CommonLit is 100% Free and Similar to Newsela

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CommonLit.org - Guided Reading Activities

From the moment I opened CommonLit.org I was impressed.
CommonLit has free reading passages and progress tracking tools for grades 5th - 12th.

I started by creating an account. CommonLit.org is 100% free.
In the Library tab, I can filter my search by book, genre, grade level, literary device, text set or theme.  


Once a reading passage is chosen, there are several choices. On the right there are guiding questions, assessment questions and discussion questions. There is also the ability to enlarge the font, highlight the text, translate words to other languages, look up words in a dictionary and listen to the text be read aloud at various speeds.


Teachers can create a class (with the ability to import from Google Classroom or share a link or a code) and assign a reading passage to students. 



If the teacher assigns guided reading to the passage, students are asked to answer multiple choice questions throughout the passage and are given immediate feedback when they are done.


Here are some examples of types of questions students are asked. They look like the types of questions asked in standardized tests and are mostly inferential.



Once students submit the assignment, teachers can grade the student work by viewing data in the form of circle graphs for multiple choice questions and score short answer responses on a rubric and leave written feedback to students. 


Teachers can also view an assignment report to see a detailed report of student work.


I highly recommend using CommonLit to help your students practice their reading comprehension skills and also inferential questioning strategies. 


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