Storyline Online Effective Literary Website #6 by Jia

https://www.storylineonline.net

     Storyline Online a is a program that is apart of a non-profit organization.  It relies on gifts, donations and grants to fund its website and to produce all its videos.  This free resource provides a big selection of books that are read by actors.  The selection of stories is geared for the kids at the primary level.
     Each book provides you with a description that tells you who the story is read by, the geared age level and the run time for the read aloud.  This information is really helpful when making a selection.  The website is user friendly and it is easy to navigate through.  You can easily browse the library by looking through all the books or by selecting a letter to browse all the books with titles starting with that letter.  

A feature that I loved was the activity sheets provided for each book.  This resource has everything a teacher needs to plan a lesson that aligns with the book.  The activity sheet gives a synopsis, themes that the book covers along with a detailed lesson plan that aligns with the Common Core Standards.  The lesson plans provide objectives and prompts with a step by step outline for the lesson that covers ELA and also math, social studies and more.  Storyline Online even provides you with activities such as graphic organizers. 
     I appreciate all the hard work that goes into making this website and all it has to offer.  This is resource that I will definitely be using in my Kindergarten classroom.  I give it a five-star rating and I would recommend it to everyone!