iPad Grammar: Phrasal Verb Machine

22 Mar

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Perfect for upper elementary and middle schoolers, The Phrasal Verb Machine is a fantastic free app for grammar practice.  Students can create their own phrases and watch each one animated (with an accompanying definition and example too!).  After playing around with the machine students can test their knowledge with exercises that pair pictures and examples.

Check out my Common Core aligned iPad lesson plan using this app!

Check out my Common Core aligned iPad lesson plan bundle for teaching ELA in the classroom! (Here’s bundle #2 and bundle #3!)

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Draw Symmetrical Figures on iPads

20 Mar

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There are great free math apps for fractions, math facts, graphs, math terms, and geometry. An app I love for drawing symmetry is Grid Drawing for Kids Lite.  Full of puzzles for students to solve, this fantastic free app is perfect for practicing symmetry!

Check out my Common Core aligned lesson plan using this app in the classroom!

Here’s a bundle of math iPad lesson plans aligned to the Common Core!

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MindSnacks: Kids Vocab

18 Mar

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I’m always looking for ways to improve my students’ domain specific vocabulary. Kids’ Vocab by MindSnacks is a new app that is engaging and rigorous. It provides a pronunciation guide, practice games, and lots of colorful graphics.  Kids’ Vocab includes free levels and the option to upgrade – check it out!

Check out my Common Core aligned iPad lesson plan for using this app in your classroom!

Here’s a bundle of Common Core aligned iPad lessons in case you’re teaching different skills this week!

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Mibblio for Music Making

15 Mar

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If you’re looking for a music making app you have to try Mibblio. Great for all ages, Mibblio allows users to layer the sound of different instruments over a children’s song and add their own. This colorful, user-friendly app will have your students making music, identifying different instruments, and creating their own beat. The first song you download is free!

 

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Revolutionary Resource

13 Mar

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There are lots of resources for gathering information on the iPad.  For a different take on an encyclopedia try the Revolutionaries of the Past Century app.  This free app allows users to explore influential (and controversial) figures of the 20th century from Elizabeth Cady Stanton to Raul Castro.  Search by movement or keyword to access a biography, photo, audio, and links to more information.

Here’s a Common Core aligned lesson plan that is perfect for biographies!

Check out this Common Core aligned lesson plan for another biography activity!

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iTooch for iPad Learning

11 Mar

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image_1There are lots of great apps for literacy and math practice and iTooch by eduPad is a platform that gives students lots of choices!

The free starter version has skill based questions for Language Arts, Math, and Science.  This free content is perfect for students ages 8-11 and the upgrade has even more. Your students will love the simple interface, lesson details (with vocabulary!) and scratchpad to work out their answers.

Check out my bundle of Common Core aligned iPad lesson plans for teaching math in your classroom!

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Oh No Fractions

8 Mar

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There are lots of great math apps I love using in my classroom, but my favorites are usually the ones that focus on one skill.  The simply designed Oh No Fractions is an excellent free iPad app that focuses on one skill – comparing fractions using models.  Perfect for reinforcing basic skills and helping students gain a conceptional understanding of fractions.

Check out my Common Core aligned iPad lesson plan using this app!

Check out my Common Core aligned iPad lesson plan bundle that includes a lesson using this app!

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Presidents vs. Aliens

6 Mar

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Stack the States is one of my favorite iPad geography games and Presidents vs. Aliens is a fun app that teaches facts and trivia about the presidents of the United States. It’s interactive and informative and a great way to use transition times between subject areas, as a behavior management incentive, or to kick off a unit on United States History.

Check out my Common Core aligned iPad lesson plan using this app in the classroom!

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Math Graphs Test Prep

4 Mar

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I love using apps that foster collaboration in the math classroom. Make your preparation for state exams interactive and engaging with the free Graphs app. Students can answer questions based on bar graphs, line graphs and pie charts. It’s great test prep and a fantastic way to extend or review a unit on statistics and data.

Here’s my Common Core aligned iPad lesson plan for using this app in the classroom!

Check out my Common Core aligned iPad lesson plan bundle that includes a lesson using this app!

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Show and Explain Your Work

1 Mar

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Many people think that an iPad is just for games but I can ensure you that this teaching tool is used effectively in my classroom.  I love having students show their work on a whiteboard app (and sometimes they connect their screens to work together).  Students in my class not only solve problems on their iPads but they take screenshots of their work and email the picture with an explanation of how they solved the problem.  This process is quicker than it sounds with a little practice.  It’s a great way to gather work for tech-friendly bulletin boards!

Check out my Common Core aligned lesson plan for collaborating on iPad whiteboards!

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Tellagami for Story Telling

27 Feb

There are so many great screencasting apps that I use in my classroom.  Tellagami is a fantastic free iPad app takes it to another level by allowing users to create their own avatars and place themselves anywhere they’d like (I’m “standing” in my classroom now.)  If you’re flipping your classroom, leaving a message for students to play when you’re pulled out for a meeting, or just looking to start off a lesson in a new way, you have to try Tellagami.

Check out my Common Core aligned lesson plan using this app in the classroom!

Use this app with my Common Core aligned lesson plan for the iPad camera!

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No More Rubber Bands: Virtual Geoboard

25 Feb

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There are so many tools I used as a student that are now available virtually on iPads.  One fabulous free app that fits into this category is the Geoboard.  Forget about rubber bands snapping around your classroom.  The virtual geoboard has everything you need to teach polygons, area, scaling and symmetry.

Check out my Common Core aligned iPad lesson plan using this app!

Check out my Common Core aligned iPad lesson plan bundle that includes a lesson using this app!

 

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Math Terms Glossary

22 Feb

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It’s important for all students to use math vocabulary when describing how they’ve solved a problem. Math Terms Glossary is a free app that students can use to access definitions of math terms.  Most entries include pictures and a Spanish translation of the definition.

Check out my Common Core aligned lesson plan bundle  for teaching math on iPads!

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Dropbox: Fill it up!

20 Feb

photo (7)I love using Dropbox  in my classroom, in fact I can’t live without it.  Dropbox is fantastic if you’re looking to conserve resources or save time making photocopies.
Here are just a few things that are in my students’ Dropboxes right now:

  • Vocabulary reference charts
  • Reader’s Theater scripts
  • Reading passages
  • Project Rubrics
  • Activity sheets that can be completed in other apps
  • PowerPoint/Keynote presentations

Check out my Common Core aligned iPad lesson plan bundle with activity sheets that can be completed in other apps on your iPad!

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People HD for Biographies

18 Feb

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Biographies are a great way to get students excited about Social Studies.  People HD provides information on different historical figures, a timeline of their life and famous quotes.  The list could be more diverse, but I think it presents a great opportunity to have students research and create their own entry.

Here’s a Common Core aligned lesson planthat is perfect for biographies!

Check out this Common Core aligned lesson plan for another biography activity!

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Financial Literacy: iPad Football

15 Feb

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I love using sports in my classroom and if you’re teaching economics you’ll want to check out Financial Football. This free app includes lessons for middle and high school students and a football game to test their skills.  It’s a fun way to introduce your students to financial literacy!

Not teaching economics? Check out my Common Core aligned bundle of Social Studies lesson plans for other iPad apps!

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TapQuiz Maps Geography Game

13 Feb

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I’ve shared some of my favorite apps for learning US geography and world geography. TapQuiz Map is a free game that tests your knowledge of the globe.  The player can focus on one region of the world at a time and see what countries and US states they can locate on a map. It even quizzes your knowledge of Canadian provinces.

Try this app with my Common Core aligned iPad lesson plan!

Here’s another Common Core aligned iPad lesson plan that works great with this app!

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Score Rubrics on Your iPad

11 Feb

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If you use rubrics to grade student work you have to try ForAllRubrics! Once you set up your class list, this website allows users to import rubrics they’ve already made, or easily create new ones.  Open the site on your iPad and with a few taps you’ll have projects graded in no time.  It’s easy to access previous grades, print out data, and it’s free for teachers!

Here’s a Common Core aligned guide to creating Screencasts in your classroom (it has a rubric too!)

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WatchUp to Customize Current Events

8 Feb

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There are lots of great ways to explore current events and I’ve shared some great free apps for accessing multimedia informational text.  One of my favorite news apps that I use at home and school is Watchup.  This free app allows you to create your own news program by choosing short clips from different news sources (EuroNews, AP, PBS, etc.).

I love customizing any tool to fit the need of my students and Watchup is a fantastic free app that allows you to do just that!

Use this app with my Common Core aligned iPad lesson plan on current events!

 

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Synonym Practice on iPads

6 Feb

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There are lots of great apps for teaching literacy to your students and here’s another to try out in your classroom. In Find Synonym the user unscrambles letters to spell out a synonym for the word presented.  It includes definitions for each word and you can even unlock the antonym level if you answer enough questions.

 

Check out my Common Core aligned lesson plan using this app in the classroom!

Here’s a Common Core aligned lesson plan for teaching literacy using iPads in your classroom!

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