Newsela Reviews and Details

Social recommendations and mentions

• Reading Resources

  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: over 2 years ago

• Issues with newsela.com! Help!

  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: almost 3 years ago

• If God is not real, where did the idea of God come from?

  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: about 3 years ago

• Below grade level reading

  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 3 years ago

• Looking for computer advice!

  Https://newsela.com/ has articles and semi current events readings with questions. Source: almost 4 years ago

• Strange ask: elementary or middle school level material/stories around witch persecution/history?

  Newsela and commonlit may have some leveled texts. Source: almost 4 years ago

• My first experience as a volunteer ESL co-facilitator (with questions).

  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: almost 4 years ago

• Simple News articles for lessons with teens and older

  I really like newsela (https://newsela.com/) as you can adjust the level of each article. Source: about 4 years ago

• Picking your brains for 9th grade reading material

  For nonfiction texts and supplemental articles newsela.com is awesome and its free. Source: about 4 years ago

• What curriculum should I choose for a child who grew up in a country with civil war and dictatorship education system

  Newsela or CNN10, great for current events. Newsela is reading, CNN10 has daily news videos for approximately 10-14 year olds. Source: about 4 years ago

• hey,I want to improve my english

  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 4 years ago

• Wanna improve my listening and reading skills. Which resources do you recommend?

  Great website with articles: newsela.com. You can change the difficulty level of the articles you want to read. Source: almost 5 years ago

• What would be a good way to combine different language learning sites to continue going deeper into Spanish?

  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: about 5 years ago

• Im going to be a first year teaching ELA 9th grade. What are some great resources and premade activities/lesson plans?

  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: about 5 years ago

• Resource for SLP terminology in Spanish?

  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: over 5 years ago