Series

Teaching Without Frills

81 episodes

Two- to four-minute mini-lessons written and narrated by a teacher, each taking one skill and explaining it the way you would at the board. Reading comprehension gets asking and answering who, what, where, when, why, and how about a story. Writing gets story maps, outlines, and an editing checklist covering grammar, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling. Research gets the difference between a source being reliable and a source being relevant. The economics set walks through goods and services, needs and wants, producers and consumers, saving and spending. Plain visuals and no music bed. Useful for introducing a skill or handing one student a second explanation.

what this series covers

What Teaching Without Frills covers

81 episodes in the library, tagged for K–5th. Heaviest coverage: Reading & Writing (ELA), Math and Social Studies. Between them they line up with 49 distinct standards across 3 frameworks.

Episodes per grade

K: 8
1st: 47
2nd: 60
3rd: 64
4th: 30
5th: 15

Episodes per subject

Reading & Writing (ELA): 70
Math: 7
Social Studies: 4

Common Core — Math 8

K.OA.A.1Represent addition and subtraction with objects, fingers, mental images, drawings, sounds, acting out situations, verbal explanations, expressions, or equations.
K.OA.A.3Decompose numbers less than or equal to 10 into pairs in more than one way, and record each decomposition by a drawing or equation.
1.MD.A.2Express the length of an object as a whole number of length units, by laying multiple copies of a shorter object end to end.
1.OA.B.4Understand subtraction as an unknown-addend problem.
1.OA.D.8Determine the unknown whole number in an addition or subtraction equation relating three whole numbers.
2.MD.A.1Measure the length of an object by selecting and using appropriate tools such as rulers, yardsticks, meter sticks, and measuring tapes.

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K.MD.A.1Describe measurable attributes of objects, such as length or weight; describe several measurable attributes of a single object.
K.OA.A.5Fluently add and subtract within 5.

Common Core — ELA 35

W.2.2Write informative/explanatory texts that introduce a topic, use facts and definitions to develop points, and provide a concluding statement.
W.3.3Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using descriptive details and clear event sequences.
W.3.5With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing.
W.2.1Write opinion pieces that introduce the topic, state an opinion, supply reasons that support the opinion, and provide a concluding statement.
W.4.1Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and information.
W.4.5With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing.

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W.2.3Write narratives recounting a well-elaborated event or short sequence of events, including details and a sense of closure.
L.2.2Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
W.4.7Conduct short research projects that build knowledge through investigation of different aspects of a topic.
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.2.1Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
RL.1.3Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details.
RL.K.3With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events in a story.
W.1.2Write informative/explanatory texts that name a topic, supply some facts about the topic, and provide some sense of closure.
W.2.5With guidance and support from adults and peers, focus on a topic and strengthen writing as needed by revising and editing.
W.4.3Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
W.4.4Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
W.5.1Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and information.
W.5.8Recall relevant information from experiences or gather relevant information from print and digital sources; summarize or paraphrase information in notes and finished work, and provide a list of sources.
L.1.1Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
L.1.2Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
L.3.1Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
L.3.2Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
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.2.1Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.
RL.2.2Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral.
W.1.1Write opinion pieces in which they introduce the topic, state an opinion, supply a reason, and provide some sense of closure.
W.3.1Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons.
W.3.2Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
W.3.6With guidance and support from adults, use technology to produce and publish writing (using keyboarding skills) as well as to interact and collaborate with others.
W.4.2Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
W.4.8Recall relevant information from experiences or gather relevant information from print and digital sources; take notes and categorize information, and provide a list of sources.
W.5.4Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.

Social Studies (C3 / NCSS) 6

D2.Eco.2.K-2Identify the benefits and costs of making various personal decisions.
D2.Eco.3.K-2Describe the skills and knowledge required to produce certain goods and services.
D2.Eco.4.K-2Describe the goods and services that people in the local community produce and those that are produced in other communities.
D1.4.3-5Explain how supporting questions help answer compelling questions in an inquiry.
D2.Eco.1.K-2Explain how scarcity necessitates decision making.
D2.Eco.10.K-2Explain why people save.

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