How a CommonLit Teacher Ambassador Empowers all Students Leigh Pafford teaches special education as well as English as a Second Language (ESL) in New York City, and she was also one of CommonLit’s founding Teacher Ambassadors for... Re Marzullo Re Marzullo October 5, 2023 · 3 min read
CommonLit Can Assist With ACT/SAT Test Prep The testing season is here! No, not the end-of-year testing that schools across the country gear up for each spring. Instead, this is the annual “rite of fall” where thousands... Re Marzullo Re Marzullo September 21, 2023 · 2 min read
10 Myths and Folktale Stories With Moral Lessons from Around the World Travel through stories with these ten exciting myths and folktales from around the world! In the past, myths and folktales were how people explained natural phenomena and dispensed wisdom from... Allie Liotta Allie Liotta August 31, 2023 · 5 min read
6 Native American Stories and Poems for Middle and High School Students Honor National Native American Heritage Month in your classroom with authentic short stories and poems from CommonLit’s online reading program! Our extensive library collection includes plenty of Native American... Elsie Coen Elsie Coen October 10, 2023 · 4 min read
How a CommonLit Teacher Ambassador Empowers all Students Leigh Pafford teaches special education as well as English as a Second Language (ESL) in New York City, and she was also one of CommonLit’s founding Teacher Ambassadors for... Re Marzullo Re Marzullo October 5, 2023 · 3 min read
CommonLit Can Assist With ACT/SAT Test Prep The testing season is here! No, not the end-of-year testing that schools across the country gear up for each spring. Instead, this is the annual “rite of fall” where thousands... Re Marzullo Re Marzullo September 21, 2023 · 2 min read
10 Myths and Folktale Stories With Moral Lessons from Around the World Travel through stories with these ten exciting myths and folktales from around the world! In the past, myths and folktales were how people explained natural phenomena and dispensed wisdom from... Allie Liotta Allie Liotta August 31, 2023 · 5 min read
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... Ceili Canning Ceili Canning July 10, 2023 · 3 min read
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... Linden Brett Wicinas Linden Brett Wicinas April 12, 2023 · 4 min read
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... Olivia Franklin Olivia Franklin April 7, 2023 · 4 min read
Find Women’s History Month Resources for Your Classroom with These Lessons by Powerful Women Authors Celebrate Women’s History Month with our favorite texts by women authors for middle and high schoolers. Discover poetry lessons, biographical texts, and short stories by diverse women authors that... Linden Brett Wicinas Linden Brett Wicinas March 17, 2023 · 4 min read
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. We know that schools are always looking for ways... Olivia Franklin Olivia Franklin March 15, 2023 · 3 min read
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... Dorothy Hodges Dorothy Hodges March 9, 2023 · 4 min read
10 Stories of Black Women Who Shaped the United States Celebrate the achievements, contributions, and excellence of Black women as we transition from Black History Month to Women’s History Month. CommonLit’s online digital literacy program provides teachers with... Ellie Viggiani Ellie Viggiani February 17, 2023 · 5 min read
How CommonLit 360 Uses Research-Backed Practices to Improve Student Reading Comprehension Learn how CommonLit 360 is aligned to the Science of Reading’s best practices for teaching reading comprehension to secondary students. Introduction The Science of Reading is a body of... Olivia Franklin Olivia Franklin February 16, 2023 · 6 min read
This Valentine’s Day, Teach Reading Lessons Your Whole Class Will Love Most Ardently As they say in Romeo and Juliet, “My bounty is as boundless as the sea.” Check out our bounty of love stories on CommonLit. With Valentine’s Day fast approaching,... Linden Brett Wicinas Linden Brett Wicinas February 10, 2023 · 4 min read
7 Texts to Celebrate the Harlem Renaissance These engaging and diverse works help teachers showcase and explore the Harlem Renaissance with their students. The Harlem Renaissance was a cultural and intellectual movement in the 1920s and 1930s.... Linden Brett Wicinas Linden Brett Wicinas February 3, 2023 · 4 min read
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... Allie Liotta Allie Liotta January 30, 2023 · 7 min read
7 Texts by Contemporary Black Authors for Secondary Students CommonLit’s digital literacy program will help enhance your reading curriculum with these lessons which include guiding questions, Paired Texts, Related Media, and other tools to boost student reading comprehension.... Eryn Reighard Eryn Reighard January 26, 2023 · 4 min read
8 Inspiring Biographies Featuring Influential Black Americans for Secondary Students These engaging and diverse biographies on CommonLit’s digital literary platform will inspire your students to dream big and achieve excellence while strengthening their reading comprehension skills. CommonLit’s online... Ellie Viggiani Ellie Viggiani January 26, 2023 · 4 min read
How CommonLit Español Can Help English Language Learners with Language Acquisition CommonLit Español is our digital library of lessons in Spanish. With over 800 Spanish texts, it is an incredible resource for teachers with Spanish-speaking English Language Learners. Our library features... Olivia Franklin Olivia Franklin January 25, 2023 · 3 min read
Elevate Instruction in Spanish Immersion and World Language Classes with CommonLit Español CommonLit Español has over 800 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... Olivia Franklin Olivia Franklin January 25, 2023 · 4 min read
Powerful Poems by Black Authors for Secondary Students These engaging and diverse poems on CommonLit’s digital literary platform are all written by Black authors and poets. Each poem will spark reading engagement from secondary students with powerful... Dorothy Hodges Dorothy Hodges January 19, 2023 · 3 min read
8 Influential Black Authors with Lessons on CommonLit CommonLit’s online digital literacy program is full of authentic texts by famous authors and poets. The following texts are a great resource for building meaningful and rigorous lessons for... Elsie Coen Elsie Coen January 18, 2023 · 6 min read
10 Texts to Celebrate The Life and Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Honor the achievements of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in your classroom with historical biographies, primary source documents, speeches, and more. CommonLit’s online digital literacy program provides teachers with... Olivia Franklin Olivia Franklin January 6, 2023 · 5 min read
Explore 7 Engaging Secondary Texts by Famous Authors Looking for compelling new lessons to add to your ELA curriculum? CommonLit’s digital library has hundreds of short stories by famous authors. Our guiding questions will help prepare students... Eryn Reighard Eryn Reighard December 19, 2022 · 4 min read
7 Texts Teachers Love to Pair With Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Paterson Teach key background knowledge and incorporate multi-genre analysis in a unit on Jacob Have I Loved [https://www.commonlit.org/en/book-pairings/jacob-have-i-loved] by Katherine Paterson with these engaging supplemental... Elsie Coen Elsie Coen December 9, 2022 · 4 min read
6 Famous Acceptance Speeches to Celebrate Nobel Prize Day with Your Secondary Students Each year on December 10th, The Norwegian Nobel Committee awards the Nobel Peace Prize to a person or organization for their significant contributions to improving society. At the award ceremony,... Eryn Reighard Eryn Reighard December 9, 2022 · 4 min read