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Thanks for joining Newsela! We'll help your students become stronger readers and get them started reading articles immediately. It will only take a few minutes to get everything set up.
Follow these steps to get started:
- Register for Newsela
- Create classes and add students
- Assign articles
- Show students where to begin
- Monitor student progress
Step 1. Register for Newsela
The first step is to create your own account. This account allows you to log in to Newsela each day to create classes, assign articles and track your students' progress.
To register for Newsela:
- Visit www.newsela.com.
- In the top-right corner of the page, click on the Sign In/Register link.
- Click on the I'm Faculty/Staff icon.
- Type your school’s zip code.
Newsela will display a list of schools located within your zip code.
- Click on your school and then click on the Next button.
- Type your name, email address and the password you want to use.
Note: Passwords can be any combination of 6-30 characters (letters, numbers or special characters).
- Check the I accept the Newsela Terms of Use box.
- Click on the Sign Up button.
The Welcome page will appear. Newsela will send you a verification email.
Note: If you do not receive the email, click on one of the buttons on the Welcome page.
- Once you receive the email, click on the link to activate your account.
Step 2. Create classes and add students
For each class that you teach, you will create a class in Newsela. This will allow you to manage your students, articles and quizzes by class.
Note: When you register for Newsela, you are prompted to create your first class. You can always edit or delete this class later.
Once you have created a class, your students may log in to Newsela and join the class. Teachers do not have the ability to add students to their class.
To create a class:
- In the top-right corner of the page, click on your name.
The Settings page will appear.
- Scroll to the Classes section.
- In the Enter class name here field, type a class name.
- From the drop-down menu, choose a grade.
- Click on the Add Class button.
Newsela will generate a unique class code.
To add students:
- Print the Quick Start Guide for Students.
- In the top-right corner of the guide, write the class code next to Sign-up code.
- Provide a copy of the guide to each student.
Step 3: Assign articles
Each day, review the new articles in Newsela. When you see an article that you think may interest your students, assign the article to your class. Newsela will automatically assign the appropriate reading level based on the grade of your class.
Note: If a lightbulb icon appears above the title, there is a quiz available for the article.
To assign an article to your class:
- Open the article that you want to assign.
At the top of the page, there are buttons for each of your classes.
- Click on the button for the class that will be assigned the article.
The button turns blue, to show that the class has been assigned to read this article.
Step 4. Show students where to begin
Now that you have everything set up, your students can start reading articles and taking quizzes.
To show students where to begin:
- Instruct your students to do the following:
- In the sign-in bar (black), click on the Binder link.
A list will appear, showing all articles assigned for the student’s classes.
- Scroll to the Your Work section to view all assignments for all classes.
- Click on an article.
- If an article has a companion quiz, remind students to take the quiz after they've read the article.
Step 5. Monitor student progress
The binder shows an overview of your students' performance on articles you've assigned. You can view the class average score on a quiz, as well as individual scores for each of your students. The binder also shows which students have annotated an article, reminding you to check out what your students have to say.
To monitor student progress:
- In the sign-in bar (black), click on the Binder link.
Your binder will appear, showing student performance data for each class.
- Scroll to the assignment for which you want to view quiz scores.
- Click on the name of the class.
The class section expands, showing the full class roster, student progress and quiz scores.
- Click on the student's name to view his or her specific answers on the quiz.
Congratulations! You are now set up and ready to use all of the features Newsela has to offer. Happy reading!
