Newsela is an old favorite. Many of my colleagues use it with their students, so that the students can access news stories at their reading level. Now Newsela has added a great new feature called Library.
Newsela library
Library contains primary sources and other articles that students can use for research. Users can filter the articles in the library by grade level, reading standard, and language (English or Spanish).
Once a user accesses an articles, she can select from the available reading levels.
Choose reading level
If you use Newsela already, check out the Library. If you are new to Newsela, create an account, and check out the features for classrooms. Here is a list of the more useful features:
- import a class from Google Classroom
- assign articles to students
- add annotations to articles
If you teach elementary school, you can access articles suitable for students in elementary school at Newsela Elementary. Newsela Elementary only contains articles and topics suitable for elementary students; the main Newsela sites contains all the articles from Newsela Elementary, as well as articles appropriate for older students. Newsela works on all devices with Internet access.