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Black Authors: Youth Biographies (SCPL-YS)
Black History Month - ROD Children's
Black History Month for Kids
Black History Month - ROD Children's
Black History Month for Kids
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Traces legal clerk Arturo Schomburg's efforts to curate a collection of African books, letters, music, and art.
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This course will boost your vocabulary, whether you want to enhance your personal lexicon, write or speak more articulately in professional settings, or advance your knowledge of the English language. For anyone who has ever grasped for the perfect word at a particular moment, this course provides a research-based and enjoyable method for improving your vocabulary.
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Great writing begins--and ends--with the sentence. Whether two words ("Jesus wept.") or 1,287 words (a sentence in William Faulkner's Absalom! Absalom!), sentences have the power to captivate, entertain, motivate, educate, and, most importantly, delight. Understanding the variety of ways to construct sentences, from the smallest clause to the longest sentence, is important to enhancing your appreciation of great writing and potentially improving your...
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This program meets Common Core kindergarten standards, as it introduces young children to the basic concepts of print. It teaches new readers directionality, the way to read words from left to right, top to bottom, and page by page through any given book. It further fosters phonological awareness, understanding that the spoken words are represented in written language by specific sequences of letters.
12) First words
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"This bright, bold, animated DVD provides little ones with a fun new way to build their vocabulary. Each scene introduces a new word such as ball, car and hat set to playful music you and your child will love. A deliberately gentle pace, engaging imagery, and soothing music make So Smart! a winner for both children and parents."--Publisher's website.
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Descriptive words & phrases: Explore the world of adjectives and adverbs. Learn how to enhance sentences by using prepositions and prepositional phrases. Discover rules for identifying and using these descriptive tools, as well as some very helpful exceptions to the rules.
Nouns: Discover that nouns can be common or proper, singular or plural. Join the Wordswork staff on their hunt for knowledge about nouns as they uncover the truth about creating...
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Viewers will learn the letters N-Z and g et a memorable spelling lesson from "The Spelling Dragon." This volume also includes videos that identify verbs and nouns, and the elements that make a memorable story. The timeless folktale, "John Henry" is memorably brought to the screen.
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The program meets Common Core third grade language standards, as it introduces, defines and explores present, past, and future verb tenses. What are the rules associated with each? How and when do we use them in sentences? Examples are given for all tenses. Detailed graphics, diagrams, and exciting video, as well as on-screen, multiple-choice reviews at the end of each segment, reinforce important concepts and make learning fun.
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Viewers will learn how to master the essential rules of English grammar, usage, and mechanics, plus the fundamental principles that will make them a better reader and writer. Also covered is a large variety of practice examples and foolproof techniques for tackling even the most challenging reading passages, editing exercises, and essay prompts.
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This unique, easy and fun video teaches basic introductory Spanish words and phrases. By introducing words children already know - your children will start picking Spanish up today and will be able to use it everyday in their normal routine! We combine real kids, puppets, lively music and fun graphics and relate all our series to the home and daily routine of children.
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