News Archives - LightSail Education https://lightsailed.com/blog/category/news/ Read. Write. Learn. Grow. Thu, 20 Jan 2022 08:52:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 Easy LightSail Tips to Help Prepare Students for Spring Testing https://lightsailed.com/blog/literacy-strategies/testprep/ Thu, 05 Mar 2020 20:03:59 +0000 https://lightsailed.com/?p=250638 Believe it or not, test prep season is upon us. With just a few adjustments to your normal LightSail reading block, you can use our platform to help students prepare… Read more

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]]> From Powwows to Potlatches: Creating a Native American Themed Unit in Rosen-LightSail https://lightsailed.com/blog/literacy-strategies/nativeamericanheritage/ Tue, 03 Dec 2019 03:11:57 +0000 https://lightsailed.com/?p=250598 November was Native American Heritage Month. Did you know that more than five million people of Native American decent currently live in the United States? The U.S. is home to… Read more

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]]> Celebrating Hispanic Heritage & Culture Month https://lightsailed.com/blog/literacy-strategies/celebrating-hispanic-heritage-month/ Tue, 08 Oct 2019 01:30:53 +0000 https://lightsailed.com/?p=250569 At Rosen-LightSail, we are committed to celebrating diversity everyday. From September 15th – October 15th, we specifically celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month by recognizing the contributions of Hispanic and Latinx… Read more

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]]> Cross-Train Your Brain: Use Rosen-LightSail to Build Stamina for Testing https://lightsailed.com/blog/featured/build-stamina-for-testing/ Wed, 24 Apr 2019 19:15:48 +0000 http://lightsailed.com/?p=250517 Gaining stamina for the things we love– shopping, running, or maybe even socializing, is easy. It is way more difficult to work up the motivation, interest, or ability to do… Read more

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]]> Wonderful Women Who Changed History – News https://lightsailed.com/blog/news/wonderful-women-who-changed-history/ Mon, 01 Apr 2019 19:39:24 +0000 http://lightsailed.com/?p=250491 Women’s History Month may be over, however that doesn’t mean that our learning about influential women should end. Let’s be honest, our world would not go round without the help… Read more

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]]> LightSail Celebrates Our Presidents! https://lightsailed.com/blog/literacy-strategies/lightsail-presidentsday-lessonplan/ Tue, 19 Feb 2019 17:20:37 +0000 https://lightsailed.com/?p=234014 This week schools across the United States are celebrating Presidents’ Day! Do you know the history behind this special holiday? It is celebrated on the third Monday of February. Much… Read more

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]]> Happy Chinese New Year from LightSail! https://lightsailed.com/blog/literacy-strategies/happy-chinese-new-year/ Tue, 05 Feb 2019 15:06:54 +0000 https://lightsailed.com/?p=226531  
We have some exciting news for you! We have four new and exciting Antares series that we’re adding final touches to. That’s 40 new books! As soon as they’re… Read more

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]]> News – Team LightSail Abroad https://lightsailed.com/blog/lightsail-in-the-news/team-lightsail-abroad/ Thu, 13 Dec 2018 08:57:16 +0000 https://lightsailed.com/?p=191938 2018 has been an exciting year for the LightSail team, having attended three major events in three countries in the last two months. Steven and Samantha attended EduTECH Africa in… Read more

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]]> All Aboard with Team LightSail https://lightsailed.com/blog/south-africa/aboard-team-lightsail/ Mon, 10 Dec 2018 14:13:51 +0000 https://lightsailed.com/?p=192133 Hello everyone, my name’s Charles Siboto. I’m going to be sharing my journey working with LightSail on this blog. I invite you to join me as we begin this journey… Read more

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]]> EDUCATION WORLD: LightSail’s Challenge Inspired Tens of Thousands of Students to Read Over 300,000 Digital Books https://lightsailed.com/blog/news/education-world-lightsails-challenge-inspired-tens-thousands-students-read-300000-digital-books/ Tue, 21 Nov 2017 14:47:42 +0000 http://lightsailed.com/?p=7837 Education World recently reported on the winner’s of LightSail’s 2017 Launch Reading Challenge. To encourage reading and literacy skills, the article notes, LightSail Education had a K-12 reading competition in… Read more

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