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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Non-Fiction Reading of Current Events

 

If you would like your students to read about current events but have them read the same content differentiated by reading level by Lexile then click here.  It is free for your students to register.

 

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Learn With News

If you teach English or Current Events, you may want to check out Learn With News.  This site has 3 different lexile levels for each article it posts.  After each article, it has a list of "Difficult Words" with definitions.  It also has "Match the Synonym" and a true and false quiz.  To see the website click here.

TweenTribune

According to AASL, "Tween Tribune hosts high interest, reputable current events articles for K-12 audiences compiled by the Smithsonian. The articles are categorized by grade, lexile, language (English/Spanish), and subject area. Each article is available across multiple lexiles for differentiation and has an associated comprehension assessment. Free educator accounts offer a plethora of features: Monday morning newsletters, class and student profiles, lesson plans, article assignment capability, and assessment score grade books. Student privacy is protected, and all comments are educator-moderated. Use Tween Tribune to compare bias/viewpoints from varying sources, support or inspire inquiry, or as a station highlighting literary styles."  To see the website click here.  Make sure you click the Teacher tab at the top if you are a teacher or the Spanish tab at the top if you are interested in the Spanish version.

Non-Fiction Reading of Current Events

Would you like to have your students read articles on current events that are differentiated by reading level.  Each article has the same content but is differentiated at 5 different reading levels by Lexile.

To see the website click here.  You will have to register but the service is free.