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...and even more coming very soon! [jwplayer file=http://flocabulary.s3.amazonaws.com/media/active-passive-voice-media.mp4 image=http://flocabulary.s3.amazonaws.com/images/active-passive-voice-image.jpg]  One of our new videos, The Grammar Detective. We're continuing to add videos to all of your favorite Flocabulary songs, which means new Addition and Subtraction videos, Grammar videos, and even more Word Up videos. This week we have seven new videos for you, and we'll be adding more all the time. These new videos are in vocabulary, language arts, and math. If you'd like to watch all of them, make sure to sign up for a free two-week trial to Flocabulary. New Videos Vocabulary 7th Grade Vocabulary: The Pony Gangsta Learn fifteen…

[jwplayer file=http://flocabulary.s3.amazonaws.com/media/prepositions-media.mp4 image=http://flocabulary.s3.amazonaws.com/images/prepositions-image.jpg]  A song like "Prepositions" can serve as quick study hall enrichment for ELL students.Whether your school calls it mastery period, academic achievement period, extra help, homeroom or simply study hall, this time during the school day is an opportunity for students to get extra practice in a subject they may not feel confident in. For teachers, this time can sometimes pose a challenge if, say, you are a math teacher assigned to review reading skills. Lucky for you, Flocabulary has you covered. Many of our songs, videos and lessons lend themselves well to mastery periods: they're easy…

The Common Core Standards for Math are increasing the rigor and effectiveness of instruction across all grades. And Flocabulary now offers songs and videos for math that are aligned to Common Core Standards for grades 1-8. You can view the Common Core standards alignment for grades 1-3 here. (Those are our songs and videos for addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.) And read on to see the Common Core alignment for our math songs for grades 4-8. You can click on each image to view the song or video! Fourth Grade Factors and Prime Numbers Common Core Standard: Gain familiarity with…

Understanding and comparing the platforms [jwplayer file=http://flocabulary.s3.amazonaws.com/media-jrev/political-parties-media.mp4 image=http://flocabulary.s3.amazonaws.com/images-jrev/political-parties-image.jpg]  Check out the lyrics and more for our Political Parties video.Just in time for the first debate of the 2012 presidential campaign, our Political Party video and lesson plan are a great way to introduce political platforms to your class. Complete with a graphic organizer to compare the Democratic and Republican parties, this lesson can also be used to review topics discussed in the debates. Political Parties Lesson Plan Objective: Students will compare the Republican and Democratic parties and identify the differences between the presidential candidates' platforms. 1. Have students watch Flocabulary's Political…