Culminating Tasks: Summative Assessments That Create Alignment and Foster Engagement How to increase curricular cohesion and spark student interest with CommonLit 360 Teachers spend weeks, sometimes months, preparing students for end-of-unit exams and summative assessments. There are reviews, study guides,... Re Marzullo Re Marzullo April 24, 2024 · 4 min read
Top 4 Reasons Administrators Love CommonLit 360 Teachers have a lot on their plates. They have to balance planning, grading, supporting students, and more! As administrators, we know you want to give them the support they need... Dorothy Hodges Dorothy Hodges February 19, 2024 · 6 min read
CommonLit Pilot Leads to ELA Curriculum Adoption in Battle Ground Schools District's ELA Curriculum Adoption Process Leads to CommonLit Battle Ground School District is located in Washington state and home to nearly 12,000 students and 800 teachers. In... Re Marzullo Re Marzullo December 14, 2023 · 3 min read
Advocate for the Use of CommonLit’s Full Instructional Program in Your School or District Our easy-to-use presentation will help you make your case to administrators and key stakeholders about why CommonLit is the best choice for your team Do you love using CommonLit in... Amanda Riddle Amanda Riddle December 13, 2022 · 1 min read
Bring CommonLit 360 to Your Schools with School Essentials PRO Plus Get the professional learning, unit assessments and data tracking your team needs to successfully implement CommonLit’s comprehensive ELA curriculum! At CommonLit, we’re committed to ensuring that all students... Amanda Riddle Amanda Riddle December 12, 2022 · 4 min read
How to Effectively Teach a CommonLit 360 Novel Unit Build student reading comprehension with highly engaging novel study units, complete with engaging lessons and chapter guides as part of CommonLit’s free 360 curriculum. CommonLit 360 is a comprehensive... Olivia Franklin Olivia Franklin December 5, 2022 · 5 min read
CommonLit 360 Units Are Now Available for Grades 11 & 12 CommonLit’s comprehensive instructional units for 11th and 12th grade come complete with high quality reading, writing, discussion lessons and much more! CommonLit is so excited to announce the release... Rob Fleisher Rob Fleisher October 24, 2022 · 3 min read
"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... Olivia Franklin Olivia Franklin September 19, 2022 · 6 min read
“Following the Crowd:” A Short Story Unit from CommonLit 360’s ELA Curriculum That Will Pique 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... Olivia Franklin Olivia Franklin September 9, 2022 · 4 min read
“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... Olivia Franklin Olivia Franklin September 2, 2022 · 4 min read
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.... Olivia Franklin Olivia Franklin September 2, 2022 · 6 min read
“The Art of Suspense”: A Thematic 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... Olivia Franklin Olivia Franklin September 2, 2022 · 5 min read
“Community and Belonging”: A Thematic Unit from CommonLit’s 360 Curriculum that will Set Students Up for Success in 7th Grade This ELA Unit includes engaging stories that will help students spark discussions and learn about adolescents’ struggle to fit into their communities. What Is CommonLit 360? CommonLit 360 is a... Olivia Franklin Olivia Franklin August 29, 2022 · 5 min read
"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... Olivia Franklin Olivia Franklin August 23, 2022 · 4 min read
Announcing CommonLit 360 Edition 2.0 In the middle of 2021, CommonLit published six CommonLit 360 [https://www.commonlit.org/en/library/units?contentTypes=text&grade=6&initiatedFrom=library] (Edition 1.0 COVID-19 Emergency... Michelle Brown Michelle Brown July 28, 2022 · 2 min read
An Overview of Argumentative Writing Units in CommonLit 360 CommonLit’s argumentative writing units engage students with interesting topics and activities that build argument skills and encourage student choice. Our comprehensive ELA curriculum, CommonLit360, has highly-engaging argumentative units that... Olivia Franklin Olivia Franklin April 19, 2022 · 5 min read
Unlock High Quality Professional Development for CommonLit 360 CommonLit’s on-demand professional development gets teachers ready to teach every 360 Unit. CommonLit 360 is a comprehensive and effective ELA curriculum for grades 6–12. The curriculum includes 6... Rob Fleisher Rob Fleisher January 16, 2022 · 4 min read
Unlock the Full Benefits of CommonLit 360 with CommonLit School Essentials PRO The professional development, data tracking tools, and wrap-around supports needed to roll out CommonLit’s comprehensive English Language Arts curriculum for grades 6–12 CommonLit 360 is a comprehensive digital... Rob Fleisher Rob Fleisher January 5, 2022 · 5 min read
CommonLit 360: A Free Curriculum with Affordable Wraparound Services Wraparound services include professional development, school and districtwide data reports, and benchmark assessments I am so excited to share that after three years of work, CommonLit has published its brand... Michelle Brown Michelle Brown September 21, 2021 · 3 min read
Everything You Need to Know About Unit 1 in CommonLit 360 for Grades 6-10 Unit 1s begin the year with engaging short stories with lessons that build literary analysis skills and promote student voice. The first unit of the year in any ELA class... Cara Zatoris Cara Zatoris September 10, 2021 · 4 min read
CommonLit 360 is a Knowledge-Building Curriculum. Kids will Love these Unit Topics. A run-down of the knowledge forward approach within the CommonLit 360 Curriculum for grades 6–10 I’ll never forget the moment in my teaching career when the lightbulb went... Michelle Brown Michelle Brown September 8, 2021 · 5 min read
CommonLit's Professional Development Portal: Supporting a Successful Implementation of CommonLit 360 In my previous role as a Secondary ELA instructional developer for a school district in Florida, I had the exciting opportunity over the past couple years to work in partnership... Cara Zatoris Cara Zatoris July 29, 2021 · 5 min read
CommonLit 360: Flexibility and Teacher Choice through Supplemental Texts Teachers can use supplemental texts to address the specific needs of their students. The new, comprehensive ELA curriculum, CommonLit 360, embodies the perfect combination of evidence-based practices and features students... Cara Zatoris Cara Zatoris July 23, 2021 · 6 min read
CommonLit 360's Related Media Explorations: Increasing Engagement and Deepening Learning Learn about how CommonLit’s English Language Arts curriculum engages students in media analysis tasks that bring each CommonLit 360 unit’s topics and themes to life. Maintaining high student... Cara Zatoris Cara Zatoris July 13, 2021 · 5 min read
CommonLit 360 Interactive Reading Lessons: Everything You Need to Know CommonLit 360’s reading lessons provide the pre-reading activities, during-reading questions, and assessments you need to ensure your students make meaningful progress. CommonLit 360 is a comprehensive digital curriculum for... Matthew Stephens Matthew Stephens July 11, 2021 · 7 min read
Everything you need to know about the Interactive Digital Writing Lessons in CommonLit 360’s ELA Curriculum CommonLit’s writing lessons are complete with instructional resources, accessibility tools for students, and easy-to-use data reports. CommonLit 360 is free and available for teachers on CommonLit.org. If you... Rob Fleisher Rob Fleisher June 7, 2021 · 5 min read
Middle & High Schools: Join a CommonLit 360 Curriculum Pilot Learn about an opportunity to pilot the new CommonLit 360 units for grades 6–10 and get exclusive access to coaching, resources, assessments, and support for SY 2021–22 and... Rob Fleisher Rob Fleisher May 21, 2021 · 4 min read
Introducing the CommonLit 360 Curriculum It’s free. It’s easy to use. It’s fully digital. CommonLit 360 (Edition 1.0 COVID-19 Emergency Release Version) is a one-of-a-kind comprehensive curriculum for English Language Arts.... Michelle Brown Michelle Brown May 20, 2021 · 5 min read