How to Access and Submit Assignments for Students

Your teachers may ask you to complete different activities on articles. You can complete activities on newsela.com or on the Newsela mobile app.

Students can access their teachers' assignments on the Assignments page. To access the page,

Sign in to Newsela

Click assignments.

Select the assignment you'd like to work on. Newer assignments appear at the top of the page. All assignments that you have not viewed will say "New."

Select an option below to see how to complete and submit different types of work.

What you can see

You can read any article on Newsela, unless your teacher has hidden it from your class.

Most Newsela articles are available at five reading levels. You will see the level closest to your just-right reading level first. You also have the option to change it if what you're reading is too easy or too hard. Your teacher can assign a single level to your class, which means you must finish the assigned level's quiz before you can adjust the level.

What your teacher can see

Your teacher will automatically be able to see how much time you spent reading the article at each reading level. You do not have to take any additional actions on Newsela to let your teacher know that you have read the article.

Annotations

Teachers and students can highlight and annotate articles. Your teacher may leave annotations on the article with questions or instructions for you, or they may ask you to make your own annotations. Teachers and students can see and respond to each other's annotations. 

How students make annotations :

Highlight text. An annotations box will appear.

In the annotations box, select a color and enter your annotation.

Your annotation will automatically be saved and shared with your teacher(s). 

You can make unique annotations for each level of the article. Annotations only appear at the reading level at which they are made.

Each article has a 4-question quiz at each reading level.

To take and submit a quiz, follow these steps:

Go to an article and select the level at which you will read and take the quiz. Students can take the quiz at every level of an article. 

Open the Activities panel by clicking Activities in the upper right-hand corner. 

Click Quiz .

If the article has two or more quizzes, check the instructions to see which quiz your teacher would like you to take.

Select your answers. Move between questions by clicking Next and Back . 

Click Submit .

You will see your score and your teacher(s) will see your quiz score in the Binder.

Writing Responses

Each article has a writing prompt. To submit a writing response, follow these steps:

Go to an article.

Click Write . 

Select the class for your response.

Enter your response. Your work will be autosaved.  

Click Submit Response . Your teacher will now see your writing response in their Binder. 

Citing Newsela articles:  Find the original publication source and author by going to the MAX level. You'll see the original source and author under the title. Use this information to cite the article in your preferred format. Newsela recommends adding "Edited by Newsela Staff" when citing articles at the MAX level and "Adapted by Newsela Staff" when citing articles at other levels.  

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Newsela in the classroom

OK, I have to admit I am becoming a huge Newsela fan. Here’s why. It’s really working for my students. Newsela is a free database of free quality nonfiction articles for my students from a wide array of sources. Newsela aggregates news articles from a variety of trusted sources , including The New York Times , The Washington Post , Scientific American , and more than one hundred others.  Even better, every article can be adjusted to meet five different reading levels.

Ways to Use Newsela

You can print articles or have your students read them online, where they can annotate as they go. You can also assign built-in comprehension quizzes or writing assignments.

All those features are free for all teacher users. Schools can also subscribe for additional content, including 20+ genres of informational texts to support instruction across the curriculum. Learn more about Newsela’s paid options here . It’s pretty easy to assign Newsela articles and activities in Google Classroom , so you can use them as homework or for in-class activities. I got the hang of it quickly. The site also works with other learning management systems like Schoology, Classlink, and Canvas. Find out if your LMS works with Newsela here.

Newsela content includes documents and primary sources for ELA, social studies, and science. There is also up-to-date news and current events sections and even a social and emotional learning (SEL) collection. Here are some ways to use Newsela with your students:

1. Try the See, Think, Wonder Method

A worksheet divided into three columns for See, Think, and Wonder

Reading is about more than just comprehension. Good readers ponder what they’ve read, considering the content and making their own connections. The See, Think, Wonder method helps students go deeper when they read, and it works perfectly with Newsela articles. Learn more about See, Think, Wonder from The Reading Roundup .

2. Notice and Note

Notice and Note printable worksheet for close reading

Notice and Note is another way to approach close reading with news articles. Start by reading articles as a group and filling out the organizer together. Then, assign students articles to read on their own using Notice and Note. BetterLesson has more about this method, plus a free printable organizer.

3. Do an Article of the Week

List of close reading instructions for an article of the week using NewsELA

Work on close reading skills by choosing one new article to focus on each week. Each day, spend time with the article in a different way, teaching students to read carefully and analyze the content. Learn more about using an article of the week from AdVenturas in Fourth .

4. Add supporting evidence to opinion pieces

Pros and Cons list for supporting evidence on an opinion writing piece

Opinion writing can be a tricky topic, but it’s more important than ever to teach students how to back up their opinions with reliable evidence. Newsela’s PRO/CON articles are a great way to help students debate a topic and find the evidence they need when writing their opinion pieces. Learn more from Performing in Education .

5. Research background info for fiction reading

Printable worksheet for gathering background information on the subject of a novel

Close reading in fiction often means learning more about the time, place, or themes of a novel or short story. Newsela can help provide that info with their Paired Text sets, where common fiction books are matched with current events articles. Students can use the annotation tools or a graphic organizer to record their finds. Find out more at BetterLesson.

6. Make a vocabulary list

VocabGrabber screenshot for an article about COVID vaccines and treatments

Newsela’s Core Subjects products (one of their paid subscription services) include Power Words automatically highlighted in each article according to the reading level. Teachers can use these to generate vocab lists. If you’re using the free version of Newsela, find your own vocab lists with a tool like VocabGrabber . Just adjust your Newsela article to the appropriate reading level, then copy and paste the text into VocabGrabber to get suggested words for your list. Speech Time Fun has more on using this cool tool.

7. Take Newsela on a speed date

Fact exchange printable worksheet with annotations from a news article

Reading “speed dating” is all about exchanging facts and opinions with other readers. Students prepare for this discussion strategy by reading and annotating a news article. They then pair up with another student for a quick one-on-one conversation, sharing what they’ve learned and asking questions about the topic. You can get more info about the speed dating discussion strategy at BetterLesson.

8. Combine Newsela with Pear Deck

Graphic showing student holding a globe in front of a background of NewsELA and Pear Deck

If you already use Pear Deck in your classroom, don’t miss out on their Newsela Daily Decks! Each school week, they’ll send you five new decks, one for each day. They’re ready-to-teach and include interactive prompts that will help you get each student engaged and involved. Find out more about these Daily Decks from Pear Deck .

9. Give current events reports

Current event reports templates

Because Newsela’s articles are updated daily, they’re ideal for keeping up with current events. Assign a different student to give a current events report every day, or have each student turn in one report each week or month. You can buy printable templates for them to use from Literacy in Focus , or make up your own.

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