Wednesday, March 27, 2013

iPad Apps

Here are some of the iPad apps we use at school.  I'm still searching, of course, for new ones that are educational and fun.  So, please, if you use any, let us know in the comment section.

Good for Letter Formation
  • i write letter
  • letter school ($)
Good for Writing
  • primary writer
  • spelling 1
  • spelling 2
  • real chalk ($)
Good for Reading
  • sight word touch
  • sight words 1 ($)
  • rhyming
  • bitsboard
    •  cvc a
    • cvc e
    • cvc i
    • cvc o
    • cvc u
Good for Math
  •  number squeeze
  • top it addition
  • tric trac
  • math bingo
  • zoom
  • hungry fish
  • lobster diver
  • my script calculator
Thanks.  That's all for now!

Thursday, March 7, 2013

Pouches

We have decided that it might be a good organizational tool to keep our post-it notes and pencils for our reading box in a little pouch, like a pencil pouch.  We know that good practice is to use post-it's to keep track of our thinking as we read...and when we talked about ways to make it easier to jot, this is what the class suggested.
So...if you have one laying around at home, please send one in.
If not, you could either...shop for one your child could pick out...(we've talked dollar store, target, staples...) Or...let me know if this is not possible, and I will buy one.
Thanks,
Dana