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2022 Year In Review

This year CommonLit published impactful research, added hundreds of new library lessons, introduced Target Lessons, launched new 360 units, and more. 2022 was an exciting year for CommonLit. We introduced lots of new content, published some exciting research, and continued to make teacher’s lives easier and help students excel

Bring CommonLit 360 to Your Schools with School Essentials PRO Plus

Get 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 have the reading, writing, and communication skills needed to be successful. That is why we created a comprehensive ELA curriculum,

Spark Reading Growth with CommonLit School Essentials PRO

Unlock school and district-wide access to professional development, benchmark assessments, data tracking tools, and onboarding support to ensure success with CommonLit’s digital literacy program! CommonLit is an online digital literacy program that provides schools with a free ELA curriculum and over 3,000 supplemental lessons. For schools and districts

Progress Monitoring Made Easy with 360 Unit Skills Assessments

Quickly collect the formative data you need to seamlessly measure student reading comprehension, identify skill gaps, and plan future instruction as you teach CommonLit’s 360 Curriculum Is your team planning to implement CommonLit’s 360 curriculum at your school or district? If so, our Unit Skills Assessments are the

Exciting News: Updates Coming to CommonLit 360 for Middle School (Grades 6-8)

Our new and updated units are responsive to research and teacher feedback, and have been created with student and teacher growth in mind. Big news: CommonLit 360 Edition 2.0 for Middle School (grades 6-8) will be fully available by July 2023! Edition 2.0 is an upgrade to the

How CommonLit 360 Uses Research-Backed Practices to Improve Student Reading Comprehension

Learn how CommonLit 360 is aligned to the Science of Reading’s best practices for teaching reading comprehension to secondary students. Introduction The 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 Reading is

7 Original Environmental Short Stories for Elementary Students

CommonLit’s online digital literacy program offers an abundance of texts to best support elementary reading comprehension, including CommonLit Originals. CommonLit Originals are exclusively found on CommonLit and include stories by famous authors like Gary Soto and Lucy Tan.  Additionally, the CommonLit Originals project aims to build a robust and

Fun and Inspiring Poems with Figurative Language for Elementary Students

Introduce your students to figurative language with these 6 poems from CommonLit’s digital library. CommonLit’s free online reading program offers a wide selection of poems to help students exercise their critical thinking skills and build their reading comprehension. In this blog post, we’ll share 6 engaging poems

10 Short Stories Elementary School Teachers Love

These compelling short stories are sure to engage your students and build reading comprehension! When it’s time to plan a new unit that adheres to ELA standards, it can be daunting to find high-quality, relatable short stories your students will enjoy. That’s why we’ve put together this

7 Poems with Figurative Language For Middle and High School Students

Incorporate poems with figurative language into your upcoming poetry unit and boost student reading comprehension with assessment and discussion questions. Got an upcoming poetry unit? CommonLit offers dozens of poems that will inspire your students. You can use these poems to build your ELA curriculum and amplify student reading comprehension

10 Short Stories High School Teachers Love

These compelling short stories are sure to engage your students! When it’s time to plan a new unit, it can be daunting to find high-quality, relatable short stories your students will enjoy. That’s why we’ve put together a roundup of engaging, thematically rich stories that high school

10 Short Stories Middle School Teachers Love

These compelling short stories are sure to engage your students! When it’s time to plan a new unit, it can be daunting to find high-quality, relatable short stories your students will enjoy. That’s why we’ve put together a roundup of engaging, thematically rich stories that middle school

12 poemas para compartir con sus estudiantes

Motive 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 las diversas interpretaciones brindan a los estudiantes excelentes oportunidades para debatir sobre distintos temas y reconocer los recursos literarios utilizados

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 estudiantes alcancen sus metas personales y construyan relaciones sanas consigo mismos y con los demás. Una pregunta que, en el

10 cuentos cortos que encantarán a adolescentes y jóvenes

Impulse el amor por la lectura con estos textos literarios Los cuentos cortos son una excelente opción para involucrar a sus estudiantes en la lectura. En CommonLit hemos seleccionado cuentos cortos que incluyen giros de trama, suspenso, finales inesperados y mensajes aleccionadores. Estos textos encantarán a sus estudiantes por la