Author: Giavanna

Five Ways to Get Students Obsessed with Nonfiction

Posted on 29.Jan.16 in Literacy Strategies

We all agree kids who read more read better, acquire greater vocabularies and have stronger critical thinking skills. But we must also acknowledge that what they read is of equal importance.I recently… Read more

Why I Love Diary of a Wimpy Kid – and You Should, Too

Posted on 29.Jan.16 in Literacy Strategies

“You can hide that, right?” principals will earnestly inquire. “Ugh, I hate that book!” many teachers will say while swiping through the LightSail library. I get it, I do. I,… Read more

Yes, #WeNeedDiverseBooks – and #WeHaveDiverseBooks

Posted on 29.Jan.16 in Product News

I started my career as a teacher in the Bronx. I had a decrepit classroom library filled with tattered, outdated, culturally irrelevant titles, and independent reading suffered accordingly. Given how… Read more

Hi-lo Hits: Readers Rank Top 10 Most Popular

Posted on 29.Jan.16 in Product News

Isaiah was an over-aged 7th grader with a ponytail and eyebrow ring who generally flew below the radar in class – mostly he liked flirting with the girls and drawing tattoos… Read more

Teacherpreneurs Do It Better

Posted on 29.Jan.16 in Product News

I’ve noticed that, for a lot of educational technology, the technology part seems to have come first. I’m all for cool software – but most teachers don’t have time to… Read more

Poetry in the Classroom: Finding the Rhythm

Posted on 29.Jan.16 in Literacy Strategies

April is National Poetry Month, but if your students are anything like mine were, it can be tough to get them excited about reading poetry. For most of us, our very first… Read more

Kids Compete to Read and Everyone Wins

Posted on 29.Jan.16 in Partner Success

To an outsider’s eye, independent reading in my 5th grade classroom may feel, at first, a bit like recess. Students dash into the room, retrieving iPads with the same enthusiasm… Read more

Mineola Middle School students display LightSail’s benefits in presentation to school board

Posted on 31.Dec.15 in News

A group of teachers and students from Mineola Middle School shared about their experience using LightSail at a recent school board meeting, reports The Island Now. “It amazes me how… Read more

LightSail earns another 5-star rating from Common Sense’s Graphite

Posted on 19.Nov.15 in News

For the second year in a row, Common Sense’s Graphite site for educators has given LightSail a 5-star editorial review rating. This is, quite simply, an amazing validator, as Graphite… Read more

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