Informational Text   Resources

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Informational Text Resources

Current events articles that can be customized to different Lexile levels. Includes comprehension quizzes.

Readworks provides research-based units, lessons, and authentic, leveled non-fiction and literary passages directly to educators online, for free. The database can search articles by keyword, grade level, and skills to be taught. Includes quizzes f

Learning is For Everyone

The LI4E Knowledge Portal contains a wide variety of educational and social news, information and resources.

Wonderopolis

Each day, they pose an intriguing question and explore it in a variety of ways. The multi-disciplinary content aligns to Common Core State Standards (CCSS), the STEM Educational Quality Framework, and Bloom's Digital Taxonomy.

NY Times Room for Debate

If you're looking for opposing viewpoints, The Times invites knowledgeable outside contributors to discuss news events and other timely issues. Reader comments are moderated Monday through Friday.

New York Times in Education

News Snapshot features a newsworthy and provocative photo from The New York Times, along with the basic set of questions answered by journalists when relaying the news-- who, what, where, when, why and how. Included i

National Geographic Kids

Interesting stories about a variety of topics

Library of Congress

The Common Core specifically states that students need to read and understand primary and secondary sources. A great source of informational text can be found on the Library of Congress web page.

The Reading & Writing Project

nonfiction text sets on a variety of topics

http://beyondthebubble.stanford.edu

Primary Sources

http://docsteach.org/documents

www.livebinders.com

Don't Forget...

Don't forget that you can do an advanced search on our subscription databases for article topics. You can search specific publications. The articles are Lexile labeled and have an audio feature for students who want to listen.

The Geneva Public Library has many databases that are excellent sources of informational text. You'll need a Geneva Public Library card to access them. If you live outside of Geneva, you can access your own public library's database collection online.

Informational Text &nbsp;&nbsp;Resources