Series

GrammarSongs by Melissa

44 episodes

Melissa Boyd sets one grammar or reading term to music per video, four to eleven minutes each, and the catalog covers most of what a K-6 language block asks for: nouns of every kind, action and helping verbs, adjectives, adverbs, the FANBOYS conjunctions, correlative pairs, direct objects, complex sentences, comma rules, contractions, compound words, alliteration, antonyms. Comprehension terms such as context clues, cause and effect, compare and contrast, and fact versus opinion get the same treatment, as do the confusables like good versus well. One term, one song, no wandering. Built to drop into a language warm-up, a small-group rotation, or a center.

what this series covers

What GrammarSongs by Melissa covers

44 episodes in the library, tagged for K–6th. Heaviest coverage: Reading & Writing (ELA). Between them they line up with 30 distinct standards across 1 framework.

Episodes per grade

K: 1
1st: 11
2nd: 16
3rd: 25
4th: 27
5th: 23
6th: 5

Episodes per subject

Reading & Writing (ELA): 44

Common Core — ELA 30

L.4.1Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
L.2.1Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
L.3.1Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
L.1.1Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
L.5.1Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
RL.5.4Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative language such as metaphors and similes.

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L.2.4Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 2 reading and content.
RL.4.4Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including those that allude to significant characters found in mythology.
L.4.4Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 4 reading and content.
L.5.4Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 5 reading and content.
RI.3.2Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea.
RL.6.4Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings.
L.1.4Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 1 reading and content.
L.3.4Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 3 reading and content.
RF.1.2Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes).
RF.K.2Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes).
RI.2.2Identify the main topic of a multiparagraph text as well as the focus of specific paragraphs within the text.
RI.3.1Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
RI.3.3Describe the relationship between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text.
RI.4.1Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
RI.4.2Determine the main idea of a text and explain how it is supported by key details; summarize the text.
RI.4.3Explain events, procedures, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text, including what happened and why.
RI.5.1Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
RL.3.1Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
RL.3.4Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, distinguishing literal from nonliteral language.
RL.3.9Compare and contrast the themes, settings, and plots of stories written by the same author about the same or similar characters.
RL.4.9Compare and contrast the treatment of similar themes and topics and patterns of events in stories, myths, and traditional literature from different cultures.
W.3.3Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using descriptive details and clear event sequences.
W.4.3Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
W.5.3Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.