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iPad Apps to

Support Literacy Instruction

Wendy Loewenstein

wloewenstein@unomaha.edu

MRC President

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Print Awareness

• How can you teach print awareness on an

iPad?

• Digital books have features that 21st Century

students need to be aware of: iPads/Web.

• Show and model the features of ebooks that

are used in your school/classroom

• Dictionary, how to turn pages, bookmark,

highlight, etc.

• Compare/contrast-print & digital books

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Phonological Awareness/Phonics

• Spelling Magic 2-Select letters from the whole alphabet

or letters from the word.

• Endless reader/Endless Alphabet-Only a few words free.

Individual letter sounds (no blends). Words used in

sentences.

• Sight Word Ninja- Just like Ninja Fruit!

• Rhyming Bee-Show or hide the word to change level of

difficulty

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Phonics

• Bob Books-Lite-Old fashioned Bob Books with flare!

• Phonics Genius-6,000 flashcards grouped into 225

categories by phonics.

• Phonics Tic Tac Toe-By Lakeshore learning-Great

phonics practice with tic-tac-toe.

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Fluency• Story Creator- Create & Narrate stories

• StoryKit App-Supported by NSF and International

Children’s Digital Library -Write, illustrate, and narrate

books

• Echo Reading with any eBook-• Collins Big Cat Apps have: Read to Me, Read by

Myself and Story Creator

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Vocabulary

• Opposites-A fun game for all ages-individually or in

groups.

• Trading Cards-Make trading cards for people, places,

things, and vocabulary words.

• Sparklefish-Mad Libs but with your own voice

• Bluster-Fun individually, but better as a game for more

than one

• StoryLines for Schools--think of a combo of the games

Telephone + Pictionary.

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Comprehension/Writing

• Toontastic-Create a cartoon. Starts with a story arc (elements of a story) for creators to follow while re- telling a story.

Puppet Pals-Create a puppet show and narrate the

re-telling of a story.

Sock Puppets-Similar to Toontastic & Puppet Pals-Except it’s sock puppets!!

Popplett-Create visual concept maps

**Involve comprehension, fluency, and vocabulary

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Social Media to Create a Literacy Community

Biblionasium

Shelfari

Goodreads

*Scholastic Reading Timer-Keep track of

reading time, articles on literacy and book lists

for parents.

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Resources

• Reading Rockets-Literacy Apps

• Richard Colosi web site

• There's a Special App for that-Part 7-Apps that

Support Literacy Instruction/

• http://www.preschoolu.com/iPhone-iPad-Apps.html

• Best Phonics Apps for Kids (most are not free)

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• http://www.appysmarts.com/

• http://appshopper.com/

• http://www.famigo.com/

• http://bestappsforkids.com/

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