XTRA Weekly is now interactive and collaborative—powered by Exploros
Benefits of XTRA Weekly curriculum on Exploros
- Students can use any device to access our current, high-interest nonfiction articles from national newspapers.
- All students have a voice. Everyone is an active contributor and collaborator.
- Teachers can engage students with interactive activities in reading, writing, and critical thinking.
- Teachers can continually measure student engagement, progress, and assessment mapped to learning objectives.
Weekly Lesson Elements…
Newspaper Article
Newspaper Article
A current article of high interest from a national newspaper. All paragraphs are numbered for ease of reference by instructors and students.
Teacher-Guided Lesson Plans
Teacher-Guided Lesson Plans
Teachers teach based on a guided lesson plan, all students engage, and learning data is collected automatically.
Student Engagement
Student Engagement
Weekly activities are designed to teach students vocabulary and higher-order thinking and reading skills.
Realtime Data
Realtime Data
Teachers get insights into classroom activity to improve learning outcomes—continually measuring student engagement, progress, and assessment mapped to learning objectives.
Extension Activities
Extension Activities
Every week you get a set of fun and engaging activities linked to the article content, geared to stimulate students to improve their literacy.
Critical Thinking Skills that Meet State Standards
- Information text/nonfiction reading and writing
- Higher order thinking skills
- Available weekly – 32 issues
- Uses current national newspaper articles
- Two grade levels: Level I (Grades 3-5) Level II (Grades 6-8)
- Ideal as in-school or after-school curriculum