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[|Flocabulary] is a platform that can be used for students from K-12. The clips are short, hip-hop videos that are aligned with the Common Core standards and give students an animated way to be introduced to a variety of educational concepts. The categories are Vocabulary, Language Arts, Science, Social Studies, and Math. These videos are well-produced and a great tool to use as an Anticipatory Set. On the website, along with the videos, are printable lyrics that include note-taking worksheets. Some videos also include challenge questions and tests. Songs and videos can be modified to take out some of the lyrics. There is also a tool to help students write their own academic rhymes.

This tool is great way to help students learn through rhymes and by the mini story that is created in the video. These videos definitely are geared toward developing lower order thinking in Bloom’s Taxonomy, but with some creativity they can be used for higher order thinking when students compose their own rhymes. The content on this site includes the largest selection for Language Arts, but offers other subjects as well. While the site claims the subjects are geared toward K-12 students, most of the videos seem appropriate for grades 4-9. These videos might be too elementary for a more sophisticated audience. Overall, these are fun videos with catchy rhymes that could be incorporated into a larger unit.