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News for Kids – Customize the Reading Level, Assign Articles, and More
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Finding news for kids can be time consuming. Finding one article that addresses the wide range of reading levels in most classrooms is nearly impossible. Newsela provides teachers with an easy way to find and assign current event articles. It provides all students with the opportunity to read the same article, but at their own reading level.
Assign Articles with One Click
You can browse the latest news article, or browse by topic. You can also narrow your choices by filtering for grade level, reading skills (as assessed by quiz questions), and language. A couple of helpful icons to be familiar with can help when browsing for articles: a lightbulb indicates that the article features a quiz, hovering over it will reveal the standard(s) assessed; a green circle indicates that a translated version of an article is available. Once you find an article, you just click “assign” a Writing newspaper articles for kids.