English & Literacy
Newsela
Real journalism rewritten at five reading levels, so the whole class can read the same story.
- Grade bands
- 3-5 · 6-8 · 9-12
- Price model
- Freemium
- Platforms
- Web · iOS
- Subject
- English & Literacy
What it is
Licensed articles from real newsrooms, each published at five lexile levels with aligned quizzes and writing prompts. The whole class discusses the same current event while every student reads it at the level that stretches, not breaks, them.
Notable features
- 5 reading levels
- Daily current events
- Aligned quizzes
A way to use it
Assign the same article at mixed levels and never mention it; the discussion works because nobody is excluded from it.
Privacy and accounts
School plans with rostering; check district terms for the free tier.
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