Series

Martha Speaks

18 episodes

Short PBS KIDS clips from the animated series about a dog who ate a bowl of alphabet soup and started talking instead of digesting it. Most run one to three minutes: Martha explains how she got her voice, Helen reads a favorite bedtime story aloud, a bath turns a soggy Martha into what everyone mistakes for a wild dog, and a cat claims her chair. Several of the stories turn on a misunderstanding that clears up once somebody looks closer, which is handy for first-impressions talk. At this length they slot in as a vocabulary warm-up, a read-aloud model, or an opener before writing.

what this series covers

What Martha Speaks covers

18 episodes in the library, tagged for K–3rd. Heaviest coverage: Reading & Writing (ELA), Social-Emotional Learning and For Fun. Between them they line up with 12 distinct standards across 2 frameworks.

Episodes per grade

K: 18
1st: 18
2nd: 18
3rd: 18

Episodes per subject

Reading & Writing (ELA): 16
Social-Emotional Learning: 5
For Fun: 2

Common Core — ELA 8

RL.2.3Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges.
RL.1.3Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details.
RL.1.1Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
RL.1.2Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson.
RL.2.2Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral.
L.1.4Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 1 reading and content.

+ 2 more

L.2.4Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 2 reading and content.
RL.2.1Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.

CASEL (Social-Emotional) 4

CASEL.SOA.1Take another person's perspective — describe a situation as they would see it.
CASEL.RS.2Build and keep positive relationships and friendships.
CASEL.SA.5Show self-confidence — believe you can do hard things and take on a challenge.
CASEL.SM.1Manage strong emotions and impulses instead of acting on them right away.

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