Maryann

1. Cultiwords. $.99 Word of the day game to improve vocabulary and memory. 2. Poetry Creator: Verses-Poetry, Poems, and Poets. Free. This app is like refrigerator magnet poetry. Create a poem out of your own mix of words. You can send it and publish it. 3. News-O-Matic, Daily Reading for Kids: free. news source for kids. Great introduction to current events. Each day there are five news articles, videos, maps, and puzzles. No ads ! 4. Political Time Machine: $.99. 2000 videos dating back to 1892 5. ICard Sort: free. Use with students for different sorts. Used with Words Their Way, whose text I already use. 6. Reading Raven: $1.99. Decoding. Can be customized for the ages and abilities of students. Students can trace letters and record his or her own voice while decoding. 7. Sight Word Games and Flash Cards for Reading and Spelling Success: $1.99. Games to reinforce sight words. Can be used with students of various abilities. 8. Brain Pop Featured Movie: free. Teaches kids about various subjects through engaging videos. 9. Cursive Writing Wizard: free. well-designed app to teach cursive writing. it has a pre-writing section full of tracing lines and drawing. 10. Storybots: free. (All access pass is. $4.99). Starring You books. Makes the chid the star of the book by adding his/her name and photo. 11. Phonics Genius: free Phonics awareness for ages 1-6. Over 6,000 wods grouped phonetically. You can add your own cards..Students can record themselves. 12. Whizzimo: free. Powerful, easy to use customizable teaching platform for multi-sensory reading and spelling instruction. Great reviews. 13. Sushi Monster: free. Math fact fluency. Practice, reinforce, and extend fact fluency. Sequenced levels. Supports Common Core. Personal Apps 1. Disney Creativity Studio: free. Disney artists teach you how to draw Disney characters. Also includes tracing, connect the dots, and coloring. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #383d48; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">2. Calorie Counter and Diet Tracker by My Fitness Pal: free. Large food data base and exercise entry. Also includes a bar code scanner. Easy to use. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #383d48; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">3. CalorieKing Food Search: free. Used to check calories, carbohydrates and fat. 70,000 food items and 260fast-food restaurants. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #383d48; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">4. AAA+ Diabetes Digest Magazine: free. Monthly magazine that has news, health tips and tricks, recipes, and inspirational stories. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #383d48; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">5. The Bible Dictionary: free. Lists over 30,000 key Bible terms. It is a good reference app.