Cozy Up to a Good Poem: Winter-Themed Poetry for Elementary Students

Colder weather doesn’t have to mean frozen content! These engaging and diverse poems about winter  on CommonLit’s free digital literacy platform invite elementary students into warm imagery to spark deep student discussions and support reading comprehension practice. From famous poems about snow to moodier poems about seasons, you’

7 Reading Comprehension Lessons to Teach Students How to Find The Main Idea of a Nonfiction Text

These easy-to-use skills based lessons will engage students with high-interest topics while helping them hone important grade-level reading comprehension skills.Target Lessons are highly engaging lessons that teach students critical  reading comprehension skills. Each lesson includes scaffolded assessment questions that build student engagement and knowledge as they complete the lesson.

7 Brand-New Elementary Target Lessons To Help Students’ Reading Comprehension

Engage students while they learn critical reading comprehension skills, including finding the main idea, analyzing character change, finding the meaning of unknown words and more.Target Lessons are easy-to-use, highly engaging lessons that teach students critical  reading comprehension skills for both fiction and nonfiction texts. Each lesson includes scaffolded Pre-Reading,

8 Fiction Reading Comprehension Lessons for Elementary Students

Practice key fiction reading comprehension skills with these 8 Target Lessons that help students analyze character change, find the best evidence, analyze character point of view, and more. Target Lessons are highly engaging lessons that teach students critical  reading comprehension skills. Each lesson includes scaffolded Pre-Reading, During Reading, and Post-Reading

How to Effectively Teach a CommonLit 360 Novel Unit

Build student reading comprehension with highly engaging novel study units, complete with engaging lessons and chapter guides as part of CommonLit’s free 360 curriculum.CommonLit 360 is a comprehensive ELA curriculum for grades 6-12. Our standards-aligned units are highly engaging and develop core reading and writing skills. Looking for

Dig Into Louis Sachar’s Holes with CommonLit Reading Guides

CommonLit’s digital library offers over 3,000 lessons to support your reading curriculum. Our online reading program also offers over 100 Book Pairings, which are sets of texts that support high-quality novel instruction. These supplemental texts are a great way to increase rigor and boost reading comprehension skills as

Help High School Students Grow as Argumentative Writers with These Engaging Opinion Pieces

Sparking student interest is sometimes best done with a bit of controversy. That’s why we’ve collected some of our most engaging opinion essays for high school students. Each of these informational texts from our digital literacy program will not only launch a class debate but also serve as

7 Texts to Pair With The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

Explore powerful themes of growth, community, and family in The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros with these related texts. CommonLit’s digital literacy program provides Book Pairing resources for over a hundred novels. These paired texts provide essential background information and literary connections to help students deepen their

14 textos para leer con sus estudiantes en el mes de diciembre

El final de año suele ser el momento ideal para hacer balances sobre el tiempo que pasó pero también para renovar nuestros objetivos. Ya sea en los paisajes invernales del hemisferio norte como en los paisajes veraniegos en el hemisferio sur, el último mes del año, con sus reencuentros con

Curated Lesson Plans to Bravely Support Students’ Analysis of Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World

CommonLit’s digital library has over 3,000 high-quality lessons that engage students and strengthen their reading comprehension. Additionally, we offer over 100 Book Pairings, carefully curated supplemental texts that support the books teachers read with their class. Students will gain vital reading comprehension skills and increase their ability to

El Mundial de Fútbol en su salón de clases

¡El Mundial de Fútbol ya está entre nosotros! Cada cuatro años los grandes equipos nacionales se enfrentan entre sí con el objetivo de llevarle alegría a su gente. Durante los mundiales de fútbol, los goles y los festejos entran también en nuestro salón de clase. Claro que el fútbol no

Help Student Reading Comprehension Rise with Curated Lesson Plans for a Novel Study of Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan

The CommonLit library has over 3,000 high-quality lessons that engage students and strengthen their reading comprehension. Additionally, we offer over 100 Book Pairings, carefully curated supplemental texts that support the books teachers read with their class. While using these pairings, students will gain vital reading comprehension skills and increase

Discover 9 Heartwarming Stories about Winter in CommonLit’s Digital Library

Celebrate the season with 9 poems and stories about winter for elementary students!Through CommonLit’s digital literacy program, teachers can access dozens of fun, seasonal texts about winter to engage students. Teachers can also boost students’ reading comprehension by challenging them with CommonLit’s assessment and discussion questions. In

Astound Your Students with 8 Intriguing Weather Stories

Design a weather unit with 8 informational texts about weather for elementary students.Teachers can access hundreds of informational texts to incorporate into their reading curriculum and broaden students’ knowledge about the world around them by using CommonLit’s digital literacy program. In this blog post, we'll share 8 nonfiction

8 Informational Texts about Unique Animals

Strengthen students’ reading comprehension with 8 informational texts about animals!Through CommonLit’s digital literacy program, you can find more than one hundred non-fiction texts about animals to incorporate into your reading curriculum and inspire students’ curiosities about the world. In this blog post, we’ll share 8 informational texts

Heat Up Your Class Discussion Surrounding Fahrenheit 451 with these 7 Supplemental Texts

Explore fascinating dystopian themes and bolster student reading comprehension using CommonLit’s novel companion lessons.CommonLit’s online literacy program offers thousands of detailed reading lessons. Additionally, teachers can find Book Pairings for over a hundred classic books taught in schools across the country. The lessons included in Book Pairings

Bridge the Gap in Reading Comprehension with Lesson Plans for Katherine Paterson’s Bridge to Terabithia

CommonLit’s digital library offers over 3,000 lessons to support your reading curriculum. Our online reading program also offers over 100 Book Pairings, which are sets of texts that support high-quality novel instruction. These supplemental texts are a great way to increase rigor and boost reading comprehension skills as

Rule the School with this Novel Guide for Lord of The Flies

Analyze human psychology and literary themes in Lord of the Flies by William Golding with these supplemental readings.CommonLit’s digital literacy program provides Book Pairing resources for over a hundred novels. These paired texts provide essential background information and literary connections to help students deepen their reading comprehension and

8 Captivating Stories About World Holidays and Traditions for Elementary School

Through this selection of short stories for grades 3-5, students will learn about holidays around the world.Students come from a variety of backgrounds that have different holiday traditions. With this list of stories for elementary school, students will be able to learn about worldwide holidays, share their own customs,

6 Holiday Stories that Celebrate Cultures from Around the World

Teach students about holidays around the world by building diversity in the classroom with this selection of short stories for grades 6-8!Students celebrate a variety of holidays for religious and cultural reasons. Use this list of 6 stories from CommonLit’s free digital library for middle school students to

6 Texts About Love to Get Your Heart Beating

Love is a complex emotion, but it can be found everywhere, especially in this list of short stories about love that will pull at your heartstrings!Our capacity to love is what makes us human. Love can be found in our relationships with partners, family, and friends. It fuels our

7 Informational Texts about Food That Secondary Students Will Devour!

Reading comprehension instruction should leave students wanting more, and this round-up of informational texts about food is sure to leave your secondary students hungry to continue reading. From the history and invention of foods to contemporary food innovations, each of these informational texts from CommonLit’s online reading program will

6 Short Stories about Courage to Embolden Your Middle School Students

6 Short Stories about Courage to Embolden Your Middle School Students Check out 6 relatable short stories about courage for middle school students in CommonLit’s free digital library! Build a thematic unit on courage with CommonLit’s free digital literacy program. Access dozens of short stories about bravery with

Widen Students' Scope of Reality with 7 Magical Realism Stories

Build a thematic unit on magical realism with 7 fantastical short stories from CommonLit’s digital library! Interested in diving deeper into the fantasy genre? With CommonLit’s free online reading program, you can enhance your ELA curriculum with 7 magical realism stories for middle and high school students. The

Empower Students with 7 Short Stories about Perseverance

Enhance your ELA curriculum with short stories about overcoming adversity from CommonLit’s digital library! Lead inspiring classroom discussions with high-quality stories about resilience that will boost students’ reading comprehension and engagement. With CommonLit’s digital literacy program, you can build a thematic unit about overcoming adversity, and challenge students