March Madness LP 2024

Goodbye, Paperwork. Hello Reading Growth.

When Students Face Off in the March Madness Reading Challenge - Everyone Wins!

Effortless reading challenges for teachers to build reading stamina and motivation. Sign in, set the parameters, and determine the prizes; LightSail's adaptive literacy platform does the rest.

Get started with Tournaments in LightSail's free trial to join the reading challenge.

Join the Challenge

Take the Paperwork Out of Your Next Tournament of Books. Join the March Madness Reading Challenge hosted by MindPlay.

Reading Challenges that are Simple. Fun. Engaging. - And Stress- Free for Teachers.

More than Just Minutes to Read. A Way to Boost Motivation and Comprehension.

This isn't your old school paper-and-pen reading challenge. MindPlay's Tournament of Books delivered on the LightSail platform will motivate and excite your 21st-century students.

With a few clicks, students can compete in reading challenges within your class, school, or district.

ALIGN TO CURRICULUM Align the Reading Tournament to your curriculum by selecting genres/topics or even specific titles from over 10K high-interest books to support your instruction.

ENSURE EQUITY Ensure equity and personalized reading for all students by requiring Power Text mode in tournaments.

INCREASE GROWTH Guarantee literacy growth by requiring students to read in LightSail's Power Text mode and measure your tournament by Cloze counts for comprehension.

TRACK REAL RESULTS LightSail's Tournament module tracks EVERYTHING for you and even tabulates the results, encouraging transparency and healthy competition.

3 Easy Steps for Teachers

Teachers can start their own reading challenge in three easy clicks:

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Set the Parameters

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Determine the Prizes

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Launch the Reading Challenge

Join the Reading Challenge

What's included in LightSail's free trial? Reading challenges and so much more.

LightSail is designed to remove the burden from teachers to continuously monitor progress and personalized reading based on each student's Lexile score, fluency, comprehension, learning abilities, and more.

Join the March Madness Reading Challenge on LightSail's platform and get access to:

Personalized library of over 10,000 books, audiobooks, and multimedia resources

Lexile scores based on trusted Framework for Reading

One-of-a-kind personalized reader for ADHD, Dyslexia, and Reading Support

High-interest texts to engage every reader

Standards-aligned content with multi-genre resources

Continuous growth monitoring with Cloze assessments

Fluency Builder to develop oral fluency

Authentic Writing Activities to check comprehension in real-time

Analysis of 150 student data points to pinpoint strengths and growth areas

Unlimited tournaments for you and your school

Continuous growth monitoring with Cloze assessments

Fluency Builder to develop oral fluency

Authentic Writing Activities to check comprehension in real-time

Analysis of 150 student data points to pinpoint strengths and growth areas

Unlimited tournaments for you and your school

Join the Tournament

Meet LightSail

Empower teachers to support every type of reader with LightSail’s personalized literacy platform that adapts as the student grows.

Why LightSail for Every Student?

Just Right Content

Let students discover the joy of reading as they explore new books, classics, nonfiction, science, history - the possibilities are as vast as their interests!

Power Texts to Ensure Student Lexile Growth

When students take the Power Challenge, they learn their Lexile reading level - and LightSail personalizes their library showing them books in their personal ZPD (zone of proximal development), indicated by a lightning bolt.

Individualized Reading Instruction

Whether your students are at school, at home, or both, the Teacher Dashboard helps you monitor LightSail reading behaviors, including minutes read, Cloze responses, current content, books abandoned, reading pace and more.