Yelena Salvador

8 Captivating Stories About World Holidays and Traditions for Elementary School

Through this selection of short stories for grades 3-5, students will learn about holidays around the world. Students come from a variety of backgrounds that have different holiday traditions. With...

6 Holiday Stories that Celebrate Cultures from Around the World

Teach students about holidays around the world and build diversity in the classroom with this selection of short stories for grades 6-8! Students celebrate a variety of holidays for religious...

6 Short Stories About Love to Get Your Heart Beating

Love is a complex emotion, but it can be found everywhere, especially in this list of short stories about love that will pull at your heartstrings! Our capacity to love...

7 Fantasy Stories to Transport Students to Magical Worlds

Let your students’ imaginations run wild with these otherworldly texts! Looking to enchant your students with exciting new realities and characters? Take your classroom on a journey to make any...

7 Mystery Stories that Keep Kids Guessing

Your elementary students will strengthen their reading comprehension and inference skills with a gripping, mystery short story from CommonLit’s free online reading program. Mystery stories are often whodunits, but...

6 Thought-Provoking Poems about Family for Middle School Students

CommonLit’s digital literacy program has a large collection of poems about family for middle school students that teach important literary analysis skills and reading comprehension. Many of CommonLit’s...

5 Texts to Explore Emotions in Elementary Classrooms

Create a safe learning environment for students to discuss how they feel about complex events with these short stories for elementary students. Emotions, such as sorrow and grief, can be...