Rob Fleisher

Terri Bradshaw, the Secondary-Level Literacy Instructional Coach for Blount County Schools.

District Administrator Explains Why CommonLit's 360 Curriculum Helps All Teachers

CommonLit began developing and piloting CommonLit 360, its free full-year ELA curriculum, in 2018. In the spring of 2019, Blount County, Tennessee joined this curriculum pilot. In this interview,...

Rob Fleisher

January 30, 2020 5 min read

Students gathered at a table reading on CommonLit on their laptops.

Spark Reading Growth in Your District with CommonLit Formative Insights

You might already be familiar with CommonLit.org, a free website which includes over 2,000 English/Spanish reading lessons for grades 3–12. CommonLit.org has become a go-...

Rob Fleisher

January 23, 2020 3 min read

Student reading "My Favorite Things" on CommonLit.org

You're Invited: DC Schools, Get Early Access to CommonLit's Guided Reading Curriculum for Students with Disabilities and Below-Level Readers

You might already be familiar with CommonLit.org: A free website which includes over 2,000 English/Spanish reading lessons for grades 3–12. It’s become a go-to...

Rob Fleisher

January 3, 2020 4 min read

A teacher helping a student on her laptop.

CommonLit's Curriculum Newsletter: October 22, 2019

Welcome back! This newsletter is the best way for teachers piloting CommonLit’s new curriculum to stay in the loop on how to get the most out of CommonLit’s...

Rob Fleisher

October 21, 2019 2 min read

A woman presenting the CommonLit data dashboard

CommonLit's Curriculum Newsletter: October 3, 2019

Welcome back! This newsletter is the best way for teachers piloting CommonLit’s new curriculum to stay in the loop on recently released units, updates about new features on the...

Rob Fleisher

October 2, 2019 2 min read

Get a Clear Picture of Student Progress with Unit Assessments

In each CommonLit unit, there are countless opportunities for teachers to gather formative data on student performance through: * During Reading questions in every reading lesson * Exit Tickets that include a...

Rob Fleisher

September 27, 2019 2 min read

Using Data from CommonLit's Interim Assessments to Drive Instruction

CommonLit’s Interim Assessments are a great way to assess student reading and writing ability. These assessments include 20–30 questions that cover a range of standards on literary and...

Rob Fleisher

September 27, 2019 4 min read

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CommonLit's Curriculum Newsletter: September 17, 2019

Welcome back! This newsletter is the best way for teachers piloting CommonLit’s new curriculum to stay in the loop on recently released units, updates about new features on the...

Rob Fleisher

September 16, 2019 2 min read

Using During-Reading Questions in CommonLit's Full-Year Curriculum

We’re so excited that you’ve started using CommonLit’s ELA curriculum! As you’ve probably noticed, each reading lesson comes with questions that students answer and discuss as...

Rob Fleisher

September 12, 2019 4 min read

CommonLit's Curriculum Pilot Newsletter: August 29, 2019

Welcome back to school! This newsletter is the best way for teachers piloting CommonLit’s new curriculum to stay in the loop on recently released units, updates about new features...

Rob Fleisher

August 28, 2019 3 min read

Welcome to CommonLit's Full-Year Curriculum Pilot Program!

This newsletter is designed for teachers and administrators who are piloting CommonLit’s full-year curriculum during the 2019–20 academic year. Several times per month, our instructional support team...

Rob Fleisher

August 13, 2019 2 min read

3 Ways to Effectively Use CommonLit's Annotation Tool with Students

CommonLit’s annotation tool is a great way to have students interact with a text! Annotating a text is an important way for students to track their thinking about what...

Rob Fleisher

August 4, 2019 5 min read

A teacher and students sitting at a table working on CommonLit lessons.

Annotations, Google Classroom Gradebook, & More: What's New on CommonLit

An Overview of the Best New Features for the New School Year It’s August, that hazy summer month when the air is mixed with the smell of barbecue, sunscreen…...

Rob Fleisher

August 4, 2019 3 min read

Best Practices for Using CommonLit Vocabulary Lessons

As teachers, we know that it’s critical for our students to have a vast vocabulary. The more words that our students know, the more readily they’re able to...

Rob Fleisher

July 31, 2019 6 min read

Opportunity to Pilot CommonLit's Free Curriculum

CommonLit is a nonprofit that operates a high-quality free online library of over 1,500 standards-aligned English Language Arts texts and lessons. Currently, over 10 million teachers and...

Rob Fleisher

March 20, 2019 2 min read

Portrait of Terri, a secondary literacy coach in Tennessee.

Why One District Leader Chooses CommonLit's Interim Assessments

Terri Bradshaw is the Secondary Literacy Coach (6–12) for Blount County Schools In Tennessee. For this Q&A, Terri spoke with CommonLit’s Director of School Partnerships, Rob...

Rob Fleisher

February 20, 2019 4 min read

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How CommonLit's Curriculum and Assessments Helped Spark Drastic Gains

Jayne VanNosdall is the Curriculum Supervisor of English (6–12) for Brick Township Public Schools in New Jersey. For this Q&A, Jayne spoke with CommonLit’s Director of...

Rob Fleisher

February 11, 2019 7 min read

Announcing: CommonLit is now a Premier Partner of Google for Education

CommonLit’s coursework integration enhances Google Classroom student experience Washington, DC — CommonLit, a free online reading program for students in grades 3–12, is excited to announce it is now...

Rob Fleisher

January 16, 2019 1 min read

Teacher and students laugh around table with laptops open to CommonLit lesson.

CommonLit's Next Frontier: Building High-Quality Curriculum

When CommonLit’s website first launched in 2014, the organization had an ambitious goal — provide teachers with access to high-quality reading passages. Five years later, CommonLit has grown in...

Rob Fleisher

January 13, 2019 2 min read

Data-Driven Instruction with CommonLit

“Year-end tests are autopsies, not assessments: they explain what went wrong after it is too late to change course.” — Paul Bambrick-Santoyo in Leveraging Leadership At CommonLit, we believe...

Rob Fleisher

January 4, 2019 3 min read

CommonLit ❤'s Google Classroom

Classroom management just got easier thanks to the enhanced integrations between two of teachers’ favorite free classroom resources: CommonLit and Google Classroom. CommonLit is a proud Premier Partner of Google...

Rob Fleisher

December 12, 2018 4 min read

A Peek Inside CommonLit's Plan to Raise Student Achievement

At CommonLit, our dedicated team of educators is committed to raising student achievement and ensuring that all students are on a path to college and career readiness. In fewer than...

Rob Fleisher

October 22, 2018 3 min read

Student looks at a CommonLit reading lesson on her laptop.

How to Set Up Your Students on CommonLit

Looking to set up your classes and students on CommonLit but aren’t sure how? Fortunately, we’ve made it easy and straightforward to do so. If you haven’t...

Rob Fleisher

July 31, 2018 2 min read

Students discuss CommonLit lesson around table.

5 Steps for Great Extended Constructed Responses

In this post, teacher Cara Popecki gives tips to make writing effective, collaborative, and fun. It’s on every major college readiness and state exam, and it also elicits the...

Rob Fleisher

May 2, 2018 4 min read

Students work on CommonLit reading lesson.

Multiple Choice Relay Races for Test Prep

Students use text evidence to quickly support their choices This is our second post in the test prep series. At CommonLit, we’re all about getting students prepared, while still...

Rob Fleisher

April 16, 2018 4 min read

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