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... Re Marzullo Re Marzullo December 14, 2023 · 4 min read
Everything You Need to Present CommonLit 360 at Your School Be a teacher advocate – help bring CommonLit 360 to your school or district with this informative, ready-made presentation to share with administrators and stakeholders Do you love CommonLit 360 and... Amanda Riddle Amanda Riddle December 13, 2023 · 2 min read
Get Hand-Picked Lessons Directly Aligned to Your Curriculum Support instruction with CommonLit Crosswalks Have you ever had a traditional textbook adoption that was expensive and quickly became outdated? As a result, these under-utilized resources can create misalignment and... Re Marzullo Re Marzullo December 12, 2023 · 2 min read
What Does It Mean to Work at CommonLit? As a rapidly growing literacy curriculum provider, CommonLit seeks to hire the best and the brightest to help foster this growth. Here are some great examples of what it means... Re Marzullo Re Marzullo December 12, 2023 · 3 min read
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... Allie Liotta Allie Liotta December 12, 2023 · 6 min read
CommonLit's Impact Over the Last 10 Years This December, CommonLit will celebrate its 10th Anniversary since its founding in 2013 This journey has been so rewarding as teachers around the world have embraced CommonLit and brought it... Michelle Brown Michelle Brown December 11, 2023 · 1 min read
5 Ways CommonLit 360’s Writing Instruction Helps Students' Confidence Study Shows Students' Writing Self-Efficacy Increases with CommonLit Teaching students how to write effectively is one of an English teacher’s most important and challenging tasks. Along with reading,... Re Marzullo Re Marzullo November 30, 2023 · 2 min read
Tolerancia y solidaridad en la biblioteca CommonLit “Lao Tse, creía que para ser agradecido con la vida debes mirar cuán preciosa es la naturaleza y estar atento a las cosas que pasan todos los días para aprender... Carolina Valero Carolina Valero November 13, 2023 · 3 min read
Students Using CommonLit Saw Significant Reading Gains of 2-6 Additional Months of Learning A new evaluation of CommonLit shows significantly higher reading growth for students in CommonLit classrooms Exciting reading gains were observed in a recent study on CommonLit’s efficacy in 531... Tina Nguyen, PhD Tina Nguyen, PhD November 9, 2023 · 5 min read
CommonLit’s library supports elementary teachers as they implement Science of Reading aligned instruction The Science of Reading 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... Re Marzullo Re Marzullo November 8, 2023 · 5 min read
CommonLit Assessments are Strongly Predictive of State Test Results in New York and Florida Researchers find positive correlation between Assessment Series and end-of-year state tests Two recent studies discovered meaningful and positive correlations between how students performed on CommonLit's Assessment Series benchmark... Re Marzullo Re Marzullo October 31, 2023 · 2 min read
¿Cómo reflexionar sobre la relación entre la ciencia y la paz en el salón de clase? La ciencia es un conjunto de conocimientos que permite comprender el mundo que nos rodea. Muchas veces, nos ofrece respuestas a problemas que nos afectan como sociedad y propuestas para... Marcos Del Cogliano Marcos Del Cogliano October 26, 2023 · 3 min read
CommonLit’s Assessment Series Can Provide a Preview for High Stakes End-of-Year Exams Imagine this…it’s springtime, and your school is in full-on test prep mode. Teachers have spent massive amounts of time and energy making sure students are well-equipped to perform... Re Marzullo Re Marzullo October 20, 2023 · 3 min read
Honor Native American Heritage Month with 7 Native American folktales for Elementary Students! Access 7 thought-provoking Native American stories through CommonLit’s free online reading program! This Native American Heritage Month, build your ELA curriculum with Native American folktales that will help your... Chelsea Nuesi Chelsea Nuesi October 10, 2023 · 4 min read
6 Native American Stories and Poems for Middle and High School Students Honor National Native American Heritage Month in your classroom with authentic short stories and poems from CommonLit’s online reading program! Our extensive library collection includes plenty of Native American... Elsie Coen Elsie Coen October 10, 2023 · 4 min read
How a CommonLit Teacher Ambassador Empowers all Students Leigh Pafford teaches special education as well as English as a Second Language (ESL) in New York City, and she was also one of CommonLit’s founding Teacher Ambassadors for... Re Marzullo Re Marzullo October 5, 2023 · 3 min read
Study Results: Increased CommonLit 360 Usage Highly Correlated to NY State Assessment Success In an exciting new study from LearnPlatform by Instructure, an independent evaluation group for edtech products, researchers found that students using CommonLit’s lesson library and the CommonLit 360 curriculum... Re Marzullo Re Marzullo October 4, 2023 · 3 min read
Young Adult Fiction Writers: Call for Submissions! About CommonLit CommonLit is a teacher-founded, award-winning nonprofit dedicated to closing the global literacy gap. Our digital literacy platform is research-based and proven to accelerate reading growth for students in... Allie Liotta Allie Liotta October 3, 2023 · 2 min read
Un viaje espacial en el aula: 6 textos para celebrar la Semana Mundial del Espacio (3°-8°) La exploración del espacio y los viajes interplanetarios, junto con las posibilidades o peligros que ello conlleva, han sido temas centrales de libros, películas y series que cautivaron el interés... Marcos Del Cogliano Marcos Del Cogliano September 27, 2023 · 3 min read
Un viaje espacial en el aula: 6 textos para celebrar la Semana Mundial del Espacio (9°-12°) La exploración del espacio y los viajes interplanetarios, junto con las posibilidades o peligros que ello conlleva, han sido temas centrales de libros, películas y series que cautivaron el interés... Marcos Del Cogliano Marcos Del Cogliano September 27, 2023 · 3 min read
CommonLit Can Assist With ACT/SAT Test Prep The testing season is here! No, not the end-of-year testing that schools across the country gear up for each spring. Instead, this is the annual “rite of fall” where thousands... Re Marzullo Re Marzullo September 21, 2023 · 2 min read
Nueva función en nuestra biblioteca: Recursos para docentes El inicio de clases suele ser para el docente un período de planificación: organizar el programa de estudio, armar unidades para apoyar el aprendizaje basado en proyectos, preparar lecciones y... Marcos Del Cogliano Marcos Del Cogliano September 6, 2023 · 2 min read
Los nuevos del aula En CommonLit estamos comprometidos en apoyar el aprendizaje desde los inicios escolares y desarrollar las competencias lectoras claves que formarán individuos con grandes fortalezas en diversos campos académicos. Por eso... Carolina Valero Carolina Valero September 1, 2023 · 2 min read
10 Popular Myths and Folktale Stories With Moral Lessons from Around the World Travel through stories with these ten exciting myths and folktales from around the world! In the past, myths and folktales were how people explained natural phenomena and dispensed wisdom from... Allie Liotta Allie Liotta August 31, 2023 · 5 min read
7 Engaging Reading Passages for Third and Fourth Graders CommonLit Adds Elementary Content to Free Digital Library The CommonLit Library is full of engaging reading passages for 3rd and 4th graders! When I taught 3rd and 4th grade students,... Amanda Riddle Amanda Riddle August 31, 2023 · 3 min read