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A FREE resource to boost reading comprehension. Track assignments and student progress. Sign in with Clever, and you can import students straight from Google Classroom.

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Content Type Reading Passages, eBooks, StepReads (differentiation), Article-A-DayTM Sets, Boost Articles, Challenge Articles, Collections for ELLs, Paired Texts

Activity Type Full Question Set, Express Question Set, Open-Ended Question Set, Inferring Question Set, Monitoring Question Set,Text Structure Question Set, Article-A-Day Vocabulary

Grade Level, Topic, Text Type (Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry), and Lexile Level

  • Access more than 5000 high-quality texts

  • Use built-in alignments, levels and differentiation

  • Automate grading and view assessment data

  • Support core curricula with Book Studies

  • Build student background knowledge

  • Achieve reading stamina with Article-A-Day

  • Integrate through Clever Library and Google Classroom

Quill provides over 700 research-based writing, grammar, and proofreading activities organized by the Common Core standards. Teachers have a dashboard that shows them how their students are progressing on the standards.

Quill is a lightweight learning management system integrated with a suite of online apps that teach writing, grammar, and vocabulary skills to students. Students using Quill learn English grammar and vocabulary by fixing sentences, proofreading passages, and collaboratively writing passages.

Activities take between 10-40 minutes in length. After completing independent-practice assignments, students receive instant feedback on their work. The instant feedback is valuable because they can review which concepts they understand and which ones they are struggling to master. The instantaneous grading system allows teachers to provide individualized instruction for students who need the most in-class help while giving advanced practice to students who are ready for more challenging material.

Free content created by educators to improve critical thinking, reading, and writing skills, searchable by grade, lesson objective, and topic. Resources include lesson plans, strategies, and ready-to-use materials.

Resources for teaching English Language Arts using New York Times content. Subject areas include: Reading & Literature, Writing, Journalism, and Literacy Skills. Find writing prompts, picture prompts, current events-related lesson plans, weekly student activities, mentor texts, and more in this free resource.

Digital Public Library of America is a free, national digital library that provides a single point of access to cultural heritage materials from more than 4,000 libraries, archives, and museums across the United States. Go to DPLA to search more than 37 million images, videos, texts, and sounds.

Search NG's extensive collections by topic keywords, subjects, grade level, and content type.

Newsela is an online news platform that uses curated real-world, high interest stories to help students improve their literacy skills. Teachers can find articles with appropriate reading levels for their students (5 Lexile levels). Newsela articles also feature questions and writing prompts that align with common core standards. Integrates with Clever and Google Classroom.