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XTRA Weekly is now Interactive and Collaborative—Powered by Exploros

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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 the newspaper article, teacher’s guide, student questions, answer key, and extension activities. Now, all curriculum assets are online with an easy-to-use, interactive set of web pages filled with activities.

Discover more about the improved learning experience in our video tour.

Video Tour of XTRA Weekly powered by Exploros

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Want to learn more about XTRA Weekly powered by Exploros? Read below to learn about the benefits, examples, and features.

  • Exploros is a social instructional platform that assists teachers by staging powerful learning experiences in the face-to-face or remote device-enabled classroom.
  • 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

Examples of XTRA Weekly’s Curriculum

Below are a few screenshots about the curriculum’s interactive and collaborative learning environment.

Teacher View & Student View

Exploros teacher and student view

Weekly Lesson Activities Menu

lesson activities

Exploros Data & Reports

data and reports

Lesson Features

  • XTRA Weekly develops weekly curriculum for two LEVELS: Level I (Grades 3-5) and Level II (Grades 6-8).
  • Your subscription includes lessons for BOTH levels each week for 32 weeks (64 lessons total)
  • Each weekly lesson contains a current newspaper article, 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

Get Started with XTRA Weekly powered by Exploros

Act now to bring XTRA Weekly into your classroom or after-school program. It’s risk free to start a trial or upgrade your trial to a 32-week subscription for the school year.

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