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Rob Fleisher

Rob Fleisher

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CommonLit has earned ESSA Tier 3 Certification

Learn why this matters and how your team can use ESSER funds to purchase our full program CommonLit is deeply committed to ensuring that its comprehensive ELA program works for students. Over the past several years, our team has conducted rigorous research on the effectiveness of our 360 curriculum. Our

June 16, 2023 3 min read

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CommonLit's Assessment Series Empowers Schools with Actionable Data

Schools can unlock 3 benchmark assessments for grades 3–12 to track student growth with the purchase of School Essentials PRO. CommonLit’s Assessment Series is easy to use, high quality, and affordable. Teachers can administer up to three specialized benchmark assessments throughout the school year that each include three

July 27, 2022 4 min read

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CommonLit Integrates with Canvas

Learn about the benefits of this powerful LMS integration and how you can unlock it for your team. At CommonLit, we’re committed to ensuring that our award-winning digital literacy program is as accessible and easy to use as possible. That is why we’re proud to offer a Canvas

January 24, 2022 2 min read

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Schools & Districts

CommonLit has earned ESSA Tier 3 Certification

Learn why this matters and how your team can use ESSER funds to purchase our full program CommonLit is deeply committed to ensuring that its comprehensive ELA program works for students. Over the past several years, our team has conducted rigorous research on the effectiveness of our 360 curriculum. Our

June 16, 2023 3 min read

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5 Ways to Observe Veterans Day

Commemorate Veterans Day with CommonLit Veterans Day, a public American holiday, occurs annually on November 11th, celebrating the contributions of the U.S. Armed Forces. Originally called Armistice Day to mark the end of World War I, Veterans Day has existed in its current form since 1954. In order to

November 1, 2022 8 min read

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CommonLit 360 Units Are Now Available for Grades 11 & 12

CommonLit’s comprehensive instructional units for 11th and 12th grade come complete with high quality reading, writing, discussion lessons and much more! CommonLit is so excited to announce the release of 360 Units for Grades 11 and 12. CommonLit 360 was first released for grades 6-10 in June 2021. The

October 24, 2022 3 min read

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Schools & Districts

Everything You Need to Know about CommonLit’s Free Reading Assessment and Premium Assessment Series

We know that it is critically important for teachers to collect accurate data on student reading performance. At CommonLit, we’re excited to offer two options to teachers and schools: the CommonLit Free Reading Assessment and the CommonLit Assessment Series. In this blog post, we’ll tell you everything you

October 14, 2022 2 min read

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Schools & Districts

CommonLit’s School-Wide Data Reports Make Progress Monitoring Easy

CommonLit School Essentials PRO gives teachers and administrators performance, usage, and growth data access for all students At CommonLit, we’ve created a comprehensive and engaging literacy program with over 3,000 high-quality lessons that has been proven to help students make significant gains in reading. For SY 23–24,

August 30, 2022 4 min read

Schools & Districts

Use CommonLit's Target Lessons To Remediate Skill Gaps After Benchmark Assessments

Target Lessons are short, skill-based lessons that will engage your students and build critical reading skills. Our team at CommonLit is always developing exciting digital tools and resources that teachers can use to boost their students’ reading comprehension. We’re excited to highlight Target Lessons, the newest addition to our

August 26, 2022 4 min read

Usage of CommonLit's Digital Library is Correlated with Student Growth

Learn all about the benefits of implementing CommonLit’s evidence-based program CommonLit is on a mission to ensure that all students can graduate with the reading and writing skills they need to succeed in college and/or the career of their choice. Since the launch of CommonLit’s digital program

August 15, 2022 3 min read

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Improve Reading Comprehension and Track Formative Data with Target Lessons

With CommonLit’s Target Lessons, students develop critical and transferable reading skills while educators seamlessly track formative skill-based data. When students master high-leverage and transferable reading skills, it makes it possible for them to make dramatic reading growth (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 2000). This is why

August 10, 2022 4 min read

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Schools & Districts

Spark Reading Growth with CommonLit School Essentials PRO

Unlock school and district-wide access to professional development, benchmark assessments, data tracking tools, and onboarding support to ensure success with CommonLit’s digital literacy program! CommonLit is an online digital literacy program that provides schools with a free ELA curriculum and over 3,000 supplemental lessons. For schools and districts

July 29, 2022 4 min read

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Schools & Districts

CommonLit's Assessment Series Empowers Schools with Actionable Data

Schools can unlock 3 benchmark assessments for grades 3–12 to track student growth with the purchase of School Essentials PRO. CommonLit’s Assessment Series is easy to use, high quality, and affordable. Teachers can administer up to three specialized benchmark assessments throughout the school year that each include three

July 27, 2022 4 min read

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5 Strategies to Increase Motivation and Engagement in the Classroom

Challenge all of your students with CommonLit's compelling reading curriculum to increase motivation and engagement in the classroom The best lesson is one that challenges students without overwhelming them. It gets students excited to learn and conquer the challenge in front of them and results in students feeling proud that

July 14, 2022 3 min read

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Schools & Districts

CommonLit Integrates with Canvas

Learn about the benefits of this powerful LMS integration and how you can unlock it for your team. At CommonLit, we’re committed to ensuring that our award-winning digital literacy program is as accessible and easy to use as possible. That is why we’re proud to offer a Canvas

January 24, 2022 2 min read

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Unlock High Quality Professional Development for CommonLit 360

CommonLit’s on-demand professional development gets teachers ready to teach every 360 Unit. CommonLit 360 is a comprehensive and effective ELA curriculum for grades 6–12. The curriculum includes 6 engaging units per grade. Each unit comes complete with rigorous reading, writing, vocabulary, and discussion lessons. For schools and districts

January 16, 2022 4 min read

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CommonLit for Co-Teachers

Tips for adding a co-teacher to your classes on CommonLit At CommonLit, we believe that with the right support, all students can access high-quality, rigorous texts. Students are more successful when co-teachers work collaboratively to plan and modify lessons as needed. We’ve gathered tips from expert teachers to show

January 14, 2022 6 min read

Unlock the Full Benefits of CommonLit 360 with CommonLit School Essentials PRO

The professional development, data tracking tools, and wrap-around supports needed to roll out CommonLit’s comprehensive English Language Arts curriculum for grades 6–12 CommonLit 360 is a comprehensive digital reading curriculum for grades 6–12. Each unit in the ELA curriculum comes complete with rigorous and engaging reading, writing,

January 5, 2022 5 min read

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Schools & Districts

Spark Reading Growth with CommonLit School Essentials

CommonLit School Essentials gives schools and districts access to onboarding and Professional Development supports needed to take full advantage of CommonLit’s digital program - for just $2,000 per school per year! You might already be familiar with CommonLit.org, a digital literacy program that has been proven to

November 25, 2021 3 min read

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CommonLit School Essentials PRO Unlocks Best Use of the CommonLit 360 Curriculum

Access school-wide data tracking, professional development, and CommonLit’s Assessment Series to make your rollout of the CommonLit 360 Curriculum a success. The 360 ELA curriculum is a game-changer for teachers of students in grades 6–12. Each 360 unit is tied together with an essential question that is designed

October 8, 2021 3 min read

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Strategically Utilizing CommonLit Lessons to Track Meaningful Data as a Team

Embed CommonLit’s lessons into your district’s curriculum to facilitate data driven instruction & progress monitoring. Schools and district administrators are constantly bombarded with data. With many teachers assigning different types of reading lessons from many different digital literacy programs, it can be a real challenge for administrators to break

September 1, 2021 4 min read

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What’s New on CommonLit in 2021?

Brand new content, improved accessibility tools, new features and more! It’s that time of year again — back to school! After a year of navigating the pandemic, altered school schedules, and adjusting to remote learning, we hope that you have had some much-deserved time to reset and recharge. The team

August 19, 2021 6 min read

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Training and Professional Development Opportunities with CommonLit

Learn all about CommonLit’s free training opportunities and Professional Development packages for schools. Here at CommonLit, we’re committed to ensuring that teachers and administrators have the training and Professional Development they need to seamlessly and effectively utilize CommonLit with their students. Throughout the school year, CommonLit will be

July 30, 2021 2 min read

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Everything You Need to Know about CommonLit's Free Diagnostic Assessment and Premium Assessment Series

We know that it is critically important for teachers to collect accurate data on student reading performance. At CommonLit, we’re excited to offer two options to teachers and schools: the CommonLit Free Diagnostic Assessment and the CommonLit Assessment Series. In this blog post, we’ll tell you everything you

July 12, 2021 3 min read

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CommonLit's Commitment to Being "Free and Open"

How CommonLit uses Creative Commons licenses to open up their educational resources CommonLit provides teachers and students with educational materials that are free and open, forever. Why? Because we believe every child deserves access to high quality learning resources and cost should not be a reason that they are denied

June 28, 2021 4 min read

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5 Ways that CommonLit 360 Supports English Language Learners

CommonLit’s free curriculum for grades 6–12 supports English Language Learners with explicit vocabulary instruction, scaffolded comprehension and accessibility tools, and differentiated lesson options — all with an inclusion lens. CommonLit 360 [https://www.commonlit.org/en/library/units] is a comprehensive curriculum for grades 6–12, freely available to

June 11, 2021 4 min read

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Everything you need to know about the Interactive Digital Writing Lessons in CommonLit 360’s ELA Curriculum

CommonLit’s writing lessons are complete with instructional resources, accessibility tools for students, and easy-to-use data reports. CommonLit 360 is free and available for teachers on CommonLit.org. If you haven’t checked it out yet, I highly recommend that you do. It’s a comprehensive digital curriculum for English

June 7, 2021 5 min read

Middle & High Schools: Join a CommonLit 360 Curriculum Pilot

Middle & High Schools: Join a CommonLit 360 Curriculum Pilot

Learn about an opportunity to pilot the new CommonLit 360 units for grades 6–10 and get exclusive access to coaching, resources, assessments, and support for SY 2021–22 and beyond. CommonLit is a nonprofit with a mission to close persistent opportunity gaps in literacy education. We are best known

May 21, 2021 4 min read