Sunday, March 20, 2016

NEWSELA- Keep your students current and connected to our world

We provide our students with opportunities to read various genres and text all the time. Many teachers, of all grade levels, like to have their students connect with the world through current events. Whether that be through CNN Student news, National Geographic for Kids, or PBS LearningMedia, sharing news about our world is important to our students growth. Although, there has been a slight problem with students reading some current event articles; most of the time the articles are not on the appropriate reading level, or teachers may want to add notes or highlight certain areas of the article that they want students to pay close attention to. NEWSELA is here to help!

NEWSELA is a website that teachers can use to access over 1,000's of current event articles in all subject areas to use with students grades 2-12! Some of the best features are that all articles can be searched by subject area, grade level, and/or standard. Teachers can select the article, students select the correct Lexile level, teachers add notes to specific parts of the article that need to be a focus for the students, and add an a short quiz to check for understanding and completion. The NEWSELA binder makes it easy for teachers to assign articles to their classes with due dates, check student progress, and export the results of the quiz to an excel spreadsheet. Be sure to add articles to your favorites by clicking the heart next to any article title. This will allow for easy access to articles you want to assign later. Also, take a look at the "text sets" created by NEWSELA. These are collections of articles on a specific topic. If current events is a part of your classroom routine, you need more nonfiction reads, or more options for close reading, NEWSELA is an excellent resource for you!

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