Backyard Bugs

This video segment from Wild TV takes a closer look at backyard bugs, their habitat and characteristics.

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Bee-ing in a Swarm

Learn about bees, their habitat and how to interact with a swarm in this Wild TV video segment.

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Ben Hall of Sapelo Island

In this video segment from EGG: the arts show, Sapelo Island resident Ben Hall guides viewers through an introduction to Sapelo Island which is inhabited by the descendants of African slaves.

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Blue Ribbon Readers: Determining Important Ideas

In this WPSU lesson Determining Important Ideas, elementary students explore how to become better readers through the identification of main ideas, supporting details, and author’s message. The lesson is part of the Blue Ribbon Readers collection.

Blue Ribbon Readers: Drawing Inferences

In this WPSU lesson Drawing Inferences, elementary students will practice drawing inferences or making predictions before, during and after reading, and then validating them. The lesson is part of the Blue Ribbon Readers collection.

Blue Ribbon Readers: Fridge Magnet Game

This WPSU interactive The Fridge Magnet Game gives students practice in the strategies of monitoring and clarifying confusing words. The game is part of Blue Ribbon Readers, a collection of games designed to help elementary school students learn to read.

Blue Ribbon Readers: Make Connections

This WPSU interactive Make Connections Game gives students practice in making connections between the text and prior knowledge. The game is part of Blue Ribbon Readers, a collection of games designed to help elementary school students learn to read.

Blue Ribbon Readers: Making Connections

In this WPSU lesson Making Connections,elementary students will move toward understanding and comprehending text more effectively by making connections with their own background knowledge. The lesson is part of the Blue Ribbon Readers collection.

Blue Ribbon Readers: Monitoring and Repairing

In this WPSU lesson Monitoring and Repairing,elementary students will identify words that are not known to them and decode or replace them in a variety of contexts. The lesson is part of the Blue Ribbon Readers collection.

Blue Ribbon Readers: Questioning

In this WPSU lesson Questioning, elementary students explore how to become better readers through questioning before, during and after reading stories. The lesson is part of the Blue Ribbon Readers collection.

Blue Ribbon Readers: Synthesis

In this WPSU lesson Synthesis, elementary students will explore how to become better readers by using contextual clues to predict an outcome, putting stories in order and assembling sentences. The lesson is part of the Blue Ribbon Readers collection.

Blue Ribbon Readers: The Detective's Notebook Game

This WPSU interactive The Detective’s Notebook Game asks students to infer answers to questions about what they are reading. The game is part of Blue Ribbon Readers, a collection of games designed to help elementary school students learn to read.

Blue Ribbon Readers: The Hamburger Game

In this WPSU interactive The Hamburger Game, students practice attentive reading by choosing the main idea from a text passage. The game is part of Blue Ribbon Readers, a collection of games designed to help elementary school students learn to read.

Blue Ribbon Readers: The Questioning Cube Game

This WPSU interactive The Questioning Cube Game gives students practice asking questions about the text they’ve read. The game is part of Blue Ribbon Readers, a collection of games designed to help elementary school students learn to read.

Blue Ribbon Readers: The Train Game

In this WPSU interactive The Train Game, students develop synthesis skills by grouping words together to form sentences. The game is part of Blue Ribbon Readers, a collection of games designed to help elementary school students learn to read.

Blue Ribbon Readers: The Visualizing Game

This WPSU interactive The Visualizing Game gives students practice creating and recalling mental images of text. The game is part of Blue Ribbon Readers, a collection of games designed to help elementary school students learn to read.

Blue Ribbon Readers: Visualizing

In this WPSU lesson Visualizing,elementary students will practice creating vivid sensory images, a critical key to reading comprehension. The lesson is part of the Blue Ribbon Readers collection.

Carl Sandburg: Chicago

This video from American Masters: The Day Carl Sandburg Died features the poem Chicago written by Carl Sandburg, why he wrote it, the poem’s impact, and how it has influenced American Poetry.

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Carl Sandburg: Poet of the People

This video from American Masters: The Day Carl Sandburg Died describes Carl Sandburg’s early years and how he came to be known as the “poet of the people.”

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Character Study: Scout Finch

This video from American Masters: Harper Lee: Hey, Boo focuses on the character of Scout, why she’s important to the story, and her impact on American culture.

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