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Download this At Home Learning Guide here.
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What is Ignite Reading?
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Our mission is to ensure that every student is an independent reader by the start of second grade. Ignite Reading provides tutoring sessions that are virtual, 1:1, 15 minutes/day, and targeted to precisely the skills each child needs to solidify the Word Recognition strands of Scarborough’s Reading Rope in service of automatic word recognition and fluency.
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Purpose of this Guide
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The purpose of this guide is to assist families/caregivers in supporting the Ignite Reading tutoring program at home. Students can still join their tutoring sessions at home by launching the GoSchoolBox application on their own devices. Clever and Classlink make it easy to access learning applications, like GoSchoolBox, with just one username and password.
This guide includes best practices/suggestions on the following:
- Joining the Tutoring Session
- Setting Up Your Ignite Reading Area
- Additional Resources & Trouble-Shooting Tips
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Contact Information
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If your child is having trouble logging on to their session, please reach out to implementation@ignite-reading.com immediately and a team member from the Ignite Reading Team will respond to help. In the email, please include:
- Your child’s first and last name
- Your child’s school
- Tutoring session time
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Joining the Tutoring Session
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Be On Time!
- It is very important that your child joins their session on time, as sessions are limited to a scheduled 15 minute window. Consider setting an alarm 5 minutes before the start of the session to ensure your child joins on time. Sessions last for 15 minutes.
**Please note that your child will not be able to join the session until 1 minute prior to the session start time.
- NOTE: Your child or school should have communicated your child’s session time. If not, please contact your school for that information.
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School Device Sent Home: Accessing Ignite Reading
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Schools can print out a Clever Badge or Classlink QuickCard and send these home with students. These are QR codes that make it easy to log into your Clever portal or Classlink launchpad using your computer’s webcam - no need to remember your username and password.
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Log into Clever or Classlink a few minutes before the scheduled tutoring session.
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- Step 1: Scan your Clever badge by holding it up to your computer’s webcam to login to the Clever portal.
- Step 2: Locate the GoSchoolBox App and select the app
- Step 3: Your child should see the next screen highlighting their upcoming session. Click “Join Session”
- Step 4: When prompted, give access to your camera and microphone by clicking “Allow” and ensuring the toggle next to them is turned on / shows blue. If it’s not selected, click the toggle button and it should switch to blue. Click “Join.”
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No School Device Sent Home: Accessing Ignite Reading
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- Step 1: Navigate to Clever or Classlink by going to your district’s login page on your browser. If you don't know your district's login page, you can look for your school or district by going to the following pages:
- For Clever: clever.com/login
- For ClassLink: launchpad.classlink.com
- Step 2: Log in using your district username and password. Your username and password are set up by your school district. They may be your student number, ID, or email address. If you are unsure of your username or password, please contact your teacher.
You can also login using your Clever badge or ClassLink QuickCard:
For Clever:
- Open the web browser and navigate to clever.com/badges
- Hold up the printed badge to the device’s webcam. You will be automatically logged in!
For ClassLink:
- Open the web browser and navigate to launchpad.classlink.com/quickcard
- Hold up the printed badge to the device’s webcam. You will be automatically logged in!
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Setting Up Your Ignite Reading Area
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Work Area
- Work with your child to set up a learning area where they can place their device (iPad, Chromebook, etc) on a table, desk or lap desk, similar to what they would have in class. Talk with your child about how they set up Ignite Reading at school for ideas.
- Set up the work area the night before so your child can easily access it the next day.
- Whenever possible, set up the work area in a quiet space so that there are fewer distractions/less noise.
Internet & Resources
- A strong internet connection is required to optimize the quality of the tutoring session
- Headphones are recommended to reduce background noise and help your child stay focused.
- If the school provides them for you, great!
- If you have headphones with a microphone these would be ideal. If not, that’s OK too - your child can skip the headphones and listen/speak via the external speaker.
- NOTE: If your child is using headphones and they can't hear the tutor, try taking the headphones out and increasing the volume all the way up. This usually will fix the problem. Your child can then just use the device speakers to hear their tutor and adjust the volume.
- If possible, have a whiteboard/markers or paper/markers nearby that your child can use during the session.
Supervision & Communication
- Supervision (parent, older sibling) may be needed to help your child stay on task and/or assist in case technical issues arise. You know your child best, so if you feel they need supervision during this time, please monitor as best you can.
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Additional Resources & Trouble-Shooting Tips
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Below are links that will help you to address the common issues around your child’s camera or microphone as well as best practices (ex: ensuring your child doesn't have extra tabs open while in session):
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