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Quizlet Folder Full of Storytelling Apps I feel storytelling apps are one of the most powerful aspects of using the iPad. It allows for collaboration and creativity that I couldn’t really achieve before using the iPad. Here are my 22 favorite Storytelling Apps. The list is constantly changing but the majority of them stay the same. Toontastic (post with example HERE) Feltboard (post with example HERE and HERE) Skitch …for labeling (post with examples HERE) Sock Puppets (post with examples HERE) Puppet Pals StoryBuddy 2 (post with examples HERE) My Story Educreations (post with examples HERE) ShowMe Explain Everything Little Bird Tales (post with examples HERE, examples from web tool but app is similar) Draw and Tell Haiku Deck Strip Designer SonicPics Book Creator Draw-n-Show StoryPatch Story Dice Superhero HD StoryBot What apps am I missing? Like this: Like Loading...

- Apps for Core Literature Standards, grades 6-12 0 Comments November 17, 2011 By: Vicki Windman Nov 17 Written by: 11/17/2011 3:46 AM ShareThis The standards for these grade overlap- apps will coincide for middle school. The standard calls for the following skills: Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. Apps: Minimod for inferences $3.99 Appropriate for 6th graders or students who may be struggling with this concept. Margins $3.99 Margins keeps notes organized by book and page number. Literary Analysis Guide $2.99 By arranging the elements of literature graphically around three wheels (poetry, prose, and rhetoric), teachers and students are better able to visualize how the elements of literature develop style and meaning. Total Recall Free A color-coded mind map to help students break down theme, central ideas, characters, etc. Range of Reading and Text Complexity – grades 6-12 Apps: Vicki Windman is a special education teacher at Clarkstown High School South.

Grammar App by Tap To Learn Free Books Cozi Family Organizer 20 iPad Apps To Teach Elementary Reading As anyone with a toddler knows, iPads are addictive for children. They seem to have some sort of special radar that lets them know when an iDevice is within their reach, and they’ll do anything they can to get their hands on them. Resistance is futile, but instead of lamenting excessive screen time, you can make your child’s iPad addiction a productive one with educational apps, including those that promote early reading. With these 20 apps, children can learn how to write letters, improve phonics fluency, and even write their own books. Read on to find the very best iPad apps for developing young readers, and feel free to share your own favorites in the comments. ABC PocketPhonicsKids can develop skills in letter sounds, writing, and first words with ABC PocketPhonics.

Dragon Dictation Goodreads Prezi 6 Ready To Go iPad Centers A few of the following iPad Centers/Stations I have posted before, however I thought it might be useful to post them again, at the beginning of the year so you know they are here if you want to try something new during your literacy or math block. All of the centers can be done using one or two iPads at the center and are actual centers that my students used last year. I hope you find them useful or they spark new ideas to try with your students. Writing Center: App Needed - Write About This Fluency Center App Needed - Audioboo, iPhone version Research Center App Needed - Pocket Zoo Math Center App Needed - Draw & Tell This one might be a bit confusing at first. App Needed - Explain Everything

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