Great sites for news

As we get ready for our non-fiction reading and writing units, I want to share a couple of news sites that I love. These sites provide articles which can be read at different lexile levels, meaning you can get the same content but at an easier or more challenging reading level. These sites are also fabulous when you're looking for ideas for your In The News for social studies!

Common Lit is a collection of poems, short stories, news articles, historical documents, and literature for classrooms

Smithsonian Tween Tribune Leave it to the Smithsonian to make it easy to differentiate reading levels within interesting informational articles for grades K-12. Take a look!

Newsela: Unlimited access to hundreds of levelled news articles and Common Core–aligned quizzes, with new articles every day.  Great for In The News preparation!