SPARK App - SPARK PE

The FIRST Physical Education & Assessment App

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Try the SPARK App for free today or get full access with a SPARKfamily subscription!

Have an active SPARKfamily subscription? Log into the app with your SPARKfamily.org username & password.

Try the app for free by signing up for a free SPARKfamily.org trial!
Note: If you signed up for a free SPARKfamily.org trial previously and it has expired, you can sign up again with a different email.

*SPARK App available for SPARK PE (K-2, 3-6, Middle School, High School), After School, and Early Childhood Programs.

Amazing features available in the palm of your hand!

Overview

Access SPARK lesson plans & materials from the palm of your hand

From lesson plans and skill cards to assessments and music, the SPARK app gives you quick access to all SPARK materials.

Track attendance and use the random selector to choose groups or individual students

The SPARK app helps you save time throughout the class period, allowing for more activity time for students!

Easily upload class rosters, results, and reporting

Simply add your class roster via your admin account. Then access your rosters to take attendance, assess students, and form groups.

Favorite lessons for
easy access

We all have our favorite SPARK lesson plans. With the SPARK app, you can now favorite your lessons and keep them stored for fast access!

Schedule lessons, assessments, and fitness tests

As you plan for upcoming units and assessments, schedule them into your calendar! The calendar reminds you which lessons are coming up with pop-up reminders.

Record skill and fitness assessments directly from the app

Use SPARK rubrics to instantly assess student skill, and simplify fitness testing by recording results directly in the app. Analyze and download reports using the teacher portal.

The Home Screen

Watch the video below to understand all of the features on the home screen.

How to Use the Home Screen:

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– Your home screen will be blank until you schedule events or take attendance. If you have events scheduled for the day, they’ll appear on the home screen.

– Scroll down to see the yellow “+Attendance” button. For more on +Attendance, view the “Track Attendance” tab.

– While on the home screen, click the person icon to view your profile.

– Log out of your account by clicking on the icon at the top right of your school.

Lesson Plans

Whether you need a quick refresher or would like to browse all lessons, the SPARK app gives you quick access to all of your materials.

How To Access SPARK Lessons:

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1. Click “Curriculum” on the footer to access the SPARK program(s) Select a program to view the corresponding SPARK Curriculum.

Note: Only the SPARK program(s) you have access to will be shown.

2. Select the Unit.

3. From this screen you can access Unit Overview materials, all lessons and supporting materials for the Unit, and assessments for the Unit.

4. Click “Overview” to view materials for the unit including a “Unit Plan”, “What you need”, “What you have” and a “Unit Overview Video”.

Note: Materials may vary per program.

5. Click “Lesson Plans” to view the Unit lesson plans.

6. Click the Lesson Plan you would like to view.

7. After you select a Lesson Plan the lesson and any supporting materials (i.e., skill cards, task cards, video, music) will be listed.

8. Click “Lesson Plan”

9. Lesson plans include Learning Objectives, Learning Targets, Teaching Cues, SEL, Standards, and Vocabulary.

10. Lesson plans are displayed with the following sections: Prep, Diagram, Set, Teach, Reflection Questions, Teaching Suggestions, SPARK it Up!, and Integrations.

Skill and Task Cards

View SPARK’s collection of skill and task cards directly from the app!

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How To Access Skill and
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Note: Skill and Task Cards can be viewed on the SPARK app, but cannot be downloaded or printed. Log in to your SPARKfamily portal on your computer to download and print.

Videos

Need a quick refresher on a lesson plan? Watch the activity preview video on the SPARK app!

Simply navigate to the lesson and select “video”. Activity preview videos are currently available for all K-2, 3-6, and Middle School Physical Education lesson plans. High School videos are coming soon!

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Music

Connect your phone to your music player and play music specifically designed for kids. Never again will you have to worry about hearing inappropriate language. All SPARK music has been approved for physical education!

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Student Management Overview

The SPARK app has many class management tools to organize students and increase activity time! In order to use these tools, you must upload your class rosters using the Teacher Portal. Learn how to add students by visiting the “Teacher Portal” tab.

How to Edit Students:

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To view all students you have uploaded, click “Students” in footer.
Then click “All Students”.
You can scroll through all the students. or in the Search box enter student name.
If you have taken Attendance via the app and need to change the attendance for a student, you do that by going to Students
Or in the Search box enter student name.
Once you find the student you were looking for you can click to delete/remove the student or pencil to edit.
Fields to edit.
Reminder: You can also edit students in the SPARK App Teacher Portal via SPARKfamily.org .

Note: To take advantage of the student management tools, you must upload your class rosters on the SPARK App Teacher Portal first.

Track Attendance

Taking attendance has never been easier than with the SPARK app! Simply load your class roster and mark whether students are present or absent directly in the app.

How to Take Attendance:

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1. To take Attendance, click + Attendance (yellow button) on the Home screen.

2. Click “Building” and select the correct school/building (if you have uploaded class rosters from more than one school).

3. Click “Class” and select the correct class (if you have uploaded more than one class roster) you’d like to take attendance.

After you complete #2 & #3, your class list will appear.

4. Click P for Present; A for Absent.

5. Then click Save.

How to Edit Attendance:

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1. Select the school.

2. Select the class you want to edit the attendance for.

3. Attendance you saved shows up.

4. Click the Pencil to the right of word attendance to edit attendance.

Note: If you want to edit attendance from a different day, use the < & > arrows.

5. From this screen you can edit student attendance, change from P to A or A to P.

6. Click Update when done.

7. SUCCESS! Attendance submitted successfully. Click Ok.

Notes:

Attendance will be saved on the SPARK App Teacher Portal.
As soon as you update attendance, if during a class you elect to randomly create groups or select students, the newly saved attendance will be in effect.

Note: To take advantage of the Attendance feature you must upload a class roster on the SPARK App Teacher Portal first.

Group and Student Selector

Need to form groups of 3, 4, 5, or any other number up to 10? No problem! The SPARK group and student selector allows you to easily create groups of any number. The random student selector is great for finding team leaders or other roles to help manage your class!

How To Assign Groups:

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1. From the home screen, click “Curriculum” on the footer to access the SPARK program(s).

2. Select a program to view the corresponding SPARK Curriculum.

3. Select the Unit.

4. Click “Lesson Plans”. Click “Lesson Plan” to open the lesson.

5. On the top right of the lesson plan, select the Student Selector icon.

6. Select your building and class roster.

7. Click “Student Groupings”. Select the number of groups you’d like to create.

8. An alternative to creating groups is to split your class. Click “Split Class” and select how you’d like to split your class.

How To Select a
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Note: To take advantage of the student management tools, you must upload your class rosters on the SPARK App Teacher Portal first.

Favorite Lessons

We all have our favorite SPARK lesson plans. With the SPARK app, you can now favorite your lessons and keep them stored for fast access!

How To Favorite SPARK Lessons:

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How To Remove Lessons From Favorite List:

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Schedule Events

As you plan for upcoming units and assessments, schedule them into your calendar! The calendar reminds you which lessons are coming up with pop-up reminders.

Learn How to Schedule Events:

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1. From Home screen, click the Calendar icon.

2. Select the day you want to schedule an event then click the + sign.

3. Complete the fields.

Note: You must ONLY select one: Lesson OR Assessment – not both. If you click one and then select the other, it will remove one.

4. Select if you’d like a reminder and if so what interval.

5. Click Save. SUCCESS! Event added successfully!

6. Once you have added the event, view app home screen to see events.

Notes:

You may have to click Curriculum and then Home screen button to get the recently added Event to show up on home screen.
If you have more than one event, to view all click See All.

7. If you enable pop-ups & select a reminder, you will receive a pop-up reminder about your event.

Note: You can also schedule events from the SPARK App Teacher Portal.

Skill Assessment

How do you assess skill progressions in Physical Education? With the SPARK app, you can use pre-built rubrics to assess student skill and progression. Easily view the results and create a report in the Teacher Portal by clicking on “Reports”.

How To Perform a Skill Assessment:

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1. Tap on the “Curriculum” icon at the bottom of the screen.

2. Tap on the program you want to use for the skill assessment.

3. Tap on the unit you want to use for the skill assessment.

4. Tap on the arrow next to the word “Assessment”.

5. Select the skill rubric you would like to assess.

6. Select the building and the class you will be assessing.

7. Review the criteria for the rubric and then assess your students on a 0-1-2-3 scale.

8. Tap on each student’s score (3 is the default so you will not need to choose it.)

9. To change a score, just tap a different number. When done, tap Save Assessment.

10. To view the results of assessments or create a report go to the Teacher Portal and click Reports.

Fitness Assessment

Looking for an easy way to perform fitness assessments with your students? Look no further! With the SPARK app, you can perform fitness assessments right from the app! Easily view the results and create a report in the Teacher Portal by clicking on “Reports”.

How To Perform a Fitness Activity:

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1. Choose one of the Fitness Activities to assess your students.

2. Select the “Building” and “Class” for the students to be assessed.

3. To start the assessment, tap the Play button. To add each rep (for example each push-up), tap the “Rep” button.

4. When a student has completed the assessment and can’t continue, tap on the student’s name.

Other students will still show zero until you tap their name.

5. When all students have completed the assessment, tap the “Save Assessment” button.

6. If saved correctly, you will see the “Success” pop-up screen.

How To Perform a Timed Event:

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1. For a Timed Event, tap on the type of activity.

2. Choose the Building and the Class that you will be assessing.

3. To start the timer, tap the Play button.

4. As students finish, tap their name (it will turn blue) and their time will be saved in the Teacher Portal.

If you make a mistake and you need to restart the students time simply tap their name again.

5. When all students have completed the assessment, tap the Save Assessment button at the bottom of the screen.

6. If saved correctly, you will see the “Success” pop-up screen. Tap ok to move on to your next activity.

Custom Assessment

Want to create your own assessments within the SPARK app, no problem! Simply decide which type of assessment you’d like, determine your criteria and start measuring student performance.

How To Create a
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How to use the Custom Assessments

1. Tap on the Assessment icon at the bottom of the screen.

2. Choose if it is a Pre, Mid or Post Test.

3. Choose Custom Assessment.

4. Tap the Create Custom Assessment box.

5. Choose the name of your assessment.

Then select the format:
- Timed, if you want a clock
- Number if you want to enter a score
- Checklist if you want to create a rubric
For Criteria type:
- Leave it as zero if you choose the Timed or Number Assessment
- If using for a rubric choose how many criteria you would like
- Type in the different criteria
Then tap Create.

Self-Assessments (Emailed to Students)

How to use email self-assessments to students to complete. The assessment template will be emailed to students to fill out on their own then they will submit their answers.

How To Email Students Self-Assessments

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Tap on the Curriculum icon at the bottom of the screen.
Tap on the program you want to use for the self-assessment.
Tap on the unit you want to use for the skill assessment.

Tap on the arrow next to the Assessment.
Select the Self-Assessment you would like to send to students.
Select the building and the class you will be assessing.
Tap the button next to the names of the students you want to email the assessment to, then tap the Send Assessment button.
To view the results of all of the assessments the students complete, go to the Teacher Portal and click Reports. Then click the program and unit you are assessing.
Select the assessment type, type of test, the building class and date of the assessment to view the results. To export the results, click on the blue Export to Excel button.
In order for the students to be able to view the assessment in their email they will need to change the settings for Gmail to allow it to view what is called Dynamic Emails.

Dynamic Emails let you complete tasks from within a Gmail message. Below are the instructions and a sample of the email they receive. *(Districts can modify these settings for students in Gmail by using these same instructions so students do not have to individually do this.)

Go to Gmail settings
Click on See all settings
Find Dynamic email
Click on Developer settings
Select Always allow dynamic emails from this sender
Enter sparkfamilyassessments@gmail.com in box
Click Save and refresh the page.

Teacher Portal Overview

To access the Teacher Portal – login to www.sparkfamily.org and click “Click Here for the SPARK Assess Mobile App Teacher Portal” under “What’s New” on the home page.

Add/edit students and upload class rosters

Upload your class roster and create students to use certain app features such as fitness and skill assessment tools, group creator, and attendance tracker.

Create events and organize your schedule

The SPARK app and Teacher Portal are in constant sync. Schedule your lessons and assessments in the portal for them to seamlessly appear on the app.

View assessments and reports

After taking class attendance or performing an assessment, log into your teacher portal to view results and create reports!

Add a Student

The Teacher Portal allows you to quickly add class rosters and edit students. Simply download the sample CSV file and insert your class roster. Upload the CSV file to the portal and quickly have all of your class rosters available in the SPARK app!

About the Student Dashboard:

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Here you can view the students in all of your classes – after you have added students / uploaded class roster(s).
You can sort by any of the columns by clicking the header.
Edit a student by clicking the pencil next to their name.
Delete a student by clicking the trash can next to their name.
Search for a student by typing their name into the search bar.
Select how many rows you would like to see by selecting from the drop-down menu.
Click the arrows in the bottom right corner to view additional students.
To add new students, click the blue “Add New” button in the top right corner.

How To Add New Students:

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To add new students, click the blue “Add New” button in the top right corner of the Students page.
To add 1 student, fill out the information at the top then click the blue “Add” button. Every field must be completed.
To add an entire class, first download the sample file by clicking the link. Then you can use that format to add your students.
Make sure to save the file as a csv file and when you type the grade levels it should read 1^st Grade, 7^th, grade, 9^th grade, etc.
When you are ready to upload click the Browse button next to the Upload file box and add your file. Then click the blue “Add” button
Go back and view your new students. If it says “null” and there is no information displayed, then a mistake was made in the file.

Schedule an Event

Schedule your SPARK lessons and assessments ahead of time with the SPARK app! Develop your plan in the Teacher Portal and easily access it within the calendar view of the app.

How to View the
Calendar Dashboard:

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How to Add a New Event:

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Fill out the Building, Class, and Grade for the class.
Next, choose the curriculum level for the lesson, then the unit, then the specific lesson you will be teaching.
If you are doing an assessment and not teaching a lesson, choose the assessment instead. (You must pick either a lesson or an assessment.)
Choose the date of the event and the start and end time for when you will be teaching this class.

Attendance Reports

Quickly take attendance at the start of each class using the SPARK app and view your reports using the Teacher Portal online.

How to View
Attendance Reports:

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1. After logging in you will see your Dashboard where you can choose what you want to do. Click the “Students” box

2. Click on Attendance Report

3. Select the Building, Class and Date for the report you would like to view.

4. The report will show present or absent under the attendance heading and a graph showing the percentage of each designation.

• You can search for a specific student by typing their name into the search box.

View Reports

Access fitness and skill assessments in the Teacher Portal. Simply view a class overview or individual report. Class overview reports can be downloaded and individual data can easily be copied and pasted into a spreadsheet for further reporting.

How to View
Skill Assessments:

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Click on the Assessment box on your Dashboard.
Be sure to make a note of the date of each assessment you do, you will need it to the completed ones in the portal.
Skill Rubric
- Select the curriculum you used for the assessment.
- Choose the unit that you completed the assessment for in your class.
- Choose the Assessment Type, Pre-Mid-Post Test, Building, Class and Date of Assessment.
- You will see a list of all of your students and their scores will be displayed on the right side.
- You can increase the number of rows per page and click to go to additional pages
- Use the search box to find specific students.

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Access SPARK lesson plans & materials from the palm of your hand

Whether you need a quick refresher on a lesson or would like to browse lessons, the SPARK app is a great tool that gives you quick access to all SPARK materials.

Track attendance and use the random selector to choose groups or students

The SPARK App helps you save time throughout the class period allowing for more activity time for students!

Easily upload class rosters, results, and reporting

Easily add your class roster on the admin backend through your computer. Quickly access your rosters to take attendance, assess students and form groups.

Favorite lessons for
easy access

We all have our favorite SPARK lesson plans. With the SPARK app, you can now favorite your lessons and keep them stored for fast access!

Schedule lessons, assessments, and fitness tests

As you plan for upcoming units and assessments, schedule them into your calendar! The calendar reminds you which lessons are coming up with pop-up reminders.

Record skill and fitness assessments directly from the app

Use SPARK rubrics to instantly assess student skill, and simplify fitness testing by recording results directly in the app. Analyze and download reports using the teacher portal.

The FIRST Physical Education & Assessment App

DOWNLOAD TODAY!

Search "SPARK PE"

Try the SPARK App for free today or get full access with a SPARKfamily subscription!

Amazing features available in the palm of your hand!

Overview

Access SPARK lesson plans & materials from the palm of your hand

Track attendance and use the random selector to choose groups or individual students

Easily upload class rosters, results, and reporting

Favorite lessons for easy access

Schedule lessons, assessments, and fitness tests

Record skill and fitness assessments directly from the app

The Home Screen

How to Use the Home Screen:

Track Attendance​

How to Take Attendance:

How to Edit Attendance:

Skill Assessment

How To Perform a Skill Assessment:

Teacher Portal Overview

Add/edit students and upload class rosters

Create events and organize your schedule

View assessments and reports

Access SPARK lesson plans & materials from the palm of your hand

Track attendance and use the random selector to choose groups or students

Easily upload class rosters, results, and reporting

Favorite lessons for easy access

Schedule lessons, assessments, and fitness tests

Record skill and fitness assessments directly from the app

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