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... Chelsea Nuesi Chelsea Nuesi October 10, 2023 · 4 min read
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... Chelsea Nuesi Chelsea Nuesi November 22, 2022 · 5 min read
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... Chelsea Nuesi Chelsea Nuesi November 22, 2022 · 4 min read
8 Informational Texts about Unique Animals Strengthen students’ reading comprehension with 8 informational texts about animals! Through CommonLit’s digital literacy program, you can find more than one hundred non-fiction texts about animals to incorporate into... Chelsea Nuesi Chelsea Nuesi November 22, 2022 · 4 min read
6 Short Stories about Courage to Embolden Your Middle School Students 6 Short Stories about Courage to Embolden Your Middle School Students Check out 6 relatable short stories about courage for middle school students in CommonLit’s free digital library! Build... Chelsea Nuesi Chelsea Nuesi November 14, 2022 · 3 min read
Widen Students' Scope of Reality with 7 Magical Realism Stories Build a thematic unit on magical realism with 7 fantastical short stories from CommonLit’s digital library! Interested in diving deeper into the fantasy genre? With CommonLit’s free online... Chelsea Nuesi Chelsea Nuesi November 14, 2022 · 4 min read
Empower Students with 7 Short Stories about Perseverance Enhance your ELA curriculum with short stories about overcoming adversity from CommonLit’s digital library! Lead inspiring classroom discussions with high-quality stories about resilience that will boost students’ reading comprehension... Chelsea Nuesi Chelsea Nuesi November 14, 2022 · 4 min read
Swing Over to The Baseball in April Short Story Collection by Gary Soto Discover 5 short stories by Gary Soto in CommonLit’s free digital library. Boost students’ reading comprehension and engagement with relatable coming-of-age stories from Baseball in April and Other Stories... Chelsea Nuesi Chelsea Nuesi November 4, 2022 · 3 min read
Travel through Time with 7 Historical Fiction Stories from CommonLit’s Digital Library Discover engaging historical texts, and inspire students’ curiosity in history through CommonLit’s free online reading program. Looking for historical fiction texts for kids? CommonLit’s free digital literacy program... Chelsea Nuesi Chelsea Nuesi October 28, 2022 · 5 min read
Teach Important Life Lessons to Elementary Readers with 7 Fables Supplement your ELA curriculum and strengthen student reading comprehension with fables from CommonLit’s free digital library. Fables are a great way to teach students important life lessons. Stories in... Chelsea Nuesi Chelsea Nuesi October 14, 2022 · 4 min read
Engage Young Readers with Relatable Short Stories about Coming-of-Age Check out CommonLit’s selection of high-quality short stories with coming-of-age themes for your elementary students. At CommonLit, you’ll find hundreds of short stories that will not only elevate... Chelsea Nuesi Chelsea Nuesi October 7, 2022 · 3 min read
7 Lesson Planning Resources to Bolster Your Novel Study on 1984 Elevate your book unit on George Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984 with informative and engaging texts for high school students. CommonLit’s free online reading program offers more than 100... Chelsea Nuesi Chelsea Nuesi October 7, 2022 · 5 min read
7 Short Coming-of-Age Stories to Stir Thought-Provoking Classroom Discussions Boost Your ELA curriculum with relatable coming-of-age short stories for middle school and high school students. Looking for short stories with a coming-of-age theme? We’ve compiled several compelling short... Olivia Franklin Olivia Franklin October 3, 2022 · 4 min read
7 Genuine Poems on Love and Relationships Strengthen your ELA instruction and student reading comprehension with these poems on love for middle and high school students. CommonLit offers hundreds of engaging poems for students to practice close... Chelsea Nuesi Chelsea Nuesi September 22, 2022 · 5 min read
Strengthen Student Reading Curriculum with New Short Stories from the CommonLit Library Lead engaging classroom discussions and support student reading comprehension with these new short stories for grades 4-8! We are excited to share new short stories that you can incorporate into... Chelsea Nuesi Chelsea Nuesi September 12, 2022 · 4 min read
6 Poems about Happiness for Elementary Students Enrich your classroom discussions with poems about happiness from CommonLit’s digital library to help your elementary students build both their reading comprehension and personal development. Designed by expert ELA... Chelsea Nuesi Chelsea Nuesi September 2, 2022 · 3 min read
Engaging Short Stories about Identity for Middle and High School Students Boost reading comprehension and engagement with seven relatable short stories for students in grades 6-12. With CommonLit’s digital library, you can introduce your students to hundreds of texts that... Ellie Viggiani Ellie Viggiani September 2, 2022 · 4 min read
6 Poems about Community to Supplement Your Reading Curriculum Planning a poetry unit for your English Language Arts class this semester? Inspire engaging classroom discussions with poems about community. For youth, it’s important that they know where they... Chelsea Nuesi Chelsea Nuesi September 2, 2022 · 4 min read
7 Literary Texts by Powerful Women Authors Check out these amazing short stories and poems on CommonLit from authors like Amy Tan and Sandra Cisneros. CommonLit’s award-winning, research-based digital literacy program has hundreds of poems, short... Chelsea Nuesi Chelsea Nuesi August 22, 2022 · 4 min read
