Excellent resource that is easy to differentiate, paired texts that are interesting and engaging!
Submitted 5 years ago
Community Review for CommonLit
My Take
I love this teaching tool. The ease of getting it running, the ability for kids to access it and the thoroughness of it makes it a quality tool in my classroom. I can monitor students ability to read and respond to text at their speed and pull small groups while others are working constructively from the site.
How I Use It
Assigned to classes that were formed. Students who need scaffolding can have "guided practice" enabled, also has a read aloud option and highlighting for additional support. Open ended questions contain examples of quality answers to help in scoring, while the multiple choice questions are scored for you. The variety of texts allows you to pair with any genre you're reading or writing to.
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Amy H.
April 21, 2022
Great for data but cannot use web based because answers are on the web
I would love for this to be an online activity. But the cheating has to be stopped.
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Dawn R.
January 27, 2022
Students are happy to engage!
CommonLit is an important tool in our Language Arts classroom. I like the supports built into each assignment, the ease of measuring student performance, and the ease of integration with Google Classroom. Honestly, there is nothing that I do not like.
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Kiera B.
Teacher
Jordan School District
West Jordan, UT
April 1, 2021
Handy resource library of standard aligned texts, assessment questions, and paired media.
I think this is a great resource for teachers to use in their classrooms. It's not flashy or gamified, but it does focus on standards-based analysis of leveled texts. It's really been useful as a library to draw from when I want to focus on a specific standard or skill. I also really enjoyed using it for reteaching or extension activities for different personalized learning goals.
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