At my school we are on a quest to find more reading resources for our students to give them lots of opportunities to read at an appropriate level. We are especially identifying areas that provide more NONFICTION reading. Here are the two latest programs we have investigated that I would recommend!

Epic! is a digital library with both fiction and nonfiction trade books. The books are very high interest for kids, they just want to keep reading. Students can search by topic or look up specific authors or titles. Wide selection of books that can be read. Teachers can create student accounts to help guide the students reading choices. Teachers can see the activity of their students, books read, etc. This program is available both as an app and a website.Grade level Tk-6  Website link

Newsela aggregates current event news articles and provides each article at 5 different reading levels. Students or teacher can select the reading article. There are quizzes to accompany the articles. Students can write comments on the articles. Newsela syncs with Google Classroom to make it easy for teachers to assign articles or for students to turn in an article as an assignment. The Pro Version allows teachers to see more data about the students’ reading and to customize features for students. This is available both on the web and as an app. Reading Level 2nd-6th  Website Link