SAG+Storyline+Online

=SAG Storyline Online= Members of the Screen Actors Guild read aloud a variety of children's books. This is then streamed as a online video. There are accompanying activities and ideas for lessons to use with the different stories.

Resources and links
http://www.storylineonline.net

Strengths:

 * The website is free and offers a variety of different actors reading well-known children's books.
 * Closed Captions can be put on the video for students.
 * Online video streaming allows for the video to be paused or parts to be played as needed.
 * Activity ideas are included on the website.
 * Allows for students to heard different voices read stories fluently.

Weaknesses:

 * There are only 25 books available at this time, which limits both the number of books that are appropriate per grade level and available for reading.

Opportunities:

 * Teachers could use this type of reading to watch students' reactions and behaviors during the read aloud to aid in classroom management.
 * The online read alouds enable children and parents to access the stories at home with the internet to reread or share with the family.
 * Students could use this as a model to create their own read aloud of a grade level appropriate text.

**Threats**: No threats perceived at this time.
Ideas: Teachers could provide the link and stories to parents to review with their students at home to go over for comprehension. Additionally, for an intervention strategy for ELLs, the Closed Captions can be turned on and they can write down words that are unknown.

I use Storyline Online as a resource in the classroom to give my students another voice to listen to read alouds with as well as ways to do different skill introductions. We listen to the story once and discuss the literary content and skills that we noticed in the story like point of view, author's purpose, plot development, cause and effect, theme, etc. This get students talking about the reading using academic vocabulary and making connections while discussing with their peers as I facilitate participation instead of lecture. We then listen to the story again and focus on the skill we are covering in our lesson to see where we can make connections and find examples. Students are then able to take an AR test on the story to show comprehension and earn points for their participation in listening and discussing the content. -Sabrina Kincade