English Language Arts

English Language Arts

English shows and lessons that are aligned with Michigan educational standards.

Explore the World of Reading and Writing

The Michigan Learning Channel supports English Language Arts teachers and students from preschool to high school with free educational resources and videos. Find direct instruction of Michigan teaching standards, plus supplemental content like writing prompts, virtual field trips, and more.

Programs like Read, Write, ROAR!, Live from the Opera House, Story Pirates, and more have activity sheets that correspond to each video for students to complete as they watch, or as extra practice anytime.

All of our content is free to use for everyone. Educators use our videos in the classroom to introduce or reinforce topics, as plans for substitute teachers, and for students looking for extra practice in target areas. Families use lessons as an opportunity to learn together as a family, covering the same things as the classroom with the ability to pause and rewind for important points.

  • read write roar kindergarten

    Lesson 209

    Learn about the letter F and floods, then practice building words.

  • Read, Write, ROAR! - 1st Grade Lesson

    Lesson 209

    Read a story connected to space and learn new kinds of blends.

  • Read write roar 2nd grade

    Lesson 209

    Learn to read and write words with the -ough- spelling and learn about text features.

  • read write roar 3rd grade

    Lesson 209

    Find a mystery word, read a poem, and look at an example of opinion writing

  • Lesson 125

    Wimee and friends sing a song about what babies do; Moby tells us about baby animals; Wimee and friends write [...]

  • Lesson 124

    Wimee and friends write a song about peanut butter sandwiches; Moby shares some facts; Wimee and a friend meet some [...]

  • Lesson 123

    Wimee makes a peanut puppet friend and Moby becomes a puppeteer; Wimee and his peanut get scared by a ghost in their story, and Michael makes a Wimage of it; the key words from the story are translated by Ms. Sara into Spanish; Wimee's friend Matt McGee shows us how to make a robot puppet out of recycled materials.

  • Lesson 122

    Moby tells us about kindness chemicals in our brain; Wimee and friends write a story. about a leaf-filled popcorn container; Brody makes a cool Wimage for the story

  • Lesson 121

    Wimee and friends sing a rhyming song about a great big bear; Wimee writes a story about a chipmunk's forest adventure and Nia creates a Wimage for it; Ms. Stephanie teaches us how to say our key story words in ASL; Wimee's friend Rose Johnson tells us a Native American story from Michigan about a bear and his tail

  • Lesson 120

    Wimee and friends sing a song about things they're thankful for; Moby takes a road trip to an art exhibit at Veterans' Park in Grand Rapids, MI; Wimee and friends write a story about a cake-eating frog; Ms. Sara translates our key story words into Spanish; Michael creates a cool Wimage in the Lab; Director Adams from the MVAA tells Wimee about Veteran's Day and about who veterans are.