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A "Real News" Curriculum: An interactive curriculum geared for students in Grades 3 – 8 that uses current, high-interest nonfiction articles from national newspapers to engage students in reading, writing, and critical thinking.
15/03/2021
XTRA Weekly lesson plans are available on Teachers Pay Teachers! Head on over to our store page by clicking the link below and check out our free sample to see what XTRA Weekly can do for your classroom.
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09/03/2021
Check out our week 23 lesson plans! Teach your students news literacy and critical thinking skills using articles from award-winning publications. This week's lessons talk about "Chicago Rats in Winter" and "5 Tips to Love Your Heart."
Learn more in our blog post
https://xtraweekly.com/week-23-chicago-rats-heart-tips/
Chill out in Week 23 with articles about Chicago Rats in the Winter plus Five Tips to Love Your Heart - XTRA Weekly Discover the Critical Reading and Thinking lessons in the Week 23 preview of our guided lesson plans. Click to learn more.
24/02/2021
Week 20 lessons are now available!
Build your students' critical reading and thinking skills with articles from Pulitzer Prize-winning publications. This week's articles discuss "COVID vaccines" and "shoveling snow."
Learn more about this week's lessons and how you can utilize our free samples in our latest blog post
https://xtraweekly.com/week-20-vaccines-shoveling-snow/
Scoop Up our Week 20 Lessons about Vaccines plus Shoveling Snow - XTRA Weekly Discover the Critical Reading and Thinking lessons in the Week 20 preview of our guided lesson plans. Click to learn more.
16/02/2021
Week 19 lessons are now live!
Teach your students critical thinking and reading skills with news articles from Pulitzer Prize-Winning publications.
This week's articles discuss "Double Masking" and "Vicarious Vacations."
Learn more at https://xtraweekly.com/week19-double-mask-vicarious-vacations/
Explore our Week 19 Lessons with Topics about Double Masks and Vicarious Vacations - XTRA Weekly Discover the Critical Reading and Thinking lessons in the Week 19 preview of our guided lesson plans. Click to learn more.
06/02/2021
Lessons for Week 18 are now available! Teach your students critical reading and thinking skills with articles from Pulitzer Prize-winning news organizations. This week's articles talk about Poet, Amanda Gorman as well as obesity resulting from the pandemic.
Learn more at https://xtraweekly.com/week-18-amanda-gorman-and-covid-obesity/
Practice ELA Exercises in Week 18 with Topics about Amanda Gorman plus COVID's Impact of Obesity - XTRA Weekly Discover the Critical Reading and Thinking lessons in the Week 18 preview of our guided lesson plans. Click to learn more.
17/01/2021
Our Week 15 Lessons are now live! This week's articles teach students critical reading and thinking skills while discussing healthy food and animals that help with healing.
To learn more, check out our blog post https://xtraweekly.com/week-15-healthy-foods-animals-healing/
Utilize the Week 15 Exercises to Help Kids Learn about Healthy Food and Animals that Help with Healing - XTRA Weekly Discover the Critical Reading and Thinking lessons in the Week 15 preview of our guided lesson plans. Click to learn more.
19/12/2020
Lessons for Week 13 are now available! This week's articles discuss healthy holiday meals and the proper methods for training dogs. Learn how your students will develop critical reading and thinking skills by checking out our recent blog post
https://xtraweekly.com/week-13-healthy-holiday-meals-dont-yell-at-dogs/
Week 13 is about Healthy Holiday Meals plus Not to Yell at Dogs - XTRA Weekly Discover the Critical Reading and Thinking lessons in the Week 10 preview of our guided lesson plans. Click to learn more.
14/12/2020
Week 12 lessons are now available! The articles this week use current news about large holiday gatherings as well as the fundamentals of bee stings to teach students vocabulary, critical reading, and thinking skills.
Check out our recent blog post to learn more!
https://xtraweekly.com/week-12-holidays-covid-bee-stings/
Week 12 Teaches Students about Holiday Gatherings Despite COVID plus Bee Stings - XTRA Weekly Discover the Critical Reading and Thinking lessons in the Week 10 preview of our guided lesson plans. Click to learn more.
05/12/2020
Week 11 Lessons are now available! Check out our recent blog post to learn about how this week's articles from Pulitzer-Prize winning newspapers will teach your students valuable critical reading and thinking skills.
https://xtraweekly.com/week-11-2020-2021-preview-critical-reading-lesson-plan/
Learn More about the Critical Reading lessons in Week 11 about Face Masks plus Teaching Kids Respect - XTRA Weekly Discover the Critical Reading and Thinking lessons in the Week 10 preview of our guided lesson plans. Click to learn more.
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