Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with 10 Inspiring Texts Celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month with texts elementary students will love.To help pay tribute to amazing Hispanic authors, poets, and social activities, we put together a collection of texts to use during Hispanic Heritage Month with your students. These texts will help build students' writing skills and reading comprehension. Olivia Franklin Olivia Franklin September 14, 2022 · 4 min read
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 and provides students the opportunity to learn about the achievements and contributions of inspiring Hispanic Americans. Help build students’ writing Allie Liotta Allie Liotta September 23, 2021 · 3 min read
CommonLit 360 "Characters Who Change & Grow": A Short Story Unit from CommonLit 360 that will Get Students Excited About ELA in 6th Grade This ELA Unit includes engaging short stories and a nonfiction text that will engage students and help them reflect on their own lives to discuss how people change overtime. What Is CommonLit 360?CommonLit 360 is a free English Language Arts curriculum for grades 6-12 that includes content-rich units and Olivia Franklin Olivia Franklin September 19, 2022 · 5 min read
Elementary Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with 10 Inspiring Texts Celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month with texts elementary students will love.To help pay tribute to amazing Hispanic authors, poets, and social activities, we put together a collection of texts to use during Hispanic Heritage Month with your students. These texts will help build students' writing skills and reading comprehension. Olivia Franklin Olivia Franklin September 14, 2022 · 4 min read
CommonLit 360 “Following the Crowd:” A Short Story Unit from CommonLit 360’s ELA Curriculum That Will Peak Students’ Interest This ELA Short Story Unit will get students excited about reading and spark incredible classroom discussions. What Is CommonLit 360?CommonLit 360 is a free English Language Arts curriculum for grades 6-12 that includes content-rich units and compelling texts. Each fully-built out unit integrates reading, writing, listening, and speaking lessons. Olivia Franklin Olivia Franklin September 9, 2022 · 4 min read
CommonLit 360 “Writing Your Story: Memoir and Application Essays”: CommonLit 360’s 12th Grade Unit Helps Students Craft their College Essays This ELA Unit includes high-interest memoirs by contemporary authors like Trevor Noah and Michelle Zauner to serve as examples for students’ application essays.What Is CommonLit 360?CommonLit 360 is a free English Language Arts curriculum that includes content-rich units and compelling texts. After seeing so much enthusiasm for CommonLit Olivia Franklin Olivia Franklin September 2, 2022 · 4 min read
CommonLit 360 The Great Gatsby Novel Study is Ideal for Fostering Reading Comprehension Skills in 11th Grade This unit includes riveting class discussions that will enthrall your students, including conversations about the American Dream as well as a literary analysis on what makes a novel truly “great.”What Is CommonLit 360? CommonLit 360 is a free English Language Arts curriculum that includes content-rich units and compelling texts. Olivia Franklin Olivia Franklin September 2, 2022 · 6 min read
CommonLit 360 “Bad Behavior”: A Short Story Unit from CommonLit 360 that Will Spark Incredible Discussions In the Beginning of 8th Grade This ELA Unit includes high-interest stories about moral dilemmas and distinguishing right from wrong from authors like Roald Dahl and Richard Matheson. What Is CommonLit 360? CommonLit 360 is a free English Language Arts curriculum for grades 6-12 that includes content-rich units and compelling texts. Each fully-built out unit integrates Olivia Franklin Olivia Franklin September 2, 2022 · 5 min read
CommonLit 360 “In or Out: Our Struggle to Belong:” A Short Story Unit from CommonLit’s 360 Curriculum that will Set Students Up for Success in 7th Grade This ELA Unit includes engaging short stories and a memoir that will help students spark discussions and learn about adolescents’ struggle to fit into their communities. What Is CommonLit 360?CommonLit 360 is a free English Language Arts curriculum for grades 6-12 that includes content-rich units and compelling texts. Each Olivia Franklin Olivia Franklin August 29, 2022 · 5 min read
CommonLit 360 "Coming of Age": A Short Story Unit from CommonLit's 360 Curriculum that is Perfect for the Beginning of 10th Grade This ELA Unit includes high-interest short stories about growing up from contemporary authors like Jason Reynolds and Lucy Tan that’ll hook your students. What Is CommonLit 360? CommonLit 360 is a free English Language Arts curriculum for grades 6-12 that includes content-rich units and compelling texts. Each fully-built out Olivia Franklin Olivia Franklin August 23, 2022 · 5 min read
Elementary 8 Texts Featuring Disabilities and Learning Differences to Build Classroom Empathy and Inclusion The beginning of the year is a key time to form trusting, meaningful relationships in your classroom community. These texts feature historical figures or characters with disabilities and learning differences, including texts about members of the Deaf or Hard of Hearing and Blind or Visually Impaired communities, people with autism, Olivia Franklin Olivia Franklin August 9, 2022 · 4 min read
Elementary 10 Texts That Will Line Up Perfectly with the Next-Generation Science Standards (NGSS) Elementary school teachers know the benefits of STEM education for kids. And, in 20 states and the District of Columbia, teachers must align science lessons to Next-Generation Science Standards (NGSS). Unfortunately, in some elementary schools, courses like science can get put on the back burner in favor of longer ELA Olivia Franklin Olivia Franklin August 9, 2022 · 5 min read
Secondary 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 and provides students the opportunity to learn about the achievements and contributions of inspiring Hispanic Americans. Help build students’ writing Allie Liotta Allie Liotta September 23, 2021 · 3 min read
