Notes about Newsela
- Clever will allow you to log in so you don’t have to create classes AND your students don’t have to join your class.
- 5 - 10 articles added each day to homepage - new content added in the last 48 hours!
- Library - textbook style resources
- Text sets - themes - language - skill sets - etc
- Collections - Social - Emotional Learning
- AND text sets by teachers for teachers
- you can also search within NEWSELA - AND you can filter your results -text level - reading skills to assess
- Advanced Search - even more options - language included
- Text Sets - as a form of instruction - give students more choice - select one - Industrial Rev - then you see lots of articles that are all related - speeches - bio - primary resources - You can even create a copy of saved text sets - and remove / add articles / share with staff / then you can create an assignment for your class.
- Create Assignment - IF you log in through clever you should see all your classes - you can include instructions -
- This is where you can adjust the level for a group of students - you can actually lock the level -
- The program should automatically adjust the level to the students level of mastery - start lower and let it adjust up.
- When students are reading - they should see 5 different reading levels - they use previous results on the quiz and activities - to determine where to adjust the level of the articles -
- How do we originally assess the level of the student?
- You students will automatically see the level of the class your students are in - then it will automatically adjust / adapt to the level of demonstrated mastery.
- Teacher can use annotations at a certain reading level - just click and drag a selection within the text - and enter a comment - or question - to encourage close reading skills or check for understanding of the content. Comment will show in the margin - they are prompted to comment…
- I can also leave the comments in the most common reading level and leave another comment more targeted for students at each level.
- Students will REPLY and answer these questions right there in the margin - similar to Google Docs
- Students can also annotate within the article
- Highlight changes - and annotate within each article to find certain things - then the teacher can go back in and show work students did - and share that with the class.
- Binder shows you every action a student makes - T can see each students action - how long, etc. - open up their work - and see their annotations - T can even reply and move on to the next student.
- Collections - Lots of guidance with close reading strategies - Self Awareness - Activities - Lesson Sparks - Close reading strategies - SEL reading - Directions for teachers & students - before - during - after - can even copy into your directions -
- You can set up color coding schemes for comments / assignments for students, etc.
- Need Help - live chat support
- Learning Hub - Lots of instructional support - & HOW TO VIDEOS