This collection contains video podcasts submitted by Alabama teachers for use in the English/Language Arts classroom.
Students complain that all teachers do is boss them around and tell them what to do, but many times, never tell them w.hy they must follow these rules. In this entertaining podcast, we turn the skill of cause and effect into a fun game show where students can see WHAT happens to students and WHY it happened. Students will get to see what happens to students when they don't follow the rules, all while learning and reviewing cause and effect.
This lesson explains the 5 parts of friendly letter. Students will be able to identify the five parts of a friendly letter which include: the heading, greeting, body, closing, signature. Students will also learn a hands-on way to remember the aspects of a friendly letter based on using different body parts.
Fourth grade students explain how to write a Haiku poem.
This podcast is to be used before the reading of The Diary of Anne Frank.
A young girl, Molly, is feeling very stressed by the demands placed upon her during language arts class. She just doesn't understand nouns. Then, her teacher leaves the room unexpectedly and the young girl discovers that she can learn with the help of her peers. In the end, young Molly finds out that learning is fun!