IgnitePanel - TeachSmart Activity List

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Skill Level Definitions (From Easy to More Difficult)

IgnitePanel skills advance through eight levels, gradually increasing in difficulty.

• 1 = Foundational 1
• 2 = Foundational 2
• 3 = Beginning 1
• 4 = Beginning 2
• 5 = Intermediate 1
• 6 = Intermediate 2
• 7 = Advanced 1
• 8 = Advanced 2

These levels represent a continuum from PreK to First Grade. While learning happens on a spectrum and children progress at their pace, generally speaking, the leveled content can be broken down as follows:

• Level 1-2: Early PreK to Emerging PreK
• Levels 3-4: Developing to Developed PreK/Emerging Kindergarten
• Levels 5-6: Developing to Developed Kindergarten/Emerging First Grade
• Levels 7-8: Developing to Developed First Grade

 

Literacy

Alphabet Knowledge

Letter Recognition

• How Are We Alike? Literacy*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• I Can Make A Letter Wall: Foundational 1 to Beginning 2
• I Spy A Letter: Foundational 1 to Beginning 2
• What Is A Letter?: Foundational 1 to Beginning 2
• Where Is My Mother?*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1

Letter/Sound Matching

• I Can Hear Same Sounds*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 2
• I Spy A Word With The Same Consonant Sound*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1

Craft & Structure

Features of Print

• I Can Find Punctuation Marks*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• I Can Find Uppercase Letters*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• I Can Find Uppercase Letters & Punctuation Marks*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1

Language

Dramatic Play

• I Can Pretend*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• I Can Tell A Story*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1

Location Words

• I Know My Place Words (Under, Over, In, Out, Beside)*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• I Know My Place Words (Up, Down, Above & Below)*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1

Storytelling

• I Can Pretend*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• I Can Tell A Story*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1

Vocabulary Building

• Guess The Picture & Talk About It - Animals*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• Guess The Picture & Talk About It - Community Helpers*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• Guess The Picture & Talk About It - Construction*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• Guess The Picture & Talk About It - Food*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• Guess The Picture & Talk About It - Homes*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• Guess The Picture & Talk About It - Hygiene*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• Guess The Picture & Talk About It - Insects*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• Guess The Picture & Talk About It - People*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• Guess The Picture & Talk About It - Transportation*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1

Phonics & Word Recognition

Decoding & Reading Words

• All About Sloths*: Beginning 2
• Animal Homes*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• Arctic Foxes*: Beginning 2
• Community Helpers*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• Flower Parts*: Beginning 2

Letter/Sound Matching

• I Can Hear Same Sounds*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 2
• I Spy A Word With The Same Consonant Sound*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1

Phonological Awareness

Blending Compound Words

• Making New Words: Foundational 1 to Beginning 2

Blending Onset Rime

• I Can Hear Sounds To Make Words: Foundational 1 to Beginning 2

Blending Syllables

• Hearing Parts Of Words: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1

Blending Words With Two Sounds

• I Can Hear Sounds To Make More Words: Foundational 1 & Beginning 1 to Beginning 2

Initial Sound Matching

• I Can Hear The First Sounds In Words: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1

Rhyming

• I Can Rhyme: Foundational 1 to Beginning 2

Segmenting Compound Words

• Breaking Words Apart: Foundational 1 to Beginning 2

Segmenting Sentences

• How Many Words Do You Hear?: Foundational 1 to Beginning 2

Segmenting Syllables

• I Can Break Words Apart: Beginning 1 to Beginning 2

Reading Aloud

Comprehension

• All About Sloths*: Beginning 2
• Animal Homes*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• Arctic Foxes*: Beginning 2
• Cloze & Reveal*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• Community Helpers*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• Flower Parts*: Beginning 2
• Gus the Farmer*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• I Can Find Letters In Words*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• Leela's Morning Routine*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• Nivi's Song*: Beginning 2
• Read Aloud*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• Silly Millie*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• Zion and the Yellow Jacket*: Beginning 2

Writing

Name Writing

• I Can Unscramble My Name*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• It Is Fun To Write My Name*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1

Using Uppercase Letters & Punctuation

• I Can Find Punctuation Marks*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• I Can Find Uppercase Letters*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• I Can Find Uppercase Letters & Punctuation Marks*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• Where Is My Mother?*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1

Writing Other Letters & Words

• How Are We Alike? Literacy*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• How Many Letters Can You Write?: Beginning 2
• I Can Hear & Write Letters: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• I Can Unscramble My Name*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• I Can Write Words: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• It Is Fun To Write My Name*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• Where Is My Mother?*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• Words Are Fun To Write: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1

 

Mathematics

Adding To A Set

• I Know How to Add*: Foundational 1 and Beginning 1

Common Shapes

• I Can Make a Shape Picture*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• I Can Match Shapes*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• I Can See Shapes Everywhere*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• I Know My Shapes*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1

Counting

Counting Sequence

• I Can Listen and Count*: Foundational 1 to Foundational 2
• I Like to Count*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 2

First, Second, To Fifth & Last

• The Train Game*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 2
• Who Is First?*: Foundational 1 & Beginning 1

What Is A Number?

• I Know What A Number Stands For*: Beginning 2

Counting Cardinality

Counting Numbers

• I Can Listen & Count*: Foundational 1 to Foundational 2
• I Like To Count*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 2

Counting Objects

• I Can Count When I Move Objects*: Foundational 1 to Foundational 2
• I Know What A Number Stands For*: Beginning 2

Making a Set of Objects

• I Can See How Many Are In A Set*: Foundational 1 & Beginning 1
• I Can Solve A Math Story - Addition*: Beginning 1
• I Can Solve A Math Story - Subtraction*: Beginning 1
• I Can Subtract*: Foundational 1 & Beginning 1
• I Know How To Add*: Foundational 1 & Beginning 1

Counting Sequence

• I Can Listen & Count*: Foundational 1 to Foundational 2
• I Like To Count*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 2

First, Second, To Fifth & Last

• The Train Game*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 2
• Who Is First?*: Foundational 1 & Beginning 1

Geometry

Common Shapes

• I Can Make a Shape Picture*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• I Can Match Shapes*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• I Can See Shapes Everywhere*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• I Know My Shapes*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1

Comparing Shapes

• I Can Match Shapes*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• I Can Move Shapes*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 2
• I Can See Shapes Everywhere*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• I Can Sort*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• I Know My Shapes*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1

Composing & Decomposing Shapes

• I Can Make a Shape Picture*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1

Manipulating Shapes

• I Can Move Shapes*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 2

Recognizing Shapes

• I Can See Shapes Everywhere*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1

Spatial Relations

• I Know My Place Words (Under, Over, In, Out, Beside)*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• I Know My Place Words (Up, Down, Above & Below)*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1

Location Words

• I Know My Place Words (Under, Over, In, Out, Beside)*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• I Know My Place Words (Up, Down, Above & Below)*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1

Making Sets Using Models

Adding To A Set

• I Know How to Add*: Foundational 1 and Beginning 1

Objects In A Set

• I Can See How Many Are In A Set*: Foundational 1 and Beginning 1

Subtracting From A Set

• I Can Subtract*: Foundational 1 and Beginning 1

Verbal Problems

• I Can Solve A Math Story - Addition*: Beginning 1
• I Can Solve A Math Story - Subtraction*: Beginning 1

Manipulating Shapes

• I Can Move Shapes*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 2

Measurement & Data

Comparing Objects

• Shortest, Longest & Tallest*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1

Interpreting Data

• I Can Record Information*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1

Measuring Objects

• I Know How To Measure: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1

Recognizing Time

• Calendar & Weather: Foundational 1
• Daily Schedule: Foundational 1

Sorting Objects

• Healthy & Unhealthy Foods*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• Hot & Cold*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• I Can Sort*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• I Can Sort With A Venn Diagram*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• Living & Nonliving*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• Wants & Needs*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1

Numeral Recognition

Recognizing Number

• How Are We Alike?*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• What Is A Number? What Is An Object?*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 2

Objects In A Set

• I Can See How Many Are In A Set*: Foundational 1 & Beginning 1

Operations & Algebraic Thinking

Adding Numbers

• I Can Solve A Math Story - Addition*: Beginning 1
• I Know How To Add*: Foundational 1 & Beginning 1

Patterning

• I Can Make Patterns*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• I Can Record Information*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1

Subtracting Numbers

• I Can Solve A Math Story - Subtraction*: Beginning 1
• I Can Subtract*: Foundational 1 & Beginning 1

Patterning

• I Can Make Patterns*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• I Can Record Information*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1

Subtracting From A Set

• I Can Subtract*: Foundational 1 & Beginning 1

Verbal Problems

• I Can Solve A Math Story - Addition*: Beginning 1
• I Can Solve A Math Story - Subtraction*: Beginning 1

What Is A Number?

• I Know What A Number Stands For*: Beginning 1

 

Science

• All About Sloths*: Beginning 2
• Animal Homes*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• Arctic Foxes*: Beginning 2
• Daily Questions - Food: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• Flower Parts*: Beginning 2
• Guess The Picture & Talk About It - Food*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• Guess The Picture & Talk About It - Hygiene*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• Guess The Picture & Talk About It - Insects*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• Healthy & Unhealthy Foods*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• Hot & Cold*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• I Can Concentrate - Hygiene: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• Living & Nonliving*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• You Are What You Eat: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1

 

Social Studies

• Community Helpers*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• Daily Questions - Environments*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• Guess The Picture & Talk About It - Community Helpers*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• Guess The Picture & Talk About It - Homes*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• Guess The Picture & Talk About It - People*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• I Can Make A Map*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• Wants & Needs*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• Where People Live*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1

 

Skill Connections

Charts

• Cloze & Reveal*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• I Can Find Letters In Words*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• Read Aloud*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1

Compare & Contrast

• Healthy & Unhealthy Foods*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• Hot & Cold*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• I Can Sort With A Venn Diagram*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• Living & Nonliving*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• Wants & Needs*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1

Puzzles & Games

• Guess The Picture & Talk About It - Animals*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• Guess The Picture & Talk About It - Community Helpers*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• Guess The Picture & Talk About It - Construction*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• Guess The Picture & Talk About It - Food*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• Guess The Picture & Talk About It - Homes*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• Guess The Picture & Talk About It - Hygiene*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• Guess The Picture & Talk About It - Insects*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• Guess The Picture & Talk About It - People*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• Guess The Picture & Talk About It - Transportation*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• I Can Concentrate: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• Who Is First?*: Foundational 1 & Beginning 1

 

eBooks Library

• All About Sloths*: Beginning 2
• Animal Homes*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• Arctic Foxes*: Beginning 2
• Community Helpers*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• Flower Parts*: Beginning 2
• Gus the Farmer*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• Leela's Morning Routine*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• Nivi's Song*: Beginning 2
• Silly Millie*: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• Zion and the Yellow Jacket*: Beginning 2

 

Daily Routines

• Attendance Chart: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• Calendar & Weather*: Foundational 1
• Classroom Helpers: Foundational 1
• Daily Questions: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• Daily Schedule*: Foundational 1
• Gimme Five: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1

 

Independent Play

• Free Play: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1

 

Assessment

Literacy Assessment

• I Can Draw My Family: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• I Can Draw Myself: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• I Can Name These Letters: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• I Can Tell A Story To My Teacher: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• I Can Write Letters: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1

Mathematics Assessment

• I Can Name These Numerals: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
• I Can Write Numerals: Foundational 1 to Beginning 1