CommonLit's Assessment Series Empowers Schools with Actionable Data Schools can unlock 3 benchmark assessments for grades 3–12 to track student growth with the purchase of School Essentials PRO. CommonLit’s Assessment Series is easy to use, high... Rob Fleisher Rob Fleisher April 30, 2024 · 4 min read
CommonLit Integrates with Canvas Learn about the benefits of this powerful LMS integration and how you can unlock it for your team. At CommonLit, we’re committed to ensuring that our award-winning digital literacy... Rob Fleisher Rob Fleisher January 24, 2022 · 2 min read
DC Schools, Get Early Access to CommonLit's Guided Reading Sets! You might already be familiar with CommonLit.org [http://commonlit.org/]: A free literacy program which includes over 2,000 English/Spanish reading lessons for grades 3–12 [https://www.... Rob Fleisher Rob Fleisher April 14, 2020 · 3 min read
CommonLit's Guide to Accessibility for Schools, Districts, and States CommonLit was founded in 2013 with the goal of providing every student in America with access to free and first-class reading and writing instruction. Since then, CommonLit.org’s free... Rob Fleisher Rob Fleisher March 22, 2020 · 4 min read
A Reading Program Built for All Kids Here at CommonLit, we believe that all students can become great readers. However, in order to reach their potential, they may need access to different tools. In this blog post,... Rob Fleisher Rob Fleisher March 19, 2020 · 2 min read
CommonLit Mini-Units: A Complete Solution to Support Virtual Learning -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The CommonLit team is here to help schools that are coping with closures related to COVID-19. CommonLit is 100% free for teachers, students, and parents. Check out our recent... Rob Fleisher Rob Fleisher March 19, 2020 · 3 min read
How to Turn Any CommonLit Lesson Into a Video Lesson CommonLit’s digital library includes over 3,000 free reading passages for students in grades 3–12. The lessons can be assigned digitally through the platform or printed. The library... Rob Fleisher Rob Fleisher March 16, 2020 · 4 min read
Get Early Access to CommonLit's Free Full-Year Curriculum for Grades 6–10 CommonLit is a nonprofit with a mission to raise student achievement and ensure that all students are on a path to college and career readiness. We are best known for... Rob Fleisher Rob Fleisher February 3, 2020 · 5 min read
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, you’... Rob Fleisher Rob Fleisher January 30, 2020 · 5 min read
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-to... Rob Fleisher Rob Fleisher January 23, 2020 · 3 min read
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 resource... Rob Fleisher Rob Fleisher January 3, 2020 · 4 min read
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 Rob Fleisher October 21, 2019 · 2 min read
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 Rob Fleisher October 2, 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 Rob Fleisher September 27, 2019 · 4 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 Rob Fleisher September 27, 2019 · 2 min read
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 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 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 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 will... Rob Fleisher 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 Rob Fleisher August 4, 2019 · 5 min read
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 Rob Fleisher August 4, 2019 · 4 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 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 students use... Rob Fleisher Rob Fleisher March 20, 2019 · 2 min read
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 Rob Fleisher February 20, 2019 · 4 min read
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 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 Rob Fleisher January 16, 2019 · 1 min read
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 many... Rob Fleisher Rob Fleisher January 13, 2019 · 2 min read
