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Busterfield Library A-Z

Busterfield Library A-Z

This video segment from Between the Lions uses an alphabet song to review the ABCs, matching each letter with the name of a character from the show. OER Level

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Pre-K-1

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A Fellow Named Sig

A Fellow Named Sig

This video segment from Between the Lions features an animated limerick, which exemplifies the kind of wordplay that prepares children for early reading and spelling. OER Level

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Pre-K-1

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Fred Says: rocket

Fred Says: rocket

This video segment from Between the Lions shows the practice of sounding out the word "rocket" part by part, blending sounds together to form a word. OER Level

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Pre-K-1

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Gawain’s Word: box

Gawain’s Word: box

This video segment from Between the Lions features the Knights of Blending Fields demonstrating an important element of phonemic awareness: blending word parts to make a word. OER Level

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Pre-K-1

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Getting an Education

Getting an Education

This video segment, adapted from NOVA, chronicles the education of leading chemist Percy Julian. Although Julian began his elementary school years in the Deep South under Jim Crow laws, he became one of the few African Americans of his time to earn a Ph.D. OER Level

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6-12

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Hard "c" Words

Hard "c" Words

This video segment from Between the Lions uses an animated road sign to illustrate and spell familiar words that begin with the /k/ sound that the letter "c" makes. OER Level

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Pre-K-1

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Hop ‘Til You Drop

Hop ‘Til You Drop

This video segment from Between the Lions uses a cheer—"Hop 'Til You Drop"—to build letter knowledge, and to demonstrate how movement and letter chanting can illustrate the words being spelled. OER Level

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Pre-K-1

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A Language Immersion Story

A Language Immersion Story

This video from Media That Matters: Immersion tells the fictional story of Moises, a young immigrant to the United States with limited English, as he struggles to do well in school. OER Level

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5-12

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Lions Laughing

Lions Laughing

This video segment from Between the Lions uses a line of laughing Lions to help build vocabulary and illustrate the meaning of words that typically challenge young children. OER Level

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Pre-K-1

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Little Big Mouse

Little Big Mouse

This video segment from Between the Lions features Aesop's fable, The Lion and the Mouse, and illustrates how children can learn by talking about a book as it is read aloud. OER Level

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Pre-K-1

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Look It Up

Look It Up

This video segment from Between the Lions features a catchy song that celebrates an important function of literacy: access to information. It also shows the wide world of print, and all of the knowledge that can be gained from it. OER Level

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Pre-K-1

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Maui and the Creation of the Islands

Maui and the Creation of the Islands

This video, adapted from material provided by the ECHO partners, portrays a dramatic telling of the story, "Maui and the Creation of the Islands." OER Level

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4-6

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Oh, Yes, It Can!

Oh, Yes, It Can!

This video segment from Between the Lions features an African tale full of surprises and new words. Master storyteller Karen Kandel models the power of storytelling, the mesmerizing effects of language, and how stories can help build vocabulary and background knowledge. OER Level

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Pre-K-1

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Oral Traditions

Oral Traditions

This video, adapted from material provided by the ECHO partners, illustrates how Native people preserve history and tradition through art, music, and dance. OER Level

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4-6

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The Raven Story

The Raven Story

This video, adapted from material provided by the ECHO partners, portrays one telling of the story, "How Raven Gave Light to the World." OER Level

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4-6

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Read the Signs

Read the Signs

In this video segment from Between the Lions, Sloppy Pop's song "Read the Signs" spotlights the letters and words we see on signs every day, encouraging children to be aware of print in their environment. OER Level

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Pre-K-1

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Rocket-Doodle-Doo

Rocket-Doodle-Doo

This video segment from Between the Lions presents an animated rhyming song to help tune the listener’s ear to language sounds, and it incorporates strategies for building vocabulary and fluency in reading. OER Level

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Pre-K-1

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Seven Selfish Shellfish

Seven Selfish Shellfish

This video segment from Between the Lions features a classic tongue twister—a type of wordplay that helps children tune their ears to language and the sounds within words. OER Level

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Pre-K-1

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Soft "c"  Words

Soft "c" Words

This video segment from Between the Lions focuses on letter knowledge, showing several words that begin with the letter “c" and, in these examples, the /s/ sound that it makes. OER Level

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Pre-K-1

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The Three Little Pigs

The Three Little Pigs

This video segment from Between the Lions uses a classic children’s book to illustrate reading aloud, one of the most important practices in developing children’s literacy skills. OER Level

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Pre-K-1

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The Voyage of Kealoha

The Voyage of Kealoha

This video, adapted from material provided by the ECHO partners, tells the Kealoha story, "Hawai‘i's Native Seamen and Their Whaling Legacy," through a dramatization and source images. OER Level

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4-6

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What’s Your Name? (u)

What’s Your Name? (u)

This video segment from Between the Lions uses a fun hip-hop song about names to highlight the /uh/ sound that the letter "u" makes and to boost phonemic awareness—an understanding of the sounds within words. OER Level

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Pre-K-1

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