How can giant pandas and hurricane names be engaging for grade school students? XTRA Weekly—powered by Exploros—uses articles like these from Pulitzer Prize-winning newspapers to create interactive ELA curriculum that students love. Our article and activities on the Exploros platform give each student a voice. Learn more in our video about Lesson 1 of the … Read more
Discover how you can help your students develop critical reading, writing, and thinking skills using engaging non-fiction literature lessons. These three videos will explain more about the XTRA Weekly curriculum powered by Exploros. VIDEO 1: Non-Fiction Literature is Underrepresented in K12 Instruction VIDEO 1 TRANSCRIPT As many educators know, non-fiction literature is underrepresented in … Read more
THE PROBLEM: NONFICTION IS UNDERREPRESENTED IN K-12 EDUCATION Students are missing the opportunity to learn critical thinking skills from real-world content. The problem of nonfiction literature being underrepresented in K-12 education is addressed in the article titled “The Role of Nonfiction Literature in K-12 Education” published by the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE). … Read more
Get ready to turn on your volume then watch to learn the easy steps to sign up for an XTRA Weekly FREE Teacher Trial. FREE TEACHER TRIAL STEPS Go to XTRAWeekly.com Click the navigation menu link called “Get Started with XTRA Weekly powered by Exploros” On the Get Started page, click the button called “Get … Read more
To overcome the challenge of keeping students engaged in ELA lessons, XTRA Weekly—powered by Exploros—uses interactive activities to give each student a voice. Watch this demonstration video of how a teacher can use XTRA Weekly to get students more involved in a critical reading lesson based on articles from Pulitzer Prize-winning newspapers. In this example … Read more
In its 18th year, XTRA Weekly has expanded online through a partnership with Exploros to provide teachers with critical reading content in a fun and engaging digital format. Exploros is a teacher-guided platform for staging learning experiences in the face-to-face or a remote classroom. Teachers can guide the experience and resulting dialogue, and all students … Read more
In our 18th year, the traditional PDF version of XTRA Weekly has evolved to an interactive and collaborative product, powered by Exploros. What this means for ELA teachers is that our proven curriculum is enhanced with a better online learning experience for your students. In the past, teachers would receive a set of PDFs with … Read more
The objective for our lessons from Weeks 1-8 is to teach critical reading and thinking skills using current news about “Seven Reasons to Have Friends” plus “Many Americans really want to travel into space” and finally “Buzzards are besieging an NC town”. GET STARTED If you’d like to get started using XTRA Weekly … Read more
Upper elementary and middle school students—now more than ever—need to develop strong critical reading skills and understand current events in this age of distance learning, fake news, and misinformation. But, educators find it challenging and time consuming to review newspaper articles then create a lesson plan with exercises that are interactive and challenging for students. … Read more
Upper elementary and middle school students—now more than ever—need to develop strong critical reading skills and understand current events in this age of distance learning, fake news, and misinformation. But, educators find it challenging and time consuming to review newspaper articles then create a lesson plan with exercises that are interactive and challenging for students. … Read more