Current event sites for students and teachers

It's the new semester and you are looking for some fresh ideas to start 2015 off with a bang.  The new Common Core requires more nonfiction texts, so where do you go?

Take a look at some of these free or inexpensive sites featuring tons of articles and grade level content.

·   Content Based Searches

·   Videos about different topics

·   Scientific in nature

·   Games

·   Includes an APP section that links apps to the videos/games

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 ·   Free account creation.

·   Numerous Content Areas

·   Book and Movie reviews

·   Topic specific searches

·   Searchable by grade.

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·    Free App for android and iPad.

·   Nonfiction texts

·   Customizable per student

·   Create class accounts to monitor students.
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·    Student Driven blogs

·   Games

·   Sports Nonfiction

·   More Grades 3-8 based
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 ·   Grade Specific Content

·   FREE!

·   Student Interaction/ Blogging

·   Teacher Can Override/Admin 

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·   Daily “Wonder” with trivia and info about a topic.

·   Searchable by grade and content area.

·   Educator Resources included. 

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