Elementary

Wise Owl Says: When Telling Isn't Tattling (2006)

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This engaging video or DVD combines animation and live-action segments to help young viewers understand the difference between tattling (which aims to land someone else in trouble) and telling (which aims to help someone solve a problem).

Grade Level: 
Primary
Elementary
Length: 
00:12
Wise Owl Says: When Telling Isn't Tattling

Portion Distortion: Seeing the Healthy Way to Eat (2004)

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This program teaches students how to choose the rights food portions and to avoid "supersizing" at fast food restaurants. Using easy-to-understand analogies, children learn how to visualize proper portion size. For instance, a protein portion should be about the size as the palm of your hand.

Grade Level: 
Elementary
Middle
Length: 
00:20
Portion Distortion: Seeing the Healthy Way to Eat

I Can't Do My Homework, Why? (2004)

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Follow four students as they try to figure out why their homework is so difficult to manage. Each students faces a different problem: One is overwhelmed by too much homework, another has too many after-school activities to juggle, another is a procrastinator, while the fourth student is having emotional troubles that makes it hard for her to concentrate.

Grade Level: 
Elementary
Middle
Length: 
00:20
I Can't Do My Homework, Why?

Life (From the makers of Planet Earth) (2010)

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In Planet Earth, we brought you the world as you've never seen it before. Now, get closer with Life.

Grade Level: 
Primary
Elementary
Middle
High
Length: 
09:46
Life (From the makers of Planet Earth)

Charley Chapters in How to Behave in the Library (2007)

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Nathaniel has a tough assignment. He is supposed to write down all of the rules on how to behave in the library and why it is important to follow each rule. With the help of his good friend Emily, Charley Chapters and the library media specialist Ms. Bookley, Nathaniel tackles his assignment with enthusiasm.

Grade Level: 
Primary
Elementary
Length: 
00:11
Charley Chapters in How to Behave in the Library

The Weeping Werewolf

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Moongobble and Edward are off on another Mighty Task, even more dangerous than the first. Urk the toad, Fireball the dragon, and the Rusty Knight are coming along too, of course. This time their adventures will lead them right into the fearsome Forest of NIght. They're expecting danger. They're expecting adventure. What they aren't expecting is a discovery that will change Edward's life forever!

Mr. Ouchy's First Day

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In this book you will meet Mr. Ouchy, a teacher with a case of firstday jitters. Will his students like him? What if he can’t remember their names? What if he can’t even find the bathroom?

Author: 
B.G. Hennessy
Grade Level: 
Primary
Elementary
Length: 
00:12
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Now & Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin

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Now and then, we think about Ben. Dr. Benjamin Franklin, to be precise. We think about his many inventions and the impact they continue to have on our lives.

Author: 
Gene Barretta
Grade Level: 
Primary
Elementary
Length: 
00:13
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Miss Smith's Incredible Storybook

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Zack is sure second grade will be boring, but that is before he meets his most interesting new teacher.

Author: 
Michael Garland
Grade Level: 
Primary
Elementary
Length: 
00:08
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The Boy Who Was Raised By Librarians

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This is a story about Melvin, a boy who spent so much time in the library, that it was as if the librarians had raised him! Everything has its place in the library and Melvin likes it that way.

Author: 
Carla Morris
Grade Level: 
Primary
Elementary
Length: 
00:12
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