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NEWSELA
NCADE Breakout session
April 22, 2016
Heidi Giffin, Dr.Patty Hill-Miller, Heidi Huntley,
and Christie Rife
What is NEWSELA?
FEATURES
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More than 1,000 articles
organized by category and
reading level
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Daily emails showing articles of
the day (optional)
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Articles can be printed
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Current events
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No advertisements!
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Two versions:
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FREE Version
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Pro Version - (paid) offers
annotation and
collaboration capabilities
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Builds reading
comprehension
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High-interest articles
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8 Themes
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5 Lexile levels
available for each
article
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Quizzes test critical
thinking
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Writing prompts
available for each
article
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Annotations and
editing available in
paid version
Student Benefits
Instructor Benefits
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Automatically assign
articles to students
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Record student results
and reading-levels
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Quick differentiation for
student need
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Scaffolding of reading
strategies
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Reading intensity
increases as course
progresses
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“Binder” shows who
read the article, passed
the quiz and took notes
8 Themes:
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War and Peace
Science
Kids
Money
Law
Health
Arts
Sports
5 Lexile
levels
Quizzes
4 multiple-choice questions
Create class login for students
Four ways:
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take quizzes online
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copy and paste the
answer choices on paper
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copy and paste quiz on
the board as a
discussion starter
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copy and paste quiz into
a discussion board
Writing
Prompts
provided for
every article
Text Sets
● Articles in a particular text set
highlight themes.
● Readings can be
contextualized within the
theme.
NEWSELA IN ACTION - Sample Lesson
1. Choose and print an article for class
2. Students complete a reading process chart in small groups
a. Preview
b. Integrate knowledge
c. Recall
3. Written response (independent)
a. Summary
b. Reaction/Reflection
c. NEWSELA prompts
d. Mastery paragraph and essay prompts
NEWSELA IN ACTION - Make and Take
1. Sign Up NEWSELA.com
2. Create an account
3. Explore an article, the Lexile level versions, a quiz and the writing prompt
available.
4. Create a class
5. Create an assignment based on the article you just explored.
Questions????
CONTACTS
Heidi Giffin: heidi.giffin@cpcc.edu
Dr. Patty Hill-Miller: patty.hill@cpcc.edu
Heidi Huntley: heidi.huntley@cpcc.edu
Christie Rife: christie.rife@cpcc.edu
PollEverywhere Survey
More Resources
● PollEverywhere - use the student’s cell phone to complete quizzes and surveys
https://www.polleverywhere.com/
● Remind.com - send texts to students without using your personal cell phone.
https://www.remind.com/
● Powtoon - cartoon from the beginning
● NEWSELA’s CEO, Matt Gross, explains the history of NEWSELA