![]() You can sign up for a free account to make twenty of your own videos, but you also get unlimited access to tons of videos made by other educators. You can also trim videos to remove content inappropriate or irrelevant to your students. ![]() EdpuzzleĮdpuzzle allows you to add strategic pauses in videos with built in question prompts. If you are worried about inappropriate advertisements popping up or the video ending and automatically playing something inappropriate next, paste the YouTube link into and it will generate a safe version of the video hosted off of YouTube, so you do not have to worry about students seeing advertisements or content that you have not approved. I want to familiarize you with three helpful resources to bring these videos to the next level. Often these videos are wordless or have minimal dialogue, which allows the students to make inferences, predictions, and use descriptive language.īefore we get to the list. Sweet Cocoon: Story Elements, Drawing ConclusionsĬhanging Batteries: Drawing Conclusions, Inferring (This one is sad too.I love to use short videos in speech therapy sessions to spark discussion and increase engagement. Jinxy Jenkins and Lucky Lou: Compare and Contrast Joy and Heron: Problem/Solution, Story Elements, Lesson/Message (Compare with "Dustin") Kiwi!: Drawing Conclusions (Warning- this one is sad.)ĭustin: Inferring, Conflict, Conflict Resolution (Compare with "Joy and Heron") Home Sweet Home: Asking Questions This short is a bit long (10 minutes). We continued to practice during guided reading, and spiraled back to theme as we read throughout the year.įor the Birds: Infer, Predictions or Cause and Effectĭay and Night: Compare/Contrast, Author's Message Discussions got pretty deep, which made my teacher heart happy ) To support my beginning ELLs, I printed pictures of the different scenes that symbolized love (couples- turtles, birds, whales, clouds).īy the end of the lesson my students had a good understanding of the skill, and they were ready to practice looking for a theme in their own reading. After the second viewing they shared many of the symbols of love, and they noticed that the song lyrics sang about having hope. This time I set the purpose to look for symbols of love, and evidence of hope. ![]() Then I asked, "What do you think the message or big idea was in this film?" They shared lots of thoughts, and I noted the common ideas the group came up, which were love and hope. After their first viewing, I asked them to share what they noticed about the film. ![]() The first time was simply to enjoy the story. For this lesson, my students watched the film twice. I then share common themes found in stories, such as, perseverance, family, friendship, hope, honesty, self determination, courage, etc. I describe theme as the heart of the story. One of my absolute favorite lessons to teach is "theme." Last year, my fifth graders were having trouble grasping the concept, so I searched for a good short film to visually "show" them theme, and I found the perfect one! Learning what the skill looks like visually, and practicing with a media kids are already familiar with, is an effective first step in students applying the skill to their reading. Just about ANY reading skill can be taught with shorts: making connections, asking questions, sequencing, predictions, drawing conclusions, plot, character development, theme, and this list goes on and on! Which reading skills can be taught using shorts? You don't want any unexpected surprises! Also, sometimes there is an advertisement to get through at the beginning, so I always set it up beforehand, that way it's all ready to go for the lesson. Be careful to always view films before showing them in class. My go to place to find great shorts is YouTube. My students, regardless of their level of language proficiency, "get" the lesson more easily because the shorts are visual. Most shorts do not have dialogue, they're all action. Show a short film and students are engaged! Visual learners and students who typically struggle with reading comprehension, including English language learners (ELLs), have greater success practicing comprehension skills with shorts.
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