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ReadWriteThink
LinkedIn lists Newark, Delaware as the headquarters.
What it is
ReadWriteThink is a free resource site for reading and language arts instruction, serving educators, parents, and afterschool professionals. Its materials include lesson plans, student interactives, printouts, and calendar activities for kindergarten through grade 12. Topics include reading, writing, language arts, poetry, media literacy, literature, and assessment. Collections group classroom and professional learning resources around topics, while professional development offerings include online and community opportunities, instructional strategy guides, and a library listing NCTE books and journals. Lesson plans align with IRA/NCTE English Language Arts standards and, where applicable, state and Common Core standards. Student interactives include a Comic Creator, Timeline, Trading Card Creator, and Webbing Tool. The site says downloadable mobile apps can be used on tablets offline after download, and updated interactive tools should work on computers, tablets, and phones. It does not use logins or save user information or user-created work on its servers. Educators may make a limited number of copies for noncommercial classroom and instructional use; resale is not permitted.
For and against
For
- Free educational materials with no access fee.
- Resources cover kindergarten through grade 12.
- Lesson plans align with listed English Language Arts standards.
- Interactive tools include a Comic Creator and Timeline.
- Downloaded mobile apps can work offline on tablets.
Against
- The site does not save user-created work on its servers.
- Educator copying is limited to noncommercial instructional use.
- Resale of copies is not permitted.
The verdict
ReadWriteThink brings classroom materials, student interactives, and professional learning resources together across school grade levels. Check the use restrictions before copying materials for instruction.
Who it suits
ReadWriteThink suits educators, parents, and afterschool professionals looking for reading and language arts materials for kindergarten through grade 12. Its resources also serve students using interactive tools and downloadable mobile apps.
Plans and prices
Free access
Lesson plans, printouts, student interactives, calendars, collections, professional-development resources · no subscription fee
Read 14 Oct 2026 · readwritethink.org
Free resources
Free educational materials; no fee to access resources
Read 11 Oct 2026 · readwritethink.org
On the record
- API and SDK
- The published site pages do not describe a public API, SDK, or developer integration program.readwritethink.org · read 14 Oct 2026
- Audience and grades
- The site organizes resources for educators and students from kindergarten through grade 12.readwritethink.org · read 11 Oct 2026
- Classroom resources
- Its classroom-resources section includes lesson plans, student interactives, printouts, and calendar activities.readwritethink.org · read 14 Oct 2026
- Collections
- Collections group lesson plans, teaching materials, and professional-learning resources by commonly taught topics.readwritethink.org · read 14 Oct 2026
- Company size
- LinkedIn lists the organization as having 2–10 employees.linkedin.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- Company type
- LinkedIn lists ReadWriteThink.org as a nonprofit in education administration programs.linkedin.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- Content
- The site provides lesson plans, calendar resources, printouts, and interactive tools.readwritethink.org · read 11 Oct 2026
- Content review
- Submitted content is reviewed by at least two literacy educators, while reviewers serve as volunteers.readwritethink.org · read 14 Oct 2026
- Contributor compensation
- Authors receive a small stipend when accepted work is published and regular contributors may receive author pages.readwritethink.org · read 14 Oct 2026
- COPPA statement
- The FAQ says the no-storage and no-login approach is used to maintain strict privacy measures and addresses COPPA compliance.readwritethink.org · read 14 Oct 2026
- Device support
- The FAQ says the updated interactive tools should work on computers, tablets, phones, and other devices.readwritethink.org · read 11 Oct 2026
- Grade coverage
- Resources are organized for kindergarten through grade 12 bands.readwritethink.org · read 14 Oct 2026
- Independent feature coverage
- NCTE described the interactive tools as supporting language learning, organization, summarization, analysis, and poetry or prose creation across grade levels.ncte.org · read 14 Oct 2026
- Interactive apps
- Student interactives include tools such as a Comic Creator, Timeline, Trading Card Creator, and Webbing Tool.interactives.readwritethink.org · read 11 Oct 2026
- Interactive tools
- The interactive catalog includes tools such as essay maps, story maps, graphic organizers, poetry creators, timelines, and a printing press.interactives.readwritethink.org · read 14 Oct 2026
- Lesson plans
- The site offers hundreds of standards-based lesson plans written and reviewed by educators.readwritethink.org · read 14 Oct 2026
- License and adaptation
- Interactive tools are proprietary NCTE-copyrighted items and cannot be sold or adapted, while lesson materials may be reprinted and adapted for educational use.readwritethink.org · read 14 Oct 2026
- Limit: cultural diversity
- The study found most evaluated materials lacked culturally diverse authors or topics; ReadWriteThink's diversity score averaged 0.62 on a 0–3 scale.ascd.org · read 14 Oct 2026
