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Remote Learning Tools
With remote learning becoming a necessity, LightSail’s unique tools ensure that your classroom can adapt at a moment’s notice to the updates that are released by your district.
Hybrid Teaching Tools Feature Set
Teacher Dashboard
- • Actively monitor your students' current activity including their reading minutes, Cloze activity, and books being read directly from your Dashboard.
- • View your Class Leaderboard and your students' rankings.
- • View your students' progress towards reaching their weekly reading goals.
Chat Privately With Your Students
- • Chat with individual students by sending them personal reminders and messages to their Dashboard.
- • Fast, easy, and effective way for students to communicate with teachers.
- • Students are prevented from chatting privately with each other.
Class Chat
- • Send classwide announcements with one message.
- • Initiate classroom dialogue around a book, subject, or lesson.
- • Control the conversation by ensuring that messages are not lost and all students get to participate in the conversation by allowing the teacher to mute and unmute selected students.
- • Students can send messages anonymously in the class chat so they feel comfortable participating. A student is only anonymous to their peers and not to their teacher.
Group Chat for Educators
- • Collaborate about planning and content with common grade level teachers in your school or across the district.
- • Create private/customized groups for intensive discussion, mentoring, and coaching.
- • Seamlessly distribute targeted content to teachers and students with in-text sharing.
- My Library
- IN A BOOK
- word work
- MY JOURNAL
- library COLLECTIONS
LightSail’s Lexile™ based Educational eReader is designed with visibility and engagement in mind. Our Reader increases the visibility and accountability of reading minutes and assessment performance and responses.
CONTENT RICH • MULTIMODAL • CUSTOMIZABLE DIGITAL LIBRARIES FOR ALL BUDGETS
LightSail’s library is designed to scale to meet the needs of every reader and curriculum. You can choose from two starter libraries that are complementary, either 2,000 or 6,000 assessed books, depending on your budget. These libraries are sure to get your digital ELA educators super excited. From there, we’ll help you build a “just-right” digital library for your school, your district, and your classrooms even further. With an additional 100,000 books to purchase from over 20 over the world’s largest publisher and dozens of boutique publishers as well. In addition LightSail has thousands of Spanish books.
Books enhanced with:
- •Over 40,000 curriculum aligned questions and activities
- •world class educational video clips
- •contextual action clips bring illustrations and content to life
IN A BOOK
From the moment a student opens a book to the moment they exit, LightSail keeps track of their reading minutes, words defined, total word count, total pages read, all Cloze assessments, and any answered Short Response or Multiple Choice question from the book.
We have built and wrapped 7 layers of value-added pedagogy, literacy assessment and supports around the engaging LightSail texts and books:
(1) Short response questions (2) Multiple choice questions (3) Tens of thousands of educational 1~5 minute long videos related to each book, to further enhance the reader’s understanding of the topic of the book (4) Tens of thousands of Action Clips 10~40 second silent video clips that are contextualized and hyperlinked to key vocabulary in the book being read by the student (5) Millions of Cloze / Vocabulary assessments for Lexile growth assessment (6) In-depth picture dictionary (7) Word Work for remediation.
A student can define any word in a book and choose to listen to a word being read aloud. LightSail also provides parts of speech and syllables for all words on a page.
Teachers and students can embed Thoughts within a book. A teacher can share a Thought with the entire class and a student can share a Thought with their teacher. Cloze assessments are found by clicking on a green box. The student will then be asked to select the correct answer from four possible choices.
word work
LightSail’s Word Work feature does precisely what it implies: It helps your students work on vocabulary words they have missed over the course of their reading.
Word Work is designed to prompt your student in multiple ways to review and practice common vocabulary challenges. When a student exits out of or completes a book, they are prompted to retake any missed reading Clozes (fill-in-the-blanks). Through Book Overlays, the History tab, and the Word Work tab, a student can see precisely which assignments require further study. And a teacher can also send their child a reminder to perform Word Work from the Vocabulary tab of their own Dashboard.
With Word Work, you don’t have to worry that your student is senselessly practicing information they have already mastered. It is a tool that gives your students focused practice and additional support targeted specifically to areas they need to work on.
MY JOURNAL
As a reading journal, My Journal gives your students the ability to record their thoughts, questions, and favorite quotes directly from the books they are reading. From any book, they can access their journal and see all of their entries. From there, they can create a new entry, edit previous ones, select text from the book to quote, and include citations with the click of a button!
My Journal entries do not have to be associated with their reading. My Journal is accessible from the Main Menu on your student’s Dashboard; iit can be a space for them to write about whatever topic they choose. Students can create entries about anything from how their day went, to what they did on vacation, to their personal goals and dreams.
- • Students can select to keep a journal private or share it with the teacher/parent. Students can also create Shared Responses and include quotes from books.
- • Teachers can promote active reading and a love of writing by offering journaling opportunities. Journals can also be used to monitor student comprehension and reader response through written assignments.
library COLLECTIONS
A Library Collection is a group of books, videos, and Action Clips themed around a particular topic. LightSail contains many Library Collections; however, a teacher can also put together their own to share with their learners.
This feature is particularly useful when creating a Unit or for thematic learning because it allows a teacher to curate content of their choosing and present it to their students for independent study. It also works perfectly for seasonal topics. You can assign a Collection to your class for a certain time period, after which, it expires and is removed from your learners’ libraries.
You can create a seasonal theme to share with your class- one about summer break or Christmas. You can also create a unit of study for topics you’re explicitly teaching in class, like World War II or The Civil Rights Movement. Alternatively, prompt your students to read and learn more on topics they’re already interested in by presenting them with curated Collections about a favorite sport or getting a family pet. The number of ways to use Library Collections is limitless!
- Essay Writing
- Inquiry Writing
- Authentic Writing
- Informal Writing Workshops
- Writing Skill Builder
Students engage in a comprehensive digital writing experience that supports planning, drafting, receiving feedback, and revising and editing.
Essay Writing
The word "essay" makes many students grumble because they don't know where or how to start. They bring prior experiences indicating that essays are time consuming, rigorous, and energy intensive. Unfortunately, these reasons stop many students before they ever get started writing. LightSail's Essay Module promotes recursive writing as a Best Practice. It provides students the support and confidence to plan, draft, reflect on feedback, and revise/edit with the support of their teacher. These feedback cycles grow strong writers and a classroom culture of academic success.
LightSail's Essay module also supports a teacher's design of student friendly pre-planning and draft templates that provide tips and structure to grow an essay through multiple feedback cycles. Teachers can use a template or custom rubric to provide targeted and specific feedback to each writer. Help your students transition post-secondary by exposing them to advanced writing skills such as MLA/APA citations and paraphrasing and learning through focused feedback.
Inquiry Writing
Grow a student’s knowledge of a topic by promoting research. LightSail supports the research process by using a K-W-L graphic organizer to drive inquiry based learning and research methods. Empower your learners to grow their knowledge base with inquiry-driven research. Give students the skills and confidence to distill information and formally express it to an academic audience.
LightSail’s Inquiry Module also supports a teacher’s design of student-friendly pre-planning and draft templates that contain tips and supportive structures to grow an inquiry report through multiple feedback cycles. Teachers can use a template or custom rubric to provide targeted and specific feedback to each writer based on their response. Help your students transition post-secondary by exposing them to advanced writing skills such as MLA/APA citations and paraphrasing and learning through focused feedback.
Authentic Writing
Authentic Writing directly relates books to real-life writing scenarios by allowing a student to take a problem, concept, idea, or situation from a book and write about it in an authentic format. LightSail does this by pairing books in its wide-ranging library with various, creative prompts, specific to your student’s developmental level. Example Authentic Writing assignments may include reading a story that centers around a problem within a community, then responding to that by writing an editorial for the local newspaper, a letter to the mayor, or a new community policy.
The creative possibilities of Authentic Writing assignments are endless. The true learning value is two-fold. First, the pairing of the writing assignment with the book gives context and enrichment beyond what reading or writing alone would provide. Secondly, the real-life writing scenarios allow a student to express themselves personally, feel invested in their finished writing piece, and recognize how writing is used in the real world each day.
Informal Writing Workshops
Informal Writing Workshops are fun, gamified writing prompts that teach through real-life writing encounters that children will want to engage in. These workshops provide grade-appropriate scenarios for children to experience writing in an organic and relatable way like mock social media posts, fun and creative free-writing prompts, and even hashtag challenges. Children know that you don’t write essays daily in the real world, but asking them to compose a thoughtful Tweet on a current event or comment on a friend’s meme makes the need for writing real!
Teachers can assign the workshops, either choosing specific prompts for their students or offering them a “burst” of prompts that are determined by the randomized spinning of a wheel. Children can also opt to take an Informal Writing Workshop on their own and spin the wheel to see what kind of prompt they will get. While these assignments are not gradable, to encourage fun and active participation, a parent or teacher can like or comment on a child’s response to provide encouragement and feedback. This tool gives teachers an invaluable opportunity to guide their child toward 21st century literacy.
Writing Skill Builder
Writing Skill Builder is just one of many writing-related features within LightSail Reader. It allows teachers to quickly and easily customize assignments for each learner's language, writing, and vocabulary learning gaps. These skill building assignments neither require a student to actually write, nor do they require a teacher to grade their completed work because LightSail Reader does that for you!
Instead, Writing Skill Builder assignments teach a multitude of skills on topics such as sentence structure, word usage, capitalization, parts of speech, prefixes, and even reasoning skills - all tailored to the grade level and needs of each learner. When a teacher creates an assignment, they fill out the general information such as the assignment name, due date, and description. You can even add photos and Action Clips from the thousands included in the LightSail Reader platform to your description.
The directions can be shared in print or audio to differentiate for dominant modalities. Then, the most important part: Choosing a grade level. Based on the grade a teacher selects, a list of possible questions is offered. The teacher can sort this list by skill type and standard, selecting the perfect questions to address a unique learner's challenges. One student may need to focus on capitalization and punctuation, while another may need practice with word usage.
There are many different styles of questions a student can be offered as well. Formats include multiple choice, multi-select (more than one possible answer), drag-and-drop, and fill-in-the-blank. Each of these formats is automatically graded by the LightSail Reader.
When a student signs into their Dashboard, all of their assignments, including their Writing Skill Builder assignment, are shown. Several student-friendly features guide them. A student may choose an automated reading voice and adjust the font type and size to their preference. Their instructions appear in the margin throughout the assessment so that they are always visible. LightSail believes in the power and impact of second chances. Students are given two chances to answer each question correctly. Additionally, they can always view an explanation of why an answer is correct. To increase engagement, an on-screen meter shows them their progress as they work their way through the assignment. Along the way, they earn fun, motivational badges!
A student’s data on a Writing Skill Builder assignment is included on the Totals tab of both the Teacher and Student Dashboards. LightSail believes in the power of data to help children own their educational experience. Their progress and outcomes on these assignments are always provided as a tool to help them understand where they are currently and their growth potential.
Content Builder
Teachers, administrators, and curriculum leaders can import and curate content in any language from websites, Google Docs, PDFs and ePubs.
LightSail’s Content Builder module allows teachers, administrators / curriculum leaders to import content from any website or Word document in any language. Next, educators can customize the imported text by adding standards aligned questions and Thoughts. Educators can either assign the imported text directly to students or to the school library for students to read at their leisure.
Fluency Builder
LightSail’s Fluency Builder tool helps students develop their oral fluency, speaking, and listening skills. Using any text in our platform, teachers can create a Read Aloud assignment. Through this assignment, teachers will gain valuable insight into students’ ability to decode the text, retell the story, and track the student’s Words Correct Per Minute rate. Additional highlights of this feature include:
- • Filter content to use targeted passages for fluency practice
- • Score using a digital Running Record and/or customizable rubrics
- • Add a retelling activity which will be incorporated into students’ final grade
- • Create speaking, listening, and writing activities that include images and/or recordings
- • Model your customized assignment questions using your state’s assessment or international assessments such as TOEFL or IELTS
- • Students can go back and listen to themselves reading aloud the assigned text
- • Provide written or oral feedback for each assignment
- • See, export, and/or print clear and organized result
Fluency Builder assignment recordings archive all year, building a digital portfolio of student progress!
Personalized Reader
Developed to assist struggling readers access LightSail's rich texts. For students with ADHD, Dyslexia, Autism, visual impairment, Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI) or simply a wandering mind and challenges with focusing on dense text.
LightSail’s Personalized Reader includes 60 different tools to customize the eReader and adapt it to each student's needs.
This functionality supports text access for children with ADHD, Dyslexia, Autism, general visual impairments, Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI), or any child who struggles with reading and may have a wandering mind.
Some Feature Highlights:
- • Adjustable viewing window to see 1, 3, or 5 lines of text
- • Ability to change color and adjust the font, background, border, outlines, and more
- • Embedded scaffolds assist the student to focus on just a few words at a time and covering all surrounding words
- • See text light up in ‘karaoke mode’ as the student reads along at their natural pace
- • Listen to the book read aloud using state-of-the art AI; choose from many anthropomorphic voices
- • Enlarge words and track the part of speech and syllables for each word
- • Research-based accommodations for students with Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI), including the Roman Bubble and word streaming for any text
This is the perfect tool to help struggling readers improve their skills, become more confident, and experience the true joy of reading.
Homework
Teachers choose from flexible one-time or repetitive assignments. Teachers will effortlessly track student engagement and completion to increase student accountability.
Teachers can quickly create one-time or repetitive homework assignments. When creating an assignment, teachers decide:
- • Should Cloze assessments be turned off or stay on?
- • Are you requiring a certain number of minutes read per day? If so, how many?
- • Which days of the week am I assigning homework?
- • Would you like to give students the opportunity to choose any book in LightSail? Or would you like to assign a specific book? Or would you like to assign a specific Genre/Topic?
- Word Work
- Spelling Bee
- Vocabulary Assignment
LightSail provides students remediation for their vocabulary words.
Word Work
LightSail’s Word Work feature does precisely what it implies: It helps your students work on vocabulary words they have missed over the course of their reading.
Word Work is designed to prompt your student in multiple ways to review and practice common vocabulary challenges. When a student exits out of or completes a book, they are prompted to retake any missed reading Clozes (fill-in-the-blanks). Through Book Overlays, the History tab, and the Word Work tab, a student can see precisely which assignments require further study. And a teacher can also send their child a reminder to perform Word Work from the Vocabulary tab of their own Dashboard.
With Word Work, you don’t have to worry that your student is senselessly practicing information they have already mastered. It is a tool that gives your students focused practice and additional support targeted specifically to areas they need to work on.
Spelling Bee
Spelling Bee is an easy to use, highly customizable feature that adds tremendous educational value to any book in LightSail. Just like a traditional Spelling Bee, a student is given a series of words to spell. They can listen to the word, see synonyms, its part of speech, and hear it used in a sentence. When they are ready, they type the word and check their work. After the assessment, they are given a score and earn a motivational badge. But the real power of Spelling Bee is the number of ways you can use it in your classroom. The two types of Spelling Bees are those a teacher creates and those compiled and assigned by LightSail.
When a teacher creates their own Spelling Bee, they can choose from words the student spelled incorrectly, words from a specific Lexile™ reading level, words their class struggled with and looked up, or any word they want to add. The second type of Spelling Bee is one generated by LightSail. Once a student finishes a book, LightSail can offer them a Spelling Bee. This assessment contains words from the same Lexile™ range as the book. A teacher can make these Spelling Bees mandatory, offer them only on “Power Texts” (a book within 200 points +/- of a child’s current Lexile™ score), offer them in Free Mode (when a child reads any book of their choosing), or opt to not offer a Spelling Bee at all.
The major advantage of Spelling Bees generated by LightSail is that a teacher knows it is precisely the "Just Right" level of difficulty for that specific learner. A student’s Lexile™ score can be adjusted every 15 days based on their progress, their Spelling Bees are also adjusted. With LightSail’s dynamic ability, customized and differentiated spelling words are tailored to each student.
Vocabulary Assignment
LightSail provides students with books that are at their "Just Right" level. These texts are also embedded with Cloze assessments geared toward helping grow comprehension and word knowledge. These assessment questions are also used to calculate Lexile™ growth. Additionally, LightSail provides a Spelling Bee at the completion of the book.
If a student incorrectly answers a Cloze assessment or Spelling Bee, they have the option to retake it using the Word Work tool. A teacher can also create additional assessments using vocabulary words that their class or individual students are struggling with.
A teacher can choose from a set of questions provided by the platform or create their own questions. They can also use words that were incorrectly answered by their students, words matching a selected Lexile™ level, or they can even add their own words. Questions could ask students to provide a definition using context clues or use the word in a sentence, and many more.
These assessments provide teachers with valuable insight to their students' vocabulary. A teacher can use this to build a vocabulary unit and ensure their students are successful.
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PUBLISHER PARTNERS
You can never have too many books! LightSail has agreements with notable publishers and access to over 100,000 popular and award-winning titles. The possibilities are endless!
The List of Notable Publishers Includes: Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster, Hachette Book Group, Disney Publishing Worldwide, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Workman, Abrams, Dover, Candlewick, Sourcebooks, Tyndale House, Britannica Educational Publishing, Saddleback Educational Publishing, and many more.
Remote Learning Tools 1 / 4
The Teacher Dashboard shows real-time data including the ability to follow a student reading a book and up-to-date assessment scores. The Dashboard also includes Class Chat, Private Student Chat, Group Chat, and Teacher Group Chats.
Teacher Dashboard focused view of a student online and actively reading a book
A teacher can join Teacher Group Chats with their colleagues. Chats include “All Teacher(s) in My School”, “Teacher(s) in my Grade,” “Teacher(s) in My School,” and “Teacher(s) in My District.”
My Library 1 / 2
A student has opened the Book Library and is Currently Reading three books. Additionally, the student has one book in “My List.” Below that is the ‘What's Popular’ and ‘Premium Content’ Shelf.
The student has clicked the link to expand the “Teacher Shared Library” Shelf. The student can filter by a Library Unit. Genre, Topic, and Classification.
IN A BOOK 1 / 3
A student is reading a book, “Space Exploration: Will We Ever Live on Mars?” (Antares Reading). The student has clicked on a Cloze assessment. The Cloze assessment panel is open on the right. You can also see the Cloze Roll Milestone showing the next goal is to answer 20 Clozes correctly in a row.
A student is reading, “The Fault in Our Stars,” and has turned on the Parts of Speech. Each Parts of Speech is given a color and can be seen in the book and in the open panel. The student has also highlighted a word so they can choose to define it, read it aloud, respond to it in My Journal, and activate Text to Speech.
A student is reading a book, “Space Exploration: Will We Ever Live on Mars?” (Antares Reading) and has clicked on an Action Clip, an educational and contextual short video, showing the planet Mars.
word work 1 / 1
A student can retake Cloze assessments that were answered incorrectly. Here, the student is practicing the first word out of 4 before proceeding to retake the Cloze assessment. The screen includes a synonyms tree, definitions, examples, translations, and a picture clue.
MY JOURNAL 1 / 2
A student gets to share their journal inputs with their teachers. Here, a teacher is viewing shared Students’ Journals. The teacher can comment and open the book to view the text that inspired the response.
A student can add journal entries and embed them in a book. Here, a student has opened the Journal panel while reading a book (“How is Chocolate Made,” Antares Reading)
library COLLECTIONS 1 / 2
A teacher can create Library Unit Collections and share them with their students. A Library Collection can be used as a supplement to a unit or theme based. Here, a student has expanded the Library Collection shelf in their library.
A student has selected a Library Collection about planting in a garden. The collection consists of books and videos. The teacher has added a description and essential questions, connected it to a Unit, and added a Quiz.
Essay Writing 1 / 3
The student has started writing their essay in Draft Mode. Currently, the student is writing the Hook for the Introduction paragraph. They are also reviewing a comment left by their teacher (highlighted in yellow).
The student has completed their Essay Draft and it is now “In Review.” Here, the student gets to review their full essay prior to turning it in. The student is currently reviewing a comment (highlighted in yellow) left by their teacher.
The student has completed their essay and is reviewing their grade and final comments left by their teacher. Here the student can click publish to the LightSail universe. This means other students can view this essay.
Inquiry Writing 1 / 2
The student has begun their Inquiry Writing Report. They are in Step 1 - Brainstorming. Here, the student must choose what animal they want to research.
The student has begun their Inquiry Writing Report. Step 3 - I Wonder (the second step of K-W-L). Here, learners can add what they wonder about the topic they are researching.
Authentic Writing 1 / 2
When a student completes a book, they get to open an Authentic Writing assignment. Here, the student chooses the Authentic Writing type and prompt.
A student has begun writing their Authenting Writing letter. You can also see the highlighted section where their teacher has left a comment.
Informal Writing Workshops 1 / 3
A student has opened the Grammar & Language Workshop module. The student clicks to spin the Burst Wheel and the platform chooses the Burst type. Here, the student is asked to write a Tweet based on the given scenario (Your favorite sports team just won the championship).
A student has opened the Grammar & Language Workshop module that their teacher has assigned to them. The student is on question 3 of 5. The student is asked to write a two-way text message conversion on the given scenario (Write a text conversation between the famous cartoon characters Tom & Jerry).
A student has opened the Grammar & Language Workshop module that their teacher has assigned to them. The student is on question 4 of 5. The student is asked to write four hashtags on the given image with text (#allgroomedandreadytoparty!).
Writing Skill Builder 1 / 3
A student has opened the Writing Skills Builder Assignment module that their teacher has assigned. The student is on question 2 of 5. The question type is multi-select; the student is asked to choose all the reasons that support the given opinion.
A student has opened the Writing Skills Builder Assignment module that their teacher has assigned to them. The student is on question 4 of 5. The question type is Drag-and-Drop; the student is asked to sort the sentence by verb mood.
Here, the student has completed the Writing Skills Builder Assignment and can see their final score including a list of number of questions correct versus incorrect.
Content Builder 1 / 5
Educators can import any web article, PDF, Google Doc, or Word Document. The teacher can choose for LightSail to add Cloze assessments to the imported articles. Articles can then be added to their class library, district shared library, and used for an assignment.
Once the teacher successfully imports an article, they can share it to their District Drive. Here, the teacher can view their District Drive that includes units for books, videos, assignments, and rubrics. The teacher can also view content units shared by other educators in their district and their class(es).
Here, a teacher is grading a short response question. Short response questions can be added by them or LightSail. The teacher can use standard grading or choose a rubric.
The is the Unit Planner. This is a clear visual to see all assignments planned and completed for a given unit. Assignments can be considered an Activity or Assessment. The teacher can view the End Goal, Total Scores, Completion Rate, and Standards.
Fluency Builder 1 / 4
A student is taking a Read Aloud assignment. Here, the student reads the text aloud while the platform records them reading aloud.
The student has opened a Writing, Speaking, Listening (TELPAS) assignment. This is an activity based assignment. Here, the activity is to record and write a response based on the given instructions and scenario.
This is the grading screen for Read Aloud. The teacher can grade using the running record tool and/or by rubric. Here, both the running record and rubric are shown for grading.
Personalized Reader 1 / 3
The student has turned on the Personalized Reader and is viewing 1 Line at a time. The top and bottom is opaque black and the Personalized Reader menu is open showing all the available options the student can choose to assist in their reading
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Every year, millions of people visit Egypt. Many go there just to see the amazing pyramids that the Egyptians built thousands of years ago. The pyramids are massive structures in the middle of the desert. The tallest one is almost 500 feet tall, and made of stone! But why did the Egyptians build these pyramids? What purpose did they serve? Pyramids were designed as burial tombs for Egyptian kings and pharaohs. The families could also be buried in the pyramids. The Egyptians believed that their kings were negotiators between gods and the people on Earth. This meant that kinds received the greatest respect from all of the Egyption people. Egyptians wanted to treat them well, even in death. Egyptians also believed in life after death. They wanted to make sure that kings were comfortable in the next life. That is why they made their kings into mummies to preserve their bodies after they died. They buried kings with gold and valuables. They wanted to make sure the kinds had everything they would need in the next life. A pyramid was the last part of the burial ritual for kings. The pyramids showed the importance of the kings. The first pyramid was built 4,500 years ago in Saqqara, Egypt. The first pyramids looked a little different from the ones that we know today. They were not smooth on the sides. They had steps going up all sides. The pyramids were built by stacking steps on top of each other. The pharaoh Sneferu created the style of pyramid that we see today. His pyramids were built with smooth sides all the way up. The smooth sides were important. They symbolized the rays of the sun. The Egyptians also believed that the smooth sides would allow the souls of the kings to ascend into heaven. Sneferu’s son, Khufu, built the Great Pyramid in Giza. It is the most famous of the pyramids. People still visit it today. For 4,000 years it was the tallest man-made structure in the world! Building the pyramids took a very long time. The Egyptians did not have construction equipment. They did not have electricity. The wheel had yet to be invented! The pyramids required a lot of workers. 20,000 men contributed to the construction of the Great Pyramid of Giza! The pyramid had 2.3 million limestone and granite blocks on the outside. Each one weighed over 2 tons! Inside, there were many chambers and passages. It was like a mansion. That is why construction of the Great Pyramid took over 20 years. Eventually, the Egyptian culture lost some of its wealth and power. As that happened, fewer and fewer pyramids were constructed. Today, the insides of the pyramids are mostly empty. Over the course of time, grave robbers took the valuables from the inside of the pyramids. The outsides of the pyramids are still intact. They are amazing to see. The pyramids are still some of the most impressive man-made structures in the history of the world. Maybe you will visit them someday!
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Here the student has clicked on the Cloze assessment (blue box) and the Cloze assessment panel is open on the bottom.The student can choose to show the panel on the bottom or the top.
Homework 1 / 4
Here, a student has opened their Homework assignments. The student has 2 open Homework assignments. The assignment is to read 4 books chosen by the teacher.
The student is reading a book during a homework session. The platform keeps track of how many minutes the student has read for this homework session.
Here, the student has completed their homework and has received a badge for completion!
Word Work 1 / 2
A student can retake Cloze assessments answered incorrectly. Here, the student is practicing the first word out of four before they proceed with retaking the Cloze assessment. The screen includes a synonyms tree, definitions, examples, translations, and a picture clue.
Here the student has completed reviewing the 4 words and is now retaking the Cloze assessment. The student sees the passage from the book and can choose from the 4 options on the right hand panel.
Spelling Bee 1 / 2
A Spelling Bee can be taken once a student completes their book. Here, a student has opened the Spelling Bee module and has clicked on an open Spelling Bee. The student has answered two questions already and is working on the third. The student listens to the word read aloud, views synonyms, and hears the word read in a sentence.
Here, the student has completed their Spelling Bee. They can view their score, what questions were answered correctly and incorrectly, and their badge. They can also click to retake the incorrectly spelled words.
Vocabulary Assignment 1 / 2
The student has opened a Vocabulary Assessment given by their teacher. They are on question two of five.. The word is inspiration. The teacher has added four questions. (1. Define this word, 2. Write this word as part of a sentence, 3. Write a synonym for this word, 4. Write the parts of speech for this word (Noun, Verb etc.))
The student can view their results for any given assignment. Here, the student is viewing the results for their Vocabulary assignment.
Buy Books 1 / 2
A teacher or administrator has clicked shop to open the eCommerce website for books. They can peruse our thousands of available books, add to cart, and purchase using a credit card or purchase order (PO).
Here, a teacher or administrator has clicked on a book thumbnail to read the summary. They can add the book to cart, choose the desired quantity, and review the purchasing model from this view.
