Friendship Videos (Informational Text - What Is a Pal?, Genre Poetry - Friends Forever, On Level/Language Support Reader - Sharing/Friends Who Share, Advanced Reader - Friends, Vocabulary Reader - Favorite Things) Oral Language/Writing Prompts: - What makes a good friend for you? (I think a good friend _______ because ______.) - Think of one of your friends. Describe why that person is a good friend. (_______ is a good friend because _____ and _____.)
How Can You Be a Good Friend (2 min, 8 sec) *may need to pause to read captions
Sesame Street: Be a Good Friend (With Gwen Stefani) 1 min, 39 sec
The More We Get Together - Friendship Song (3 min, 45 sec)
Best Friends - Children Song by Patty Shukla (2 min, 30 sec)
Unit 1, Lesson 2
Storm Videos (Main Selection - The Storm, Connect to Science - Storms! Oral Language/Writing Prompts: - What kind of storm is most interesting to you? Why? (_____ are most interesting to me because ____.) - What scares you about storms? Why? (The thing that scares me about storms is _____ because _____.)
Very Loud, Very Flashy Thunderstorm (3 min, 35 sec)
Epic Lightning Storm in Georgia (1 min, 13 sec)
Hurricane Destruction (39 sec)
Extreme 4K Video of Category 5 Hurricane Michael (4 min, 12 sec)
Tornado from McConnell AFB (1 min, 7 sec)
Phoenix Dust Storm 2012 (3 min, 57 sec)
Grandparent Videos (Main Selection - The Storm, Below Level Reader - Granny, On Level/Language Support Reader - Grandpa and Me/When Grandpa Was a Boy, Vocabulary Reader - Grandpa) Oral Language/Writing Prompt: - In your opinion, what makes a good grandparent? Why? (A good grandparent _____ because ____.)
Kids Share Their Favorite Snacks With Their Grandparents (4 min, 53 sec)
Mexican Ice Cream Festival (3 min, 47 sec) (Advanced Reader - A Mexican Festival)
Unit 1, Lesson 3
Curious George - (Main Selection - Curious George At School, Below Level Reader - Curious George Finds Out About School, On Level/Language Support Reader - Curious George Day at School/Curious George Visits School) Oral Language/Writing Prompt: - What is your favorite thing about school? Why? (My favorite thing about school is ____ because ____.)
Curious George Goes to the Library - Old Cartoon (4 min, 34 sec) (Advanced Reader - Curious George at the Library)
Curious George - PBS Kids website with educational games and video clips (includes games in Spanish)
Curious George - 2 Full Episodes (Meet the New Neighbors/Man With the Monkey Hands) 22 min, 11 sec
Short o Video (3 min, 27 sec)
Unit 1, Lesson 4
Around Town Slideshow (Main Selection - Lucia's Neighborhood)
City Mouse, Country Mouse (2 min, 33 sec) (Connect to Traditional Tales - City Mouse, Country Mouse)
Fire Station Tour (2 min) (Vocabulary Reader - Firehouse)
Unit 1, Lesson 5
Riding the Rails: Train Travel Overview (3 min, 31 sec) (Main Selection - Gus Takes the Train, Vocabulary Reader - Trains) Oral Language/Writing Prompt: - Do you think you would want to travel by train? Why or why not? (I would/wouldn't want to travel by train because ______.)
Ultimate Train Video for Children (4 min, 32 sec) *there is no narration in this video, so you can talk with your students as they watch and introduce vocabulary and discuss what they are seeing
Kids Sledding (1 min, 35 sec) (Below Level Reader - Sledding) Oral Language/Writing Prompt: - What is the most fun part of sledding? (The most fun part of sledding is ____.)
The Steepest Sledding Hill in the World (5 min, 38 sec)
Pug Sledding Party (1 min, 41 sec)
Cat Rides Elevator Looking for Food (1 min, 56 sec) (On Level/Language Support Reader - Ben the Cat/A Cat Named Ben)
Opposites Song (2min, 30 sec) (Vocabulary Strategies - Antonyms) *submitted by Emily Heetland)