Here's a few FREE apps that we use a lot in class and some ideas of how you can incorporate them into your curriculum!
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This app allows you to create slides and add pictures. You can narrate each slide and create a final presentation!
You can use this app to...
*Create a final research project
*Summarize a story
*Narrate a published story
*Literature Circle final projects
We used this app to record our research on Thanksgiving. Here's an example!
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This app is a favorite in our classroom! This app lets you create and share a quick animated video called a Gami.
You can use this app to...
*Create a final research project
*Interview a friend (beginning of the year project)
*Summarize a story
*Discuss character traits
*Literature circle final project
We used this app at the beginning of the year as a getting to know you activity. Each student interviewed a friend. Here's an example!
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This app was a huge hit when I introduced it to the class! We laughed all day when we first used this app! You can take any photo, then draw a line to make a mouth, and record your voice. It makes your object or person talk! So cute!
You can use this app to...
*Create story summaries
*Discuss character traits
*Create a final research project
*Object poems (make the object of your poem talk!)
*Literature circles final project
We used this app to summarize a familiar story. Here's an example!
I hope this gave you some ideas for your classroom. I have a few more ideas on how to incorporate the iPads and other apps into the classroom that I hope to share with you soon, so check back!
