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NEWSELA IS A GREAT resource for nonfiction reading!  You can bump up the reading level or take it down a notch. It has current event articles and articles on a wide variety of topics. Here are a few I used with "Inside Out."

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SYMPATHY & EMPATHY   https://newsela.com/read/lib-difference-between-empathy-sympathy/id/38649/

​LISTENING TELLS MORE ABOUT FEELINGS:  
https://newsela.com/read/lib-difference-between-empathy-sympathy/id/38649/

THIS IS YOUR BRAIN   https://newsela.com/read/lib-convo-the-brain/id/27920/

CAN YOUR BRAIN BE FULL  
https://newsela.com/read/lib-convo-health-check-full-brain/id/36311/

WHAT GOES ON IN OUR CREATIVE BRAINS?  
https://newsela.com/read/brain-creativity/id/10343/

​WHAT IS DREAMING?  
https://newsela.com/read/lib-convo-what-is-dreaming/id/27884/

​WHY DO WE DREAM?  
https://newsela.com/read/elem-big-qs-why-do-we-dream/id/34097/


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  • Home
    • PRESENTATIONS >
      • GT, AMI, Today's World
      • AAGEA keynote
      • Characteristics/Identification
      • BRUNDIBAR -AGATE
      • Parenting G.T. Kids
      • Letting Go of Testing
      • GT & Innovation
      • Affective & Discipline Strategies
      • Classroom Website - Your Best Friend
      • Differentiation
      • Putting on a Play
    • Handbook
    • Scope and Sequence
  • PERFORMING ARTS
    • LESSONS
    • Instruments We Are Using
    • Music in Visual Art
    • Music Glossary
  • Productions!
    • Charlotte's Web >
      • Watch the PLAY!
      • Read with Us
      • SUMMARY WRITING
      • Chapter Activities
      • My OWN Farm
      • Iliad/Watership >
        • Iliad & Odyssey >
          • ILIAD summaries
          • Iliad Discussion
          • VIDEOS
        • The Odyssey >
          • Characters
          • Student Summary Pages
          • Odyssey Discussion
        • Watership Down >
          • Characters
          • VOCABULARY
          • LAPINE lanaguage
          • Flora in Watership Down
    • Adventures of Matilda >
      • Roald Dahl & "Matilda!" >
        • Roald Dahl Activities
        • MORE Book Activities
        • MUSIC 4 fun!
        • The Musical
        • Books
        • ENCOURAGING READING
        • Dahl & WRITING! (Activities)
    • Inside Out >
      • Newsela Emotions
    • BRUNDIBAR! >
      • All About Brundibar
      • Terezin Specialists
    • "Who Will Carry the Word?"
    • ANNIE >
      • Annie Dress Rehearsal PHOTOS
      • Roaring 20's Party!
    • Cinderella Photos/Curriculum
    • A Christmas Carol >
      • Why A Christmas Carol? >
        • Essential Questions
        • Vocabulary
        • Street Children
        • Dickens' BIO
        • Original Manuscript
        • Dickens and Art
    • COMING TO AMERICA! >
      • Story of Annie Moore
      • Mrs. Dunn's Lovely Farm
      • The Hundred Dresses
      • Orphan Train
      • Immigration Terms
      • Statue of Liberty
    • Lights, Camera, Comedy!
    • Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
    • Bye, Bye Birdie
    • "It's a Wonderful Life!"
    • The Taming of the Shrew
    • A Midsummer Night's Dream
    • Harvest Celebration
  • Holocaust Education
    • Brundibar (Terezin)
    • Delbo's WHO WILL CARRY THE WORD?
    • Holocaust Presentations >
      • Timeline
      • Anne Frank
      • Words from Dr. John Roth
      • WWII PHOTOS
      • Shedding Light on the Shadow
    • Remembrance SEDER
  • Past Studies
    • Mysteries
    • THE NOVEL PROJECT
    • MATILDA AT HOME! AMI >
      • HUMAN Masterpieces
      • CORONA DISK JOCKEY!
      • "If I Were a Rich Man/Woman" >
        • Kylie's Gallery
        • Benton's Gallery
        • Xander's Gallery
        • Gentrye's Gallery
        • Ava's Gallery
        • Cannon's Gallery
        • Tyler's Gallery
        • Eli's Gallery
        • Jax Gallery
        • Madden's Gallery
        • Troy's Gallery
        • Brody's Gallery
        • Peyton's Gallery
        • Scarlet's Gallery
        • Mack's Gallery
        • Amelia's Gallery
        • Emily's Gallery
        • Rylee's Gallery
        • Cal's Gallery
        • Marley's Gallery
        • Sam's Gallery
      • Character in Action
    • Anthropomorphism >
      • LIST # 1 >
        • Black Beauty
        • Mrs. Frisby & the Rats of Nimh
        • Bunnicula!
        • Babe
        • The Sight
        • The Jungle Book
        • Tale of Despereaux
        • Wind in the Willows
        • Chronicles of Narnia
        • Mouse Called Wolf
        • One / Only Ivan
        • Watership Down
      • LIST # 2 >
        • Martin's Mice
        • Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
        • Fire Bringer
        • Never-ending Story
        • Trumpet Swan
        • Animal Farm
        • Cricket Times Square
        • Redwall
        • Nest for Celeste
        • Winnie the Pooh
        • WARRIORS
        • MOUSE/ Motorcycle
      • LIST # 3 >
        • Freddy Goes to Florida
        • The Capture
        • Ace the Very Important Pig
        • PAX
        • The Golden Compass
        • Stuart Little
        • The Underneath
        • Tales Beatrix Potter
        • Bambi
        • MAUS
        • Poppy
        • WAR HORSE
        • Masterpiece
      • Anthropomorphic Wisdom
      • MENTAL PUZZLES
      • ACTIVE Reading
  • K/1 /2 Enrichment
    • MORE K/1 /2 Activities >
      • STILL More K/1 /2 Activities >
        • What is Creativity?
        • Memory Frameworks
        • Creativity Analogy Task
        • Rudyard Kipling Project
        • Things that are Red
        • BEDS for K-1
        • Christmas!
        • Book of Kells
        • Tree Tunnels
        • Wired Animals
        • Flashlight
        • Originality Lesson
      • Helping Young Kids with Testing
  • Creativity
    • Creativity INTRO >
      • Creative Thinking Tools
      • Why Creativity Counts
      • Creativity Videos
      • Creativity Facts
  • Nurturing CULTURE
    • Character Words
    • PLACE OF THE WEEK
    • ARTIST OF THE WEEK
    • MUSICIAN / COMPOSER OF THE WEEK
  • About the Teacher
    • Recognition
    • "Stuff I Like" (for teachers) >
      • Algebra for Kids! >
        • Creative Algebra Projects
    • When I Worked With Secondary >
      • A Final Goodbye
      • 911 Tribute
      • ExCEL
      • Broadway!
      • Power Women!
      • Pumpkin Vault
      • Affective
    • Blog
    • Miss Hesse's European Adventure