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Are you attending the Texas Assessment Conference next week? Here’s where to find us: 📍 Booth # 318: Meet the Formative Texas team and explore how we're supporting assessment across the state. 📅 Session with Lake Travis ISD: Join us Tuesday, 11/5 at 10:45 am for “Collaborative Growth: Leveraging PLC Strategies in the Classroom with Formative” for insights on effective, data-driven practices. ☕ Coffee Chat: Want a one-on-one with our Director of Texas Partnerships? Reach out to Sarah Berman to schedule a coffee meeting. Looking forward to seeing you there!

Pumpkin spice lattes are back and there’s a chill in the air-- which means it’s time to cozy up for Newsela’s Fall Assembly! Join our panel conversation with Natalie Wexler “Stop the 8th Grade Slump: Bridging the Gap Between ‘Learn to Read’ and ‘Read to Learn’”. In our discussion, Natalie, alongside Rebecca Montgomery, Assistant Superintendent at Freehold Township Schools, and Dan Cogan-Drew, Co-Founder at Newsela, will examine the research and give real-world examples of what works and what doesn’t when designing literacy instruction programs. Don’t miss this and our other Fall Assembly events! Sign up today ➡️ https://lnkd.in/gN-sXW7r

When students can break down an argument in a text, it gets them actively thinking about the content so that they can do higher-level thinking than just remembering and recalling information. Learn about the nuances of claims and arguments with this article by Katrina Freund M. Ed 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gbC7qX_y

More writing, more feedback, more confidence. ✍️ Join us on October 9th for a virtual event: Nuture Confident Writers with Newsela Writing! Sign up today: https://ow.ly/XUCW50TwEYO In this session, you will: 💻 Learn how to get started with Newsela Writing using Newsela ELA content and premade assignments from the Library. 🧰 Discover tools to challenge students and help them grow into more confident writers. 👩🏫 Hear from Melanie Meehan—author and Elementary Writing Coordinator in Simsbury, Connecticut—about how she integrates Newsela Writing into her classroom to maximize student learning. You can also earn professional development credit!

Your students have election questions— we’ve got election answers! Check out this #NewselaKnack from our professional learning specialist, Sarah-Anne Schicker, to learn about how you can incorporate this year’s elections into your lesson plans.

NYSCOSS 2024! 🍩 miss Newsela at Booth #26! Come chat with Sara Cowley & I while enjoying a sweet bite from Saratoga Springs Darling Doughnuts!

Rather than just averaging students’ assignment, assessment, and participation scores, standards-based grading accounts for their individual skills and knowledge mastery. Read more about what standards-based grading is and how you can implement this new system at your school or district with this article by Drew Goltermann 🔗https://lnkd.in/g9rFSmPA

🛸✨Greetings earthlings, the Newselaverse beckons… We know that magic happens with collaboration–and what better way than to join a space for everyone! Whether you are a user of Newsela ELA, Newsela Social Studies, Newsela Science or Formative–this space is for you. 💫 Join the Newselaverse now to find your newest idea or share your best advice with the community ➡️ https://lnkd.in/e5dmM7PJ

For Latinx and Hispanic Heritage Month, we’ve curated a collection of articles, resources, and activities to give you and your students easy ways to celebrate in the classroom 🎆👩🏫 Read more through our blog ➡️ https://ow.ly/SCPr50ToxmH

What's the best way to welcome students back into the classroom? Establishing routines! Use our September engagement kit to give your students the stability and structure they need for the rest of the school year. ➡️ https://lnkd.in/g4b5hjPg