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Classroom Application
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7 Little Words |
If you enjoy crossword puzzles, word finds, and anagram games, you're going to love 7 Little Words!
Each bite-size puzzle consists of 7 clues, 7 mystery words, and 20 letter groups. Find the mystery words by deciphering the clues and combining the letter groups. |
Students will practice solving puzzles and reading clues with this app. This is a good tool for extra support in inferencing.
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Language Arts Friendzy |
Game quizzes: Improve your vocabulary, reading comprehension, and writing composition with the K- 8th grade Language Arts games app! Kids learn phonics, spelling, grammar,& speech. We feature the top 100 students every day!
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Students will practice their ELA skills by competing with other students who are also using this app. This app can be used for a whole group activity using teams or individual practice.
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English Idioms Illustrated |
App features 200 free Idioms. It given the origins and a brief description on each one.
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Students will develop a deeper understanding of idioms by viewing the pictures and discussing and writing about what the idioms means verses the actual meanings.
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Venn Diagram |
Students can create Venn diagrams with 2 or 3 overlapping circles. Users record ideas and concepts in circles to organize information logically.
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Students will use this app to create Venn Diagrams about books they are reading or topics they are researching.
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Idioms $ |
Idioms app works as dictionary as well as a multiple choice quiz system which provides 700 common idiomatic questions across different topic & categories with explanations.
It also contains over 600 additional idioms with meanings and explanations as a tool to learn new idioms. |
Students will develop a deeper understanding of idioms by viewing the pictures and discussing and writing about what the idioms means verses the actual meanings.
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IXL - Math and English |
Enter a new era of grammar instruction with IXL’s English language arts program for grades 2–12. The fundamentals of writing are brought to life through fun and witty problems that challenge students to learn new vocabulary, correct grammatical mistakes, and understand textual context. Over 1,300 skills prepare kids to become confident communicators in school and life.
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Students will practice their ELA skills. This app can be used for a whole group activity using teams or individual practice.
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POETRY |
With the Poetry Foundation's universal iOS app, you can now take thousands of poems by classic and contemporary poets with you wherever you go.
From William Shakespeare to César Vallejo to Heather McHugh, the Poetry Foundation's app turns your phone, iPod Touch or iPad into a mobile poetry library: * Search for old favorites with memorable lines. |
Teachers can use this app to introduce poetry to students, Students can use this app to read poetry and use it as inspiration to create their own poetry. Students can also discuss the meaning of poetry that they have read.
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Front Row |
Front Row provides over 30k common core aligned questions that are graded automatically and given to students based on their level. This means no writing worksheets, no grading, and differentiated teaching made easy.
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Students can practice ELA skills using this app after their teachers have assigned them a placement test. this app is adaptive and allows students to practice the skills the need. This is a good app for personalized instruction.
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Word Mover |
Word Mover allows children and teens to create "found poetry" by choosing from word banks and existing famous works; additionally, users can add new words to create a piece of poetry by moving/manipulating the text.
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Students can use this app to create poetry from the given selection of words.
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the Poetry App |
Great poetry read aloud with mini biographies on poets like: W.H Auden, Elizabeth Bishop, Robert Browning, Lord Byron, Emily Dickinson, T.S Eliot, Robert Frost, Rudyard Kipling, Philip Larkin, Robert Lowell, John Milton, Marianne Moore, Sylvia Plath, Christina Rossetti, Percy Bysshe Shelley, William Butler Yeats
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Use this app with students to hear poetry read aloud. Students can also use this app when gathering information about many great poets.
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Shake a Phrase $ |
Shake-a-Phrase is a fun language app for creative writing prompts, vocabulary, and parts of speech practice. Perfect for learning and laughing in the classroom or on-the-go, it features over 2,000 words and definitions in 5 engaging themes for ages 8+
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Students will reinforce concepts that they have learned in class by recognizing parts of speech and creating sentences. Students can also create story starters for writing.
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Assists with almost any writing application and allows for differentiation by giving options of short, medium and long stories. The actual writing can be done in the app itself.