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How to Advocate for CommonLit 360 at Your School

Learn how to confidently advocate for CommonLit 360 at your school or district. Teachers know what works. Every day, you see what motivates your students, what supports real growth, and...

CommonLit 360 Foundations: Building Collaboration Through Reading Modalities and During Reading Questions

Here at CommonLit, we have 4 Guiding Principles that represent our foundational beliefs about teaching and learning. Our curriculum team - all experienced former educators - have carefully developed CommonLit...

CommonLit 360 Foundations: Learning Together through Peer Feedback, Partner Work, and Presentation Prep

Here at CommonLit, we have 4 Guiding Principles that represent our foundational beliefs about teaching and learning. Our curriculum team - all experienced former educators - have carefully developed CommonLit...

CommonLit 360 Foundations: It’s Not an Argument, It’s a Debate: Speaking and Listening in CommonLit 360

Here at CommonLit, we have 4 Guiding Principles that represent our foundational beliefs about teaching and learning. Our curriculum team - all experienced former educators - have carefully developed CommonLit...

CommonLit Provides Cross-Curricular Support

Selections that can be used across content areas When a student struggles to read grade-level texts, this challenge impacts performance in all academic classes, not just in English Language Arts...

Supporting Struggling Readers with CommonLit 360

Vocabulary activities, differentiated reading lessons, scaffolded writing, and more to accelerate learning for all students. Teaching ELA units to struggling readers can be daunting. CommonLit 360 is intentionally designed to...

CommonLit 360 Supports Multilingual Learners and Boosts Proficiency Rates

Embedded supports and lesson scaffolding help students find literacy success  The National Education Association predicts that by 2025, one in four U.S. students will be English Language Learners (ELL)...

CommonLit 360 Foundations: Building Background Knowledge to Build Buy-In through Discussions, Slide Decks, and More

Here at CommonLit, we have 4 Guiding Principles that represent our foundational beliefs about teaching and learning. Our team of curriculum writers - all experienced former educators - have carefully...

CommonLit 360 Foundations: Making Thinking Visible through Writing and Grammar

Here at CommonLit, we have 4 Guiding Principles that represent our foundational beliefs about teaching and learning. Our team of curriculum writers - all experienced former educators - have carefully...

CommonLit 360 Foundations: Empowering Students to be Leaders of their Learning

Here at CommonLit, we have 4 Guiding Principles that represent our foundational beliefs about teaching and learning. Our curriculum team - all experienced former educators - have carefully developed CommonLit...

Positive Relationship between CommonLit Usage and State ELA Scores in Maryland

At Harford County Public Schools, students’ state ELA test scores were associated with their CommonLit usage.  Harford County Public Schools (HCPS) in Maryland entered a research partnership with CommonLit to...

CommonLit 360 Foundations: Bringing a Lesson to Life with a Structured, not Scripted Curriculum

At CommonLit, we understand that Teachers Drive Student Outcomes—and that’s why our curriculum is designed to empower educators to be the catalysts for student success. Structured, yet flexible, the curriculum provides the supports necessary to meet each student’s needs while maintaining rigor....

CommonLit 360 Foundations: How CommonLit 360 Improves Students’ Skills While Uplifting Teacher Expertise

Exploring how CommonLit 360 was designed to build direct instruction right into every lesson, while still empowering teachers to bring their expertise, creativity, and personal touch to the classroom....

CommonLit 360 Foundations: The Magic of the Teacher x Curriculum Partnership

Creating high-quality ELA curriculum materials takes a lot of time. At CommonLit, we believe teachers deserve a partner in this work, not a script or a pile of disconnected resources....

CommonLit 360 Foundations: Supporting Rigor and Engagement with Thematically Focused Units

How thematically-focused units support rigorous text engagement....

CommonLit 360 Foundations: The Power of Vertical Coherence

Why a strong core curriculum is a game-changer for schools....

CommonLit 360 Foundations: Empowering Every Learner

Unlocking grade-level success in CommonLit 360 with scaffolds and supports....

A Letter From Our Founder: Unveiling the CommonLit Rebrand

CommonLit has reached an exciting turning point. When you navigate to CommonLit, you’ll notice that things look a lot different – that’s on purpose, and we hope you like it....

CommonLit: Built for All Learners

Text-to-speech, translation in over 30 languages, digital annotations, scaffolded comprehension questions, and more are available on CommonLit. “I teach students from our lowest performers to our honors students, and I...

CommonLit 360 Edition 2.0 for grades 9-10 is coming!

CommonLit 360 is a comprehensive, full-year ELA curriculum for grades 6-12 designed to support student growth in reading, writing, speaking and listening skills. Our curriculum provides teachers with researched-based instructional...

Announcing New CommonLit 360 Units for Grades 9 and 10

CommonLit 360 is a comprehensive, full-year ELA curriculum for grades 6-12 designed to support student growth in reading, writing, and speaking and listening skills. Our curriculum provides teachers with researched-based...

Embracing Change: How an expert teacher grew to trust CommonLit 360

0:00 /1:46 1× When Jennifer Fuller joined the Lakewood Middle School team in September 2023, there was excitement in the air. The previous fall, Lakewood Middle School adopted...

CommonLit Integrates with Canvas

Learn about the benefits of this powerful LMS integration and how you can unlock it for your team. At CommonLit, we’re committed to ensuring that our award-winning digital literacy...

Unlock Training, Tech Integrations, and Priority Customer Support to Ensure Success with CommonLit

CommonLit's hassle-free onboarding process makes it easy for teachers to quickly begin using CommonLit’s full digital literacy program. Adopting a new ed-tech program always feels like a...

CommonLit Pilot Leads to ELA Curriculum Adoption in Battle Ground Schools

District's ELA Curriculum Adoption Process Leads to CommonLit Battle Ground School District is located in Washington state and home to nearly 12,000 students and 800 teachers. In...