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R E V I E W S

ANGELA RODRIGUE

Standard:
1. Demonstrate command of the
conventions of
standard English grammar and
usage when
writing or speaking.
a. Print many upper- and
lowercase letters

ABC MOUSE

Cons:
-This app does require a
subscription.
-This app does occasionaly
have glitches and does not
Pros:
load correctly.
-This app covers several different
subject materials.
-This app is great for beginning
readers and writters.
-This app has a lot of fun games for
the students to interact with.

ABCmouse.comEarlyLearningAcademyontheAppStore.(n.d.).RetrievedMarch06,2016,fromhttps://itunes.apple.com/us/app/abcmouse.comearly
learning/id586328581?mt=8

ENDLESS ALPHABET
Pros:
-This app will teach children how to
recognize new words from the letters.
-This is a fun way for students to learn
new words.
-This app includes lots of animations.
-Includes spelling puzzles.
Cons:
-You have to pay to use this app.
-Many reviews say that the game
sometimes goes off the wrong
sounds to the letters.

EndlessAlphabetontheAppStore.(n.d.).RetrievedMarch06,2016,
fromhttps://itunes.apple.com/us/app/endlessalphabet/id591626572?
mt=8

Standard:
1.OA.3
Apply properties of operations
as strategies to
add and subtract.

ENDLESS NUMBERS
Pros:
-This app has some fun animations
for children.
-Allows students to recognize
numbers.
-Allows students to ad numbers
together.
-Is a free app for anybody.

EndlessNumbersontheAppStore.(n.d.).RetrievedMarch06,2016,fromhttps://itunes.apple.com/us/app/endless
numbers/id804360921?mt=8

FIRST GRADE SPLASH MATH

Pros:
-The app is free.
-The app will teach children their
numbers and how to add the numbers
together.
-The app has fun pictures for the
students to view.

FirstGradeSplashMathGames.1stgradekids
learningadditionandsubtractionfacts&flash
cardsontheAppStore.(n.d.).RetrievedMarch06,
2016,fromhttps://itunes.apple.com/us/app/first
gradesplashmathgames./id463469532?mt=8

Cons:
-This app tends to repeat
the same questions.

Standard:
5.H.1.2
Summarize
the political,
economic and social aspects
of
colonial life in the thirteen colonies.

STACK THE STATES

Pros:
-This will teach children all
fity of their states.
-This quizes children on their
knowledge of the states.
-This app also gives students a
visual of where the states are
located at.
Cons:
-You have to pay for this
app in order to play.
StacktheStatesontheAppStore.(n.d.).RetrievedMarch
06,2016,fromhttps://itunes.apple.com/us/app/stackthe
states/id381342267?mt=8

50 STATES
Pros:
-This app will teach children all fifty
of their states.
-This app will also help the children
to remember what a map looks like.
Cons:
-After playing this app so many
times it becomes old.
-There is not enough different
puzzles for the game.
50StatesFreeAndroidAppsonGooglePlay
50StatesFreeAndroidAppsonGooglePlay

Standard:
4.E.1-Explain the causes of day and
night and phases of the moon

KHAN ACADEMY
Pros:
-This app is organized really
well, and everything is easy to
find.
-Everything is free.
-There are millions of videos
avaliable.
-There are educational videos
for almost everything!
KhanAcademy:YoucanlearnanythingontheAppStore.(n.d.).
RetrievedMarch06,2016,from
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/khanacademyyoucan
learn/id469863705?mt=8

Cons:
-There are so many videos
that it can be hard to find
certain ones at times.

BrainPOP Featured Movie

Pros:
-Has lots of science
videos for children to
watch.
-Has lots of factual
information,

BrainPOPFeaturedMovieontheAppStore.(n.d.).RetrievedMarch
06,2016,fromhttps://itunes.apple.com/us/app/brainpopfeatured
movie/id364894352?mt=8

Standard:
1. Demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic features of print.
a. Follow words from left to right, top to bottom, and page by page.
b. Recognize that spoken words are represented in written language by
specific sequences
of letters.
c. Understand that words are separated by spaces in print.
d. Recognize and name all upper- and lowercase letters of the alphabet.
2. Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds
(phonemes).
a. Recognize and produce rhyming words.
b. Count, pronounce, blend, and segment syllables in spoken words.
c. Blend and segment onsets and rimes of single-syllable spoken words.
d. Isolate and pronounce the initial, medial vowel, and final sounds (phonemes)
in threephoneme
(consonant-vowel-consonant, or CVC) words.* (This does not include CVCs
ending with /l/, /r/, or /x/.)
e. Add or substitute individual sounds (phonemes) in simple, one-syllable
words to make
new words.

Hooked on Phonics Learn to Read

Pros:
-Kid friendly.
-Goes over some of the main phonics
and sounds.
-Has music videos.
-Offers books for children to read.
Cons:
-Takes awhile for everything
to load.

HookedonPhonicsLearntoReadPreschool&KindergartenSightWords,ReadingGames,VowelSoundsontheApp
Store.(n.d.).RetrievedMarch06,2016,fromhttps://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hookedonphonicslearnto/id588868907?mt=8

abc PocketPhonics: letter sounds &

writing + first words
Pros:
-This app helps students with
the sounds of letters.
- This app helps students to
better recognize words.
Cons:
It costs $6.99

AbcPocketPhonics:Lettersounds&writingfirstwordsontheAppStore.(n.d.).RetrievedMarch06,2016,
fromhttps://itunes.apple.com/us/app/abcpocketphonicslettersounds/id299342927?mt=8