There is Newsela and CommonLit. I don't know what the free portion consists of. If fees are a barrier, look into university program resources and build a responsive curriculum from there. Source: 5 months ago
Love the resources on newsela.com. This year everyone in our building is having issues and it has cut down on the functionality of the site! We can't figure out what is wrong! Are others having the same issues? Source: 8 months ago
In the beginning, Brahma sprang from the cosmic golden egg and he then created good and evil and light and dark from his own person. He also created the four types: gods, demons, ancestors and men, the first of whom was Manu. Brahma then made all the other living creatures upon the earth. This article is available at 5 reading levels at https://newsela.com. Source: 11 months ago
Likewise NewsEla -- current events and history are often connected in the articles, and you can use the same article at different reading levels. Source: over 1 year ago
Https://newsela.com/ has articles and semi current events readings with questions. Source: over 1 year ago
Newsela and commonlit may have some leveled texts. Source: over 1 year ago
I don't know if you can get complete access for free to this site, but Newsela is great for this: they have articles on current events and many interesting topics that come in different levels of English. Source: over 1 year ago
I really like newsela (https://newsela.com/) as you can adjust the level of each article. Source: over 1 year ago
For nonfiction texts and supplemental articles newsela.com is awesome and its free. Source: almost 2 years ago
Newsela or CNN10, great for current events. Newsela is reading, CNN10 has daily news videos for approximately 10-14 year olds. Source: almost 2 years ago
I used to be a tutor for adults who were learning to read for the first time. I’m not sure about books that would be good for you, specifically, because personal interest in the topic or genre is critical for staying motivated. But one awesome resource that I used daily was Newsela if you’re interested in learning vocabulary on different subjects (especially science). The same articles are available at different... Source: over 2 years ago
Great website with articles: newsela.com. You can change the difficulty level of the articles you want to read. Source: over 2 years ago
As an college instructor, I agree with naridimh. One of the problems with textbooks is that they move through grammar topics (especially verb forms) far too fast and with far too little input of good quality. Vocabulary is usually presented out of context, so there are a lot of expressions/grammar students need to know that are never presented in the textbook. Since grammar is usually introduced before students... Source: almost 3 years ago
Beyond that: https://disrupttexts.org/ is a great resources. I've found commonlit.org and newsela.com useful (thought Newsela has moved a lot of their stuff into paid subscription territory--you can check with your school/district to see if they have it). https://teachlivingpoets.com/ has great poetry resources. https://www.readwritethink.org/ has good lessons. And I've found useful stuff on https://ncte.org/. Source: almost 3 years ago
Newsela –Thank goodness for Newsela! I love how each article can be modified for every reading level. I love using it with my 3rd through 5th graders. I’m using the free version because it really helps with my answering questions goals for older students and I think the free version is sufficient for speech paths. (2-12) FREE and PAID versions (cost varies). Source: about 3 years ago
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