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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.
Creative Reading & Writing With Roald Dahl
Episode 1
14 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 6
Woman in an office setting stands in front of camera, looking slightly down. Caption. And distributed them to blind people in the community.
Curiosity Quest
Season 6 / Ep 8
26 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Text on image reads, "Noun. A word that names a person, animal, place, thing or idea."
Grammar in Action
Episode 1
5 minutes 17 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 6
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.
Grammar in Action
Episode 2
7 minutes 34 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 6
Closeup of 2 girls laughing. Caption. It's anything that you can think about.
Grammar in Action
Episode 3
4 minutes 49 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 6
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.
7 minutes 7 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
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.
Creative Reading & Writing With Roald Dahl
Episode 2
14 minutes 10 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 6
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.
Toys
Episode 3
6 minutes 25 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 2
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.
Vocab Lab: Exploring Vocabulary with Xylo and Coz
Season 0 / Ep 2
11 minutes 16 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 6
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."
Literary Elements and Techniques
Episode 1
2 minutes 46 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
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."
Literary Elements and Techniques
Episode 2
2 minutes 38 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
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.
Literary Elements and Techniques
Episode 3
2 minutes 26 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
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'?
Vocab Lab: Exploring Vocabulary with Xylo and Coz
Season 0 / Ep 4
12 minutes 46 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 6
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.
Creative Reading & Writing With Roald Dahl
Episode 3
14 minutes 12 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 6
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.
Vocab Lab: Exploring Vocabulary with Xylo and Coz
Season 0 / Ep 5
14 minutes 59 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 6
Red locomotive sits in a grassy field next to a wooden rail fence.
Shawn and Team
Episode 6
1 hours 5 minutes 31 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 2
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.
Vocab Lab: Exploring Vocabulary with Xylo and Coz
Season 0 / Ep 3
17 minutes 26 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 6
ASL
Color illustration. Vignettes of children doing various hobbies such as looking through a magnifying glass at an ant farm, examining bugs, and counting coins.
9 minutes 4 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 5
Cartoon of the side of Max the Train driving along the tracks, surrounded by bright purple and green pillars.
Toys
Episode 5
21 minutes 23 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 2
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.
Vocab Lab: Exploring Vocabulary with Xylo and Coz
Season 0 / Ep 1
14 minutes 46 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 6