Get Hand-Picked Lessons Directly Aligned to Your Curriculum Support instruction with CommonLit Crosswalks Have you ever had a traditional textbook adoption that was expensive and quickly became outdated? As a result, these under-utilized resources can create misalignment and... Re Marzullo Re Marzullo December 12, 2023 · 2 min read
CommonLit’s Assessment Series Can Provide a Preview for High Stakes End-of-Year Exams Imagine this…it’s springtime, and your school is in full-on test prep mode. Teachers have spent massive amounts of time and energy making sure students are well-equipped to perform... Re Marzullo Re Marzullo October 20, 2023 · 3 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
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 2022, the... Re Marzullo Re Marzullo December 14, 2023 · 3 min read
5 Ways CommonLit 360’s Writing Instruction Helps Students' Confidence Study Shows Students' Writing Self-Efficacy Increases with CommonLit Teaching students how to write effectively is one of an English teacher’s most important and challenging tasks. Along with reading, writing... Re Marzullo Re Marzullo November 30, 2023 · 2 min read
Students Using CommonLit Saw Significant Reading Gains of 2-6 Additional Months of Learning A new evaluation of CommonLit shows significantly higher reading growth for students in CommonLit classrooms Exciting reading gains were observed in a recent study on CommonLit’s efficacy in 531... Tina Nguyen, PhD Tina Nguyen, PhD November 9, 2023 · 5 min read
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... Re Marzullo Re Marzullo November 8, 2023 · 5 min read
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,... Amanda Riddle Amanda Riddle August 31, 2023 · 3 min read
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... Nadia Johnson Nadia Johnson July 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
12 poemas para compartir con sus estudiantes Motive la lectura y el análisis de la poesía en su clase. No hay nada como la magia de leer un hermoso poema. Las imágenes descriptivas, el lenguaje figurativo y... Agustina Moppett Agustina Moppett March 9, 2023 · 4 min read
Getting Started with CommonLit Español Over 800 authentic Spanish texts and digital tools — all for free! Looking for free Spanish literacy resources? The CommonLit Español library has grown significantly in the last couple of years... Agustina Moppett Agustina Moppett February 6, 2023 · 5 min read
10 textos para trabajar el aprendizaje socioemocional con niñas y niños > “De todos los conocimientos posibles, el más sabio y útil es conocerse a sí mismo” - William Shakespeare. Como educadores muchas veces nos preguntamos cómo podemos hacer para que nuestros... Marcos Del Cogliano Marcos Del Cogliano August 15, 2022 · 5 min read
