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Nonfiction writing: The Science Behind the News

Free, research-based K-6 reading comprehension lesson plans and non-fiction reading passages & question sets. Common Core aligned (use correlation guide to align with IN standards). Higher lexile passages with novel companion sets (6th grade LA)

You can create a "wall" that has a topic or heading. Then, students (without logging in) can respond to your question or collaborate on the page. Students can type a response, add an image, or even upload video. This works great for a debate prompt or a topic that can have many sides. It could also be a page on which students collaborate to find information for a research project/assignment.

Teaching and Learning with The New York Times. The Learning Network provides teaching and learning materials and ideas based on New York Times content. Teachers can use or adapt lessons across subject areas and levels or contribute their own ideas. Students can respond to Opinion questions, take News Quizzes, learn the Word of the Day, try Test Yourself questions, enter contests, do crosswords, learn about what happened on this day in history, answer 6 Q's About the News, speculate on "What's Going On in This Picture?" or read Poetry Pairings.

ifaketext is a place where you can generate fake iphone text message screenshots and send and share them. This could be used for character analysis (have one character "text" another character at certain points in a story/novel. It could also be used as a fun way to initiate a lesson or present bell work.

The Learning Network provides teaching and learning materials and ideas based on New York Times content. Teachers can use or adapt lessons across subject areas and levels or contribute their own ideas. Students can respond to Opinion questions, take News Quizzes, learn the Word of the Day, try Test Yourself questions, enter contests, do crosswords, learn about what happened on this day in history, answer 6 Q's About the News, speculate on "What's Going On in This Picture?" or read Poetry Pairings.

Nonfiction article website. It has interactivity in the form of quizzes, audio recordings of the articles, and vocabulary. You can create classes and assign articles/questions.

Nonfiction article site. You are able to search a term to find articles related to your topic.

This site has current (updated daily) articles that can be transformed into a number of different Lexiles-DIFFERENTIATION. Many of the articles have quizzes that are available online (with free registration) or in print form.

Audio, visual, and interactive components all reinforce the educational objectives identified by teachers at SAS Curriculum Pathways. SAS offers interactive learning tools in all core disciplines, mapped to state standards, for grades 6-12. SAS is also a provider of free apps that thousands of educators, traditional students and life-long learners are using. Example: I checked out the 'Strategies for Reading Nonfiction' interactive component. It allowed me to select a piece of nonfiction (I choose a biography of William Shakespeare). I then was directed through a few activities. I was told to scan the article and write my initial thoughts. Then I was told to read it carefully and respond to a few more questions. After reading the article, I was instructed to work with the information (making categories of facts, etc.). Finally, I had to draw conclusions about what I had read/learned. Students can then save, print, or email their completed work.