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Bring CommonLit 360 to Your Schools with School Essentials PRO PlusGet the professional learning, unit assessments and data tracking your team needs to successfully implement CommonLit’s comprehensive ELA curriculum!At CommonLit, we’re committed to ensuring that all students...

Amanda Riddle

May 13, 2024 · 5 min read

CommonLit's Assessment Series Empowers Schools with Actionable DataSchools can unlock 3 benchmark assessments for grades 3–12 to track student growth with the purchase of School Essentials PRO.CommonLit’s Assessment Series is easy to use, high...

Rob Fleisher

Featured in CommonLit 360

Announcing: CommonLit 360 for Middle School Earns All-Green EdReports RatingWe’re proud to announce that CommonLit 360 for grades 6-8 has received a top rating from EdReports, with all-green scores in every gateway. A green score represents the highest...

Elsie Coen

May 16, 2024 · 2 min read

CommonLit 360 Provides Complete ELA Resources for grades 6-12An engaging curriculum featuring integrated reading and writing lessons, vocabulary, discussion opportunities and moreWith the recent publication of the latest CommonLit 360 units for juniors and seniors, the full-year...

Re Marzullo

May 14, 2024 · 5 min read

Culminating Tasks: Summative Assessments That Create Alignment and Foster EngagementHow to increase curricular cohesion and spark student interest with CommonLit 360Teachers spend weeks, sometimes months, preparing students for end-of-unit exams and summative assessments. There are reviews, study guides,...

Re Marzullo

April 24, 2024 · 4 min read

Featured in Elementary Classrooms

CommonLit’s library supports elementary teachers as they implement Science of Reading aligned instructionThe Science of ReadingThe Science of Reading is a body of research incorporating psychology, cognitive science, and neuroscience to explain how students learn to read.The Simple View of...

Re Marzullo

November 8, 2023 · 5 min read

7 Engaging Reading Passages for Third and Fourth GradersCommonLit Adds Elementary Content to Free Digital LibraryThe CommonLit Library is full of engaging reading passages for 3rd and 4th graders!When I taught 3rd and 4th grade students,...

Amanda Riddle

August 31, 2023 · 3 min read

7 Reading Comprehension Lessons to Teach Students to Identify The Author’s Point of ViewThese easy-to-use skills based lessons will captivate students with high-interest topics while refining their grade-level reading comprehension skills.As students get older, it’s increasingly critical that they analyze the...

Nadia Johnson

July 10, 2023 · 4 min read

Featured in Secondary Classrooms

Five Ways to Help (older) Students Build Reading SkillsSimple strategies to improve students’ reading comprehension abilities and build their reading engagementAccording to the 2022 NAEP Reading Assessment, only 32% of 4th grade students are proficient in reading,...

Re Marzullo

March 20, 2024 · 5 min read

How a CommonLit Teacher Ambassador Empowers all StudentsLeigh Pafford teaches special education as well as English as a Second Language (ESL) in New York City, and she was also one of CommonLit’s founding Teacher Ambassadors for...

Re Marzullo

October 5, 2023 · 3 min read

CommonLit Can Assist With ACT/SAT Test PrepThe testing season is here!No, not the end-of-year testing that schools across the country gear up for each spring. Instead, this is the annual “rite of fall” where thousands...

Re Marzullo

September 21, 2023 · 2 min read

Featured in CommonLit Español

10 textos para trabajar el aprendizaje socioemocional con niñas y niños“De todos los conocimientos posibles, el más sabio y útil es conocerse a sí mismo” - William Shakespeare.Como educadores muchas veces nos preguntamos cómo podemos hacer para que nuestros...

Marcos Del Cogliano

May 6, 2024 · 5 min read

12 poemas para compartir con sus estudiantesMotive la lectura y el análisis de la poesía en su clase.No hay nada como la magia de leer un hermoso poema. Las imágenes descriptivas, el lenguaje figurativo y...

Agustina Moppett

March 9, 2023 · 4 min read

Getting Started with CommonLit EspañolOver 1000 authentic Spanish reading lessons — all for free!Looking for free Spanish literacy resources? The CommonLit Español library has grown significantly in the last couple of years and now...

Agustina Moppett

February 6, 2023 · 5 min read