How To Use Newsela To Teach Every Age and Subject

OK, I have to admit I am becoming a huge Newsela fan. Here’s why. It’s really working for my students. Newsela is a free database of free quality nonfiction articles for my students from a wide array of sources. Newsela aggregates news articles from a variety of trusted sources, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, Scientific American, and more than one hundred others. Even better, every article can be adjusted to meet five different reading levels.You can print articles or have your students read them online, where they can annotate as they go. You can also assign built-in comprehension quizzes or writing assignments.All those features are free for all teacher users. Schools can also subscribe for additional content, including 20+ genres of informational texts to support instruction across the curriculum. Learn more about Newsela’s paid options here. It’s pretty easy to assign Newsela articles and activities in Google Classroom, so you can use them as homework or for in-...