Teachers TV: Key Stage 1 Literacy - Laying the Foundations
A Foundation Stage coordinator uses techniques based on the work of psychologist Lev Vygotsky. Reception children try out a symbolic technique called Story Grammar. Galina Dolya comments. http://www.teachers.tv/video/219

Practice Letter Sounds with Reading Rods® & Reading Mentor®
Reading Mentor® from Learning Resources plays the letter sounds on color-coded Reading Rods® manipulatives. To learn more, visit: http://www.learningresources.com/product/teachers/shop+by+brand/reading+rods--174-/phonemic+awareness+-+phonics/lette

Teaching Media Literacy: Asking Questions
Media literacy teaches us to critically analyze media messages before accepting them. Although we have been a media-driven society for many decades, most people still don't possess the skills to be active consumers of media messages. This creates a

Flying Red Tail in Classroom
Eagle County Charter School in Edwards, Colorado, along with the Beaver Creek Resort Company hosts the Raptor Education Foundation's environmental literacy programs January 30, 2008. visit our web site at www.usaref.org, to see more of our programs.

My Pop Studio in the classroom
Watch My Pop Studio being used in Frankford Friends School. From the Media Education Lab at Temple University, whose mission is to improve media literacy education through scholarship and community service. Curriculum materials and research availa

Tony Shalhoub on using films in the classroom
Journeys in Film broadens global learning through the powerful combination of foreign-language films and interdisciplinary classroom materials designed to develop 21st century academic skills. The JiF program uses film as a "window" to help students

Adult Literacy Class
The ongoing civil unrest in Northern Uganda has disrupted lives for over 20 years, and has created a large population that is completely without schooling. Project Have Hope has started an adult literacy program to answer the need. So far, 32 women w

Teachers TV: Literacy - The Whole Story: KS1 Teachers
Teaching literacy is a challenge at Malorees Infant School, where 61% of children speak English as an additional language. The school places a big emphasis on speaking and listening skills. http://www.teachers.tv/video/3331

Teachers TV: Key Stage 2 Literacy - Boys Writing 1
At one school an emphasis on purpose and peer support boosts boys achievement in literacy. Having watched a video about fox hunting, Year 6 children prepare to write a balanced report on the subject. (This programme was produced prior to the fox hunt

Teacher Tips for Encouraging Student Reading and Literacy
Veteran teachers talk about what the research says on encouraging reading. We also provide a series of tips to help parents and teachers reinforce the importance and love for reading in and out of the classroom.