Posted January 07, 2025 in Life at Lawrence
Learning Ally’s Great Reading Games are back! From Jan. 6 through Feb. 28, students will compete against other schools across the nation to read the most pages collectively. Students can use any device, but must be logged into their school account to earn points.
Learning Ally is a paid service that provides human-read audiobooks for people with physical, visual, and reading disabilities. Lawrence School has been one of the top schools in the games for the past seven years.
Last year, Lawrence students collectively read 97,251 pages during the Great Reading Games! Let's see how many pages we can read in 2025!
How students can participate:
- Go to https://read.learningally.org/ and sign in (with Google Email address and school password). You can read using your school computer or Chromebook or using home devices like phones, tablets and personal computers
- Add books to your bookshelf (or teachers can push books out to you)
- Earn points:
- 100 points for every day a student reads 20 minutes using Learning Ally on a weekday
- 50 points for everyday a student reads 20 minutes using Learning Ally on a Saturday or Sunday
- 10 points for every page read in Learning Ally
Teachers can participate by:
- Assigning books to students in Learning Ally
- Encouraging students to use Learning Ally for classroom, independent, and recreational reading in January and February
The top readers at Upper School can earn prizes for their participation in the Great Reading Games. The top three readers at Lower School will receive a 'Cozy Up with a Good Book' kit, which includes a Lawrence fleece blanket and a mug.
If you have any questions on the Great Reading Games or how to use Learning Ally, please contact Sally Garza (Upper School) or Jason Sepsi (Lower School).
For more information on using Learning Ally, watch this video.