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Review by Amy Lauren Botula, Common Sense Education | Updated April 2020

CommonLit

Feature-rich literacy resource offers superb support for readers

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Grades

3–12

Subjects & Skills

Critical Thinking, English Language Arts, English-Language Learning, Social Studies

Great for

Differentiation, Instructional Design

Price: Free
Platforms: Web
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Take a look inside 5 images

  • CommonLit's library with a range of search options on the left and featured texts and selected categories in the center
  • Sample article about MLK showing yellow highlighting tool, audio control panel, and comprehension questions.
  • Sample series of paired text options for a unit about MLK and the Civil Rights Movement.
  • Jimmy Santiago Baca's poem "I Am Offering This Poem" showing the yellow highlighting and note-taking tools being used by a reader.
  • Brightly colored teacher dashboard with assignment completion averages by percentage and then shown in a table chart by specific assignment and class.

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Dawn R.
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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Privacy Rating

Data Safety How safe is this product?

  • Users can interact with trusted users.
  • Personal information can be displayed publicly.
  • User-created content is not filtered for personal information before being made publicly visible.

Data Rights What rights do I have to the data?

  • Users can create or upload content.
  • Processes to access or review user data are available.
  • Processes to modify data are available for authorized users.

Ads & Tracking Are there advertisements or tracking?

  • Personal information is not shared for third-party marketing.
  • Unclear whether this product displays traditional or contextual advertisements.
  • Unclear whether this product displays personalised advertising.

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