In the middle of 2021, CommonLit published six CommonLit 360 (Edition 1.0 COVID-19 Emergency Release Version) units for grades 6-10. These units made remote learning easier for many teachers. We are grateful to our supporters who made this urgent work possible in a time when so many teachers needed

Our argumentative units center student voice and writing with interesting topics and activities that build argument skills and encourage student choice.CommonLit 360’s argumentative units put the crucial skill of argument writing at the forefront of each unit and offer a chance to dig into relevant, engaging topics. These

Unit 1s begin the year with engaging short stories with lessons that build literary analysis skills and promote student voice.The first unit of the year in any ELA class sets the tone for the rest of the school year. This is your chance to establish a safe and collaborative

A run-down of the knowledge forward approach within the CommonLit 360 Curriculum for grades 6–10I’ll never forget the moment in my teaching career when the lightbulb went off about the importance of teaching knowledge-rich units. It was my first year teaching, and I was struggling to engage students

In my previous role as a Secondary ELA instructional developer for a school district in Florida, I had the exciting opportunity over the past couple years to work in partnership with CommonLit. My team received early access to the CommonLit 360 curriculum so we could pilot the units and provide

Teachers can use supplemental texts to address the specific needs of their students.The new, comprehensive CommonLit 360 ELA Curriculum embodies the perfect combination of evidence-based practices and features students and teachers love. It provides content-rich units designed to build students’ knowledge of a wide range of interesting and relevant

Learn about how CommonLit’s new comprehensive curriculum engages students in media analysis tasks that bring each CommonLit 360 unit’s topics and themes to life.Maintaining high student engagement has always been a challenge for teachers. This was a main consideration when we designed CommonLit 360 units. Our approach,

CommonLit 360’s reading lessons provide the pre-reading activities, during-reading questions, and assessments you need to ensure your students make meaningful progress.CommonLit 360 is a comprehensive digital curriculum for English Language Arts grades 6–12. It’ll engage and challenge your students and save you time with lesson planning

Learn about the vocabulary assignments and quizzes that come with each CommonLit 360 unit.The link between literacy and vocabulary development is well-documented. Research shows that explicit instruction of high-yield words, multiple exposures to those words, and opportunities to use them in speaking and writing will all increase a student’

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 is a comprehensive curriculum for English Language Arts for grades 6–12, freely available to teachers and students

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

CommonLit’s comprehensive ELA curriculum for grade 6–12, CommonLit 360, could be a timely tool to accelerate literacy development.Educators everywhere are thinking about how to maximize instructional time now that students are back in school. What’s the best approach to remediate in English Language Arts (ELA), particularly

In this interview, you’ll hear from Anne Goldfeder, an 8th grade ELA teacher who has been teaching at J.H.S. 226 Virgil I. Grissom for twenty years. Anne talks to CommonLit’s Literacy Specialist, Rob Adams, about adopting CommonLit 360 and why students and teachers love the curriculum.

CommonLit began developing and piloting CommonLit 360, its free full-year ELA curriculum, in 2018. In this interview, you’ll hear from Eric Collazo, the Principal of Washington Leadership Academy. His school has been piloting the curriculum for the past two school years. Eric talks to CommonLit’s Associate Director of

CommonLit began developing and piloting CommonLit 360, its free full-year ELA curriculum, in 2018. In the spring of 2019, Blount County, Tennessee joined this curriculum pilot. In this interview, you’ll hear from Terri Bradshaw, the Secondary-Level Literacy Instructional Coach for Blount County Schools. She talks to CommonLit’s Director