Imagine Language & Literacy includes activities where students record themselves talking, singing, reading, and writing. These activities allow students to practice language production and then review their recordings to check their progress. Teachers and Administrators can preview an example of each type of activity in the Teacher Resources section of the educator portal.
The recordings and writing samples for the activities in the tables below are saved to the students' Portfolio, where Administrators and Teachers can review them and award Booster Bits to the students for their effort or performance.
Tips
- If students are not using the latest version of the Imagine Learning Student app, they may not see all of these activities. Students should download the latest Imagine Learning Student app to access all these activities.
- If a student has not created any artifacts yet, especially if they've been using the program for some time, check that the student's microphone is enabled on their device.
Recording Activities
| Curriculum Area | Activity Name | Description | Location in Program | Applicable Grade Levels |
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| Primary Decodable Books Intermediate Decodable Books Books by Lexile |
Read and Record |
Students practice phonics, high-frequency word recognition, and language production by recording themselves reading a text aloud without support. |
Teacher Resources > Literacy > Primary Decodable Books/Intermediate Decodable Books/Books by Lexile, then expand the Reading Practice portion of the Imagine Language & Literacy Activities section. |
K-6 |
| Books by Lexile | Think Aloud with Blurb |
Students record a spoken response to a question asking them to make a prediction or a connection to background knowledge. |
Teacher Resources > Literacy > Books by Lexile, then expand the Pre-Reading Activities portion of the Imagine Language & Literacy Activities section. |
2-5 |
| Oral Reading Fluency |
Fluent Reader |
Students read a grade-level text aloud for 1 minute and then send the recording to their teacher.
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Teacher Resources > Literacy > Oral Reading Fluency, then expand the Reading Practice portion of the Imagine Language & Literacy Activities section. You can also find examples in Literacy > Primary Decodable Books, Intermediate Decodable Books, and Books by Lexile. Click HERE for a list of all Fluent Reader activities. |
K-6 |
| Songs & Chants |
Be a Recording Artist |
Students listen to a song they have learned and then practice phonemic awareness and vocabulary by recording the song. Students then listen to their recordings.
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Teacher Resources > Tools > Songs & Chants, then expand the Imagine Language & Literacy Activities section. |
PK-2 |
| Songs & Chants |
Recording Studio |
Students listen to a chant they have learned and then record it. Students then listen to their recordings.
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Teacher Resources > Tools > Songs & Chants, then expand the Imagine Language & Literacy Activities section. |
PK-2 |
| Conversational Phrases | Your Turn to Talk |
Students practice authentic speech by recording English phrases. |
Teacher Resources > Language > Conversational Phrases, then expand the Basic Phrases portion of the Imagine Language & Literacy Activities section. |
PK-2 |
| Conversational Phrases | Comic Talk |
Students choose a comic book character and practice authentic speech by recording English phrases to fill in missing dialogue for their comic book character. |
Teacher Resources > Language > Conversational Phrases, then expand the Conversational Fluency portion of the Imagine Language & Literacy Activities section. |
3-6 |
| Conversational Phrases | Rock N' Record |
Students watch a video and practice authentic speech by recording English words and phrases. After recording, they listen to the phrase spoken in English and rate their recording.
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Teacher Resources > Language > Conversational Phrases, then expand the Conversational Fluency portion of the Imagine Language & Literacy Activities section. |
3-6 |
Note
Three other recording activities—Daily Conversation 2, Note This, and Vocab Lab Introduction — do not produce Portfolio artifacts and thus are not included in the table above. The recordings are available for students to play back to themselves before they exit that activity.
Writing Activities
| Curriculum Area | Activity Name | Description | Location in Program | Applicable Grade Levels |
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| Books by Lexile |
Vocrab Island |
Students read, say, and hear a new vocabulary word that they find on a message in a bottle. Then they read the word in a sentence and see a visual representation of it before choosing the correct definition. Lastly, students write their own message in a bottle using the new vocabulary words that they've learned.
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Teacher Resources > Literacy > Books by Lexile, then expand the Pre-Reading Activities portion of the Imagine Language & Literacy Activities section. |
3-6 |
| Books by Lexile | Application Station |
Students identify story elements and answer questions about a leveled text by typing their answers in an interactive worksheet. |
Teacher Resources > Literacy > Books by Lexile, then expand the Reading Practice portion of the Imagine Language & Literacy Activities section. |
2-6 |
| Books by Lexile | Write it Out with Lexi |
Students write a response to an open-ended question about the book they just read. They evaluate their written response using a writing checklist.
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Teacher Resources > Literacy >Books by Lexile, then expand the Reading Practice portion of the Imagine Language & Literacy Activities section. |
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