KET Tools for Elementary Schools
Jump Start Learning with KET Media Resources and Services
Overview of KET's Services
To followup on our recent contact I wanted to share these resources from our KET PBS Learning Media services plus stand-alone sites that can help make the concepts you are presenting come alive and engage your students in fun and exciting ways. Please note that the PBS LearningMedia website was completely redesigned last September and and now it is much easier to search for content, curate it and share it with others. Take time to explore and enjoy these resources!
Remember that I can come to your district and conduct onsite trainings for teachers and students on PBS Learning Media, Media Arts, News Literacy, and media careers related topics.
For more information or assistance regarding any KET service or feature, contact me at Lmoore@ket.org or via phone at: 1-800-432-0981 Ext. 7127
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Below this entry are some examples of some of our newest and most used services and resources found on this site.
KET Media Labs
KET Media Lab Workshops
KET offers free workshops in multimedia production and related topics for Kentucky students and educators in our newly renovated and expanded Media Lab at KET Network Center in Lexington. Join us in the lab to explore how to use many exciting and useful multimedia tools and resources! After your lab experience, stay for a career-readiness tour of KET’s production facility! And get this! KET has a grant to reimburse your school for transportation costs! However the calendar is really filling up for this school year so contact us as soon as you can. Schedule your field trip here!
KET Young Writers Contest
Each spring this annual contest encourages creative expression and literacy development by inviting students in kindergarten through twelfth grade to submit original illustrated stories, short stories and poetry.This spring, we received more than 1,300 submissions, including entries from students in 26 states and even outside the United States—from Canada, Nigeria, India, and New Zealand!
Students from Kentucky who win prizes can have them be awarded in person by KET Education Consultants. The contest has ended for this year but you can read an article here all about it so you can go on and prepare students for entering this coming school year. Click here for the article.
Join other students across Kentucky and the United States for News Quiz, KET’s weekly current events show. Targeted to grades 4-8, this kid-friendly, interactive program features a 10-question quiz based on each week’s stories. Check out the website for details and links to the latest shows here.
PBS LearningMedia Service
This is the destination for high-quality, trusted, digital content and solutions that inspire students and transform learning. The site had a recent redesign making it very user friendly including easy compatibility with Google Classroom. Check out the thousands of easily searchable resources mapped to state and national standards. And use the favorites, folders, Storyboard and other dashboard features to curate your favorite resources and to create presentations and assignments. Below this entry are some of the newest resources on the site that I wanted to make sure you didn't miss.
KET Media Arts Toolkit videos now on PBSLM
You are probably aware of the arts toolkits that KET has created over the years in the traditional arts categories: Visual Arts, Music, Dance, Drama, Social Studies Arts. The videos for all these kits are available at PBSLM. Click on the titles above to go to the specific collection.
And now we have created a toolkit to match the newest state and national standards in the area of Media Arts! all the content of this latest kit is on PBS LearningMedia (PBSLM). Notice that Kentucky teachers can also request a free "hard copy" binder of the toolkit which comes with all the print materials plus a flash drive containing all the videos!
Everyday Learning
(Gr. K-2)
This KET collection uses original animation and visual images to introduce basic concepts of math, science, social studies, art and health to the youngest learners. Children learn by observing animal friends in the backyard, discovering new ways to get moving, picking out shapes in a walk around the neighborhood or critiquing a famous piece of art.
The topics found in this collection are designed to complement comprehensive learning resources for early childhood classrooms from KET: Everyday Math for Preschoolers, Everyday Science for Preschoolers, All around Me, Art to Heart and Healthy Me.
Understanding Fairy Tales Old and New
(Gr. 3-5)
This collection of digital resources zeroes in on three different English Language Arts curriculum standards for grades 3, 4, and 5 and address characters’ traits and motivations in works of literature. The resources focus around modern re-tellings of old stories and fairy tales that may be familiar to learners. This collection includes videos for students, print outs of the original tales, and “Guided Viewing” videos designed to help parents talk about these ELA concepts with their children.
A World of Stories
(Gr. Pre K-5)
Storytelling has been used as entertainment, cultural preservation, and a way to teach values. Stories are typically told orally and passed down from generation to generation. This collection contains stories from around the world.
REACH: Reading Expands All Children's Horizons
REACH is a self-paced interactive reading program to engage parents and children as at-home reading partners. These self paced lessons can also be used in the classroom.
Designed by classroom reading specialists and aligned with kindergarten through third grade standards, these self-paced interactive lessons are enjoyable for all ages.
Bringing the Universe to America's Classrooms (BUAC) collection
BUAC
This collection for K-12 is a collaboration between NASA and WGBH. Explore rich digital media resources for teaching topics in K–12 earth and space science. These free resources emphasize student engagement with the core ideas and practices of the NGSS and are supported by rich contextual materials.
KET Exploraciones
(PreK-12)
is a collection of resources for teaching Spanish in the elementary grades. The collection includes the ¡Arte y más! video series and themed units featuring a variety of video segments, animations, lesson plans, activity ideas, and other materials for teaching students. These materials range from those used with students with no experience all the way up to novice-mid to novice-high levels as defined by the Kentucky World Language Standards.