Series
eSpark
3 episodes
eSpark's instructional videos are short, single-skill reading lessons built around one Common Core standard at a time. A friendly animated teacher and a cast of young eSpark Readers walk a class through the skill right on screen: naming a book's author and illustrator, sorting what a photograph tells you from what the words tell you, and using a nonfiction book's pictures to find the key idea of a page. Each runs one to four minutes and reads real photo passages aloud as it goes, so the screen leads the practice instead of describing it. A plain, no-frills way to open or reinforce a foundational reading skill in kindergarten and first grade.
What eSpark covers
3 episodes in the library, tagged for Pre-K–1st. Heaviest coverage: Reading & Writing (ELA). Between them they line up with 3 distinct standards across 1 framework.
Episodes per grade
- Pre-K
- 1
- K
- 3
- 1st
- 2
Episodes per subject
- Reading & Writing (ELA)
- 3
Common Core — ELA 3
- RI.1.6Distinguish between information provided by pictures or other illustrations and information provided by the words in a text.
- RI.1.7Use the illustrations and details in a text to describe its key ideas.
- RI.K.6Name the author and illustrator of a text and define the role of each in presenting the ideas or information in a text.
Every episode is vetted and tagged before it goes in. Pick your state in the filters above to see your own state’s codes alongside these.
