Tween Tribune

TweenTribune for Grades 5-8 

This is a great website for students to read high-interest nonfiction articles of their choice.
 
The daily news sites for kids, tweens and teens – where you'll find the most compelling, relevant and interesting news for 55 million kids in K-12 and their 3.5 million teachers.

As a teacher you can sign up for a FREE account. 

What do you get with this account? 

• High-interest articles
• Leveled text for K-12
• Self-scoring quizzes (All quiz scores are delivered automatically to teachers)
• Lesson plans
• Critical thinking questions

Also available: 
TweenTribune Español
TweenTribune Junior for Grades K-4
TeenTribune for Grades 9-12

Please let me know if you would like to set this up for use with your students. 


Note:  You DO NOT need to enter your home (personal) email.  You can just enter your work email twice.

Common Core Explorer

Common Sense Media's Graphite is designed to help preK-12 educators discover, use, and share the best apps, games, websites, and digital curricula for their students by providing unbiased, rigorous ratings and practical insights from anactive community of teachers.

They have just rolled out Common Core Explorer.  With Common Core Explorer, you can "find the best digital products for your curriculum by using intuitive filters that quickly guide you through the Common Core State Standards and surface products."

Common Core Explorer can be found at: http://www.graphite.org/standards/common-core