Review words that make their plurals by adding an "s" with this song from Between the Lions. Cleo wonders what the world would be like without this letter that allows us to have more than one of something. Details »
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Use this video song from the Between the Lions program to help you remember the rule for pronouncing vowel digraphs. When two vowels are together in a word, the first one usually makes its long sound and the second is silent. Details »
Review the names of the vowels and explore the short and long sounds of "a" in this video song from the Between the Lions program. The instructor drills soldier A in the sounds he makes in closed syllables and in vowel digraphs, like in "man" and "main." Details »
Develop word attack skills and learn how the prefixes "un" and "re" change word meanings in this video clip from the Between the Lions program. The evil "un" people unbutton Monica's coat, and she is very cold until the "re" people come to save her. Details »
Practice words with the r-controlled vowel "a" in this song from the Between the Lions program. Details »
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