Making Mistakes When You Read
Kids LiteratureOllo notices how sentences sound to see if the words make sense. If they don't make sense, he reads the sentence again until he gets the words correct.
Figurative Language: Hyperbole & Personification
Youth LiteratureStudents will learn what figurative language is and why writers use it in descriptive writing.
Making Predictions
Kids LiteratureOllo makes predictions about what will happen next in the story. Pictures and text in the story can help inform these educated guesses.
How Illustrations Show Mood
Kids LiteratureReya and Sandy look at the pictures in the book to understand the mood of the story.
Flamingo Flamenco!
Kids LiteratureA silly celebration of the traditional Spanish flamenco, Flamingo Flamenco lightly touches on themes of self-expression and diversity.
How Illustrations Show Plot
Kids LiteratureIn this video, Sandy and Peck study the pictures in a book to help understand the story better.
Different Points Of View
Kids LiteratureReya and Sandy explore how characters in a story can have different points of view.
Identifying The Tone Of A Character's Dialogue
Kids LiteratureReya describes how the story's character sounds by reading clues in their dialog.
Fiction Versus Non-Fiction
Kids LiteratureReya talks about the difference between fiction and non-fiction books.
Visualizing While You Read
Kids LiteratureIn this video, see how we use words in a story to create pictures in our minds.
How Characters Change In A Story
Kids LiteratureReya observes how main characters can change over the course of the story by noticing what they look like, see, and do over time.
Identifying The Setting Of A Story
Kids LiteratureIn this video, Sandy and Reya talk about the pictures and words that help identify the setting of a story.
Literary Genres: Nonfiction
Youth LiteratureLearn all about the word genre, and the many styles of nonfiction that you can read.
Summarizing A Story
Kids LiteratureIn this video, listen as Reya retells the story of the Three Little Pigs by describing what the main characters wanted, what the problem was, and how it was solved.
Literary Genres: Fiction Part 2
Youth LiteratureLearn about six more styles of literature that you can choose to read.
The tale of the Monkey King and the Buddha - Ji Hao
Adults LiteratureFollow Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, as he attempts to outwit the Buddha and escape from his clever traps and imprisonment.
Literary Genres: Fiction Part 1
Youth LiteratureLearn about the first six styles of literature that you can choose to read.