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CommonLit 360: Flexibility and Teacher Choice through Supplemental Texts

Teachers can use supplemental texts to address the specific needs of their students Our comprehensive ELA curriculum, CommonLit 360, embodies the perfect combination of evidence-based practices and features students and...

10 Texts to Celebrate AAPI Heritage Month in Your ELA Classroom

These engaging texts help students explore identity, culture, and belonging through Asian American and Pacific Islander voices and experiences. Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month is an opportunity to...

CommonLit 360: An ELA Curriculum that Accelerates Learning for All Students

CommonLit’s comprehensive ELA curriculum for grades 6-12 comes with the professional learning, data tracking tools, and wraparound supports you need for seamless adoption. At CommonLit, we want every child...

Building Consensus Around Your Next ELA Curriculum Through a CommonLit Pilot

Making a confident curriculum decision is a major investment. Once you begin the adoption process, it requires time to review your options, determine what will work best for your school,...

The Science of Reading: What It Is, What It Demands, and How CommonLit 360 Delivers It

Learn how CommonLit 360 is aligned to the Science of Reading’s best practices for teaching reading comprehension to secondary students. What the Science of Reading Actually Is The “science...

9 Impactful Texts for Arab American Heritage Month

These engaging texts help students explore identity, culture, and belonging through Arab American voices and experiences. Arab American Heritage Month offers an opportunity to center stories and perspectives that reflect...

10 Engaging Poems to Teach for National Poetry Month

These engaging poems help students explore voice, identity, imagination, and the power of language. National Poetry Month is the perfect time to bring poetry into your classroom in ways that...

How to Help Your School Pilot CommonLit’s Full Program

Choosing the right curriculum is one of the most important decisions a school makes. Teachers and leaders want to know how materials support real classroom instruction, how students respond to...

Use CommonLit's Target Lessons To Remediate Skill Gaps After Benchmark Assessments

Target Lessons are short, skill-based lessons that will engage your students and build critical reading skills. Target Lessons are short, engaging, and scaffolded lessons that are specially designed to build...

CommonLit Pilot Drives Student Growth and Strong Teacher Practice in Alpine School District, UT

Pilot of CommonLit Leads to Student Growth When the Alpine School District outside of Provo, Utah, began searching for a new English Language Arts curriculum, they opted for a methodical...

CommonLit 360 in 12th Grade: Independence, Belonging, and the Search for Meaning

Explore what a year looks like in a 12th grade CommonLit 360 classroom Twelfth graders engage with the year-long theme of Independence and Belonging, exploring cultural conflict, self-determination, the need...

CommonLit 360 in 11th Grade: Examining the American Dream

Explore what a year looks like in a 11th grade CommonLit 360 classroom Eleventh grade invites students to analyze the evolution of the American Dream, including its ideals and contradictions....

CommonLit 360 in 10th Grade: Finding Your Voice

Explore what a year looks like in a 10th grade CommonLit 360 classroom Tenth graders engage with the year-long theme of Finding Your Voice through characters who face moral dilemmas...

CommonLit 360 in 9th Grade: Civic Responsibility and Our Role in Society

Explore what a year looks like in a 9th grade CommonLit 360 classroom Ninth graders engaging with the year-long theme of Civic Responsibility ponder their rights and duties in our...

CommonLit 360 in 8th Grade: Courage, Justice, and Understanding Complex Issues

Explore what a year looks like in a 8th grade CommonLit 360 classroom Eighth grade invites students into exciting and moving stories that challenge them to think deeply about courage,...

CommonLit 360 in 7th Grade: Identity and Belonging

Explore what a year looks like in a 7th grade CommonLit 360 classroom Seventh grade is a time when students begin asking deeper questions about who they are and how...

CommonLit 360 in 6th Grade: A Year of Change, Growth, and Meaningful Work

Explore what a year looks like in a 6th grade CommonLit 360 classroom Sixth grade centers on change—in ourselves, in others, and in the world around us. Students are...

Why Teachers Love the CommonLit Text Library

With engaging texts, built-in supports, and flexible lesson options, the CommonLit Text Library makes it easier for teachers to plan meaningful reading instruction. Teachers are always looking for texts that...

Pender County’s Success with CommonLit’s Professional Development

In-person professional development sets the stage for success. When Pender County Schools in North Carolina was searching for a new English Language Arts curriculum for their middle schools, they knew...

Powerful Women’s History Month Speeches for Middle and High School Classrooms

These influential speeches help middle and high school students explore women’s leadership, equality, and social change through powerful primary sources. Women’s History Month is an opportunity to examine...

10 Spring Poems and Stories for Your ELA Classroom

These spring-themed poems and stories for elementary, middle, and high school classrooms help students explore nature, change, and the season ahead. As the weather warms and signs of new life...

4 Ways to Use CommonLit for Standardized Test Prep

CommonLit has thousands of practice lessons, a free reading assessment, and targeted skills-based lessons teachers can use for standardized test prep. Educators are always looking for ways to build student...

Capture Actionable Data with CommonLit 360 Unit Skills Assessments

Quickly collect the formative data you need to seamlessly measure student reading comprehension and plan future instruction as you teach our curriculum, CommonLit 360 Is your team planning to implement...

Student Reading Growth During the 2024-2025 School Year

A study of the 2024-2025 school year showed that CommonLit usage predicted reading growth CommonLit conducts an annual study that examines the reading growth of students who took the CommonLit...

CommonLit 360 Edition 2.0 for grades 11-12 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...