Newsela

As part of the COVID response, all Anacortes Schools now have access to Newsela ELA, Social Studies, Science (click the links for short video overviews), and our SEL Premium Collections, all Washington standard aligned. Accounts will stay activated until June 12th.

With Newsela, you have unlimited access to more than 20 genres of content at five reading levels, standards-aligned reading activities, and real-time insights to support daily instruction and differentiation across the curriculum.

How do I register for a Newsela account?

  1. Click HERE for instant access

  2. Register with either Clever or Google Classroom (links include tips for getting started)

  3. Review resources found in our Remote Teaching Toolkit - links for creating assignments, little lessons, office hours and even a full unit plan

  4. Create your first Assignment and share Newsela Assignments Explained, for Parents

Teaching remotely? We can help.

Our connections to our class, context, and community are what make us impactful as educators. James Comer (1995) puts it well: "No significant learning occurs without a significant relationship." As former teachers, we know that keeping those relationships and connections through distance learning and new challenges can be difficult.

This toolkit is designed to help you connect to student choice, your curriculum and content, and your communities in this uncertain time. Newsela is built to help educators connect students to the world around them and we feel now more than ever our charge to Unlock the Written Word for Everyone means helping to connect.

Making Connections

Never taught remotely before? Don’t worry, we have your back! If you’re looking to get started with Newsela, or get started teaching remotely with Newsela, here are some good places to start:

Little Lessons

Do your students need some help getting around Newsela? We've created a series of student facing videos designed to speak directly to them. Try sharing any of the following with them to learn how to navigate the site: