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TeachSmart® Activity List

Taylor Watkins
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Note: An asterisk (*) indicates an activity that is found in another category.

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Literacy

Craft & Structure

Features of Print

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

Reading Aloud

Comprehension

  • 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

Phonics & Word Recognition

Letter/Sound Matching*

  • I Can Hear Same Sounds* – Foundational 1
  • I Can Hear Same Sounds* – Foundational 2
  • I Can Hear Same Sounds* – Beginning 1
  • I Can Hear Same Sounds* – 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
  • Making New Words – Foundational 2
  • Making New Words – Beginning 1
  • Making New Words – Beginning 2

Blending Onset Rime

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

Blending Syllables

  • Hearing Parts of Words – Foundational 1
  • Hearing Parts of Words – Beginning 1
  • Hearing Parts of Words – Beginning 2

Blending Words with Two Sounds

  • I Can Hear Sounds to Make More Words – Foundational 1
  • I Can Hear Sounds to Make More Words – Beginning 1
  • I Can Hear Sounds to Make More Words – Beginning 2

Initial Sound Matching

  • I Can Hear the First Sound in Words – Foundational 1
  • I Can Hear the First Sound in Words – Foundational 2
  • I Can Hear the First Sound in Words – Beginning 1

Rhyming

  • I Can Rhyme – Foundational 1
  • I Can Rhyme – Foundational 2
  • I Can Rhyme – Beginning 1
  • I Can Rhyme – Beginning 2

Segmenting Compound Words

  • Breaking Words Apart – Foundational 1
  • Breaking Words Apart – Foundational 2
  • Breaking Words Apart – Beginning 1
  • Breaking Words Apart – Beginning 2

Sentence Segmenting

  • How Many Words Do You Hear – Foundational 1
  • How Many Words Do You Hear – Foundational 2
  • How Many Words Do You Hear – Beginning 1
  • How Many Words Do You Hear – Beginning 2

Segmenting Syllables

  • I Can Break Words Apart – Beginning 1
  • I Can Break Words Apart – Beginning 2

Alphabet Knowledge

Letter Recognition

  • I Can Make a Letter Wall – Foundational 1
  • I Can Make a Letter Wall – Foundational 2
  • I Can Make a Letter Wall – Beginning 1
  • I Can Make a Letter Wall – Beginning 2
  • I Spy a Letter – Foundational 1
  • I Spy a Letter – Foundational 2
  • I Spy a Letter – Beginning 1
  • I Spy a Letter – Beginning 2
  • What Is a Letter? – Foundational 1
  • What Is a Letter? – Foundational 2
  • What Is a Letter? – Beginning 1
  • What Is a Letter? – Beginning 2

Letter/Sound Matching

  • I Can Hear Same Sounds – Foundational 1
  • I Can Hear Same Sounds – Foundational 2
  • I Can Hear Same Sounds – Beginning 1
  • I Can Hear Same Sounds – Beginning 2
  • I Spy a Word With the Same Consonant Sound – Foundational 1 to Beginning 1

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 – Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
  • I Can Find Uppercase Letters – Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
  • I Can Find Uppercase Letters & Punctuation – Foundational 1 to Beginning 1

Writing Other Letters & Words

  • 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
  • Words Are Fun to Write – 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)* – Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
  • I Know My Place Words (Up, Down, Above & Beside)* – 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

Mathematics

Counting

Counting Sequence*

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

First, Second, to Fifth & Last*

  • The Train Game* – Foundational 1
  • The Train Game* – Foundational 2
  • The Train Game* – Beginning 1
  • The Train Game* – Beginning 2

Counting Cardinality

Counting Numbers

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

Counting Objects

  • I Can Count When I Move Objects – Foundational 1
  • I Can Count When I Move Objects – Foundational 2
  • I Can Count When I Move Objects – Beginning 1
  • I Can Count When I Move Objects – Beginning 2

Making a Set of Objects

  • I Can See How Many Are in a Set* – Foundational 1
  • I Can See How Many Are in a Set* – 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
  • I Can Subtract* – Beginning 1
  • I Know How to Add* – Foundational 1
  • I Know How to Add* – Beginning 1

Numeral Recognition

Recognizing Number

  • What Is a Number? What Is an Object? – Foundational 1
  • What Is a Number? What Is an Object? – Foundational 2
  • What Is a Number? What Is an Object? – Beginning 1
  • What Is a Number? What Is an Object? – Beginning 2

Making Sets Using Models

Objects in a Set*

  • I Can See How Many Are in a Set* – Foundational 1
  • I Can See How Many Are in a Set* – Beginning 1

Adding to a Set*

  • I Know How to Add* – Foundational 1
  • I Know How to Add* – Beginning 1

Subtracting From a Set*

  • I Can Subtract* – Foundational 1
  • I Can Subtract* – Beginning 1

Verbal Problems*

  • I Can Solve a Math Story (Addition)* – Beginning 1
  • I Can Solve a Math Story (Subtraction)* – Beginning 1

Operations & Algebraic Thinking

Adding Numbers

  • I Can Solve a Math Story (Addition)* – Beginning 1
  • I Know How to Add* – Foundational 1
  • I Know How to Add* – Beginning 1

Patterning*

  • I Can Make Patterns* – Foundational 1
  • I Can Make Patterns* – Foundational 2
  • I Can Make Patterns* – 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
  • I Can Subtract* – Beginning 1

Geometry

Comparing Shapes

  • I Can Match Shapes – Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
  • I Can Move Shapes* – Foundational 1
  • I Can Move Shapes* – Foundational 2
  • I Can Move Shapes* – Beginning 1
  • I Can Move Shapes* – Beginning 2
  • I Can See Shapes Everywhere* – Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
  • I Can Sort* – Foundational 1
  • I Can Sort* – Foundational 2
  • I Can Sort* – Beginning 1

Composing & Decomposing Shapes

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

Recognizing Shapes

  • I Can See Shapes Everywhere* – Foundational 1 to Beginning 1 Spatial Relations
  • I Know My Place Words (Under, Over, In & Out)* – Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
  • I Know My Place Words (Up, Down, Above & Beside)* – Foundational 1 to 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

Manipulating Shapes*

  • I Can Move Shapes* – Foundational 1
  • I Can Move Shapes* – Foundational 2
  • I Can Move Shapes* – Beginning 1
  • I Can Move Shapes* – Beginning 2

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

Location Words

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

Manipulating Shapes

  • I Can Move Shapes – Foundational 1
  • I Can Move Shapes – Foundational 2
  • I Can Move Shapes – Beginning 1
  • I Can Move Shapes – Beginning 2

Measurement & Data

Comparing Objects

  • Shortest, Tallest & Longest – 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
  • I Can Sort – Foundational 2
  • I Can Sort – 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

Patterning

  • I Can Make Patterns – Foundational 1
  • I Can Make Patterns – Foundational 2
  • I Can Make Patterns – Beginning 1
  • I Can Record Information – Foundational 1 to Beginning 1

Adding to a Set

  • I Know How to Add – Foundational 1
  • I Know How to Add – Beginning 1

Counting Sequence

  • I Can Listen & Count – Foundational 1 to Foundational 2
  • I Like to Count – Foundational 1
  • I Like to Count – Foundational 2
  • I Like to Count – Beginning 1
  • I Like to Count – Beginning 2

First, Second, to Fifth & Last

  • The Train Game – Foundational 1
  • The Train Game – Foundational 2
  • The Train Game – Beginning 1
  • The Train Game – Beginning 2

Objects in a Set

  • I Can See How Many Are In a Set – Foundational 1
  • I Can See How Many Are In a Set – Beginning 1

Subtracting From a Set

  • I Can Subtract – Foundational 1
  • I Can Subtract – Beginning 1

Verbal Problems

  • I Can Solve A Math Story -(Addition) – Beginning 1
  • I Can Solve A Math Story - (Subtraction) – Beginning 1

Science

  • Daily Questions (Food) – Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
  • 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

  • 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

Daily Routines

  • Daily Questions – Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
  • Give Me Five – Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
  • Attendance Chart – Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
  • Classroom Helpers – Foundational 1
  • Calendar & Weather – Foundational 1
  • Daily Schedule – Foundational 1

Skill Connections

Charts

  • Cloze & Reveal – Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
  • Read Aloud – Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
  • I Can Find Letters in Words – 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

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

Literacy Assessment

  • I Can Name These Letters – Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
  • I Can Draw My Family – Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
  • I Can Draw Myself – Foundational 1 to Beginning 1
  • I Can Tell a Story to My Teacher – Foundational 1 to Beginning 1

Mathematics Assessment

  • I Can Name These Numerals – Foundational 1 to Beginning 1

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