Great tool for finding current events with accompanying lesson plans and discussion questions.

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Teacher Review for PBS Newshour Extra

Julia B.
Special education instructor
Ridge High School
Basking Ridge, NJ

My Grades 9, 10, 11, 12

My Subjects English Language Arts

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My Students Liked It Yes

My Students Learned Yes

I Would Recommend It Yes

Setup Time More than 15 minutes

Great for Homework
Individual
Knowledge gain
Practice
Small group
Student-driven work
Teacher-led lessons
Whole class

Great with General

How I Use It

I used this website to build my students reading skills while in small groups. Each article comes with before, during, and after reading questions. I selected questions and adapted questions in order to better fit the needs of my students and then incorporated specific reading strategies (i.e. text connections, mind maps, Venn diagrams, etc).

My Take

This is a great teaching tool to build students informational reading comprehension skills. The questions that go along with each article are at each of Blooms Taxonomy levels making it easy to differentiate learning. Sometimes the articles were a little dry for students.

Great tool for finding current events with accompanying lesson plans and discussion questions.

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