Differentiating text for ELD

Diffit allows to teachers to do which of the following?

• Change the reading level of a text

• Add an image connected to the topic

• Change the language of the passage

In addition to generating a text at a specific reading level, Diffit can also generate

• A bulleted summary of the article

• key vocabulary words

• questions related to the passage

• a life-coaching plan to help students navigate the murky waters of adolescence

Diffit allows teachers to share tasks with students by

• Creating a Google Doc with the information (printable or to be filled out in the doc)

• Creating a Google Form with the passage, summary, key vocab and questions

• Creating a sentient A.I. generated carrier pigeon that will pass on all pertinent information to the student.

Newsela allows teachers and students to change the reading level of a passage by

• lexile level

• grade level

• student age

True or false: Newsela has an option for students to have the article read aloud to them.

• False

• True

For teachers to share an article with students with annotations, what must be true?

• The teacher must have already created a class and added the students via a join code.

• The teacher has to have gone into the article and added the annotations prior to assigning it to students.

True or false: once teachers add annotations to a text at a specific lexile level, those changes will then be applied to all lexile levels for that article.

• True

• False

True or false: Helperbird is an extension.

• True

• False

Helperbird allows students to access a text in which of the following ways?

• Students can view the text in reading mode.

• Students can view the text in an immersive reader setting.

• Students can have the text read aloud to them.

• Students can change the font of the text to one that is meant to help students with dyslexia.

What is the best way to get in touch with Matt Smith if you want help facilitating any of these activities with other teachers and students?

• Call him at his fancy landline phone which sits proudly on his table.

• Email him.

• Use a sentient A.I. generated carrier pigeon.