Where Should We Start!

Today I started the day by showing the students the first post on our blog! We started a discussion on what to tell the world about our iPads. I made it clear that we can tell everything but asked the children to think back to September when we first handed out ipads and consider where we should start. We decided it would be a good idea to start with our favorite  reading apps. !


There are three apps by Lakeshore that were free when I got them. One of them is still free the other two are a minimal cost.  I like the skills that are reinforced and the kids go back to the app over and over again!  Here is a brief description of each.


Letter of the Day $1.99

Letter of the Day

When we were introducing letters in the beginning of the year I assigned this app as a task to complete. There are four simple beginning sound identification activities as well as a spot to review and write each letter. My students still use this app during free choice.

Sound Sorting  $.99
In this app students select three pictures. These pictures become the beginning sounds that need to be matched for the game. The machine then drops pictures and the child moves the picture to the column that matches the beginning sound. The app tells the name of each picture. If the child moves the picture to the wrong column it disappears and comes back out the top of the machine so that the child can retry.

Phonics Tic-Tac-Toe