Newsela.com - Great site for current events; hundreds of leveled news articles, quizzes etc. and is Standards based aligned. Create an account and set up a class. You'll be able to select articles etc. to assign to your students.
** Video Clip - Intro to Newsela, presented by Matt Gross, founder & CEO
** Video Clip - Watch this video
**Video clip - Learn how to set up a class list
** Video clip - Learn how to assign articles to students
** Video Clip - Intro to Newsela, presented by Matt Gross, founder & CEO
** Video Clip - Watch this video
**Video clip - Learn how to set up a class list
** Video clip - Learn how to assign articles to students
NBC Learn
Teachers and students have access to the NBC Learn subscription, a fabulous online resource to over 10,000 NBC News video clips, images, articles, and documents on historical moments to current events. NBC Learn K-12 resources are aligned to the Common Core standards for ELA/Literacy and Math, and make searching for videos and text relating to a particular standard easy to do.
Quick Video/Tutorial
NBC Learn Home Page Overview video
Finding Resources
The Cue Card
The Play List
Instructional Sheet (PDF)
"My students need to learn how to work together and collaborate, and the NBC Learn videos provide the perfect framework for that" Rosemarie Esparza, a first grade teacher.
"feels it is vital for students in her English Language and Composition class to learn how to develop sound arguments and write persuasively" Rosemary Beirne, an 11th grade English teacher