Elementary Classrooms

10 Inspiring Texts to Start the New School Year

Start the new year with these inspiring texts about education. For students, coming back from summer vacation means getting back into the swing of things with school routines, teachers, and...

4 Ways to Use CommonLit for Standardized Test Prep

CommonLit has thousands of practice lessons, a free reading assessment, and targeted skills-based lessons teachers can use for standardized test prep. Educators are always looking for ways to build student...

CommonLit’s library supports elementary teachers as they implement Science of Reading aligned instruction

The Science of Reading  The Science of Reading is a body of research incorporating psychology, cognitive science, and neuroscience to explain how students learn to read. The Simple View of...

Honor Native American Heritage Month with 7 Native American folktales for Elementary Students!

Access 7 thought-provoking Native American stories through CommonLit’s free online reading program! This Native American Heritage Month, build your ELA curriculum with Native American folktales that will help your...

9 Engaging Elementary Texts by Famous Authors

CommonLit’s digital library includes texts by hundreds of well-known and award-winning authors.The following poems and short stories are written by famous authors from all walks of life. Assign...

7 Engaging Reading Passages for Third and Fourth Graders

CommonLit Adds Elementary Content to Free Digital Library The CommonLit Library is full of engaging reading passages for 3rd and 4th graders! When I taught 3rd and 4th grade students,...

7 Reading Comprehension Lessons to Teach Students to Identify The Author’s Point of View

These easy-to-use skills based lessons will captivate students with high-interest topics while refining their grade-level reading comprehension skills. As students get older, it’s increasingly critical that they analyze the...

CommonLit’s Summer Reading Challenge 2023

CommonLit’s Summer Reading Challenge is back for 2023! Explore our reading lists full of engaging stories for all grade levels. CommonLit’s Summer Reading Challenge is back with new...

8 Poetry Lessons to Help Your Students Become Well Versed in Verse

This April, celebrate all forms of poetry in your classroom with curated lessons for grades 3-12. Poetry comes in many shapes and sizes. From Shakespearean sonnets to free verse works...

7 Texts to Celebrate Ramadan in Your Classroom

CommonLit is committed to providing students with a wide range of texts that showcase cultures from all over the world. In these seven texts, students will learn about the traditions...

7 Women’s History Month Lesson Plans for Elementary Students

Discover the women’s voices that have shaped the literary world. Despite making up half the population, women are often underrepresented in classroom resources. Fortunately, our digital library is filled...

3 Exciting Ways to Celebrate Women’s History Month in Your Classroom

CommonLit’a online digital literacy program offers tons of resources to support teacher lesson planning and unit planning. In this blog, we’ll explore resources featured in our digital library...

Teach Your Elementary Class about Black Women who Shattered Glass Ceilings

Dive into 8 informational texts about powerful women who made history. Explore our digital literacy platform and find amazing informational texts about inspiring Black women. Learning about these empowering leaders...

7 Original Environmental Short Stories for Elementary Students

CommonLit’s online digital literacy program offers an abundance of texts to best support elementary reading comprehension, including CommonLit Originals. CommonLit Originals are exclusively found on CommonLit and include stories...

CommonLit Originals: Engaging, Diverse Stories only Available on CommonLit!

Check out dozens of high-interest and timely short stories, available only on our library. CommonLit’s library is home to over 3,000 digital lessons on a wide range of...

Celebrating Black Excellence: Famous Biographies for Elementary Students

These engaging and diverse biographies for elementary students, all featured on CommonLit’s digital literary platform, share the inspiring stories of Black Americans across history, sports, and more. Reading about...

Elevate Instruction in Spanish Immersion and World Language Classes with CommonLit Español

CommonLit Español has over 1000 Spanish texts. The library features a variety of literary and informational texts by influential authors and poets like Alma Flor Ada, Federico García Lorca, and...

9 Elementary Texts to Light Up the Holiday Season

Looking to bring the holiday spirit to your elementary classroom? Jump into these festive winter texts about the holidays traditions from around the world. Winter is a season of plenty...

6 Elementary Texts to Ring In New Years Around The World

As the New Year approaches, bring multicultural learning to your classroom with these stories about New Year’s celebrations across different countries, cultures, and faiths. Holiday celebrations are a great...

7 Famous Poems by Shel Silverstein

CommonLit’s digital library includes texts by hundreds of well-known and award-winning authors and poets. Shel Silverstein is one of the most commonly-read children’s poets, known for his popular...

7 Reading Comprehension Lessons to Teach Students How to Find The Main Idea of a Nonfiction Text

These easy-to-use main idea lessons will engage students with high-interest topics while helping them hone important grade-level reading comprehension skills. Target Lessons are highly engaging lessons that teach students critical...

7 Brand-New Elementary Target Lessons To Help Students’ Reading Comprehension

Engage students while they learn critical reading comprehension skills, including finding the main idea, analyzing character change, finding the meaning of unknown words and more. Target Lessons are easy-to-use, highly...

8 Fiction Reading Comprehension Lessons for Elementary Students

Practice key fiction reading comprehension skills with these 8 Target Lessons that help students analyze character change, find the best evidence, analyze character point of view, and more. Target Lessons...

Discover 9 Heartwarming Stories about Winter in CommonLit’s Digital Library

Celebrate the season with 9 poems and stories about winter for elementary students! Through CommonLit’s digital literacy program, teachers can access dozens of fun, seasonal texts about winter to...

Astound Your Students with 8 Intriguing Weather Stories

Design a weather unit with 8 informational texts about weather for elementary students. Teachers can access hundreds of informational texts to incorporate into their reading curriculum and broaden students’ knowledge...