16+ Awesome Article Sites for Students

Current event and general interest articles are a wonderful resource for students. They can be used

for researching a topic, staying informed on what's happening in the news, pleasure reading, and more.

In the past I have shared some creative ways to use online articles as part of technology activities for

student creativity and reading comprehension.

Below is a list of useful websites that provide current event and general interest articles for students.

Many of these sites provide additional resources such as:

All of these sites are free, although some may require you to register to log in, or to provide your

students with a code to access the articles.

1 - CommonLit

Website - https://www.commonlit.org/en/texts

This site has a free collection of fiction and nonfiction for 3rd-12th grade classrooms, searchable by

lexile, grade, theme, genre, literary device, or common core standard.

2 - DOGOnews

Website - https://www.dogonews.com

Current event articles covering news, science, social studies, world events, environment, sports, and more.2 - DOGOnews

3 - KidsPost

Website - https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/kidspost/

This site is from the Washington Post, with articles specifically written for students.

4 - KiwiKids News

Website - https://kiwikidsnews.co.nz/

This site is from New Zealand but provides excellent articles on world events as well as general interest topics.

5 - Learn With News

Website - https://learnwithnews.com/

Current event articles, each written at three different reading levels, including resources for difficult words, activities, vocabulary practice, conversation questions, and more.

6 - NY Times Article of the Day

Website - https://www.nytimes.com/spotlight/learning-article-of-the-day

This site takes one New York Times article per day and pairs it with detailed questions for pre-reading, discussion, and writing.

7 - News For Kids

Website - https://newsforkids.net

Daily updated with articles covering world news, science, sports, arts, and more.

8 - Newsela

Website - https://newsela.com

This is one of the best known sites for student articles, with each article written at five different reading levels.

9 - ReadWorks

Website - https://www.readworks.org/

Thousands of passages including articles, paired texts, fiction and nonfiction, and more.

10 - Science News for Students

Website - https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org

Science, health and technology news stories and features, aimed at readers 9 to 14 years old.

11 - Student Daily News

Website - https://www.studentnewsdaily.com/

Content for students including a daily news article, world events, editorials, and more,

12 - Teaching Kids News

Website - http://teachingkidsnews.com/

This site provides current event news articles for students in grades 2 through 8, along with thinking questions and discussion prompts.

13 - Time for Kids

Website - https://www.timeforkids.com/

News and articles from Time, written for students K through 6th grade. Some articles include versions in multiple reading levels.

14 - TweenTribune

Website - http://tweentribune.com

Each article is written at four different reading levels so the content can be used K-12.

15 - Wonderopolis

Website - http://wonderopolis.org

This site has a new article posted each day answering an intriguing question.

16 - Youngzine

Website - http://youngzine.org

This site is updated weekly with news articles aimed at upper elementary through high school students.

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Guru Charan Kumar

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