English

The Umbrella

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Carlos walks into the cloud forest with his green umbrella, where the only sound is the steady drip of drops falling from trees.

Author:

Jan Brett

Grade Level:

Primary

Elementary

Length:

08:00

Boxes for Katje

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After World War II, there is little left in Katje’s town of Olst in Holland.

Author:

Candace Fleming

Grade Level:

Elementary

Length:

00:19

Little Grunt and the Big Egg

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Little Grunt has been sent out by his mother to gather eggs for a special Sunday brunch. He returns home with the biggest egg the Grunt Tribe has ever seen.

Author:

Tomie dePaola

Grade Level:

Primary

Elementary

Length:

00:11

When young Edward first brought his tiny wild duck to the grand hotel where he worked with his Pa, his only thought was to keep it hidden. After all, he just needed a warm place for his little pet to stay during the day. Everyone helped keep his secret. One day, Mr. Schutt, the blustery hotel manager, discovered the duck swimming in the lobby fountain!

Grade Level:

Primary

Elementary

Length:

00:22

Problem Solving Part 2 (2004)

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--review of Part 1
--the discovering patterns strategy is used to solve a problem discovering patterns in number sequences.
--the making lists and charts strategy is used to solve a problem with disparate and incomplete information
--the drawing pictures and diagrams strategy is used to solve a problem about the number of poles needed to build a fence

Grade Level:

Middle

High

Length:

00:21

Problem Solving Part 1 (2004)

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--the five steps to problem solving: read and re-read the problem, identify important information, choose a strategy, solve, check the answer
--the six strategies to choose from: guessing and checking, using a simpler related problem, discovering patterns, drawing pictures and diagrams, making lists and charts, working backwards

Grade Level:

Middle

High

Length:

00:19

Statistics: Part 2 (2004)

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--calculating mean, median, and mode averages and how each describe data
--the range of data
--the distribution of data by quartiles
--calculating mean, median, and mode averages within quartiles
--interquartile ranges
--box and whisker plots

Grade Level:

Middle

High

Length:

00:15

Statistics: Part 1 (2004)

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--the many uses of statistics
--gathering and organizing data for interpretation
--how to prepare and interpret a picture graph or pictogram, a vertical and a -horizontal bar graph, a broken line graph, a circle graph or pie chart, a frequency table, a stem and leaf plot, a frequency histogram, and a frequency polygon

Grade Level:

Middle

High

Length:

00:13

Ratios (2004)

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--ratios and equivalent ratios
--ratios expressed in fractions or preferably in whole numbers
--ratios of quantities
--calculating and comparing ratios of quantities
--importance of the order of ratio numbers
--ratios in scaled drawings
--equivalence of inches, feet and miles to centimeters, meters and kilometers

Grade Level:

Middle

High

Length:

00:23

Trigonometry Part 2 (2004)

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--tangent, sine and cosine ratios
--using a trigonometric ratio to calculate the lengths of the other sides of a right triangle when an angle and one side length are known
--using a trigonometric ratio to calculate an angle of a right triangle when two side lengths are known
--using the mnemonic acronym SOHCAHTOA

Grade Level:

Middle

High

Length:

00:29

English

The Umbrella

Boxes for Katje

Little Grunt and the Big Egg

John Philip Duck (2001)

Problem Solving Part 2 (2004)

Problem Solving Part 1 (2004)

Statistics: Part 2 (2004)

Statistics: Part 1 (2004)

Ratios (2004)

Trigonometry Part 2 (2004)

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