WordWorld

Series

WordWorld

41 episodes

In WordWorld everything is built out of the letters that spell it, so a DUCK is shaped from D-U-C-K and a word has to be assembled before it can help anybody. The catalog runs two ways. There are one-to-three-minute clips where the WordFriends sound out and build a single word such as TENT, SHARK, or the letter J, and there are full 27-minute episodes pairing two stories, like Duck crashing through Spider's web and hunting down every scattered letter to rebuild it. Phonemic awareness and letter-sound work with a plot attached, aimed squarely at PreK through first grade.

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What WordWorld covers

41 episodes in the library, tagged for Pre-K–1st. Heaviest coverage: Reading & Writing (ELA), Social-Emotional Learning and For Fun. Between them they line up with 7 distinct standards across 2 frameworks.

Episodes per grade

Pre-K
41
K
41
1st
41

Episodes per subject

Reading & Writing (ELA)
35
Social-Emotional Learning
5
For Fun
4
Brain Breaks
1

Common Core — ELA 3

  • RF.K.1Demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic features of print.
  • RF.K.3Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
  • RF.K.2Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes).

CASEL (Social-Emotional) 4

  • CASEL.RS.2Build and keep positive relationships and friendships.
  • CASEL.RS.7Seek help when you need it and offer help when someone else does.
  • CASEL.SA.1Name your own feelings and notice how they change during the day.
  • CASEL.SA.5Show self-confidence — believe you can do hard things and take on a challenge.

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