THE FULL IGNITED LITERACY PROGRAM

Let’s be honest this program is not going to be perfect for everyone.  

If you are simply looking for work sheets you can hand out to your students and have them sit quietly and work away at them then this is not the program for you.  

But, if you want an engaging, dynamic program that gets your students excited about language arts, engaged in their learning, and enthusiastically going deeper into important topics then you are in the right place.  

Ignited Literacy was designed for teachers in grades 3-6 who want more out of their language arts programming.  They want the ability to move away from disconnected lessons and activities that feel choppy and piecemeal and want a way to connect and integrate ideas across all aspects of the language curriculum.  

It is for teachers that believe students should be involved in constructing their own learning and have a voice and some choice in the activities they choose.  It is meant for teachers that know that good teaching means that differentiating is key, and that we need to meet students where they are by teaching the child not the standards.  

I don’t know about you, but I found units very frustrating in the classroom.  Early in my career I was told to plan a 6-week unit and expect student mastery after that time.  However, it never worked and left both me and my students overwhelmed and frustrated.  Not to mention they retained very little of the information.  

It was out of this frustration that I looked to new strategies that were happening in math and applied it to language arts.  

Spiraling the curriculum in language arts just makes sense.  Gone are the static one and done units and now students can cycle through reading and writing skills over a long period of time and gain more mastery as they try different forms and skills, are given feedback and the ability to revise and improve these skills over time.  

Now in my classroom along with the hundreds of other teachers who have used this program, we get more done. My students make bigger gains over the course of the year too.  They set goals for themselves and blow them out of the water.  They develop a love of learning and language.  They are inspired to do more and do better each and every time.  

Ignited Literacy shifts my focus from simply covering expectations to really teaching my students.  It helps me to help them grow as readers and writers.  Units are good for teachers as we systematically check off our expectations, but we teach students and their needs as learners need to be first.  

Ignited Math is organized by grade level.  The content of a single grade unit is meant to cover the curriculum of the grade level indicated. 

• All learning activities within this grade level are based on skills being taught within the grade assigned.  
• It is assumed that skills taught in previous grades are known and can be built upon.  For example grade 6 students focus on division of decimals.  It is assumed that they have been taught their basic multiplication facts and division strategies from the grade 4 and 5 curriculum levels. 

In each week, the guided math portion has four different leveled activities to support teachers in reteaching, reviewing, supporting and extending learning for students.  While this support is provided it is important to note that it will NOT be sufficient to cover students working two grade levels behind. 

So how will you support your students working below grade level? 

When building this program we intentionally build each grade level week together.  This allows each grade level of  Ignited Math to work together and support each other.  

We suggest that you use the grade level program that reflects the grade level needs of your students.  

For this reason, we offer discounts for those that want to purchase a second grade level. 

I was tired of having to pull and piece things together from a variety of sources to make my language lessons fit together.  

So out of this frustration this program was developed.  Each week’s lesson included EVERYTHING you need except the hard copy of the picture book. 

However, many of the picture books that I have chosen are easily found in school libraries, teacher’s own collections (especially if you hoard picture books like I do), or within public library collections.  

However, if you cannot find the hard copy of the book, alternative options and links are provided for you.  Book links can be found on YouTube, TumbleBooks, or EPIC books.  In some cases I have provided additional read aloud texts that can be used as an alternative.  

This program includes:

• Read aloud guide
• Writing lessons
• Reading lessons
• Shared reading text and activity
• Grammar and spelling lessons
• Mentor text paragraph to teach grammar concepts within context
• Quote of the week
• Guided reading lesson
• Guided reading assessment
• Guided reading text
• Student Independent work centers including hand out versions that support notebook or duo-tang use. 
• Reading response choice board
• Writing choice board
• Grammar activity 
• Spelling practice choice board
• Detailed assessment tracking pages

This is a junior literacy program.  

First and foremost it follows the curriculum expectations.  It currently aligns with the most of the expectations from Ontario 2023 and new lessons will be added or revised to reflect some changes in spelling, grammar and cursive writing.  It also matches the current curriculums from other provinces across Canada.  This is our primary objective when creating resources. 

We firmly believe that it is important to teach students about 

1. Reading comprehension (already included) 
2. Writing composition (already included) 
3. Media Literacy
4. Read a variety of texts from a wide variety of backgrounds (included) 
5. Critical Literacy (Included) 
6. Grammar and Vocabulary (included) 
7. Morphology  (partially included – revisions will be added throughout the school year) 
8. Cursive Writing (Free Resource Included) 

However, Ignited Literacy is not a early reading program.  It is also not designed to support/supplement students with lagging skills below a grade 3 level.  It is designed to support students in grades 3-6 and presumes these are students who are reading at a grade 3 reading level and beyond. 

Ignited Literacy supports learning skills and strategies that are necessary from this point in the elementary years.  The focus is on word identification, vocabulary, comprehension and fluency.  This means that we spend time every week learning about different grammar structures, spelling patterns, build vocabulary through high quality picture books, linked non fiction texts, and relevant guided reading texts.  All learning is done in context and not in isolation so that students are not just memorizing words but building connections within and between ideas.  

But here is the honest truth.  We are all in this journey together on learning how to more effectively teach students from K-8 about reading.  So the truth is…we can always improve and make things better.  The ‘experts’ have long focused on the K-2 space as an area of much larger focus so while the research is out there for 3-8 it is less talked about and harder to find. But we are on it and doing the work to learn and relearn what is needed to better support our own students, you – the teacher, and your students too through our resources.  

One area we will be striving to work to improve over the next year is redesigning the word work section of Ignited Literacy to make the teaching of concepts more explicit and structured.  This will include a reorganization of ideas, the removal of spelling tests and self selected word lists.  While currently these are included and align to the curriculum we anticipate that this curriculum will change and we want to be ready for that to ensure that all content is up to date and using best practices.  

No

Madly Learning does not create resources for French speaking classrooms.  We are unable to maintain the resources to our high quality standard in a language we do not speak.  

We do not recommend those teaching in French use any Madly Learning product.  

All teachers, who decided to do this, do so at their own risk.  You understand that doing so involves a tremendous amount of individual work to adapt this to their classroom.  

Each Ignited Literacy package is designed for students within the grade range of each package.  

Grade 3-4

This resources covers the curriculum for grades 3 and 4.  This level is designed for students that are working within the wide range of abilities at grade 3 and grade 4.  The themes and content are appropriate for students at this grade level. This program is best for students that range from a 2.8-4.8 grade reading levels. 

Grade 4-5

This resource covers curriculum expectations for grades 4 and 5.  This level is designed for students that are working within the wide range of abilities of grades 4 and grades 5.  This program is best for students that range from a 3.8-5.8 grade reading levels

Grade 5-6

This resource covers the curriculum expectations for grades 5 and 6.  The themes and content are appropriate for students at this grade level. This program is best for students that range from a 4.8 to 6.8 in grade reading levels. 

All Madly Learning products are digital downloads or accessed through a learning management software.  Unlike books, or other hard goods digital products cannot be returned.  

We only issue refunds on the following conditions. 

1. You have made a duplicate purchase. 
2. You have not downloaded the product OR logged in to the learning platform the program is hosted on.  Once  you have logged into the learning management program (For Ignited Math or Ignited Literacy) you have accessed the program and your ability to request a refund is void. 
3. Ignited Programs are sold as licenses which allows teachers to assign their license to the grade level of their choice after purchase.  You may request a refund if you have not yet assigned your license and your request for refund (via email) is within 30 days of purchase.  
4. If you own one of our membership programs (Ignited Teachers PLC or Ignited Lessons) you may cancel your membership at any time.  You will lose access to ALL resources (including downloadable resources) within the membership upon cancellation. We recommend that members download required materials prior to cancelling. 

We do not offer refunds when: 

1. Your job assignment or duties changed.  Madly Learning is not responsible for your personal teaching circumstances or job changes.  This includes: reorganization, end of contract, job change, medical leave, personal financial issues, or your choice not to implement the program. 
2. You have logged in to the learning platform (www.ignitedteaching.ca) but you have yet to download any of the files.  Your refund request is based on your access to the materials.  Regardless of your action to download the materials or not once you log in and establish you have access to the program NO refund will be granted.  This is non-negotiable.
3. Your license was purchased more than 30 days ago.  

For those on payments plans (using Paybright)

1. You have used a third party service (Paybright) to pay for your access to our Ignited Programs.  Your agreement and payment terms are with them and not with Madly Learning.  Paybright is financing your payment.  This means that you have loaned money from Paybright to gain full access to an Ignited Program.  Paybright pays Madly Learning your license fee and you agree  to pay Paybright back.  This is just like financing a payment for a couch from a furniture store.  Madly Learning is unable to issue refunds, or manage payments made through Paybright.  Each customer using this service will need to contact Paybright directly.  

ALL SALES ARE FINAL AND OUR REFUND POLICY IS NON-NEGOTIABLE

All Madly Learning products are for a single teacher/single classroom use.  

This means that each teacher will need their own license.  

Please see the following conditions to better understand how licenses work.  

• Two full time teachers with their own classrooms  = two licenses
• Two part time teachers sharing the FTE of a single classroom = one license
• One full time teacher (1.0 FTE) teaching in multiple classrooms (prep coverage) = one license
• Grade or Division team all using the resource for multiple classrooms – needs one license per full time classroom position. In this case you should consider a school purchase order. 

Once your payment is complete you will have lifetime access to the core program including all future revisions.

Your access to the core program does not include any additional bonuses or extension packs that we’re not included in your original purchase and may be offered in the future.

In addition your purchase of the core program does not grant you access to monthly coaching or professional development support beyond technical support questions or the getting started materials provided within the course.  

If you require additional support beyond the materials provided we recommend that you participate in the paid professional develop coaching provided by Patti the founder and CEO of Madly Learning.  

No problem.  

To determine which package is right for you please consider the following considerations

1. Grade of Your Students  each Ignited Literacy resource is designed to cover the grade level expectations outlined.  
2. Assess Student Ability – Where are your students skill wise.  While we do not recommend teachers select a package for their class that is not aligned with their students grades it is important to consider ability.  So for example if you are teaching grade 5 but know that your students are low we do not recommend getting the 3/4 package.  This lower package will not meet the grade 5 expectations and will modify your program below grade level. Instead if you are teaching a grade 5 and your students are lower in ability we recommend getting the 4/5 instead of the 5/6
3. Grade 4 and Grade 5 – both of these grades are covered in two different grade level packages.  So sometimes it is hard to choose which grade level package to select.  Consider the ability level of your students.  (see #2)
4. I teach grade 2 – this program is not designed to meet the needs of students working at a grade 2 level or below.  Students who are still learning the fundamentals of reading need different supports and interventions that are not included in this program.