Kelly

10 EDUCATIONAL APPS

ICardSort FREE http://icardsort.com This is a great app to use to create different sorts with your students. I would use it to sort different word patterns or with the program Words Their Way.

Futabal FREE http://www.inkidseducation.com/futaba/ This app allows teachers to design a game for four students. One to four students can play this app. I would use it to create quiz questions and high frequency word practice.

Academics Board Tracer-Phonics Words Family hd FREE This app allows children to work on word patterns. Children would be able to practice reading words patterns and writing word patterns. I would use this app to reinforce rhyming.

Gabby Learns Reading COST: $1.99 http://www.appysmarts.com/application/gappy-s... This app would be used with kindergartens or beginning first graders. This app helps children spell CVC words. Children need to listen for the sounds in a word and then they have to spell it.

Beginning Sounds Interactive Game https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/beginning-sou... COST: $.99 This app is used for children to identify beginning sounds of words. I would use this app to have children practice this concept. It is by Lake Shore Learning.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #383d48; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">Running Record Toolbox <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #383d48; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">COST: $.99 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #383d48; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">This is a tool for teachers to use when they are calculating a running record. There is a reading calculator and a timer to test for fluency. This is great app to use while assessing a child’s reading level.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #383d48; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">Running Record Toolbox <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #383d48; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">COST: Free or $1.99 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #383d48; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">This is another type of calculator to calculate a child’s running record score. The teacher can calculate accuracy and a self correction score. There is a payed version of this app where the child can be recorded while taking a running record.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #383d48; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">Reading Raven <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #383d48; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">Cost: $2.99 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #383d48; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">This app can be customized for the age and ability of my students to practice decoding. A student can record his/her voice while decoding a simple 3-letter word. Students can also use it to trace letters in words to reinforce letter formation.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #383d48; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">Sight Words Games and Flash Cards for Reading and Spelling Success <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #383d48; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">Cost: $1.99 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #383d48; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">This is app to reinforce sight word practice by using a variety of games. There are different levels so it can be used with children of varying abilities. Teachers can also choose words that they want their students to practice.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #383d48; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">BOB Books Reading Magic <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #383d48; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">Cost: Free/$2.99 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #383d48; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">These are books for beginning readers. Bob books help children to decode words. These books are interactive. I would use this with the reading intervention program, Sound Partners.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #383d48; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">Kelly Pankratz

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #383d48; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">PERSONAL APPS

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #383d48; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">Flipp

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #383d48; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">Cost: Free

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #383d48; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">I can use this app to look at different sale flyers from any store. I will be able to see where the best deals on groceries would be.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #383d48; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">Flipboard

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #383d48; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">Cost: Free

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #383d48; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">I can use this app to check the headlines in the news. This app is a quick way to see what is going on in the world.

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This is a great app to make a living scrap book for your child. You can have a child record their voice to pictures and then it is put into a timeline.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #383d48; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">Coffee Table

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #383d48; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">Cost: FREE

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #383d48; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">I can have all my catalogs at my fingertips. This app shows different company catalogs. Great way to go paperless.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #383d48; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">Fan TV

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #383d48; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">Cost: Free

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #383d48; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">How have I not discovered this app before? This app makes it easier to find and watch movies and TV shows. It takes different services and puts them in one place ( some examples: Netflix, Amazon, PBS, ABC). This makes it easy to search for my favorite movies or TV shows.