Energize ELA Lessons
with iPad Apps Aligned
to the Common Core
Monica Burns ClassTechTips.com
My Blog: www.ClassTechTips.com
Twitter: @ClassTechTips
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Common Core
Learning Standards
Mission Statement: The Common Core State Standards
provide a consistent, clear understanding of what students
are expected to learn, so teachers and parents know what
they need to do to help them. The standards are designed to
be robust and relevant to the real world, reflecting the
knowledge and skills that our young people need for success
in college and careers.
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Monica Burns @ClassTechTips
Common Core
Learning Standards App
• All grades and subject areas
• Easy to navigate
• Portable
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Reading Literature and
Informational Text
• Describe characters
• Sequence events
• Identify important details
• Domain-specific vocabulary
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Scholastic Storia
DK Readers
Shout Science
•Access chapter books and
picture books
•Organize a library of books
•Great individual book apps
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Monica Burns @ClassTechTips
Explore Shakespeare
Aesops’ Fables
•Read selections of text
•Access extra resources
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Monica Burns @ClassTechTips
Monica Burns @ClassTechTips
Perfect Captions
Text on Pictures
•Use a picture saved on your
camera roll or taken on the spot
•Add captions, text boxes, thought
bubbles
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Sticky
•Stop and jot
•Record and organize thinking
Quick Note
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TED Talks
•Establish prior knowledge
•Extend thinking
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News Apps
•Current events
•Print and video resources
•Compare multiple sources
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Video Streaming apps
•Multimedia informational text
•Use across content areas
•Establish prior knowledge
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Monica Burns @ClassTechTips
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Monica Burns @ClassTechTips
Quickvoice
•Read Alouds
•Test Prep
•Fluency Practice
Tape-a-TalkVoice Recorder
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Scholastic Reading Timer
•Track reading progress
•Monitor Stamina; Stop/Start
Timer
•Resources for teachers and
parents
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Reading Foundational Skills
and Language
• Grammar
• Conventions
• Vocabulary
• Domain-specific vocabulary
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SpellMania
SpellGrid
•Great for stations
•Push thinking beyond word
lists
•Access definitions
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Meerkat Spell
Spelling Test by FunExam.com
•Spelling practice
•Leveled games
•Customize your own word lists
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The Opposites
•Learn antonyms
•Identify words with opposite
meaning
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Monica Burns @ClassTechTips
Grammaropolis
•Focuses on different parts of
speech
•Includes videos, games,
overview
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Bluster
•Literacy skills: rhyming words,
prefixes and suffixes,
synonyms, word roots,
adjectives
•Practice games: independent,
partner, team
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Monica Burns @ClassTechTips
Phrasal Verb Machine
•Introduces phrasal verbs
•Animation and examples
PhrasalVerbs
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Learn with Homer
•Phonics games
•Access fiction and
informational text
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Speaking and Listening
• Converse and collaborate
• Present information
• Use digital media
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i-Prompt Pro
FreeTeleprompter
•Displays text, timed prompter
•Skill practice: fluency, oral
presentations
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Camera
•Partner/group activities:
interviews, PSAs
•Portfolio documentation:
presentations, experiments,
field trips
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Tellagami
•Record short presentations
•Create an avatar
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ChatterPix Kids
Funny Movie Maker
•Take on the role of a character
or historical figure
•Present writing digitally
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Writing
• Brainstorming
• Creating an outline
• Publishing using technology
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Inspiration Maps Lite
Graphio Lite
SchematicMind Free
•Make your own graphic
organizer
•Plan and organize your writing
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Monica Burns @ClassTechTips
Idea Sketch
Grid by Binary Thumb
•Make your own graphic
organizer
•Plan and organize your writing
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Monica Burns @ClassTechTips
Scribble My Story
Our Story
•Publish a story
•Add text and pictures
•Digital portfolios
Memories: Photo 	

Book Creator
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Monica Burns @ClassTechTips
HaikuDeck
•Short text presentations:
emphasis on image as opposed
to text
•Present poems, create memes
Meme Generator
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Monica Burns @ClassTechTips
Monica Burns @ClassTechTips
Pic Collage
•Create mini-posters
•Add pictures and text
Pic Collage
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Monica Burns @ClassTechTips
Toontastic
•Examine a story arc
•Identify and establish setting,
tone, dialogue
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Tech-Make-and-Take
Task: Create a Toontastic cartoon
that includes the main points of a
short story paying attention to
character interaction, setting, tone
and sequence of events.
CCSS.ELA-­‐Literacy.CCRA.R.1	
  -­‐	
  Read	
  closely	
  to	
  determine	
  what	
  the	
  text	
  says	
  explicitly	
  
and	
  to	
  make	
  logical	
  inferences	
  from	
  it;	
  cite	
  specific	
  textual	
  evidence	
  when	
  writing	
  or	
  
speaking	
  to	
  support	
  conclusions	
  drawn	
  from	
  the	
  text.	
  
CCSS.ELA-­‐Literacy.CCRA.R.3	
  -­‐	
  Analyze	
  how	
  and	
  why	
  individuals,	
  events,	
  or	
  ideas	
  
develop	
  and	
  interact	
  over	
  the	
  course	
  of	
  a	
  text.alyze	
  how	
  and	
  why	
  individuals,	
  events,	
  
or	
  ideas	
  develop	
  and	
  interact	
  over	
  the	
  course	
  of	
  a	
  text.	
  
CCSS.ELA-­‐Literacy.CCRA.SL.5	
  -­‐	
  Make	
  strategic	
  use	
  of	
  digital	
  media	
  and	
  visual	
  displays	
  of	
  
data	
  to	
  express	
  information	
  and	
  enhance	
  understanding	
  of	
  presentations.
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Twitter: @ClassTechTips
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Energize ELA Lessons with iPad Apps that Align to the Common Core