, determining importance, making inferences, questioning, summarizing and synthesizing.