Storyline Online Read Alouds can assist with IEP Reading Goals

The SAG-AFTRA Foundation’s award-winning children’s literacy website, Storyline Online, streams videos featuring celebrated actors reading children’s books alongside creatively produced illustrations. Readers include Viola Davis, Chris Pine, Lily Tomlin, Kevin Costner, Annette Bening, James Earl Jones, Betty White and dozens more. This site can help students achieve their IEP goals.

https://www.storylineonline.net/

Week of April 20th 2020 News 2 You Article: Sharing Happiness

Read and complete pages 1-15 with students. In class I normally read pages 1-0 Monday-Thursday followed by the additional activities on pages 11-15. One additional activity per day.

On Fridays in class we watch the following supplementary videos that go with the article.

Being Our Best During Coronovirus http://www.viewpure.com/xdw7WEMe9AI?st

Colorado’s Symphony Digital Ode to Joy http://www.viewpure.com/p09hpKAv9Jc?start=0&end=0

Mystery Doug: How Old Is Earth?

https://mysteryscience.com/mini-lessons/old-earth?loc=mini-lesson-button#slide-id-8308

Students can watch this video and use eye gaze or touch to answer yes/no afterwards. The yes/no pictures are attached above. When asking how old is earth you can ask using the correct answer or an answer that is incorrect. For example “Is earth 3000 years old? (then show the students the yes/no pictures.)

April 17th CNN 10

On Friday’s show, you’ll hear from American teenagers. In a school year that panned out very differently than anyone imagined, what challenges are they facing, and how are they overcoming them? Afterward, we’re taking you to the edge of space in a capsule attached to a balloon. And a groundhog makes headlines simply by eating pizza.