“Apps”olutely Amazing iPad Activities for the Classroom

by Dottie Betts and Pam Mabry

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!  Activity Sheets

!  Homework

!  Quizzes

!  Review Questions

!  Smartboard Lessons (saved as PDF’s)

!  Pictures

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!  Use to download textbooks to student iPads

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!  Allows the student to highlight, circle, and write on PDFs

!  Teachers use this with the Math and History textbooks, worksheets, and Interactive Notebook

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!  Students work out Math problems

!  Teachers create Math homework as PDF files, which allows students to do their homework on their iPads

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!  Writing Class

!  Underline and edit papers

!  Practice work on parts of speech

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!  Teachers allow students to take notes on their iPads

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!  Bar graphs, Line graphs, Circle graphs, and Area graphs

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!  Students can use the Notes app to collect data

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!  Social Studies-draw examples of Native American homes and record why they are different

!  Science-label the parts of a plant and narrate as they draw

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!  Use to solve Math problems

!  Allows students to record the steps that they follow to solve problems

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!  Create vocabulary books on any subject

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!  Science

!  Students do a Lego build and then use StoryKit to explain their build in words and add a picture of the build

!  Share with the class by connecting their iPad to the smart board

Sarah’s Story

Grace Jr , The Crazy Juice box Person

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!  Use with Spelling and Word Study

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Interactive Telling Time Lite

Tell Time Little Matchups

Telling Time Lite

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!  Provides stories for students to listen to and read

!  Comprehension questions for stories

!  Moves students along at different levels as they listen, read, and answer questions correctly

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!  Videos on topics of discussion

!  Ex. Famous Americans, Plants, US Symbols

!  Leveled quizzes following videos

!  Teachers have students journal following the video

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!  Practice, reinforce, and extend Math fluency (addition and multiplication)

!  Grades 1-5

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show its relationship to VA

!  Show glaciers with photos

!  Identify layers of the ocean, continents, continental shelf, continental slope, continental rise, abyssal plain, sea mount, mid-ocean ridge along with the depth of trenches

!  Primary grades use to locate the school and local landmarks

!  Upper grades use coordinates to locate points of interest

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!  Use for surveys

!  Independent assignments and quizzes

!  Allows for messaging the teacher

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!  Grades PreK-5

!  Free app but need to purchase a subscription to IXL to do unlimited problems

!  Lessons aligned with state standards

!  Provides feedback to students when they get a problem incorrect

!  Students earn “badges” when they complete skills

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Pearson eText !  Reading textbook

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt eTextbooks !  Science textbook

iBooks !  Social Studies textbook

!  Math textbook

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!  Grade K-2

!  Use to spell word study words

!  Practice spelling words for end of the week test

!  Alphabetical order

!  Writing sentences

!  Writing simple words/sounding out c-v-c words

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!  Use to review with a partner as an exit activity

!  Use to explain the steps to division problems

!  Students choose their background and characters to set the stage

!  30 second recordings

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!  Use already made activities !  Teachers Pay Teachers have some great

ones-http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/

!  Create an account for free

!  Create you own !  Scavenger Hunts-

http://www.classtools.net/QR/

!  QR Codes-http://www.qrstuff.com/

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! Math QR code activity

! Scavenger hunt for a DI lesson

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! QR code for scavenger hunt

! Answer sheet for first graders to use during QR code scavenger hunt

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!  Set mode to practice or quiz

!  Can change the number of questions and add a timer for those students that need more of a challenge

!  Use as a math center

!  Students are given a total amount of money and they match coins to make the correct total

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!  Create an account at socrative.com

!  Exit tickets

!  Create and share quizzes

!  student paced or teacher paced

!  Multiple choice, true/false, open ended questions

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!  Aligned with VA SOL’s for VA Studies, The World, United States History, Civics, and Geography

!  One question at a time

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Teacher !  Create a free account

www.nearpod.com

!  Create assessments and lessons

!  Types of assessments-polls, quizzes

!  Real-time comprehensive data

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! Presentation app

! Allows collaboration among students

! Can add text, images, charts, tables, and shapes

! Use video mirroring to present on Apple TV

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! Instant access to your school library eBook collection

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! Search your entire Alexandria catalog

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! Use as an extension activity for Language Arts

! Solve spelling puzzles, race the clock in quick play, complete brain-teasing challenges

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! Learn facts about states, capitals, state flags, and other state symbols

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s !  Use as Anchor Activities with DI Lessons

!  Fraction Kitchen

!  Times Table Lite

!  Pizza 1

!  Money

!  Mad Math

!  Math Drills Lite

!  Splash Math-Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5

!  Fact Families

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!  Grammar Jammers

!  Grammar Free

!  Opposite Ocean I and II

!  Sight Words List

!  Sight Words by Little Speller

!  Time Reading

!  Same Meaning I and II

!  Same Sound

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!  The Revolution

!  American Revolution History

!  USA Free

!  Stack the States

!  Stack the Countries

!  Early Jamestown

!  History Line

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!  Planets

!  Science Glossary

!  Periodic Table

!  Elementals

!  Building Parallel Circuits

!  Building Serial Circuits

!  Moon

!  Video Science

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