Newsela for Canada

Engage, support, and grow every learner

Newsela’s ELA and assessment products give Canadian educators the content, activities, and data needed to build knowledge, practice skills, and meet every learner where they are.

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Deliver engaging lessons that encourage students to practice skills, build knowledge, and include diverse perspectives.

Newsela ELA

Drive meaningful student outcomes with content-rich literacy instruction.

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Formative

Bring educators together for collaborative daily instruction and assessment.

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Formative

Collaborate and gather actionable, real-time data with a platform that supports a range of instruction and assessment needs.

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Where educators come together for instruction and assessment

Actionable insights for teachers

Empower every teacher to read the room and respond to students' needs in the moment, by providing real-time student feedback and insights from daily activities like bell ringers and exit tickets.

Collaboration for departments and PLCs

Equip departments and professional learning communities with a space to collaborate on student activities and share best practices.

Common assessments and admin reports

Administer effective common assessments and elevate instruction district-wide with admin assessment settings and reports on standards progress over time.

Student support made easy

Ensure every student gets rich and targeted real-time feedback, so they all are engaged in learning and feel supported by their teachers.

Multiple tools in one

Provide teachers with an all-in-one instructional tool with support for lesson delivery, instructional video, independent student practice, and daily formative assessment.

Newsela ELA

Combine relevant, real-world content with powerful scaffolds and proven assessments to make literacy outcomes a reality for every learner.

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Your tool for engaging, authentic literacy instruction

Engaging skills practice

Use diverse, real-world content with rigorous assessments for students to practice skills without sacrificing engagement.

Extensive content coverage

Choose from thousands of curated texts and videos to help students build background knowledge on any topic, book, or theme covered in class.

Powerful scaffolding tools

Support students for whole-class, small-group, or individual literacy instruction with scaffolding tools like differentiated content at five reading levels.

Canadian voices and perspectives

Build relevant lessons with access to Canadian content focused on indigenous perspectives, Canadian news, and global events shared through a Canadian lens.

Customizable activities with Formative

Add your own Formative activities to texts based on your goals, teaching style, and student needs. Add a range of question types to show students what they’ll see on summative and state tests.

Explore our Canadian ELA content

Newsela ELA customers in Canada get exclusive access to Canadian content focused on indigenous perspectives, Canadian news, and global events shared through a Canadian lens.