News Articles For Students

Smithsonian's TweenTribune is a free website with news articles for students. Each article includes comprehension- and vocabulary-based quizzes and adjustable Lexile levels. All past articles are available and can be filtered by grade level or keyword. There are also tech-related stories and articles in Spanish.  To see the website click here. 

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US Government Open Data Set

 

You can visit the U.S. Government’s open data sets to find data, tools, and resources to conduct research, design websites, apps, simulations and more. Utilize the data to create real world research lessons and activities for your students.  To see the website click here.

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Primary Sources at the US Library of Congress

The Library of Congress offers reliable classroom materials to help teachers use primary sources in their classrooms.  To see resources for educators on primary sources click here.  

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Common Lit

CommonLit has over 2000 leveled reading passages for grades 3-12. You can download the passages as PDF or assign them directly to students. Browse by content type, grade level, lexile range, genre, theme and more.  To see the website click here.

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Open Educational Resources

OER Commons houses lessons created by educators. It includes subjects like history, law, social science and more. OER Commons digital librarians have also curated collections of professional learning resources like game-based learning, arts integration and building text-dependent questions.  To see the website please click here.

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CSPAN Classroom

 

C-SPAN Classroom provide free video-based materials for social studies teachers. Videos are embeddable or can be shared with a link.  To see the website click here.

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CK-12 STEM Resources

 

CK-12 Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to increasing access to high quality educational materials for K-12 students all over the world. They offer free high-quality, standards-aligned, open content in the STEM subjects.  To see the website click here.

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PBS Learning Media

 

PBS has created and shared tons of media rich, engaging, digital lessons for a wide range of grade levels and subject areas. You can view all of the interactive lessons here and search by subject area or grade level.

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National Archives - Primary Sources

 

If you are teaching about primary sources in your social science class you might want to give this a look by clicking here.

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The Smithsonian Learning Lab

 

 The Smithsonian Learning Lab is a free, platform with millions of vetted digital resources and collections. You can search resources by type or search collections by topic.  According to their website "Teach effectively by creating your own interactive learning experiences-or adopt exemplars made by teachers and Smithsonian experts."  To see the website click here.

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100+ Great Report Card Comments Teachers Can Use In Every Classroom

I know it is the beginning of the semester but you might want to look at some of these comments and put them aside for later.  To see the article click here.

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10 Tips For Early Careers Teacher

 

Are you a newish teacher?  If so and you have 3 minutes to read an article click here.

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5 Fantastic Ideas for Collaboration Projects

You want your students to collaborate.  It is good for them and less marking for you.  Win Win I call it.  Here are some ideas from Jennifer Gonzalez from Cult of Pedagogy.  To see the article or listen to the podcast click here. 

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Quill for English and ELL / ESL

 

From Common Sense Education, "Using Quill Diagnostic is a great place to begin, especially with the recent additions of leveled ELL assessments and pre-AP and AP English surveys. Once students' needs are determined, mix and match Quill Connect (sentence combining) with Quill Grammar (writing mechanics) to support daily warm-ups, whole-class instruction, small-group work, or independent practice. The activity packs in Quill Lessons (writing collaboratively) and Quill Proofreader (editing passages) can serve as mini-lessons for whole-class writing workshops, particularly for older and more proficient students ... The instant feedback on writing will appeal to some students.  Exercises are adaptive and can be retaken multiple times."   Their readers have given the site 4 out 5 stars on 77 reviews as of today.  Of note is that Quill is a non-profit organization.  To see the website click here.  

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Back to School with more free, NEW lessons from EVERFI

 

Free lesson plans, yeah.  To see them click here.

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5 Strategies for a Successful Start to the School Year

 

Here are some more ideas for the start of the school year.  To see them click here.

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WhatWasThere

 

Wouldn't it be nice to go back and spend a day in a city like New York or Chicago or even your own town back in the day.  Say like during prohibition  and visit a speakeasy.  You can do it now, well kind of.  Though historical pictures superimposed on current google streetview WhatWasThere allows you to type in an address and see what was there.  To see the website click here. 

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Over 150 Lesson Plans Based on New York Times Articles

 

I hope your first day back to school was not too stressful.  Here are some lesson ideas from the NYT to help you out.  Click here.

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Back To School Survival Guide

 

Welcome back to a new school year.  I will try and stay current with my posts even though I am retired and every day ends in Y.  I know you are busy so here is a quick post for you.  To read the article click here.

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