We partnered with Newsela to develop 100 interdisciplinary literacy strategies for elementary and secondary teachers that support students to read, analyze, and comprehend complex informational texts.
The Newsela Master Teacher project shares the practices of nine Newsela-Certified educators and showcases how they leverage Newsela tools to personalize literacy instruction for their students. Each teacher will bring you into their classroom, sharing videos and artifacts that bring the instructional strategies to life.
6 Strategies from the Newsela Master Teacher Project
1. Jigsaw Reading Using Newsela with Secondary Students by Christine Scoppa
Each student becomes an expert on an article and then teaches the group so that the group can draw connections based on what they have learned.
2. Reading and Writing for Change with Secondary Students Using Newsela by Sarah Bayer
Students read about others who have brought about change and then design their own projects to impact their homes, schools, or communities.
3. Building Background Knowledge Using Newsela with Elementary Students by Monika Moorman
Complement novel studies by building students’ background knowledge on a topic using Newsela articles.
4. Anticipation Guide Using Newsela by Aimee Tolleson
An engaging pre-reading strategy designed to activate schema and heighten curiosity.
5. Focus on Reading Skills on Newsela in Order to Achieve Mastery by Kristen Rafferty
Students analyze data, set goals, and make intentional improvements on the eight anchor reading standards found within Newsela articles.
6. Newsela One Pager for Secondary Students by Tyler Overstreet
Students develop a text-based visual representation to demonstrate their comprehension of a text
Explore all of the teaching strategies developed through the Newsela Master Teacher project.
