Newsela: Getting Started

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Learning Activity

Newsela is a site featuring nonfiction articles of varied reading levels. You are able to add students to your class, assign an article, and all students can read the same topic at an appropriate reading level. With the Pro subscription, students can also respond to questions and you can monitor their progress.

In this activity, you will learn how to get started on Newsela. Explore the resources below to learn more about Newsela and create your teacher account. 


Resources

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Newsela - How to Create a Teacher Account

Newsela - Quick Start Discover Newsela Video


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More Newsela Activities

Quickly deploy Newsela lessons to your entire district.

Newsela: Connecting to Google, Clever and more!

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Newsela: Create a Class

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Newsela: Assign an Article to your Class

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Newslea: How to Edit a Write Prompt

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Newsela: Using Annotations

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Newsela: Exploring Level Control

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Newsela: What are Curriculum Complements? (Paid Subscription Required)

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Newsela: Creating Text Sets (Paid Subscription Required)

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Newsela: Creating and Monitoring Assignments

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Newsela: Track Your Students' Reading Progress

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Newsela: Lesson Sparks

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Newsela: Reviewing Student Write Responses

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Newsela: Reading Summary Insights

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Newsela: The Student Experience

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Newsela: Weaving SEL into your Instruction (Paid Subscription Required)

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Newsela: Spanish Articles

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Newsela: Power Words (Tier II Vocab Activities - Paid Subscription Required)

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Newsela: Standards Alignment

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Newsela: Archiving Classes

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Newsela: Overview of Newsela ELA (Paid Subscription Required)

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Newsela: Overview of Newsela Social Studies (Paid Subscription Required)

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Newsela: Overview of Newsela Science (Paid Subscription Required)

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Newsela: Become a Newsela Certified Educator

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