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Heartwarming Lessons About Holidays and Traditions from Around the World

These texts for grades 3–5 teach students about a variety of celebrations around the world. We know that children love finding reasons to celebrate, whether it’s for a...

Easy Tips for Data Analysis with CommonLit

Analyzing student performance is easy with CommonLit’s data tracking tools for teachers and administrators! Developing a deep understanding of student data is critical for all educators. It helps teachers...

5 Ways CommonLit Helps Teachers Monitor Student Understanding

CommonLit’s technology helps teachers understand how students are growing. Providing students with targeted feedback is critically important. It helps to hold students accountable, makes them realize that you care...

Encourage Students to Embrace a Growth Mindset

Use CommonLit’s library and data tools to help students learn from their mistakes! Creating a classroom culture where mistakes are celebrated is a great way to promote student progress....

Build Rigor and Engagement with Book Pairings for Elementary Novels

Use CommonLit’s Book Pairings to push your students’ thinking. Planning a novel study is a great opportunity to build students’ analysis skills and promote rich discussion. That’s why...

Elementary Lessons About Amazing Animals on CommonLit

These informational texts for grades 3–5 foster students’ curiosity about the animal world! The animal world sparks questions for kids of all ages. Why do giraffes have such long...

11 Meaningful Texts about Native American History and Heritage

Check out this diverse collection of texts for grades 3–12 about Indigenous cultures and experiences across the United States. Studying Native American history and heritage in the classroom is...

Elementary Lessons About Protecting Animals on CommonLit

These informational texts for grades 3–5 teach students how conservationists are working to protect animals around the world. Students love learning about animals, but it can be discouraging when...

11 High-Interest Texts about Building Community

These 11 engaging texts to help students think about their roles in their different communities! As middle and high school students get older, they are figuring out their place in...

Who We Are: Lessons about Identity for Middle School and High School

Check out these twelve high-interest lessons for middle and high school students about identity! Adolescence is a time of growth and change. Students in middle and high school are...

CommonLit School Essentials PRO Unlocks Best Use of the CommonLit 360 Curriculum

​​​​Access school-wide data tracking, professional development, and CommonLit’s Assessment Series to make your rollout of the CommonLit 360 Curriculum a success. The 360 ELA curriculum is a game-...

11 Ways CommonLit Supports Elementary Learning

Learn how CommonLit’s elementary program can support your teachers and students. CommonLit’s award-winning, research-based [https://blog.commonlit.org/usage-of-commonlit-linked-to-greater-student-gains-...

Meaningful Texts to Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month

Celebrating students’ heritage and opening doors to other cultures can provide some of the most meaningful lessons in the classroom. Hispanic Heritage Month spans from September 15  through October 15...

CommonLit 360: A Free Curriculum with Affordable Wraparound Services

Wraparound services include professional development, school and districtwide data reports, and benchmark assessments I am so excited to share that after three years of work, CommonLit has published its brand...

Everything You Need to Know About Unit 1 in CommonLit 360 for Grades 6-10

Unit 1s begin the year with engaging short stories with lessons that build literary analysis skills and promote student voice. The first unit of the year in any ELA class...

CommonLit 360 is a Knowledge-Building Curriculum. Kids will Love these Unit Topics.

A run-down of the knowledge forward approach within the CommonLit 360 Curriculum for grades 6–10 I’ll never forget the moment in my teaching career when the lightbulb...

Texts for Elementary Students About Overcoming Obstacles

These engaging texts for grades 3–5 teach important lessons about perseverance! A new sibling, a big move, starting at a new school — our students face various challenges, big and...

CommonLit's Limited Edition Fall Special Package: Affordable, Easy, and Everything Your District Needs to Effectively Roll Out CommonLit

Give your team the rostering, training, and Professional Development support they need to effectively use CommonLit’s full digital program — all for the affordable price of $1,000 per school....

Strategically Utilizing CommonLit Lessons to Track Meaningful Data as a Team

Embed CommonLit’s lessons into your district’s curriculum to facilitate data driven instruction & progress monitoring. Schools and district administrators are constantly bombarded with data. With many teachers assigning...

Engaging Elementary Texts About Growing Up

Help your students learn about the complexities of growing up with these texts from CommonLit! As elementary educators, we know that there is more to a good lesson than just...

Everything an Elementary Teacher Needs to Get Started with CommonLit

Everything an elementary teacher needs to get started with CommonLit: Class creation, selecting a text, using our digital tools, and more! CommonLit’s digital literacy program has high-quality and...

Meaningful Elementary Texts on CommonLit About Family

These great texts for grades 3–5 teach students important lessons about family. Family looks different for each of our students. Their home languages, traditions, and experiences make our classrooms...

Relatable Elementary Texts on CommonLit about Identity

These thought-provoking texts help students answer the question, “Who am I?” Growing up can sometimes be confusing. Kids in upper elementary school are figuring out who they are and...

Stories for Elementary Students About Making New Friends

Check out these great stories from the CommonLit library that are all about making new friends! At CommonLit, we see the beginning of the school year as a great opportunity...

What’s New on CommonLit in 2021?

Brand new content, improved accessibility tools, new features and more! It’s that time of year again — back to school! After a year of navigating the pandemic, altered school schedules,...