Source: www.storyboardthat.com

Description: Storyboard That is an online storyboarding tool that teachers and students can use to create simple stories. This site provides several templates you could choose from to create your short story. This site also provides a range of characters, scenes, and images that can be used. 🙂

Educational Uses: You can use this is your classroom by having students create a story based on a book you’ve read to them and have them retell the main events. You could also use it for sequencing of a story. For example, what happened first, second, third, etc. You could use Storyboard That as a whole class or have students create their own at some point.

Content Standards: This source relates to a few standards. For example there is a standard that requires students to place events in order (sequencing). This source would be great for that and the kids would love creating the story which will keep them engaged!

Assessment: If I were to use this site and I was teaching about the main events in a story, I would first read a book aloud to the students and have a discussion on what the main events were in the story. Then, together as a class we could use Storyboard That to retell the main events and put them in order that the events happened. I could assess the students as a whole by listening to their responses. Another way I would assess my students is by assessing them individually. The following day I could read another story aloud to the students and then have students create their own story board and assess their stories!

Value of Storyboard That: Storyboard That provides several lesson plans using story boards for a variety of grade levels and subjects from kindergarten to 12th grade. This source is definitely a way to get students engaged with the content you are teaching!

Here is an example of a story board that has been created:

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www.storyboardthat.com

http://www.storyboardthat.com/userboards/examples/students-love-storyboard-that