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Monday, November 17, 2014
Leveled News Reading (3-10)
Larry Ferlazzo posted three sites that provide leveled reading about current events:
NEWSELA provides several “levels” of the same newspaper articles, along with accompanying online quizzes, that students can read and take. For a small fee, Teachers can create a virtual classroom, assign articles and monitor student progress. However, students can read the articles for free without having to pay anything.
Link: https://newsela.com/
News in Levels offers similar resourceand is free,, but without the ability to track student progress online.
Link: http://www.newsinlevels.com/#
For the Teachers has similar leveled articles available for download. It, too, is free.
Link: http://www.fortheteachers.org/reading_skills.htm#.VGkNylfF-a7
50 Ways to Use Current Events
The NYT lists 50 ways to teach current events. Suggestions are divided into categories:
- Reading and Writing
- Speaking and Listening
- Games and Quizzes
- Photographs, Illustrations, Videos and Infographics
- Design and Creativity
- Making Connections
- Building Skills
Great Site for Humanities
Project-based Learning
200 Free Resources
Link: http://www.openculture.com/free_k-12_educational_resources
70+ Websites for Globalizing Your Classroom
This site describes itself as a site that "provides a list of links to websites which specialize in equipping teachers with resources and/or training so as to bring the world to their students."
Link: http://tgccapstone.weebly.com/project-based-learning.html