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 resource offers video lessons on the four of the writing traits at the grade 4 level, using the resource "Write Traits Student Traitbook" Grade 4, by V. Spandel and J. Hicks. The traits covered include: - ideas - organization - sentence fluency - word choice

Calldecott winning author Laura Vaccaro has compiled a free set of literacy resources to go along with her books which educators are free to print and share. These resources would support literacy in both reading and comprehending, as well as creating and responding to text. Most of the books are available to read online, or could be read aloud as part of a video shared with families. The resources to accompany the books are printable, so may be supportive of those families with less access or familiarity with technology