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NEWS

How a cargo ship took down Baltimore’s Key Bridge

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PRIMARY SOURCE

Primary Sources: The Declaration of Independence

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NOVEL STUDY

"The House on Mango Street" by Sandra Cisneros

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Everything you need to accelerate learning across ELA, social studies, and science

Never sacrifice engagement

Practice literacy skills with highly-engaging, relevant articles about events happening in the world.

Support any lesson or topic

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Scaffold and differentiate instruction

Support students with texts at five reading levels, checks for understanding, and embedded vocabulary practice.

Standards-aligned assessment

Leverage multiple-choice quizzes and writing prompts to demonstrate literacy skills progress.

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Guide students to improve their writing with Newsela Writing.

Newsela is proven to accelerate student literacy growth by as much as four months in a single school year.

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