News Websites

For Teachers:

Looking for articles with differentiated reading levels? Here are some resources:

Actively Learn - free site, you can search by Lexile level

CommonLit - free site, you can search by Lexile level

Newsela - free and paid versions, can change Lexile level

ReadWorks - free site, has 3 Lexile levels for articles

Tween Tribune (from the Smithsonian Institution, can select from 3 Lexile levels, has Spanish articles)

Note: you can also find articles at different levels with Encyclopedia Britannica (login required, link under Online Databases)

Do you have an article you want to use, but it is not already differentiated? Use Rewordify to simplify the article by pasting text into the box on the website.