How to Win

During the tournament, students compete virtually on the Litnerd app.

Getting Started in the Tournament

1. Login to your student account on app.litnerd.com: You will compete against other schools and students from across the United States on the Litnerd app by earning Litcoin.

2. Complete the 'How Litnerd Works' course: Follow the checklist to watch the videos, do the LitQuizzes and worksheets in order.

3. Start reading a book: Follow the checklist to complete all the activities in the book's course.

4. Earn Litcoin!: The student and school with the most Litcoin will win the Tournament. Follow the checklists on each book/course page. Learn more about how to earn Litcoin here or complete the 'How Litnerd Works' course.

The child with the most Litcoin wins the tournament! Litcoin brings gamified learning to the Litnerd app and helps build strong, fluent readers.

Reading Daily

Earn 1 Litcoin for each minute of reading. You can earn 15 Litcoin for each book per day. Making reading a daily habit earns Litcoin and helps build FLUENCY!

Worksheets

Earn up to 40 Litcoin for complete and correct work. Worksheets assess student knowledge of PHONICS, PHONEMIC AWARENESS, COMPREHENSION and VOCABULARY.

LitQuizzes

Earn 4 Litcoin for each correct answer. As students read, they answer daily formative assessments, called LitQuizzes, that test students on their PHONICS, COMPREHENSION, and VOCABULARY knowledge.

Live Events

Earn up to 40 Litcoin during the game-show trivia segment. Litnerd Live brings books to life with an engaging guest speaker or book author that guides students through interactive discussions and activities on the book. Watch example here.

A fun reading app, built on the Science of Reading

The Litnerd Reading Club inspires a love of reading by turning books into interactive movies, layered with curriculum, live events, & reading tournaments.

Learn More about the Reading Club

K-5 Book Library

As a children's book publisher, Litnerd focuses on unique fiction and non fiction stories to capture the imagination of our students. Litnerd books provide windows into different worlds, while also holding up a mirror for kids to recognize themselves in stories.

Mini-Lessons

Litnerd Reading Club is more than a reading app! For each book, curriculum is built to support each student's reading growth. Litnerd app is complete with mini-lessons, LitQuizzes (daily formative assessments), and worksheets.

Movie Adaptations

As students read a Litnerd book & engage with the curriculum, they can unlock movie adaptations of each book. Litnerd's movies increase excitement in learning. Our movies are grounded in the Science Of Reading principle of building background knowledge in readers by bringing books to life!