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1)Teaching Number Lines

  1. AleeshaKondys
  2. Free with in-app purchases
  3. This app helps to introduce number lines through the use of frogs that makes steps and leaps. It serves as a visual aid in introducing the concept of number lines and can be used when adding and subtracting numbers.
  4. I would like to have this in my classroom because I think it would be a good way to keep the students attention when discussing number lines and skip counting. I could use this as a class activity where I check understanding or use it for individual practice among students.

2)MathTappers: Multiples

  1. HeavyLifters Network Ltd.
  2. Free
  3. This is a simple game that to help learners grasp the idea of multiplication and division and then to practice it.
  4. I would like to have this in my classroom for the students to use for practicing their multiples. Having this app would allow children to go at their own pace while being encouraged to advance in the game.

3)Telling Time Quiz

  1. Innovative Mobile Apps
  2. .99
  3. This is a fun and simple game that makes learning to tell time fun and enjoyable. The game is customizable, and easy to use for all ages.
  4. I would want this app inn my classroom to encourage students to learn how to tell time while making it fun. I like how you can customize the levels and the more you learn the more the game allows you to do. I believe rhat with this app telling time would be a favorite lesson in my classroom.

4)Rocket Speller Plus

  1. Little Big Thinkers
  2. 2.99
  3. This is a fun game to help kids practice spelling and phonics. As the user spells the word they build a rocket ship. The game ends with a start-collecting mini game. There are 5 levels of difficulty that would be great for a diverse classroom. You can customize the game by choosing different options to help individualize the game for each student.
  4. I would like to have this app in my classroom because as a child I hated spelling and having an app like this may increase my chances of encouraging students to learn to love it. I like how you can customize the game and think that it would be a great thing for a small group of kids to do during the week.

5)Sight Words Ninja

  1. Innovative Investments Limited
  2. 1.99
  3. This game is a play on the fruit ninja app. The game helps kids rapidly learn sight words by sight, sound, and touch. The sight words go from preschool to third grade. There are also 3 levels of difficulty for each grade level.
  4. I would like to have this app in my classroom because I am wanting to teach second grade. The game has a range of sight words from pre-K to grade 3 and that would be perfect for my struggling student and my advanced students.