The Ants and the Grasshopper

This video segment from Between the Lions emphasizes "m" words through an original, animated retelling of the classic Aesop's fable "The Ants and the Grasshopper."

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Are You a Snail?

This story from Between the Lions looks at the world of snails.

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Artistic Interpretation in The Little Mermaid

This video from Great Performances: The Little Mermaid from San Francisco Ballet features a scene from the first act of the ballet in which The Poet (a role based on the real life author Hans Christian Andersen) exits the real-world and enters a watery paradise under the sea.

Artistic Interpretation of a Classic: The Author’s Role

This lesson uses video segments from Great Performances: The Little Mermaid from San Francisco Ballet to help students explore the role of the author in relation to his/her work.

Arty Smartypants: snail/nail

In this video segment from Between the Lions, Arty takes an “s” from snail to make a nail. He uses props to illustrate words.

At the Library

This video segment from Between the Lions is a song about things that you find or do at the library and notes items starting with each letter of the alphabet.

Aunties, by Kevin Young

In this video segment from Poetry Everywhere, Kevin Young reads his poem, "Aunties", in which he gives life to memories steeped in the Deep South.

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Axle the Freeway Cat

In this online book from the International Children's Digital Library, a lonely cat meets a new friend in a traffic jam.

Backyard Bugs

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

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Baseball and Social Change: The Story of Roberto Clemente

In this lesson designed to enhance literary skills, students explore how a culture changes as new groups of people enter it, focusing on the experiences of baseball player Roberto Clemente and the influence of Latino culture in the United States.

Bee-bim Bop

In this video from Between the Lions, a girl describes how to make the Korean dish called Bee-bim Bop.

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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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Belle Isle, 1949, by Philip Levine

In Philip Levine's post-war poem, "Belle Isle, 1949," two strangers meet, swim, and part, exploring themes of connection, boundaries, and where we come from. This video segment comes from Poetry Breaks.

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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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Blackbottom, by Toi Derricotte

In this video segment from Poetry Everywhere, Toi Derricotte reads her poem, “Blackbottom”, which describes a black American family’s drive through their old, segregated neighborhood, left behind when they moved to the suburbs.

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Black Ear, Blond Ear

In this online book from the International Children's Digital Library, relations between the blonde cats and the black cats, who live on different sides of the river, learn about each other when they exchange ears.

Blending Bowl: Dine

In this video segment from Between the Lions, two football teams, "d" and "ine," crash together to make the word "dine."

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.