Newsela 201
Learning Target
I will identify at least one new strategy that I can apply to my work with Newsela to improve student achievement.
Agenda:
1. Check-in Survey
2. Review Registration Procedure
3. Topic Options
Newsela 2.0 Survey
Newsela Overview and Registration Procedures.
(http://support.newsela.com/hc/en-us/articles/205001809-Newsela-PRO-101)
Features:
TOPIC ONE: Annotation
*Annotations that Matter
*Options for Annotating on Newsela
Getting Kids to Annotate
TOPIC TWO: Motivating Students and Student Accountability
*Ideas for Grading
Data Conferences with Students
Discussion and Debate with Newsela
TOPIC THREE: Analyzing Data to Improve Student Learning
*Teacher Binder Video
Newsela Data Analysis Protocol
Best Practice Guidance:
*Note: Process additional articles in varied formats (journals, discussions, etc)
Things to Avoid:
I will identify at least one new strategy that I can apply to my work with Newsela to improve student achievement.
Agenda:
1. Check-in Survey
2. Review Registration Procedure
3. Topic Options
- Note: BLOG Articles/ Links are in blue
Newsela 2.0 Survey
Newsela Overview and Registration Procedures.
(http://support.newsela.com/hc/en-us/articles/205001809-Newsela-PRO-101)
Features:
- Text Sets/ Espanol: https://newsela.com/text-sets/#/spanish
- Math Text Sets: https://newsela.com/text-sets/9929/math-realworld
- Science Text Sets: https://newsela.com/text-sets/#/science
- Social Studies/ History: Time Machine, Speeches, primary Scources
- SS/H Text Sets: https://newsela.com/text-sets/#/social-studies
- Text Sets for Literature: https://newsela.com/text-sets/#/books
TOPIC ONE: Annotation
*Annotations that Matter
*Options for Annotating on Newsela
Getting Kids to Annotate
TOPIC TWO: Motivating Students and Student Accountability
*Ideas for Grading
Data Conferences with Students
Discussion and Debate with Newsela
TOPIC THREE: Analyzing Data to Improve Student Learning
*Teacher Binder Video
Newsela Data Analysis Protocol
Best Practice Guidance:
- Two Quizzes a Week for High Reading Gains | Newsela Blog *
- Use as a scaffold for Grade-level text complexity: Regular Instruction MUST still focus on Grade-level text
- Read, think, speak, and write about text
- Create your own write prompts
- Anayze students responses - push back into incorrect answers
- Analyze work for stregths and areas for growth
- And/or Use for information Gathering
- Annotate while reading
- Create your own annotation questions
- Self- Selected Reading (without quizzes)
- Paired Texts
*Note: Process additional articles in varied formats (journals, discussions, etc)
Things to Avoid:
- Excessive Quizzes (what kid likes that?)
- Expecting Newsela to teach students how to read for your content
- Bringing students to computer lab for "Newsela Day"