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ADJECTIVES - Lesson (A) Introduction to Adjectives (Grades 1-3)
In this video lesson, younger students are introduced to adjectives. Adjectives are words that describe nouns (a person, place, or thing). Adjectives can tell the number, color, shape, or anything that adds detail. Students will have the opportunity to find adjectives in sentences by using the worksheet.
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ADJECTIVES - Lesson (B) Common and Demonstrative Adjectives (Grades 4-6)
A common adjective tells what kind of, how many, which one, number, color, size, shape, or other detail words. The four demonstrative adjectives that answer which one are: this, that, these, and those. For example, in the sentence 'Those mean boys took our soccer ball', the words "those mean" are the demonstrative adjectives because they tell 'which' boys.
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ADJECTIVES - Lesson (C) Proper Adjectives (Grades 4-6)
Adjectives are words that describe nouns. Proper adjectives are made from proper nouns. Proper adjectives are always capitalized but the nouns they modify are not usually capitalized.
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ADJECTIVES - Lesson (D) Adjectives Preceded by the Word 'More' (Grades 4-6)
When we compare adjectives, we usually add the suffix 'er'. But, when an adjective has "two or more" syllables, it is preceded by the word MORE in order to compare. In this lesson, students will learn how to identify adjectives with more than two syllables in order to add the word 'more' when comparing.
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ADJECTIVES - Lesson (E) Comparative and Superlative Adjectives (Grades 7-8)
The comparative degree of adjectives compares TWO nouns by adding 'er' or 'more'. The superlative degree of adjectives compares MORE than two nouns by adding 'est' or 'most'. In this lesson, tudents will learn the difference between the two types ofadjectives.
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ADVERBS - Lesson (B) Manner, Place, and Time Adverbs (Grades 4-6)
In this video lesson, students will learn about three types of adverbs: Manner adverbs, Place adverbs, and Time adverbs. Manner adverbs tell how or in what manner an action is performed (e.g. carefully, quickly, slowly). Place adverbs tell where the action is performed (e.g. beside, down, anywhere). Time adverbs tell when or how often the action is performed (e.g. early, never, daily).
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ADVERBS - Lesson (A) Introduction to Adverbs (Grades 1-3)
In this video, younger students will be introduced to adverbs. Adverbs are words that tell more about verbs. They usually end with "ly". Some examples of adverbs are 'softly', 'quickly', and 'slowly'. Adverbs tell 'how', 'when', or 'where' something happens.
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ADVERBS - Lesson (C) Adverb Phrases (Grades 7-8)
An adverb phrase is a group of words that describe verbs or verb phrases. Adverb phrases always start with a preposition (e.g. in, with, to, under). Adverb phrases describe where, when, or how something happens (e.g. 'with a bang', 'in the morning'). In this lesson, students will learn how to identify adverb phrases by locating the preposition and adverb.
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AGREEMENT - Noun-Verb Agreement (Grades 2-3)
A singular noun uses a verb that has an 's' at the end. A plural noun uses a verb with no 's' at the end. In this video, students will learn noun-verb agreement.
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ANTONYMS - Introduction to Antonyms (Grades 1-3)
Antonyms are words that mean the opposite of each other. In this lesson, younger students will learn 'opposites'.
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APOSTROPHE - Introduction to the Apostrophe (Grades 4-6)
In this video, students will learn the three ways to use an apostrophe. First, an apostrophe is used to show ownership. This can be seen when the noun in the sentence belongs to everything to the LEFT of the apostrophe (e.g. the child's green car..'the child' is left of the apostrophe which indicates ownership). The second use for an apostrophe occurs when the noun is plural and ends in 's'. We simply add the apostrophe (e.g. elephants' trunks). Finally, if the word is a proper noun and ends in 's' we add an apostrophe and an 's' (e.g. Jess's bike).
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APPOSITIVES - Introduction to Appositives (Grades 4-6)
An appositive is a word or phrase that explains or gives information about another word. It is usually enclosed in a set of commas.
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ARTICLES - Lesson (A) Introduction to Articles (Grades 1-3)
In this lesson, students will be introduced to the articles 'a' and 'an'. They will learn that we use the article 'a' before a word that starts with a consonant sound and we use the article 'an' before a word that has a vowel sound.
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ARTICLES - Lesson (B) Articles: A, An, The (Grades 4-5)
In this video, students will learn that an article comes before a noun or adjective/noun combination. We use the article 'a' in front of words that start with a consonant sound. The article 'an' is used in front of words that start with a vowel sound. We use the article 'the' in front of words that are specific things.
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CAPITALS - Lesson (A) Capitals - First Words in a Sentence (Grades 1-3)
In this video students will learn to always use a capital letter to begin the first word in every sentence.
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CAPITALS - Lesson (B) Capitals - Days, Months, and Holidays (Grades 1-3)
In this lesson, students will learn how to capitalize days of the week, months of the year, and holidays.
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CAPITALS - Lesson (C) Countries and Nationalities (Grades 4-6)
In this video lesson, students will learn how to use capital letters when writing about countries and nationalities. Students will learn to capitalize the names of countries, the names of words made from the name of a country, and the names of nationalities.
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CAPITALS - Lesson (D) Capitals in Quotations (Grades 4-6)
This lesson clearly shows students when to use a capital letter when writing quotation marks. Students will learn to capitalize the first word of a quoted sentence. This video stresses that we do not capitalize the first word within quotation marks if it does not begin a complete sentence (i.e. the continuation of speech).
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CAPITALS - Lesson (E) Capitals and Directions (Grades 4-6)
In this lesson, students will learn to capitalize the points of a compass only when referring to a specific place or region (i.e. when it is a proper noun). Students will also learn not to capitalize the directions when the compass points refer to direction.
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CAPITALS - Lesson (F) Capitalizing Languages and Religions (Grades 4-6)
In this video, students will learn to capitalize languages, religions, and religious terms.
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CAPITALS - Lesson (G) Capitalizing Geographical Names (Grades 4-6)
In this lesson, students will learn to capitalize geographical names such as cities, states, and continents. Students will learn that we do not capitalize words such as: the, and, and of.
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CAPITALS - Lesson (H) Capitalizing Organizations and Institutions (Grades 4-6)
Students will learn to capitalize the names of organizations, institutions, and businesses. Students are reminded that the words "the", "for", and "and" are not capitalized when they are part of an organizatin, business, or institution's name.
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CAPITALS - Lesson (I) Capitalizing Special Cases (Grades 4-6)
In this lesson, students will learn to capitalize the names of holidays, special events, highways, historical events, and bridges. Students will learn that they only capitalize the name of a bridge, or highway (etc) and not just the word bridge or highway (etc) in a sentence.
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CAPITALS - Lesson (J) Advanced Capitalization (Grades 7-8)
In this video, students will learn 5 rules for capitalization. The first rule states that we do not begin a common noun with a capital letter even if it refers to a proper noun. The second rule indicates that titles and ranks with names begin with a capital. The third rule states that ranks or titles that stand alone do not begin with a capital. The fourth rule indicates that family relationships, when used as names, may be capitalized. Conversely, rule five states that family relationships, when not used as names, are not capitalized. It is recommended that students watch this video several times before completing the worksheet.
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COMMAS - Lesson (A) Introduction to Commas (Grades 1-3)
A comma is a type of punctuation mark used to separate a group of three or more words in a list or series of objects. In this lesson, students are given sentences with three words or ideas. Students will learn how to separate three or more words or ideas by using commas.
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COMMAS - Lesson (B) Commas in Dates (Grades 4-6)
Commas are used to separate the day of the week, the month and date, and the year. Students will learn how to place commas in the correct locations when writing dates. In this video, students will learn that the month and date are never separated by commas. For example, in "Monday, November 14", the month and date are together and are separated by the day.
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COMMAS - Lesson (C) Commas and Adjectives (Grades 4-6)
In this lesson, students will learn that a comma is used to separate two or more coordinate, or equal, adjectives. Students will be able to separate adjectives using commas.
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COMMAS - Lesson (D) Commas and Transitional Phrases (Grades 4-6)
Sentences sometimes start with an introduction that acts like a bridge between the last sentence and the new sentence. The introduction makes the transition between the two sentences more fluid. This is known as a transitional phrase. It always appers at the start of a sentence and is followed by a comma.
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COMMAS - Lesson (E) Commas and Places (Grades 4-6)
In this lesson, students will learn to separate the names of a city and state and a city and province with a comma.
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COMMAS - Lesson (F) Commas and Introductory Words (Grades 7-8)
In this lesson, students will learn that commas are used after an introductory word or phrase at the beginning of a sentence to separate it from the main part of the sentence. Commas are also used to enclose a word or phrase that follows a noun and is used to describe it.
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COMPOUND WORDS - Introduction to Compound Words (Grades 1-3)
Sometimes two words can be put together to make a new word with its own meaning. This new word is called a 'compound word'. In this lesson, students will learn some common compound words. Students are encouraged to look for compound words when reading in order to gain a better understanding of text.
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CONJUNCTIONS - Lesson (A) Introduction to Conjunctions (Grades 1-3)
Sentences can be combined when their ideas are the same. Sentences can be joined with conjunctions. This lesson introduces young students to the conjunctions 'and' and 'but'. Students will learn to combine two sentences with the same idea by using the conjunction 'and'. Students will also learn to combine two sentences with opposing ideas with the conjunction 'but not'.
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CONJUNCTIONS - Lesson (B) Coordinating Conjunctions - Subjects (Grades 4-6)
Sentences can be comined when their ideas are the same. Sentences can be joined with coordinating conjunctions such as 'and' and 'but'. In this lesson, students will learn that subjects can be combined to create a compound subject.
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CONJUNCTIONS - Lesson (C) Coordinating Conjunctions - Predicates (Grades 4-6)
Sentences can be comined when their ideas are the same. Sentences can be joined with coordinating conjunctions such as 'and' and 'but'. In this lesson, students will learn that verbs can be combined to create a compound predicate.
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CONJUNCTIONS - Lesson (D) Correlative Conjunctions (Grades 4-6)
Correlative conjunctions come in pairs. These pairs of words are split by other words (e.g. "I will either eat chocolate or vanilla"...the correlative conjunctions are 'either' and 'or'). In this video, students will learn the 6 correlative conjunctions and be able to identify them in sentences.
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CONJUNCTIONS - Lesson (E) Subordinating Conjunctions (Grades 7-8)
Subordinating conjunctions connect things that are not equal. One part of a sentence is not equal to antother part if it depends on the other par for its meaning. In this lesson, students will learn to find independent clauses (parts of sentences that can be independent sentences) and subordinate clauses (parts of a sentence that cannot be an independent sentence)and locate the subordinating conjunction that join the two.
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CONTRACTIONS - Lesson (A) Introduction to Contractions (Grades 1-3)
A contraction is two words that are put together to make one word. Some letters are dropped from the second word when words are joined. The dropped letters are replaced by an apostrophe. For example, did + not = didn't.
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CONTRACTIONS - Lesson (B) Contractions and Pronouns (Grades 4-6)
A contraction is two words that are put together to form one word. An apostrophe replaces the missing letters. Some contractions are formed using pronouns. For example, we can add 'd when adding the words 'would' or 'had'. The pronoun we + would = we'd.
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DASHES - Using Dashes (Grades 7-8)
In this lesson, students will learn how to use dashes in their writing. Dashes are used to start off ideas that are separate from the main sentence. They are also similar to commas and are used to emphasize a description or thought. Finally, dashes can introduce a word or group of words with more force.
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GOOD and WELL - Good adjectives and Well Adverbs (Grades 4-6)
Adjectives describe nouns and pronouns. Adverbs describe verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs. In this video, students will learn to use the word "good" as an adjective (describing a noun) and the word "well" as an adverb (describing a verb or action word). The video emphasizes that we use the word 'good' when describing a 'thing' whereas we use the word 'well' to describe an action or state of being.
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HOMOPHONES - Lesson (A) Introduction to Homophones (Grades 1-3)
Homophones are words that sound alike but are spelled differently and have different meanings. For example, 'I' and 'eye' sound the same but they have different meanings and are spelled differently. In this video, students will learn some common homophones.
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HOMOPHONES - Lesson (B) Homophones (Grades 4-6)
Homophones are words that sound alike but are spelled differently and have different meanings. This video shows some examples of homophones. The worksheet gives students the opportunity to try to choose the correct homophone in a sentence. The second worksheet has a list of common homophones that students can use for reference.
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HOMOPHONES - Lesson (C) Homophones and Pronouns (Grades 4-6)
A pronoun is a word that takes place of a noun. Homophones are words that sound alike but are spelled differently and have different meanings. In this lesson, students will learn to differentiate between common pronouns that are homophones (e.g. their, there, they're).
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NOUNS - Lesson (A) Introduction to Nouns (Grades 1-3)
This lesson introduces students to nouns. Students will learn that a noun is a person, place, or thing. The video will show examples of different types of nouns so that young students get a visual representation of each. Students will use the worksheet to categorize nouns and find nouns in sentences.
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NOUNS - Lesson (B) Possessive Nouns (Grades 1-3)
A possessive noun shows that something belongs to someone. A noun usually becomes possessive by adding 's to it.
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NOUNS - Lesson (C) Common and Proper Nouns (Grades 4-6)
Proper nouns are names of specific people. places, and things. For example, a person's first and last name and titles such as Mr., Mrs., and Dr. All other nouns are common nouns. In this video, students will learn to determine whether or not a noun is common or proper. For example, the word 'man' is a common noun because it is not a specific name. A specific name such as 'Mr.Smith' is capitalized. Students will also learn how to find a proper noun that is written in a lower case letter and correct it.
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NOUNS - Lesson (D) Irregular Nouns (Grades 4-6)
In this video, students will be introuduced to some irregular nouns. An irregular noun does not have its plural form end with an 's'. For example, the word 'wolf' does not have an 's' at the end in its plural form, instead, it becomes 'wolves'. The accompanying worksheet has a list of some common irregular nouns that must be changed to regular nouns.
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NOUNS - Lesson (E) Types of Nouns (Grades 7-8)
In this video lesson, students will learn that there are 7 types of nouns (concrete,abstract,proper,common,singular,plural,and collective). Students will learn to differentiate between the various nouns. They will also learn that a noun can fall into more than one category of nouns.
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OBJECTS - Lesson (A) Direct Object (Grades 4-6)
A direct object is the noun or pronoun that receives the action of the verb. To find the direct object, find a noun after a verb that answers 'whom' or 'what'.
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OBJECTS - Lesson (B) Indirect Objects (Grades 4-6)
An indirect object is the noun or pronoun that answers 'to whom', 'to what', 'for whom', or 'for what'. Students will learn how to locate the indirect object of a sentence by first finding the verb and then asking 'to whom', 'to what', etc.
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PARENTHESES - Using Parentheses (Grades 7-8)
In this lesson, students will learn three ways to use parentheses. Parentheses are used to enclose ideas that are of 'minor importance'. they go around abbreviations that come after the full name of an organization, and parentheses are used to enclose numbers or letters in a list.
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PAST TENSE - Lesson (A) Introduction to Past Tense Verbs (Grades 2-3)
When an action is happening now, we use a present tense verb like 'talk'. When an action happened before, we use a past tense verb. One way to make a verb past tense is to add an 'ed' to the end. So, the present tense verb 'talk' becomes past tense 'talked'.
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PAST TENSE - Lesson (B) Past Tense (Grades 4-6)
We usually add an 'ed' to a verb to indicate past tense. If a verb ends with a consonant and a 'y', we change the 'y' to an 'i' and add 'ed'. If a verb ends with a short vowel and one consonant, we double the consonant and add 'ed' to the end. In this video, students will learn the 3 rules for past tense verbs.
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PREFIXES - Lesson (A) Introduction to Prefixes (Grades 1-3)
This video teaches young students that a prefix is a group of letters that are added to the beginning of a word. The video also emphasizes that a prefix changes the meaning of a word. Students will watch several examples of how prefixes are added to words and how they can change meaning. The second part of the lesson gives students the opportunity to add prefixes to words.
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PREFIXES - Lesson (B) Prefixes (Grades 4-6)
A prefix is a group of letters added to the beginning of a word. Prefixes add meaning or change the word meaning. The prefix is added to the 'root' or 'base' word. In this video, students will learn that by adding a prefix to a word, the meaning of the word changes.
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PREPOSITIONS - Lesson (A) Single Prepositions (Grades 4-6)
A single preposition is a word that shows a relationship between two words in a sentence. It shows a relationship between noun and pronoun. It states where something is, where something is going, or when something happens. Some single prepositons are: about, above, as, at, before, below, between, but, during, for, from, near, off, past, through, to, up, and with.
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PREPOSITIONS - Lesson (B) Compound Prepositions (Grades 4-6)
A single preposition is a word that shows a relationship between two words in a sentence. Compound prepositions are multiple prepositions used together.
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PREPOSITIONS - Lesson (C) Prepositional Phrases (Grades 7-8)
A single preposition is a word that shows a relationship between two words in a sentence. Compound prepositions are multiple prepositions used together. A prepositional phrase begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun. The noun or pronoun in the prepositional phrase is called the object of the preposition. A preposition always has an object. A sentence can have more than one prepositional phrase.
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PRONOUNS - Lesson (A) Subject Pronouns (Grades 1-3)
Pronouns are words that take place of nouns. A subject pronoun is a word that takes place of people or a single 'thing' noun.
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PRONOUNS - Lesson (B) Object Pronouns (Grades 1-3)
Pronouns are words that take the place of nouns. Object pronouns come after a verb. Some object pronouns are: me,you,him,her,us,them, and it.
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PRONOUNS - Lesson (C) Order with 'I' or 'Me' (Grades 4-6)
When writing about yourself and other people, put yourself last in order. For example, you must write "John and I went to the store," because John is first and I is second.
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PRONOUNS - Lesson (D) Indefinite Pronouns (Grades 4-6)
Pronouns take the place of nouns. Indefinite pronouns refer to nouns in a general and non-specific way. Some indefinite pronouns are: all,another,boht,each,every,several and some.
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SIMPLE PREDICATE - Simple Predicates (Grades 4-6)
The simple predicate is the verb that tells what someone or something is doing. For example, in the sentence 'Dave ran to the store', we have to first find the 'someone'. The 'someone' is Dave. Then we ask ourselves, what did Dave do? He ran. So 'ran' is the simple predicate.
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SIMPLE SUBJECT - Simple Subjects (Grades 4-6)
The simple subject of a sentence is the noun that the sentence is about. For example, in the sentence 'My toy is new,' we have to determine what the sentence is about. The sentence is about the 'toy' which is the simple subject.
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SUFFIXES - Lesson (A) Introduction to Suffixes (Grades 1-3)
A suffix is a group of letters added to the end of a word. The word the suffix is added to is called the 'root' or 'base' word. The emphasis of this lesson is the concept that a suffix changes the meaning of the root word. In this video, students will learn how to add a suffix to a word and how the word's meaning changes with the suffix.
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SUFFIXES - Lesson (B) Suffixes Beginning with Consonants (Grades 4-6)
A suffix is a group of letters added to the end of a word. It adds meaning or changes a word's meaning. The word the suffix is added to is called the 'root', or 'base' word. In this lesson, students will learn about suffixes that begin with consonants. When a suffix that begins with a consonant is added to a word, the root word does not usually change.
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SUFFIXES - Lesson (C) Suffixes Beginning with Vowels (Grades 4-6)
A suffix is a group of letters added to the end of a word. It adds meaning or changes a word's meaning. The word the suffix is added to is called the 'root', or 'base' word. In this lesson, students will learn about suffixes that begin with vowels and how they are added to root words. Students will learn four different rules for adding these types of suffixes to words.
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SUFFIXES - Lesson (D) Suffixes -able and -ible (Grades 7-8)
In this lesson, students will learn that the suffix -able is added to base words (most of the time the entire base word remains). The suffix -ible is usually added to word roots (that is, -ible is added to 'non' words).
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SUFFIXES - Lesson (E) Suffixes -ant, -ent, -ance, -ence (Grades 7-8)
The suffixes -ant and -ent mean 'one who'. They are used as adjectives. The suffixes -ance and -ence mean 'state or quality of' and they are used as nouns. In this lesson, students will learn how to change the meanings of root words by adding these different suffixes.
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SYNONYMS - Introduction to Synonyms (Grades 1-3)
Synonyms are words that mean the same thing. For example, happy, glad, and jolly, mean the same thing. This lesson is an introductory lesson for primary students.
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VERBS - Lesson (A) Introduction to Verbs (Grades 1-3)
In this video, students will learn that a verb is a word that shows what someone or something is doing. Verbs are ACTION words that usually end in an 'ing'. Some examples of verbs are 'running', 'hopping', and 'playing'.
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VERBS - Lesson (B) Primary Irregular Verbs (Grades 1-3)
One way to write in past tense is to add an 'ed' to the end of a verb. Some verbs become past tense by making other changes instead of adding an 'ed'. In this video lesson, students will learn some common irregular past tense verbs.
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VERBS - Lesson (C) Helping Verbs (Grades 4-6)
Helping verbs are verbs that help main verbs express tense. There are 23 helping verbs that belong to the following main verbs: to be, to do, to have, may, can, and would. In this video, students will learn how to find helping verbs in a sentence. More importantly, students will learn that helping verbs express tense. For example, 'He is laughing' contains the helping verb 'is'. The 'is' shows us that the action is taking place in present tense. If we change 'He is laughing' to 'He was laughing', the tense changes. The new helping verb 'was' changes the tense of the main verb, laughing.
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VERBS - Lesson (D) Irregular Verbs (Grades 4-6)
It is common for most past tense verbs to end in the letters 'ed'. There are no rules when conjugating an irregular verb to past tense. In this video, students will learn some common irregular verbs. The worksheet contains a list of some common irregular verbs. It is recommended that students look over the worksheet periodically in order to learn how to conjugate irregular verbs.
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VERBS - Lesson (E) Linking Verbs (Grades 7-8)
A linking verb is a verb that DOES NOT SHOW ACTION. It links or joins something in the predicate to the rest of the sentence. It doesn't have an action verb after it. Linking verbs are found as forms of the verb 'to be' (i.e. am, are, were...). There are other linking verbs as well, such as 'to appear', 'to feel', 'to seem', and more. Students will learn to locate a linking verb in a sentence by finding the predicate (the first idea in the sentence) and the rest of the sentence.
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VERBS - Lesson (F) Perfect Tenses (Grades 4-6)
In this video, students will learn the three perfect verb tenses. These tenses have helping verbs (see video on helping verbs) such as, 'had', 'has', and 'will have'.
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