8 Captivating Stories About World Holidays and Traditions for Elementary School

Through this selection of short stories for grades 3-5, students will learn about holidays around the world. Students come from a variety of backgrounds that have different holiday traditions. With this list of stories for elementary school, students will be able to learn about worldwide holidays, share their own customs,

6 Holiday Stories that Celebrate Cultures from Around the World

Teach students about holidays around the world by building diversity in the classroom with this selection of short stories for grades 6-8! Students celebrate a variety of holidays for religious and cultural reasons. Use this list of 6 stories from CommonLit’s free digital library for middle school students to

6 Texts About Love to Get Your Heart Beating

Love is a complex emotion, but it can be found everywhere, especially in this list of short stories about love that will pull at your heartstrings! Our capacity to love is what makes us human. Love can be found in our relationships with partners, family, and friends. It fuels our

7 Fantasy Stories to Transport Students to Magical Worlds

Let your students’ imaginations run wild with these otherworldly texts! Looking to enchant your students with exciting new realities and characters? Take your classroom on a journey to make any dream feel possible with CommonLit’s free digital library. This middle school text list will spark creativity in your ELA

7 Mystery Stories that Keep Kids Guessing

Your elementary students will strengthen their reading comprehension and inference skills with a gripping, mystery short story from CommonLit’s free online reading program. Mystery stories are often whodunits, but the key element to any good, page-turning mystery is suspense. Whether the main character is searching for clues, solving puzzles,

6 Thought-Provoking Poems about Family for Middle School Students

CommonLit’s digital literacy program has over 100 unique poetry lessons for middle school students that teach important literary analysis skills and reading comprehension. Many of CommonLit’s poetry lessons focus on the major theme of family. Families look different for everyone. Despite the occasional dysfunction, each has their own

5 Texts to Explore Emotions in Elementary Classrooms

Create a safe learning environment for students to discuss how they feel about complex events with these short stories for elementary students. Emotions, such as sorrow and grief, can be difficult to introduce to elementary school students. However, these online reading lessons from CommonLit are designed to be useful tools