Newsela Subject Products Overview

Newsela ELA, Newsela Science, Newsela Social Studies, and Newsela Essentials contain content to fit the needs of classroom subjects, teachers, students, and schools.

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Newsela ELA

With Newsela ELA, you’ll have access to 20+ genres of authentic and accessible content that is aligned to standards and classroom ready. 

  • More content specifically selected for ELA by text type, theme, subject, and even fiction category. 

  • Improved navigation and a subject-specific homepage make the content you care about easier to find. 

  • Expanded content curation that helps you find content that supports your core ELA instruction. 

  • Instructional supports, including Lesson Sparks and Implementation Guides, designed for the ELA classroom.

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Newsela Social Studies

Newsela Social Studies helps teachers build connections, promote inquiry, and get students thinking like historians, political scientists, or geographers with content that is relevant and accessible to students and aligned to standards.

  • The new social studies specific homepage makes it easier to find content and inspiration for instruction. 

  • Expanded collections help you find curated and sequenced content that supports your core Social Studies instruction, complete with instructional resources. 

  • All social studies content is now aligned to standards, and a selection includes a subject-specific quiz and Write Prompt.

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Newsela Science

Newsela Science helps teachers integrate literacy and science with authentic, real-world texts that are accessible to students and aligned to standards. 

  • The new science-specific homepage makes it easier to find content and inspiration for instruction. 

  • Expanded collections help you find curated and organized content that supports your core Science instruction, complete with instructional resources. 

  • All science content is now aligned to standards, and a selection includes a subject-specific quiz and Write Prompt.

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Newsela Essentials

Newsela Essentials, formerly known as Newsela PRO, helps teachers integrate literacy across subject areas with texts that are engaging and accessible to students and relevant to all classrooms. 

  • An extensive library of authentic cross-topic nonfiction texts from the world’s best publications across 20+ genres. 

  • Leveled texts presented to students at their recommended reading level to support differentiation.

  • Multiple choice standards aligned quizzes and customizable write prompts to strengthen student comprehension.

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I have a Newsela product that doesn’t match the subject I teach.  What does this mean for me?

Your district purchased a subject-specific product from Newsela. If this isn’t what you teach, not to worry, Newsela still offers an extensive library of authentic cross-topic nonfiction texts from the world’s best publications across 20+ genres. Whether you teach ELA, Social Studies or Science, every teacher has the leveled texts presented to students at their recommended reading level to support differentiation.

The best way to find what you are looking for is to search by topic to quickly surface the articles you need to teach your lessons tomorrow. Just like before, teachers can leverage reading comprehension quizzes and write prompts to better understand students as readers.