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Amanda Riddle

Amanda Riddle

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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, I was focused on making sure that I introduced students to a variety of great stories. I wanted every reading

Amanda Riddle

August 31, 2023 3 min read

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Progress Monitoring Made Easy with 360 Unit Skills Assessments

Quickly collect the formative data you need to seamlessly measure student reading comprehension, identify skill gaps, and plan future instruction as you teach CommonLit’s 360 Curriculum Is your team planning to implement CommonLit’s 360 curriculum at your school or district? If so, our Unit Skills Assessments are the

Amanda Riddle

March 13, 2023 2 min read

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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 have the reading, writing, and communication skills needed to be successful. That is why we created a comprehensive ELA curriculum,

Amanda Riddle

December 12, 2022 4 min read

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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, I was focused on making sure that I introduced students to a variety of great stories. I wanted every reading

August 31, 2023 3 min read

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Schools & Districts

Bring CommonLit to your district in 4 easy steps

Exploring new curriculum options? Work with our team to try out CommonLit 360 with full support in your district. CommonLit 360 is a full-year standards-aligned ELA curriculum for grades 6-12 that includes highly engaging units, supports all learners, and is shown to accelerate student learning. Choosing a new curriculum is

July 27, 2023 2 min read

Exclusive Opportunity: Join our CommonLit 360 Research Partnership

Exclusive Opportunity: Join our CommonLit 360 Research Partnership

Unlock CommonLit's full instructional program for free through an exclusive research partnership with CommonLit About CommonLit CommonLit is a non-profit education technology organization offering a comprehensive literacy program with thousands of free reading lessons, a free full-year English Language Arts curriculum, benchmark assessments, and standards-based data for teachers. About the

May 10, 2023 1 min read

Two teachers look at a computer to see student data on CommonLit.org.

Progress Monitoring Made Easy with 360 Unit Skills Assessments

Quickly collect the formative data you need to seamlessly measure student reading comprehension, identify skill gaps, and plan future instruction as you teach CommonLit’s 360 Curriculum Is your team planning to implement CommonLit’s 360 curriculum at your school or district? If so, our Unit Skills Assessments are the

March 13, 2023 2 min read

A teacher presents to the class about CommonLit.

Advocate for the Use of CommonLit’s Full Instructional Program in Your School or District

Our easy-to-use presentation will help you make your case to administrators and key stakeholders about why CommonLit is the best choice for your team Do you love using CommonLit in your classroom? Are you excited to share all the incredible benefits of our online digital literacy program with your team?

December 13, 2022 1 min read

A teacher presents about CommonLit to her classroom.

Everything You Need to Present CommonLit 360 at Your School

Be a teacher advocate – help bring CommonLit 360 to your school or district with this informative, ready-made presentation to share with administrators and stakeholders Do you love CommonLit 360 and want to share all the incredible benefits of our digital literacy program with your team? If so, you’re in

December 13, 2022 2 min read

A teacher talks to a group of middle school students.

Schools & Districts

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 have the reading, writing, and communication skills needed to be successful. That is why we created a comprehensive ELA curriculum,

December 12, 2022 4 min read

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CommonLit: Built for All Learners

Text-to-speech, translation in over 30 languages, digital annotations, scaffolded comprehension questions, and more are available on CommonLit. “I teach students from our lowest performers to our honors students, and I use (CommonLit) with all of them the same way. It’s well-suited for all my students’ needs.” - Kayce Giglio,

August 28, 2022 4 min read

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CommonLit's Limited Edition Fall Special Package: Affordable, Easy, and Everything Your District Needs to Effectively Roll Out CommonLit

Give your team the rostering, training, and Professional Development support they need to effectively use CommonLit’s full digital program — all for the affordable price of $1,000 per school. Has your school or district decided to use CommonLit’s digital program this school year? If so, our Limited Edition:

September 2, 2021 2 min read

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Everything an Elementary Teacher Needs to Get Started with CommonLit

Everything an elementary teacher needs to get started with CommonLit: Class creation, selecting a text, using our digital tools, and more! CommonLit’s digital literacy program has high-quality and engaging stories, scaffolds for all learners, and easy-to-use data-tracking tools for teachers. Our team has created this resource bank filled with

September 1, 2021 2 min read

Sneak Peek: CommonLit 360 Curriculum, Coming June 2021

If you love CommonLit, you’re going to really love this: We have launched a free, comprehensive, ELA curriculum for grades 6–12! CL360 includes: reading, writing, grammar, vocabulary, and discussion lessons. Let’s get started —you can join an intro webinar to learn more [https://zoom.us/webinar/register/

January 19, 2021 4 min read

10 Texts About Community and Building Friendships

10 Texts About Community and Building Friendships

Our team put together this list of CommonLit reading passages that focus on community and friendship. When I was teaching, I loved the opportunity to put literature in front of my students that emphasized community, friendship, and caring for others. Here are 10 great texts from various grade levels that

November 23, 2020 4 min read

Digital Instruction with CommonLit Webinar for NYC Educators

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 registering for CommonLit’s Digital Instruction webinar for NYC Educators. In this webinar, our team introduces you to CommonLit and

October 6, 2020 2 min read

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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 for registering for CommonLit’s Digital Instruction webinar. In this webinar, our team introduces you to CommonLit and the many

September 4, 2020 2 min read

7 Ways to Improve Student Performance on CommonLit

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 should have access to the resources they need to make gains in reading. On CommonLit.org there are features and

July 27, 2020 5 min read

CommonLit's Summer Reading Challenge: Full List of Reading Lessons

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 to keep the conversation going. Now that you are signed up and have gotten started with CommonLit’s Summer Reading

July 10, 2020 12 min read

CommonLit's Summer Reading Challenge: How to Keep Students Motivated to Read Throughout the Summer

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 the classroom — it gives students more practice reading and promotes their love of reading. But here at CommonLit, we also

July 1, 2020 3 min read

Monitor Student Learning & Stay In Touch During Remote Instruction

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 closures related to COVID-19. CommonLit is 100% free for teachers, students, and parents. Check out our recent blog posts about:

April 1, 2020 7 min read

10 Texts About Human Kindness, Disease, Health, and Self-Care

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 closures related to COVID-19. CommonLit is 100% free for teachers, students, and parents. Check out our recent blog posts about:

March 26, 2020 8 min read

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These CommonLit Digital Features Make Remote Learning Possible

The CommonLit team is here to help schools no matter how they are starting the new school year. The CommonLit team is here for you. Our free reading program has features to support all students and teachers — whether you are meeting online or in-person. In this blog post, we highlight

March 15, 2020 6 min read

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4 Ways to Use CommonLit to Support Differentiation

Innovative ways CommonLit's literacy program supports differentiation in the classroom Differentiation — a buzzword in education that can mean many different things. Small-group instruction. One-on-one support. Different versions of the same homework packet. The list goes on and soon the hours of data analysis and lesson planning pile up. We all

October 2, 2019 4 min read

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16 CommonLit Texts with Multi-Select Assessment Questions

Give your students the chance to practice multi-select multiple choice questions throughout the school year! CommonLit’s library of free lessons allow students to practice multi-select, Part A/Part B questions, and open-ended assessment questions. We have a variety of multiple choice questions so that your students can be prepared

September 4, 2019 5 min read

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15 CommonLit Texts Middle School Teachers Will Love

New to CommonLit? A long-time user looking to refresh your lesson plans? Use these texts in your middle school classes! CommonLit is a digital literacy program with over 2,600 lessons for grades 3–12. CommonLit’s library includes high-quality literary and nonfiction texts, digital accessibility tools for students, and

August 12, 2019 6 min read

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15 CommonLit Texts High School Teachers Will Love

New to CommonLit? A long-time user looking to refresh your lesson plans? Use these texts in your high school classes! CommonLit is a digital literacy program with over 2,600 lessons for grades 3–12. CommonLit’s library includes high-quality literary and nonfiction texts, digital accessibility tools for students, and

August 12, 2019 7 min read

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12 CommonLit Texts Elementary School Teachers Will Love

New to CommonLit? A long-time CommonLit fan looking to refresh your lesson plans? Use these amazing texts in your elementary school classes! New unit time: a blur of lesson planning, bulletin board refreshing, and hope that your students will like the stories you’ve chosen and the projects you’ve

August 12, 2019 5 min read