This week we have been working hard to learn to use our iPads with our curriculum
I have found ways to incorporate the iPads to create books, work on word building and math skills.
Two apps I want to mention are
Story buddy lite
1st Word Builder
We have been using story buddy to make writers workshop books and math counting books
Yesterday, we used story buddy to make mitten counting pattern books. The lesson included the kids looking for mittens, taking pictures of each other wearing the mittens, importing them into story buddy then adding words and numbers. The librarian and our school technologists each took a group of students since it was the first time we used story buddy. Today, the kids didn't need a lot of help in their operations; they did need help coming up with ideas. Our assignment was to make a digital book about how to dress in winter. They had to collect mittens, hats, boots, coats, try them on, photograph each other wearing them and them make a digital book on how to dress. They loved it and all the students were participating and 100% engaged the whole time. For this project, they were working in buddies (groups of 2 or 3).
The 1st word builder app we used during a language arts lesson was a great review for students to master letter names. This app can be used in various languages. Today we used the Spanish version of it. The negative aspect of the app was that it crashed on the kids who were having difficulty finding where to place their letters.
My goal for this week is have kids who are experts at making digital books!
I finally downloaded pages app and it is very similar to story buddy lite.
My kids will be learning while using this tool next week.
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