Lessons in Imagine Language & Literacy are subdivided into activities. Open up a question below to learn more.
How many activities are in each lesson?
The number of activities in each lesson varies widely, with up to about 20 activities in the longest lessons. However, most lessons average 6 to 8 activities.
How long is an activity?/How long is a lesson?
The length of each activity ranges from 1 to 6 minutes. The activities average about 2 minutes in Grades K–1 and 3 minutes in Grades 2 and up.
Since both the number of activities in each lesson as well as each lesson's length vary, it's difficult to state an average lesson length, but each lesson could easily take 30 minutes to more than an hour.
Tip
You can view the length of each activity in the Activity Explorer.
How adaptable are the activities in the lesson?
Imagine Language & Literacy's "Smart Sequencer" will add or skip activities into students' assignments based on:
- The grade-level content of the activity
- Whether or not the student is an English Language Learner (ELL)
- The student's first language support
- If the student has already completed certain other activities
- How well the student performed on certain skills
- Device compatibility—although students using the web always have the latest version of the program, students on Chromebooks or other devices may be given an alternate version of an activity (or skip an activity) if their device can't support it.
How much remediation is inserted as students complete lessons?
Typically, a longer lesson can have 4 or 5 remediation activities interspersed throughout the lesson. Not all lessons have remediation, but the following lessons do:
Curriculum Area = Oral Vocabulary
Curriculum Area = Oral Vocabulary
- Basic Vocabulary
- Conversation (Lessons 1-16 only)
Curriculum Area = Literacy
- Letter Recognition for Older Students
- Letter Recognition for Younger Students
- Word Recognition & Reading
Some remediation activities are inserted immediately after a student demonstrates need of them. These activities focus on direct instruction of key skills or concepts. Other times, remediation activities are inserted at the end of the lesson to provide extra practice.
When students have been assigned remediation, the Progress by Lesson report shows a rewind symbol in the In Remediation column.
Can I preview activities and lessons?
Yes. You can preview individual activities via the Activity Explorer.
You can preview the activities grouped within each lesson in the Lesson Explorer.
You can preview the activities grouped within each lesson in the Lesson Explorer.
Can I see which lessons each student is working on and what they will be working on next?
The Progress by Lesson report shows you the lessons each student is working on in the three Curriculum Areas of Literacy, Oral Vocabulary, and Grammar. Students may work in multiple areas simultaneously and also may have more than one lesson in progress simultaneously within the same area.
You will not be able to see precisely what is coming up next and in what order as the order is not strictly linear. The backend sequencer places students in a Curriculum Area based either on how long it's been since they've worked in a particular area or which area is currently the least complete.
You will not be able to see precisely what is coming up next and in what order as the order is not strictly linear. The backend sequencer places students in a Curriculum Area based either on how long it's been since they've worked in a particular area or which area is currently the least complete.
Can I turn off any particular activity types, such as activities that require students to speak?
No. You can add additional activities by creating a Playlist, but you cannot disable activities or lessons for your students.