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XtraMath This is not necessarily

an application that
you can download
from
the App Store,
however you can
create your own app
for this valuable tool.
On an iPad, you
would press the box
with an arrow on the
control bar and click
“add to Home
Screen”. This app is
an important one for
students learning their
basic facts that you
need to be able to
recall quickly. It works
on addition,
subtraction,
multiplication, and
division. This also
tracks the students
progress and
advances them. You
as a teacher can track
their progress, while
also seeing if they
skip certain factors
continually.

Vocabulary Spelling City This is a free app where you

(Soon to be Vocabulary A-Z) may pay for premium access,
not at all necessary. Students
work on a premade spelling
list or you may create your
own class account for
spelling lists within your
classroom. Without the
premium account you cannot
track your students progress,
but they can practice their
 words while playing games. I
always had student bring me
their spelling test score up on
their iPads or have them
show me on the computer.

Kahn Academy Kahn Academy is made for

third grade to 12th grade
whereas there’s another app
called Kahn Academy kids
made for second grade and
under. I personally use Kahn
Academy kids with my three-
year-old and there is an art
opportunity for her to study
math concepts she otherwise
would not reach until second
grade. Using us within the
classrooms for the older
grades would help broaden
their math and reading
concepts where they may not
get to it during the typical
school day. It could definitely
be used as an enrichment
course.

Epic - Kids’ Books for epic books is an app that

Reading allows teachers to assign
stories to students or
students to choose stories
they would like to listen to.
There are options to read
books without audio, read
books with audio and just
listen to stories without a
book in front. It is nice to
broaden a teachers library
with this app where books are
expensive and get worn out
this app allows For students
to get their hands on books
say otherwise may not have
ever seen.
MobyMax MobyMax is a neat app
because it involves science
and social studies on top of
math and reading. Within our
schools currently social
studies and science can
sometimes be on the back
burner. This app allows
students to enrich themselves
within those subjects and
learn areas that may never
be touched on in class. The
teacher also has the
opportunity to observe how
their students are doing
throughout this entire app.