Fundraising/Kids Helping Solve ProblemsVideos (Main Selection - Mr. Tanen's Tie Trouble, Vocabulary Reader - Raising Funds, On Level/Language Support Reader - The Bake Sale/Mrs. Hawkins and the Bake Sale, Below Level Reader - Our Library, Advanced - The Town Auction) Oral Language/Writing Prompt: - If you were going to raise money for an important cause, what would it be? (If I was going to raise money for an important cause, it would be _____.)
Talia Leman: A Random Kid Mobilizing Millions (5 min, 46 sec) Waukee Native/Roosevelt Student - raised $10 million for Hurricane Katrina relief and many more since for other causes!
Boy Saves Money to Pay for Meals at Children's Hospital (1 min, 8 sec)
Follow the Dodgers (A Tribute to the Brooklyn Dodgers) 2 min, 51 sec
Best 7 Year Old Baseball Player (3 min, 31 sec)
Kids Baseball Greatest Moments (2 min, 2 sec)
Take Me Out to the Ball Game Song (1 min, 33 sec)
Take Me Out to the Ball Game Sing Along (lyrics and music only) 2 min, 41 sec
Take Me Out to the Ball Game Song (actually being sung at a St. Louis Cardinals game) 49 sec
Paul Ibanez Home Run (1 min, 21 sec) (General background knowledge of baseball - can easily incorporate vocabulary)
Unit 4, Lesson 18
5 Things to See in Chile (3 min, 17 sec) (Main Selection - My Name is Gabriela, Vocabulary Reader - All About Chile) Oral Language/Writing Prompt: - Would you want to visit Chile? Give 2 reasons for your answer. (I would/wouldn't want to visit Chile because ___ and ___.)
Beautiful Chile (2 min, 19 sec)
Jack Prelutsky Videos (On Level/Language Support Reader - The Life of Jack Prelutsky/Jack Prelutsky) Oral Language/Writing Prompt: - What do you like about the way Jack Prelutsky writes poems? (When Jack Prelutsky writes poems, I like how he...)
Jack Prelutsky Website - Poems for kids to read, classroom activities for teachers www.jackprelutsky.com
Bleezer's Ice Cream by Jack Prelutsky - Matt Ziniel (1 min, 10 sec)
The Visitor - A Reading of the Jack Prelutksy Poem (1 min, 30 sec)
Signs Alphabet (1 min, 39 sec) (Main Selection - The Sign Maker's Assistant, Vocabulary Reader - Signs Are Everywhere)
Signs For Life - Teaches Kids About Traffic Safety (1 min, 33 sec)
Tall Painting (3 min, 12 sec)- Holton Rower and assistants make art (Below Level Reader - Aldo and Abby)
Navigation - PBS Kids (1 min, 1 sec) (On Level/Language Support Reader - Finding the Party/Sam Finds the Party)
Unit 4, Lesson 20
Animal/Human/Superhero Hero Videos (Main Selection - Dex, The Heart of a Hero, Vocabulary Reader - Everyday Heroes, Below Level Reader - Two Heroes, On Level/Language Support Reader - Superheroes to the Rescue/Superheroes Save the Day, Advanced - The Mysterious Superhero) Oral Language/Writing Prompt: - If you could have a superhero power, what would it be and why? (If I could have a superhero power, it would be ____ because ____.)
"Sky High" Trailer - High School for Superheroes in Training (2 min, 32 sec)
Kids Like Superheroes (Young girl explains fascination with superheroes - includes clips from superhero movies and shows) 1 min, 43 sec
Animal Heroes (1 min, 48 sec)
Female Elephants Rescue a Drowning Baby (3 min, 10 sec)
Hero Firefighter Catches Kid from Window (1 min, 27 sec)