CCSS Aligned, student and teacher friendly, and engaging.
Submitted 11 years ago
Community Review for LightSail
My Take
This is great tool for assessing comprehension. It is tightly aligned to CCSS for ELA and a good way to measure student comprehension of text. The fact that the assessments include short response answers from students gives it extra mileage and depth that other assessments don't have. Another benefit is the sample responses for the short response questions helping the teacher to quickly determine the depth of understanding and proficiency.
How I Use It
I would use it for independent and whole group assignments.
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Kimberly C.
Teacher
August 14, 2021
LightSail
I strongly believe in this program. I love this program because it holds students accountable, it holds their interest by allowing them to choose books they like and at their personal level. I highly recommend LightSail to all teachers who teach
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Katrina M.
Teacher
August 4, 2020
Attention keeping and prioritising comprehension
I love how it is easily accessible to children they are able to choose texts that interest them but are at their zone of proximal learning. Children love earning badges and it makes reading time extra fun. During lockdown Lightsail has been even more useful in getting learners to read every day and have access to thousands of books which would never have been possible with what they have assess to in their homes normally.
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Laurie G.
Technology coordinator
May 11, 2016
LightSail is an amazing reading app for all ages!
Overall this is a fantastic program to help students grow an incredible amount. I have had students grow 3 grade levels in their reading ability. Their vocabulary has increased and their ability to answer a prompt is amazing now. Grading the short answer is so incredibly easy for me since they give me suggested responses for all questions. Students have places to reflect, question, and discuss as well. It's a great program any way you slice it!
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