Listenwise News Bites

Listenwise News Bites is a current events podcast for young listeners featuring fun, interesting, relevant news stories that keep kids engaged, informed, and entertained. Veteran public radio journalist Monica Brady-Myerov poses thought-provoking questions following each news story that listeners can ponder or discuss with family members, teachers, or classmates. News Bites is produced by Listenwise, an award-winning learning platform using podcasts to improve students’ listening and literacy skills in grades 2-12. In partnership with NPR and other podcast producers, Listenwise News Bites brings you the highest quality, most engaging audio news stories.

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About

Listenwise is an online platform that brings NPR to the classroom - supporting remote learning with easy-to-use podcast lessons and listening comprehension quizzes. Our collection of 2000+ curriculum-aligned podcasts for grades 2-12 keep teaching connected to the real world and builds student listening skills at the same time, using new Lexile audio measures. Lessons address current events and popular curriculum topics in English language arts, social studies, and science. Listenwise provides the literacy supports and differentiated instruction necessary for diverse classrooms including ELLs and reluctant readers.
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