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Text reads, “Action and Being Verbs,” against a collage of verbs in various sizes and colors

Text reads, “Alphabetical Order,” against a backdrop of confetti.

Text reads, “Antagonist,” against a background that shows a dark figure with red eyes looming over the silhouettes of seven heroes prepared for battle.

Orange background with a clip art drawing of a smiling, brown-haired woman on the left, and a stack of books on the right. Text in the middle of the screen reads, "How to ask and answer questions about stories. Teaching without frills."

Closeup of a muppet-like lion, lioness, and cub leaning on stacks of books. Caption. Oh, I love it when you say, "Typewriter."

Closeup of muppet-like pigeons, beaks open, chirping. Caption. Sound of simultaneous chanting. Birds rule! Birds are cool.

Digital illustration of a hand knocking over the first in a row of dominoes. Text reads, “Cause and Effect.”

Medium shot of a man seated in the concave section of a small desk with several sheets of pale yellow paper laid out in front of him. Caption. Gareth as narrator. Put his writing desk at the right angle.

Green alien with a blue birthday hat, four eyes, and white teeth stands next to a green alien with a pink birthday hat, five eyes, and yellow teeth, giving a peace sign. Text reads, “Comparing and Contrasting.”

Title text reads, "Comparing Stories," against a navy background, bordered with gold lines.

Title Text reads, “Compound Words for Kids,” against a background that shows an open book.

Woman in an office setting stands in front of camera, looking slightly down. Caption. And distributed them to blind people in the community.

Text reads, "Decoding Words," against a background that shows a large magnifying glass lying on top of an open book.

Students work on laptop computers at their desks in a classroom setting. A teacher stands nearby using sign language. Text on image reads, "Procedures in written English."

Blind child uses a guide to read braille as a woman seated nearby reaches out a hand to touch the tablet in front of him. Text on image reads, "Braille User." Caption. Let's put an "S" in front, what word is that.

Children sit in a U-shaped formation. The teacher stands at the front of the classroom facing out and points towards an image projected on the screen behind her. Text on image reads, "Review Shared Inquiry Procedures."

Child sits across from a tablet that is projecting her image like a reflection. Teacher sits next to child pointing down at words on a sheet of paper. Text on image reads, "Discuss Rubric."

White background with text in the foreground that reads, “Global English, Lesson One.”

World map with a bright light glowing below the text. Text reads, “Global English, Lesson two.”

Pink and blue background with text in the foreground that reads, “Sentences Questions.”

World map with a bright light glowing below the text. Text reads, “Global English, Lesson Five.”

World map with a bright light glowing below the text. Text reads, “Global English, Lesson Six.”

Text on image reads, "Noun. A word that names a person, animal, place, thing or idea."

Tower of giraffes walk across a grassy plain towards camera. Text below image reads, "giraffes" with the S in giraffes highlighted in green." Caption. The word giraffes is a plural noun.

Closeup of 2 girls laughing. Caption. It's anything that you can think about.

Seated Latino man and young girl gaze at a book as girl uses her index finger to follow words. Spanish caption. Araya. Así que cuando está ayudando a su hijo.

Illustration of a dinosaur with a red and white ridge on its head and yellow fur on its back reclining on pillows and holding up an open book.

Still image from: How Do Dinosaurs Learn to Read? (About Reading)

Light green background with a graphic of a story map on the right and text on the left that reads, "How to create a story map. Teaching without frills."

Color illustration. Girl sits on her knees looking up at a man with large, elephant-like ears. He reaches towards shelves with small jars and bottles. Caption. Female reader as narrator. Everyone is whizzpopping.

Still image from: If You LAUGH, I'm Starting This Book OVER!

Girl in floppy hat stands in the rain holding a lantern. She turns her head slightly to look at another child whose back faces camera. Caption. It sounds like you've been on this bridge before.

Cartoon of a play room. Robo, J, 5, a pink robot hover next to a machine labeled, "Word Machine." Robot faces towards Blazin' Bill and Jake the Fire Engine parked nearby, appearing to watch the Word Machine. Caption. Today we will learn animal words.

Computer image of 6 braille dot rows on a page. Text on image, reads. And, The, between row 3 and 4. Caption. Cell 1. Dot 6, the capital sign.

Title card in blue box on white background reads, "Brain and same both have long 'A'!"

Still image from: Let's Learn: Cake Has a Silent “e”!

Title card in blue box on white background reads, "Can you find the apostrophe in 'let's'?"

Title card in blue box on white background reads, "Can you find the long 'A' in play?"

Title card in blue box on white background reads, "Can you find the long 'E' here?"

Title card in blue box on white background reads, "Can you hear the 'A, R' in car?"

Title card in blue box on white background reads, "Can you hear the 'O, R' in forest?"

Title card in blue box on white background reads, "Can you hear the long 'A' in plane?"

Title card in blue box on white background reads, "Can you hear the long 'I' in find?"

Title card in blue box on white background reads, "Can you hear the long 'I' in night?"

Title card in blue box on white background reads, "Can you hear the long 'I' in try?"

Title card in blue box on white background reads, "Can you hear the short 'E' in head?"

Title card in blue box on white background reads, "Can you hear the soft 'C' in celebrate?"

Still image from: Let's Learn: Do You Hear Long Vowels in Hero?

Still image from: Let's Learn: Do You Hear the “ch” in Choo Choo?

Still image from: Let's Learn: Do You Hear the “wh” in Whisper?

Still image from: Let's Learn: Do You Hear the Long “a” in Play?

Still image from: Let's Learn: Do You Hear the Long “e” in Sweet?

Still image from: Let's Learn: Do You Hear the Long “i” in “Flight”?

Still image from: Let's Learn: Do You Hear the Long “o” in “Grow”?

Still image from: Let's Learn: Do You Hear the Long “u” in Blue?

Still image from: Let's Learn: Do You Hear the Short “a” in Sat?

Still image from: Let's Learn: Do You Hear the Short “e” in Get?

Still image from: Let's Learn: Do You Hear the Short “i” in Pick?

Still image from: Let's Learn: Do You Hear the Short “o” in Frog?

Still image from: Let's Learn: Do You Hear the Short “u” in Summer?

Title card in blue box on white background reads, "F, L and Y make fly!"

Title card in blue box on white background reads, "Heat rhymes with repeat!"

Still image from: Let's Learn: Hope Has a Silent “e”!

Title card in blue box on white background reads, "How Many Syllables Are in Wonder?"

Title card in blue box on white background reads, "Let's clap and count!"

Still image from: Let's Learn: Let’s Have a Letter “e” Party!

Title card in blue box on white background reads, "Speak and green both have long 'E'!"

Still image from: Let's Learn: There’s a Long “u” in Flute!

Still image from: Let's Learn: There’s a Silent “e” in Kite!

Title card in blue box on white background reads, "What sound does 'U, R' make in measure?"

Still image from: Let's Learn: What Sound Does “pl” Make in Plunk?

Title card in blue box on white background reads, "What sounds do you hear in partner?"

Title card in blue box on white background reads, "What's the sound of 'A, R' in sparkle?"

Title card in blue box on white background reads, "What's the sound of 'I, N, G' in playing?"

Title card in blue box on white background reads, "What's the sound of 'N, K' in think?"

Title card in blue box on white background reads, "Which is heavier, 1 apple or 2 apples?"

Cartoon of a green alien with a large, round head, a yellow collar, and 2 black antenna smiling and looking at a purple cat. Caption. Using synonyms can make us better writers and speakers.

Color illustration of children reading books on top of and around a stack of giant books. Title card reads, "Early readers. 12 to 24 months."

Closeup of hair on the back of a person's head. Another person sits in an armchair in the background, looking toward camera.

Smiling woman stands in front of a fireplace. Her family is seated in front of her and looks up at her in a room with Christmas decorations.

Worm's eye view of a toddler in a onesie playing with trucks in the grass.

Woman and 2 boys lean over and look at a notebook as the woman writes in it.

Closeup of the midsection of a woman in a floral blouse. She sits at a desk and holds up a card with a photo of a mouth forming the "T, H" sound.

Closeup of a baby sitting on a woman's lap. Woman looks down and holds an open book in front of them.

2 girls hold hands and face one another in a classroom setting.

Color illustration of children reading books on top of and around a stack of giant books. Title card reads, "Early readers. Print awareness."

Cartoon of late-eighteen-hundreds man in a fists up boxing position. 2 arrows point at him read, "Conflict." A human hand writes a "C" in a third arrow. Title card reads, "Conflict in literature is any struggle between opposing forces, usually the main character against something else."

2 illustrations. Stick figure on an island with a palm tree. Next to this, hand draws a stick figure and buildings. Title card reads, "Location. The location of a story can determine parameters for a character's life and helps create mood and atmosphere."

Hand holds a pen in the middle of writing out a title card, which reads, "Theme is the main or underlying meaning of a literary work. It's the message the reader takes away from the. Hand begins to write the word start.

Slide shows marbled purple, magenta, and baby blue text that reads, "Main Idea."

Slide shows iridescent green and purple text outlined in yellow that reads, "Making Inferences." Blurry reflection of the word inferences appears below.

Small hand rests next to a yellow spiral-bound book titled, "The Alphabet Book." Blue background is scattered with gold star stickers. Caption. Child as narrator. The Alphabet Book.

2 twin blonde girls look down at their textbooks in front of them in a classroom setting. Caption. Narrator. A child's memory plays an increasing role in decoding.

Waves breaking on shoreline. Caption. The beginning establishes the context of the story.

White text on screen that reads, "The teepee, or tent, is very tall," is above a drawing of a yellow teepee next to a gray wigwam next to 3 figures labeled, "tribe." Caption. Don't know the meaning of the word 'teepee'?

Black and white photo of a manual typewriter with sheet of paper in roller that reads, Once upon a time.

On the side of a cartoon train car, a picture of a rainbow arch forming between two clouds, beginning with only the top red arch. Text reads, "red."

Young woman holds a red book in her lap, looking off with a pleasant expression. Behind her, an illustrated backdrop of a sofa chair that's made to look like she's sitting in it. Caption quote. To keep them away from the flame in the early stages.

Book cover shows watercolor illustrations of a sitting greyhound dog and a groundhog. Text reads, "A Greyhound, a Groundhog. Written by Emily Jenkins, Illustrated by Chris Appelhans."

Book cover shows an illustration of a shy, smiling cello who stands in a spotlight, wearing a backpack and holding a lunchbox. Text reads, "Bello the Cello. Written by Dennis Mathew, illustrated by Samantha Kickingbird and Justin Stier."

Person holds up a book called "Bubblegum Princess," with an illustration of a brown-haired girl dressed in pink and red and a yellow crown in the foreground.

Book cover shows an illustration of seven chicks stacked in a pyramid formation, each with their own distinct style, dressed as an athlete, an artist, a punk rocker, and more. Text reads, "Chicks Rule! Story by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen, pictures by Renee Kurilla."

Book cover shows an illustration of a multigenerational family sitting together at a table, where an older woman sits at the head. Everyone has their eyes closed and hands together in prayer, but two young kids are peeking out. Text reads, "Don't Let Auntie Mabel Bless the Table. Vanessa Brantley Newton."

Person holds up a book called "Freddy the Frogcaster and the Huge Hurricane." The cover shows a green frog looking out at us and waving, standing in front of a map showing an enormous yellow and orange hurricane spiral.

Book cover shows an illustration of a little girl who smiles and waves as she carries a large, colorful, patchwork purse with ribbons of red, yellow, pink, and blue unfurling around it. Text reads, "Grandma's Purse. Vanessa Brantley Newton."

Author Susan Verde looks at us attentively as she holds up her book titled "I Am Peace, a Book of Mindfulness."

Author Kate Hosford holds open her book, "Mama's Belly," to a page showing a young girl running down a grassy hill with a bouquet of flowers, as her mother waits for her at the bottom.

Book cover shows an illustration of a gray dog swimming underwater, in front of a school of yellow fish, among other creatures, seemingly reaching for a rubber duck.

Book cover shows an illustration of a little girl holding a pink parasol, dressed in a pink cloak and a fluffy skirt, with a little lamb accessory at her waist, who looks excitedly toward us as she stands outside of a shop. Text reads, "Mary Had a Little Glam. By Tammi Sauer, illustrated by Vanessa Brantley-Newton."

Author Aram Kim holds up her book titled "No Kimchi for Me!" whose cover illustration depicts three cats standing behind a tabletop that holds dishes and chopsticks.

Book cover shows an illustrated tabletop with a huge bowl of mac and cheese, a dish of green peas, and a carton of milk. In the background, we see three birds peeking from behind a wall, where a bulletin board has the book's title: "No Peacocks!" Written by Robin Newman and illustrated by Chris Ewald.

Book cover shows an illustrated little red dinosaur standing on grass with arms crossed, looking bothered, and saying "No" as four other dinosaurs circled around and look at him with concern and care. Text reads, "Noah Noasaurus. By Elaine Kiely Kearns, illustrated by Colin Jack."

Mac Barnett holds up his book "Paolo, Emperor of Rome." The cover illustration by Claire Keane shows a small brown dachshund looking noble as he stands on all four legs with his snout pointed up, in the foreground of an old city.

Person holds up a book titled "Peg and Cat, the Penguin Problem," by Jennifer Oxley and Billy Aronson. The cover illustration shows four penguins skiing down a snowy mountain, while Peg and Cat follow behind with a flag and a megaphone.

Book cover shows an illustrated small red panda sitting on a rooftop talking with a giant panda, who appears to look and listen with care. Text reads, "Ping Meets Pang. A story of otherness, differences, and friendship. Written and illustrated by Mary Jane Begin."

Dressed in costumes, Zachariah OHora raises his hand, which resembles a fluffy white paw, as he sits behind a table near Anne Dyckman, who wears a red hat with fluffy white ears and paws as she holds their book titled "Read the Book, Lemmings!"

Author Matthew Van Fleet holds up his book titled "Tails," which is illustrated with a tiger pawing at another animal's tail. The letters of the title are each made up of different animal tails.

Book cover shows an Illustration of a man with an apronful and hands full holding crayons, with more crayons flying around him and the crowds of people gathered around him. Text reads, "The Crayon Man, the True Story of the Invention of Crayola Crayons. By Natascha Biebow, illustrated by Steven Salerno."

Person holds up a book titled "The Nutcracker in Harlem," whose cover illustration shows a girl wearing a pink dress, serenely holding a blue nutcracker, as she stands in front of a snowy cityscape, where people in white dresses and nutcracker costumes are dancing around.

Man holds up a book titled "The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs!" The cover design resembles the front page of a newspaper called the Daily Wolf, with the title as the headline, the byline "by A Wolf," and a column of the article's text next to an illustration of a suited-up wolf blowing hard. Text at the bottom, "As told to Jon Scieszka, illustrated by Lane Smith."

Author Gina Perry holds up her book titled "Too Much! Not Enough!" Cover illustration shows one blue character building a structure with colorful blocks, while a smaller orange character soars through the air while holding a purple airplane.

Book cover shows an illustration of a colorful, flowery, and sun-filled landscape with a horse following a goat, walking across a rural field. Text reads, "This way, Charlie. Inspired by a real animal friendship." By Caron Levis and Charles Santoso.

Book cover shows a painting of Venus and Serena Williams as they gaze toward the middle at each other. Text reads, "Game Changers. The Story of Venus and Serena Williams. Written by Lesa Cline-Ransome. Illustrated by James E Ransome."

Person holds a book titled "Bear Snores On" by Karma Wilson and Jane Chapman. Cover illustration shows a big sleeping brown bear with a crow, a rabbit, and other animals gathered around him.

Author Robin Newman wears a black sweatshirt with a white spider web illustration on it, with orange text that says "Hildie." She holds up a book called "Hildie Bitterpickles Needs Her Sleep." The cover illustration features a small orange-haired witch reading a book by candlelight.

Slide shows orange text on a pale yellow background that reads, "Reading Comprehension."

Man holds a child on his lap as they read from a book in front of them. Spanish caption. Araya. Los niños disfrutan de compartir libros.

Book cover shows an illustration of a white and orange cat holding a teacup near a table with another teacup on it. A paper airplane swirls through the air. Text reads, "Tea with Oliver. By Mika Song."

Woman is signing in front of an image of a woman and 2 children holding up objects they're making out of clay. Text on image reads, "Today is Thursday. On Thursday I go to art class."

Closeup of a cartoon purple cat wearing a yellow hat and black over-the-head headphones. Black antennae from aliens are visible on either side of the cat. Caption. Which you can usually find by sounding the word out.

Cartoon of a woman facing camera speaking. She stands next to and points to text on a banner that reads, "Story elements for kids. What is a character? Teaching without frills." A golden retriever sits across from the woman by the banner.

Still image from: StoryMakers With Will Hillenbrand ("Mighty Reader" and "The Reading Riddle")

Still image from: Teen Kids News (Episode 2012)

Red locomotive sits in a grassy field next to a wooden rail fence.

Cartoon of a sandy beach in front of palm trees. A large purple clam shell on the beach is slightly open, and a bright green oval has green light shooting out of it. Caption with elongated word. Zap.

Color illustration. Vignettes of children doing various hobbies such as looking through a magnifying glass at an ant farm, examining bugs, and counting coins.

Cartoon of the side of Max the Train driving along the tracks, surrounded by bright purple and green pillars.

Slide shows a white rectangle between a green and gray background highlights text that reads, "Verbs for Kids."

Closeup of a video game. Text that says Prince of Sun has spoken appears on the screen. Caption. Have to choose between T,V and reading.

Sparks float above an open book on a black background. Text reads, "What is Context?"

Labeled pictures provide visuals for a sentence. Boxes with words appear below.

Cartoon of horse, bear, lion, giraffe, ram, monkey, and pig running. Caption. In a flash, every beast in the zoo was stampeding.

C, G, I cartoon of a hallway with red carpet. The right side is lined with bookshelves filled with colorful books, the left side has a fireplace with a fire, a few taxidermy animal heads above, and 2 suits of armor holding books on either side.