Jacqueline

**Assignment #1 iTunes** I found an iTunes U book that has videos for 5th grade math lessons. The lessons are from a textbook used in Tennessee and each lesson has a movie with a teacher showing students how to solve the problems. I think this would be a great tool to use if you will be having a substitue in your classroom who is teaching a new concept to your students. That way you'll know exactly the students learned.

**Assignment #2Applications**

Personal Apps:

1. Pinterst (free) - Love this app for finding new crafts, ideas for your home, and cute and functional ideas for the classroom. It is just perfect! It's a great way to keep your ideas organized and they are easy to get to. []

2. Pandora (free) - This app allows you to stream music for free. You can pick by artist name, song title or genre. []

3. Stumble Upon (free) - Click what interests you and then let the internet entertain you all day. This app randomly picks websites for you based on your interests. Great app for when you are sitting in the waiting room at the doctor's office! []

4. Yatzy! (free) - Based off the classic dice game. Yet another way to waste time. []

5. iMovie (4.99) - Apple's movie editor. I have a PC and I'm not in love with Microsoft Movie Maker, so I like using this app better when creating movies. There's more of a variety of themes in my opinion. []

Educational Apps (most suitable for 5th grade):

1. Face Talk HD Lite (free) - Similar to FaceJack but free. I like the idea of using this for my students during our biography unit. I think it'd be a fun way to bring the students famous people to life. I also think this would be a great idea for a book report too. I don't like it as much as FaceJack, but it has potential. [|http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/face-talk-li]

2.dv Prompter (free) - This is a teleprompter app that allows you to type in text of your own. I plan on using this with my students when we film our PSA videos. http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dv-prompter/id410825555?mt=8

3. Little Story Maker (free) - You can create small books, record your voice and even have the words highlight as they are played back to the listener. I like this because this year I plan on having my 5th graders create a book about anti-bullying and sharing with their 1st grade buddies. http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/little-story-maker/id508287659?mt=8

4. Discovery Channel HD (free) - There are many free Discovery Channel videos you can stream for free. I would love to use this in my classroom for a unit I do on natural disasters. It would work really well and would allow my students to watch some great footage on the subject. I know that another teacher at my school has conducted science experiments based on the Discovery Channel show "Myth Busters". So many options! http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/discovery-channel-hd/id422753285?mt=8

5.National Geographic Explorer (free) - I am in love with this app. The free version happened to have an interactive magazine article about natural disasters. I think this app would work great as a center. Students could "read" an interactive magazine together, watch the movies and learn about different types of storms. The part I like the most about this is that the article would take the students about 7 - 10 minutes to read, which is perfect for short centers or as an introduction to a unit.

6. Puppet Pals HD (free) - In this app you can have students use images to create an interactive play. There are background images you can choose from or you can buy the app to add your own. I would like to use this for students to act out different chapters from the novel they are reading in class. I think that it would help them understand the emotions of each character a little better. http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/puppet-pals-hd/id342076546?mt=8

7. Postcards! (free) - Create postcards by adding your own picture, text and send it via e-mail. I have a bulletin board in my classroom of the USA. The students are quizzed on trivia for each state. I'd love to have the kids make a postcard and send it to their parents' e-mail. I think it'd be really cool to have the students send a postcard from the state whose quiz they just passed.

8. Grammaropolis Word Sort (1.99) - Grammaropolis is the new "School House Rock". Grammaropolis is a system you can buy (sort of like a textbook) but what worries me about buying the system is that I won't like it. So buying this is a little bit of sneak peek. Each part of speech is a different character and they can all be introduced to the students. Along with it is a word sorting game to quiz students on their parts of speech. I don't really like the game, but I am glad that I can use the app to introduce the characters to my students and to help them learn the parts of speech. http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/word-sort-by-grammaropolis/id416441549?mt=8

9. Splash Math 4th Grade (free) - Splash math is a quiz game. I'm not sure how many levels you can do on the free app, but on the free app the students are quizzed on their place values up to the millions. I think this would be a great tool to use as a center at the beginning of 5th grade as review or as place values are revisited because students seem to struggle with this concept. Some drills might help the concepts stick. http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/4th-grade-math-splash-math/id483707128?mt=8

10. Spelling Doll1 (free) - This app is to help students prepare for a spelling bee at the 4th or 5th grade level. Some of these words are pretty difficult, but I think this would be good app to allow students in my class who earned a spot in the all school competition (against 8th graders) to use once they have completed their assignments. I think some of my students from last year would have really enjoyed using this app during their down time in class. http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/spelling-doll1-lite-for-spelling/id498787791?mt=8

**Assignment #3Audiobooks / E-Book** **s**

McCafferty,Megan. __Bumped__. Harper Collins Publishers.

Brooke Leslie, L __The Story of the Three Little Pigs__. London. Frederick Warne and Co.