Mississippi State Discovering Newsela ELA

About this course

Welcome to your Discovering Newsela course!

Educators need accessible resources that reflect students' interests and experiences and help them to better understand the world around them. Newsela provides classrooms with high quality, accessible content paired with interactive tools to help drive student engagement.

In this course, you will explore Newsela content, tools, and strategies to support meaningful classroom learning for all your students.

*You must complete the survey at the end to receive a certificate*

Course Objectives:

Understand how Newsela can enhance meaningful classroom learning for all students to support your instructional practice
Connect to the Newsela content most relevant to your subject areas and grade levels of focus
Understand and apply Newsela tools and features that support access to content for all students
Understand and apply Newsela tools and features that support engagement and response to content for all students
Create a digital Newsela assignment for your classroom

Tips:

The lessons of this course contain text, images, videos, linked content, and embedded content to support you as you explore Newsela and its implications for your classroom practice.
You can start and stop the course at any time and your progress will be saved for when you return.
Navigate through the module by clicking the "Next" or "Previous" buttons on the bottom of each page.
This course was designed to be completed within a total of 90 minutes, however, may take shorter or longer based on the participant's background knowledge.
A certificate of completion of 90 minutes of professional learning will be sent to the email address you used to register for this course once you have accessed all course lessons and completed all course quizzes. Course lessons that are marked as optional do not need to be accessed or completed to receive your certificate of completion.

Support:

For support with Skilljar, access the Skilljar Help Center here.
For support with Newsela, access the Newsela Support Center here.
For content support, contact Kristen Rafferty at kristen.rafferty@newsela.com or Marie Smith at marie.smith@newsela.com.

Lessons

Module 1: Discovering Newsela
Module 1 Introduction
Welcome to Newsela
Why Newesla?
Let's Get Started!
Check for Understanding
Module 1 Conclusion
Module 2: Connect to Content
Module 2 Introduction
Curated Content for Your Classroom
Exploring Newsela Collections & Content Curation
Exploring Newsela Collections & the ELA Browse Page
Exploring Newsela Collections & the Social Studies Browse Page
Exploring Newsela Collections & the Science Browse Page
Exploring Newsela for Elementary Learners
[Optional Lesson] Newsela En Español
Search and Save Content
Check for Understanding
Module 2 Conclusion
Module 3: Tools to Support Access for All
Module 3 Introduction
Newsela Level Tool
Read Aloud Feature
Annotation Tool
Power Words
Try It!
Check for Understanding
Module 3 Conclusion
Module 4: Tools for Engagement
Module 4 Introduction
Newsela Quizzes
Write Prompts
Try It!
Check for Understanding
Module 4 Conclusion
Module 5: Creating Newsela Assignments
Module 5 Introduction
Dig Deeper with Lesson Sparks
Create for Your Classroom
Customizing an Assignment
[Optional Lesson] Creating an Assignment with Multiple Texts
Culminating Task: Create an Assignment
Check for Understanding
Module 5 Conclusion
Module 6: Course Conclusion
Module 6 Introduction
Extend Your Learning
Final Reflection
*Required* Share Your Feedback
Congratulations on Completing Your Course!

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