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Language Arts Skills Index

The Language Arts and the Math and Science Skills Indexes are designed to help you integrate the TV411 videos, web lessons, and print downloads into your classroom's curriculum. Use the dropdown menu below to browse the full catalog of our language arts materials by the skill or content area they address.

Skill/Content: Main Idea, Prediction, and Inference
Type Description Skill/Content
Video Video: Newspaper Reading

While at a diner, Question Man (Joey Kola) and another customer use various strategies to decipher a difficult newspaper article.

Main Idea, Prediction, and Inference
Video Video: Newspaper Stories

Dennis Franz gives a tip on reading a newspaper article.

Main Idea, Prediction, and Inference
Skill/Content: Map Reading
Type Description Skill/Content
Print Lesson A Global Society

Click on the title to download the worksheet.

Map Reading
Video Video: Atlas

Agent Know How uses the library's atlas to find the distance from New York, NY to El Paso, TX.

Map Reading
Video Video: Mapping the Road

A mechanic helps Question Man (Joey Kola) read a road map.

Map Reading
Video Video: Mapping the World

Three well-traveled Harlem Globetrotters demonstrate how to read a globe.

Map Reading
Skill/Content: News, Understanding the
Type Description Skill/Content
Lesson Parts of a Newspaper

Is reading the newspaper a heavy job? A few simple reading strategies can lighten the load.

News, Understanding the
Print Lesson How Do You Read Your News?

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News, Understanding the
Video Video: Newspaper Headlines

A newspaper vendor explains ambiguous headlines.

News, Understanding the
Video Video: Newspaper Reading

While at a diner, Question Man (Joey Kola) and another customer use various strategies to decipher a difficult newspaper article.

News, Understanding the

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