Series

Nessy

42 episodes

Nessy turns the trickiest parts of learning to read, spell, and write into short, singable strategies. This structured-literacy channel, built on the Orton-Gillingham approach and widely used in K-6 classrooms, tackles one rule at a time: phonics patterns such as magic e, ai and ay, and r-controlled vowels; spelling rules for doubling, plurals, and flossy words; and punctuation and parts of speech. Memorable characters and catchy songs make each rule stick, and many of the videos suit dyslexic learners especially well. A short set of number-sense math clips rounds out the collection. Teachers reach for these when one specific skill needs a clear, friendly explanation.

what this series covers

What Nessy covers

42 episodes in the library, tagged for K–5th. Heaviest coverage: Reading & Writing (ELA), Math and Social-Emotional Learning. Between them they line up with 26 distinct standards across 4 frameworks.

Episodes per grade

K: 4
1st: 15
2nd: 29
3rd: 25
4th: 7
5th: 2

Episodes per subject

Reading & Writing (ELA): 34
Math: 6
Social-Emotional Learning: 1
Technology: 1

Common Core — Math 9

K.CC.A.3Write numbers from 0 to 20. Represent a number of objects with a written numeral 0–20 (with 0 representing a count of no objects).
K.CC.B.4Understand the relationship between numbers and quantities; connect counting to cardinality.
2.NBT.A.2Count within 1000; skip-count by 5s, 10s, and 100s.
3.NBT.A.1Use place value understanding to round whole numbers to the nearest 10 or 100.
3.OA.A.1Interpret products of whole numbers, e.g., interpret 5 × 7 as the total number of objects in 5 groups of 7 objects each.
3.OA.B.5Apply properties of operations as strategies to multiply and divide (commutative, associative, and distributive properties).

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3.OA.C.7Fluently multiply and divide within 100. By the end of Grade 3, know from memory all products of two one-digit numbers.
K.CC.C.6Identify whether the number of objects in one group is greater than, less than, or equal to the number of objects in another group.
K.CC.C.7Compare two numbers between 1 and 10 presented as written numerals.

Common Core — ELA 14

L.2.2Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
L.1.2Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
RF.1.3Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
RF.2.3Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
L.3.2Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
RF.3.3Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

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L.1.1Demonstrate 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.3.4Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 3 reading and content.
L.4.1Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
L.K.2Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
RF.4.3Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
W.4.4Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.

CASEL (Social-Emotional) 2

CASEL.SA.1Name your own feelings and notice how they change during the day.
CASEL.SOA.1Take another person's perspective — describe a situation as they would see it.