Digital Instruction with CommonLit Webinar for NYC Educators This blog post features a recording of a webinar, helpful how-to videos, FAQ articles, blog posts, and more to help you make the most of CommonLit.org. Thank you for... Amanda Riddle Amanda Riddle October 6, 2020 · 2 min read
Free CommonLit Professional Development for NYC Educators Through the generous support of the Robin Hood Foundation, CommonLit is providing all New York City public school teachers with access to CommonLit’s Professional Development Portal [https://blog.commonlit.... Rob Fleisher Rob Fleisher September 22, 2020 · 2 min read
The Complete Guide to CommonLit's Professional Development Portal -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The CommonLit team is very excited to announce the launch of our new Professional Development Portal! This portal includes over 20 on-demand trainings that focus on best practices for... Rob Fleisher Rob Fleisher September 21, 2020 · 7 min read
Teachers: We Hope These Distance Learning Units Can Help We are here for you — our team developed units with high-interest texts, vocabulary activities, and writing lessons for any virtual learning model CommonLit’s Distance Learning Units were specifically designed... Michelle Brown Michelle Brown September 16, 2020 · 6 min read
Digital Instruction with CommonLit Webinar This blog post features a recording of a recent webinar, helpful how-to videos, FAQ articles, blog posts, and more to help you make the most of CommonLit.org. Thank you... Amanda Riddle Amanda Riddle September 4, 2020 · 2 min read
7 Ways to Improve Student Performance on CommonLit Text-to-speech, translation in over 25 languages, digital annotations, scaffolded comprehension questions, and more are available on CommonLit to support reading growth. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Our team at CommonLit believes that every student... Amanda Riddle Amanda Riddle July 27, 2020 · 5 min read
CommonLit’s Guide for Administrators: SY 20-21 After schools began closing due to the spread of COVID-19, CommonLit’s mission of supporting educators with engaging digital learning resources became more urgent than ever before. At CommonLit, we’... Rob Fleisher Rob Fleisher July 19, 2020 · 4 min read
El Desafío de Lectura de Verano de CommonLit: Cómo un estudiante completa una actividad En este blog, explicaremos cómo los estudiantes pueden comenzar a leer y completar sus actividades en sus listas de lectura. Nuestro equipo ha creado 11 listas de lectura en inglés... Agustina Moppett Agustina Moppett July 11, 2020 · 2 min read
CommonLit's Summer Reading Challenge: Full List of Reading Lessons In this blog post, we will provide a comprehensive list of texts for each of the 11 different reading lists for children in grades 3–12 along with discussion questions... Amanda Riddle Amanda Riddle July 10, 2020 · 12 min read
CommonLit's Summer Reading Challenge: How to Keep Students Motivated to Read Throughout the Summer Set clear goals, track progress, and engage with your children as they complete CommonLit’s Summer Reading Challenge. We know how important it is to keep children reading outside of... Amanda Riddle Amanda Riddle July 1, 2020 · 3 min read
10 Exciting Improvements to CommonLit in 2020 2020 has been a year filled with unprecedented and profound challenges. At CommonLit, we have responded by working tirelessly to provide teachers with the high-quality resources and technology tools they... Rob Fleisher Rob Fleisher June 24, 2020 · 2 min read
Desafío de Lectura de Verano de CommonLit: Instrucciones sobre cómo comenzar El equipo de CommonLit ha creado 11 listas de lectura que su hijo/a puede completar en el Desafío de Lectura de Verano de CommonLit. En este blog encontrará instrucciones... Agustina Moppett Agustina Moppett June 3, 2020 · 2 min read
CommonLit's Summer Reading Challenge: Instructions for Getting Started The CommonLit team has developed 11 engaging summer reading lists that your children can complete through CommonLit’s free Summer Reading Challenge. We’ve included instructions below on how your... Agustina Moppett Agustina Moppett May 28, 2020 · 2 min read
CommonLit's Professional Development Portal: On-Demand Trainings to Support Effective Literacy Instruction Districts across the country are preparing for a very irregular start to the coming school year. Under normal circumstances, high-quality professional development can be costly and challenging to organize. These... Rob Fleisher Rob Fleisher May 25, 2020 · 3 min read
How Families Can Participate in CommonLit's Free Summer Reading Challenge With summer right around the corner, the team at CommonLit is thinking about how to keep students reading at home to help prevent learning loss. Early research is showing that... Bryn Bogan Bryn Bogan May 21, 2020 · 1 min read
NYC Middle School Embraces CommonLit's Digital Curriculum Before and During COVID-19 Throughout the 2019–20 school year, CommonLit has been piloting it’s free Full-Year English Language Arts curriculum in five NYC middle schools. This soon-to-be-released curriculum is available in both... Rob Fleisher Rob Fleisher May 20, 2020 · 4 min read
Announcing CommonLit's Distance Learning Support Package CommonLit’s mission of supporting educators with engaging digital learning resources is more urgent than ever before. To support schools and districts throughout SY 20–21, we’ve created our... Rob Fleisher Rob Fleisher April 27, 2020 · 1 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 April 26, 2020 · 4 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
Monitor Student Learning & Stay In Touch During Remote Instruction CommonLit’s digital platform allows teachers to check in on individual students as they complete a reading assignment. The CommonLit team is here to help schools that are coping with... Amanda Riddle Amanda Riddle April 1, 2020 · 7 min read
10 Texts About Human Kindness, Disease, Health, and Self-Care Connect with your students over texts that encourage kindness and self-care in the face of widespread health concerns. The CommonLit team is here to help schools that are coping with... Amanda Riddle Amanda Riddle March 26, 2020 · 8 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