Every Newsela article includes the ability to view additional levels, assign content, preview activities, and take additional actions. The article Leveler is located at the top left. The article toolbar can be found below every article image underneath the article descriptors, and the activities panel can be found at top right of each article page.

You can find descriptions and how to use each feature below.

Each Newsela article is available at 5 reading levels, ranging from grades 2-12. On any article, the leveling button above the title to see and navigate between all levels. The MAX level is the original version of the article. You’ll also see the grade level of the text under the title (“Text Level”). You can learn more about converting Newsela grade levels to Lexile levels here.

Click on the blue Assign button to assign an article to a class, or add an article to an existing assignment.

Click the Print button to print an article. You will see options to print the article with or without the quiz and the answers.

Once you make your selection, you'll be able to download the article (including quizzes and answers) as a pdf by clicking the down arrow in the upper right corner.

Note: If you are currently on an Individual Trial of Newsela subject products, only a selected set of articles will be available to you for printing at any given moment. You can find the list of available printable content on your Homepage, by clicking 'View all' next to the 'Printable Content' row.

Click on the Assignment Builder button on the far right hand side of an article page to expand it. Teachers can choose which activities they would like to include in an assignment, even before creating their assignment.

Click the Share button to share an article via Google Classroom, Remind, email, Facebook, Twitter, or Pinterest.

To share an article with your students, make sure to assign it by clicking the Create Assignment button in addition to any other ways in which you share it.

Click the save button to save an article to your Saved page. You can get to this page by hovering over Your Content at the top of the page and selecting “Saved By You” from the drop-down menu.

To hide an article from a class, click the hide button and select a class. Students in the class will not see the article on Newsela. Class names are red when the article is hidden for them. To unhide an article, click the class name again.

If a student belongs to another class and the teacher assigns the article you've hidden, the article will become visible to that student.

Note: Teachers can also hide all non-Elementary articles from their students by setting a class to Elementary.

To add an article to a Text Set, click the "+ Add To Text Set" button. Then, select either one of your existing Text Sets or Create a new Text Set.

Click the Present icon, beneath the article descriptors, to project an article for class instruction without showing teacher features, student work, or quiz answers. Launch Present Mode to model an article for your class with a screen that looks more similar to what your students see.

Click on the font size icon to change the size of the font in the article

Click on the count option to count the paragraphs in an article

Click on the listen icon to utilize our read aloud feature. The speed of the read aloud can be slowed down, as well as paused.

Read Aloud feature supports some (not all) languages. The supported languages are listed below:

Available both on Teacher accounts and Student accounts, the citation tool allows students and teachers to generate citations in APA, MLA, and Chicago Manual of Style formats. Clicking the button will be giving students an easy way to create properly formatted citations directly from their assignment while responding to write prompts.

On Newsela Science articles, teachers have the ability to see the standards with which an article aligns.

To use the standards on an article,

On Newsela Social Studies articles, teachers have the ability to see the standards with which an article aligns.

To use the standards on an article,

Newsela's Text Translator Tool offers teachers and students a way to translate articles from English into other available languages (see list below). While we attempt to add the Text Translator Tool to as many articles as possible, some content partners have restrictions in place that prevent us from translating their content, if you don't see the Text Translator Tool within an article, this would be the reason.

While teachers can use the Text Translator Tool wherever it is available, students will only be able to access translations if the tool was enabled for them by their teacher on the specific assignment.

Teachers can turn the Text Translator Tool on or off for their class as a whole or while creating a small group assignment.

When should a student use the Text Translator?

Multilingual learners who are struggling with English comprehension skills as they read Newsela articles.

What will students and teachers be able to translate on the Newsela platform?

Students will be able to translate only paragraphs of text within Newsela articles into a different language. Translations are not available on quizzes or other activities.

What languages are available with the Text Translator Tool?

At this time, translation of content is available in the following languages: