IgnitePanel - TeachSmart ELL 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*6: 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