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Four students sit around a table as they work on a CommonLit Target Lesson.

6 Ways to Use Target Lessons in Your Classroom

Use data-driven instruction to remediate skills gaps, teach new strategies in whole or small groups, and engage students with riveting texts. Target Lessons are easy-to-use, highly engaging lessons, designed to...

Olivia Franklin Olivia Franklin

Olivia Franklin

February 8, 2023 · 5 min read
An elementary student works on a CommonLit Main Idea lesson. Other students in her class are visible in the background.

7 Reading Comprehension Lessons to Teach Students How to Find The Main Idea of a Nonfiction Text

These easy-to-use main idea lessons will engage students with high-interest topics while helping them hone important grade-level reading comprehension skills. Target Lessons are highly engaging lessons that teach students critical...

Olivia Franklin Olivia Franklin

Olivia Franklin

December 5, 2022 · 5 min read
Teacher shows students how to do a CommonLit target lesson.

7 Brand-New Elementary Target Lessons To Help Students’ Reading Comprehension

Engage students while they learn critical reading comprehension skills, including finding the main idea, analyzing character change, finding the meaning of unknown words and more. Target Lessons are easy-to-use, highly...

Olivia Franklin Olivia Franklin

Olivia Franklin

December 5, 2022 · 4 min read
A elementary-aged student raises hand to ask a question about a Target Lesson during class.

8 Fiction Reading Comprehension Lessons for Elementary Students

Practice key fiction reading comprehension skills with these 8 Target Lessons that help students analyze character change, find the best evidence, analyze character point of view, and more. Target Lessons...

Olivia Franklin Olivia Franklin

Olivia Franklin

December 5, 2022 · 5 min read
Teacher giving student a CommonLit Target Lesson

Improve Reading Comprehension and Track Formative Data with Target Lessons

With CommonLit’s Target Lessons, students develop critical and transferable reading skills while educators seamlessly track formative skill-based data. When students master high-leverage and transferable reading skills, it makes it...

Rob Fleisher Rob Fleisher

Rob Fleisher

August 10, 2022 · 4 min read
Students taking a CommonLit Target Lesson

Target Lessons About Teens We Can Learn From

Empower your students with lessons about teens who are changing the world while helping them practice key comprehension skills with CommonLit’s Target Lessons [https://www.commonlit.org/en/library?...

Avery Morgan

Avery Morgan

April 27, 2022 · 4 min read
Students looking at a CommonLit target Lesson

Target Lessons About Trailblazers

Inspire students with lessons about people who shaped history while helping them practice key comprehension skills with CommonLit’s Target Lessons [https://www.commonlit.org/en/library?contentTypes=lesson_template&...

Ellie Viggiani Ellie Viggiani

Ellie Viggiani

April 25, 2022 · 3 min read
Student taking a CommonLit Target Lesson

Target Lessons About Human Behavior

Get students thinking critically with lessons about human behavior while helping them practice key comprehension skills with CommonLit’s Target Lessons [https://www.commonlit.org/en/library?contentTypes=lesson_template&...

Ellie Viggiani Ellie Viggiani

Ellie Viggiani

April 20, 2022 · 3 min read
Teacher helping student with a CommonLit Target Lesson

Target Lessons About Black History

Teach students about important people and events in Black history while helping them practice key comprehension skills with CommonLit’s Target Lessons [https://www.commonlit.org/en/library?contentTypes=lesson_...

Ellie Viggiani Ellie Viggiani

Ellie Viggiani

April 18, 2022 · 3 min read
Student taking CommonLit Target Lesson

Target Lessons About Courageous Women

Inspire students with lessons about women who stood up, broke barriers, and changed the world, while helping them practice key comprehension skills with CommonLit’s Target Lessons [https://www.commonlit....

Ellie Viggiani Ellie Viggiani

Ellie Viggiani

April 15, 2022 · 3 min read
Teacher helping students with a CommonLit Target Lesson

Target Lessons About Protecting Animals

Build students’ knowledge about animal conservation and help them practice key comprehension skills with CommonLit’s Target Lessons [https://www.commonlit.org/en/library?contentTypes=lesson_template&initiatedFrom=global_navbar]...

Ellie Viggiani Ellie Viggiani

Ellie Viggiani

April 14, 2022 · 3 min read
Student using a CommonLit Target Lesson

Presenting CommonLit's New Target Lessons

Check out our new easy-to-use, highly engaging lessons that build specific reading skills! At CommonLit, we’re always thinking of new ways to support students and teachers. That’s why...

Allie Liotta Allie Liotta

Allie Liotta

February 22, 2022 · 4 min read

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