First popularized as a genre of literature in the 1920s, for decades science fiction was dominated by white male authors. That is until Octavia Butler, an African American woman, rewrote the script.

Theme, Setting & Plot explains how the structure of the text contributes to its theme, setting, or plot.

This video teaches what a homophone is, shares many examples, and gives kids a chance to try to name the correct homophone. Learning homophones helps build vocabulary which grows comprehension.

This video discusses the steps to sentence comprehension and keys to understand what we read. Kids should work to keep their brain in the book, reread aloud at confusing parts, ask questions, and predict.

Comprehension is complex for kids. This focuses on sentence comprehension with pronouns, punctuation, and multiple meaning words. Kids will learn how noticing these in sentences can grow their comprehension.

Comprehension is complex for kids. This focuses on sentence comprehension with the basic conjunctions and, but, and so. Kids will learn what they mean and practice using them in the correct sentence.

“I Recall: Part 3” discusses parts of a fable, reads “The Ant and the Grasshopper,” and answers questions about the fable.

“I Recall: Part 2” reviews characters, setting, and events and asks questions about these story elements after reading the story “The Clubhouse.”

“I Recall: Part 1” discusses characters, setting, and events and applies these story elements to answering questions about the fiction story “Learning to Fly.”

“What’s the Big Idea?” discusses the main idea and supporting details of a text.

Prefixes are letters or groups of letters at the beginning of words. It's important to know prefixes to be able to understand the meaning of words. Four of the most common prefixes are dis-, in-, re-, and un-. This video teaches about...

This video focuses on the two main genre of books: fiction and nonfiction. Kids learn aspects of each type of book and then practice naming whether a book is fiction or nonfiction. Kids also learn about realistic fiction.

This video teaches how to retell a story. It shares how to first tell the setting/characters, then the problem, and finally the solution. It teaches how using three finger retell (beginning, middle, and end) helps keep us on track....

This video teaches what a character is and how to identify outside and inside character traits. It teaches how the author shows who the character is based on what the character DOES and SAYS. Knowing the characters helps us understand...

This video teaches what the setting is and how to identify it from simple text to more complex text. It teaches how the authors sometimes tells us the setting and sometimes they show it, where we have to infer and use clues to figure out...

A video entitled “Poetry Interpretation,” which demonstrates the process of reading a poem to interpret its message.

This video is about “KWL Charts”and explores how to develop questions about a nonfiction text.

Learn how to determine the main idea of a text. Similar to summarising, this is an important reading strategy that helps readers comprehend texts

Effective readers use the characteristics of text to their advantage. Whether consciously or subconsciously, knowing how to use these cues to your advantage will help you to strategically read and engage with text at a more effective...

Recognizing text structure will help you be a better reader. Once you are familiar with the text's organizational pattern, you can make predictions as you read and form a mental map. In this lesson, we cover eight elements or structure...

In this video, viewers will learn about active listening skills and the importance of developing these skills skills, especially in today's fast-paced world of communication. The video also provides examples of active listening, such as...

This video explains the signs and symptoms of dyslexia, a learning disability that affects a person's oral and written language skills. It covers difficulties with speech, reading, numbers, following instructions, and writing. The video...

Donald J. Leu is the John and Maria Neag Endowed Chair in Literacy and Technology at the University of Connecticut. Dr. Leu directs the New Literacies Research Lab. He is an international authority on literacy education, especially the...

Can you hear the difference between "big" and "pig"? Learn how to pronounce these sounds in this video. The /p/ and /b/ sounds are similar and easy to confuse, especially for Arabic speakers. Watch Misha and Larissa explain the...