There’s a growing body of research that indicates students are missing the opportunity to learn critical thinking skills from real-world content due to the lack of nonfiction literature in K-12 education.
XTRA Weekly and Exploros are partnering to help solve this issue of nonfiction literature being underrepresented in classrooms. Our critical reading curriculum is delivered in a fun and engaging digital format. Exploros is a teacher-guided platform for staging learning experiences in the face-to-face or remote classroom. Teachers guide the experience and resulting dialogue, and all students engage using devices and social media skills. Every student has a voice, actively contributing to the learning process.
- XTRA Weekly lessons and exercises are interactive
- Deliver engaging lessons where every student contributes to the social learning experience
- When a learning experience is over, the data from it — student progress, quiz scores, etc. — is sent to your reporting
Learn more about the XTRA Weekly curriculum powered by Exploros
XTRA Weekly’s interactive, nonfiction literacy curriculum using national newspaper articles has evolved and is now delivered via an interactive and collaborative online environment, powered by our partner Exploros.
Lesson Activities
LESSON FEATURES:
- XTRA Weekly develops curriculum for two LEVELS: Level I (Grades 3-5) and Level II (Grades 6-8).
- Your subscription includes 10 lessons for EACH level (20 lessons total)
- Each lesson contains a current newspaper article from a Pulitzer Prize-winning publication, guided lesson plan, activities, and quizzes
- The set of activities are linked to the article content, geared to stimulate students to improve their literacy through writing, discussion, drawing, and other entertaining activities
- The teacher’s view includes embedded notes to help guide the learning experience