* Fun & Helpful Websites * * Awesome APPS *
APPS for iPhones, iPods, & iPads
Math:
Kakooma - ($1) Do you love the challenge of a great puzzle? This App is the quick-thinking, brain-building app that is getting kids and adults of all ages hooked on numbers! It is deceptively simple: from a group of numbers, find one number that is the sum of two others in the group. Great for developing mental math!
Math Bingo - ($1) Just like Word Bingo this one is based on math problems. Math problems are presented at the top of the game screen and students chose the correct answer, when they get five in a row, they have Bingo! You can also chose the type of math problems, in first grade we stick to the addition and subtraction levels.
Kids Clock Challenge -
($1) This App is a fun and challenging way to quickly learn how to read an analog clock.
Addition & Multiplication Number
Bubbles - (Free) This App contains two games, but in first grade we only focus on the addition part. The app will show lots of popping bubbles on the screen the student will have select number bubbles whose sum is equal to the
target number at the top. Another great way to learn basic math facts!
LetsTans Lite - (Free) This app helps first graders build the foundation for mathematical concepts of
fractions, spatial awareness, geometry, area, and perimeter. This app give students a shape they are to create using the given geometric figures.
Bubbles Math ($1.99)Addition: The student is given a target number. They have to click on two
bubbles whose sum is equal to the target number.
Hungry Fish (Free) This game lets you choose a target number or range of numbers. Students have to
select 2 bubbles that the fish can eat that will add up to equal the target
number. Great for practicing mental math!
Butterfly Math (Addition = Free, Full version = $1.99) This app is perfect for helping review and
practice missing addends, or unknown numbers, in an equation. Students are given an equations, like 6 + ___ = 8, they have to figure out how many butterflies would go in the blank to make the equation true.
Sushi Monster (Free) This game allows students to practice, reinforce, and extend math fact fluency
is completely engaging! It strengthens reasoning strategies for whole number addition by helping monsters make a target sum .
Splash Math Grade 1 - (Lite version = Free, Full version = $9.99) Splash Math is a fun and innovative
way to practice math. With 13 chapters covering over 185 math skills and an endless supply of problems, it is by far the most comprehensive math workbook in the app store! I know this app is pricey but it is FULL of wonderful math
games!
Butterfly Math (Free or full version $1.99) This is an AWESOME app! The full version offers unknown
numbers (addition), shapes, sequencing and it aligned with common core. Perfect to help enforce the things we are learning in class!
Banana Math (Free or full version $1.99) This is another app that I absolutely love! It offers a wide
variety of games and different math concepts like addition & subtraction word problems, Shapes, Symmetry, and Time. Great for practice in math and fun for your child! *Please note that free version only offers a select amount of
concepts.
Know Your Math Facts (Free) This app coorrelates with what we teach in my class about fact families.
It use a math triangle and provides students with numbers that are missing in the triangle. This helps teach unknown numbers and helps them to understand the relationship between addition and subtraction; all while making recall easier and quicker!
Number Math (Free) Great app with multiple activities to choose from. These are a few: Missing Number
patterns (which is what first graders are tests on for the state), Before & After numbers, Greater Than & Less Than, Skip Counting, Rounding, and Place Numbers in Ascending Order.
Cookie Factory: (Free or Full Version $1.99) - Please note that the free version is all 1st graders are required to know, so the free one works just great! This app allows students to be the owner of a Chocolate Chip Cookie Factory where they have to ship and deliver cookies. The cookies are sold by ones, tens or hundreds. This app teaches place value
concepts and practices math facts as you count, add, subtract! Just go into the settings and select if you want them to count o
Reading:
Word Bingo - ($1) This App is set up just like regular Bingo, except it tells the student a word and
they have to find it in a bingo grid. You can also choose the level of words. This app is perfect for students who are developing their ability to read sight words.
Bookster (Free app, but adding extra books cost up to $2) This is a read-along storytelling app that
reads to your kids, or allows them to records and plays their voices reading, and teaches them new vocabulary along the way. The first 2 books are free when you download the free app. Their are 11 books you can purchase to add to the
collect for your child.
Storia (Free & comes with 5 Free books). This is another book app that reads to or allows your child
to read independently different books. It comes with 5 free books, others will cost extra, but you can order new books through our classroom Scholastic Book Order - which will earn points for free books for our classroom!
Grammar Jammers - (Free) Catchy animated songs and rhymes make English language arts exciting! Grammar
Jammers animations will have you tapping your toes to the beat while learning grammar usage and mechanics. Each animation unlocks a quiz. Answer all the quiz questions for all the Grammar Jammers topics and unlock an interactive
reward.
Sight Words 1&2
(Free) - This app helps strengthen sight word recognition. It teaches 140+ words in multiple games.
iRecorder: 2.99 This is a great APP that students use to record themselves and hear how they read. They read and record a book, listen to how they read it, and then fix their mistakes with reading and become more fluent readers.
Sentence Maker ($1) - This game helps your child learn to make and complete their own sentences. The
settings let you decide what kinds of phrases or sentences to focus on. Whether you want to get started with 2 word combos or jump straight to 5 word sentences is all up to you and what your child is ready for!
Phonics Word Families (Free) This app lets student listen, make, and read words in word families. It helps teach beginning sound, word family phonics, short vowel sound, and offers images with a lot of animations and interactions for each word.
Sentence Magic: (Free) This is a wonderful APP for students to create simple sentences. They must put the words in order by looking at the picture and creating sentences that make sense!
Jumbled Sentences: ($1) This APP is difficult and more challenging. I recommend this for students
who are high leveled readers. They have to un-jumble sentences and create sentences that make sense!
ABC letter tracing: (Free) Great APP for students to work on letter handwriting!! Too much practice
will never hurt!
Make a Word (Free) This app will show your child a picture and tell them a word to build/spell. The
words all have short vowel sounds. More advanced children should try Phonics Advanced, with long vowel sounds and double vowels.
Phonics Tic-Tac-Toe (Free) Great to reinforce the phonics skills we are learning in class! This app
offers games where they get to practice blends, digraphs, blends, syllables, and more!
Sound Sorting ($1) Another great phonics app to practice and reinforce sound skills, especially for
students are struggling with segmenting or blending sounds. Kids match or "grab" words that share the same beginning sound!
Tales2Go (Free) This app received a "Parents’ Choice Gold Award-winner" that streams on-demand, unlimited
access to more than 1,000 stories. This does not allow students to see the pictures or words, it just reads a story to them so they have to use their imaginations. But you can scroll through and sort by reader age, genre, and
characters like: Froggy, Henry and Mudge, and JUNIE B. JONES and more!! Bookmark and build a favorites list for easy return visits!
Spelling/Sight Words
Spelling Bug: (Free) Awesome APP! Students make and spell words from their scrambles letters
by using the picture as a hint. It helps students learn how to spell by using the sounds in the word/picture.
Vocabulary Spelling City Words on Spelling City: (Free) Fun spelling games!! (Similar to spelling
homework on the website.)
Play Sight Words, Grades 1 & 2: (Free) Great APP! There are scrambled sight words, matching word games,
memory word games, BINGO and much more with sight words! You can use the 1st grade words and once your child has mastered that, boost them up to the 2nd grade words!
Draw FREE: (Free) It is great for kids to draw and spell out spelling words or sentences!
Multiple Subject Areas:
BrainPopJr Movie of the Week (Free) This app is ideal for kids in K-3 it has short movies that focus on lots of topics including: Science, Math, Reading, Writing and Health and more! The two characters, Annie and robot Moby will guide your child through a topic empowering them to form their own ideas. It is designed to cultivate critical thinking skills and encourage questions all while making connections. There's also activities like games and quizes to go along with each movie topic.
First Grade (Free, Full version $2.99) 10 fun mini-games to help your child learn First Grade lessons! It supports reading, spelling, math, fractions, compound words, contractions, and more! Perfectly aligns with what we are learning in first grade!
**Fun Websites**
Math Websites:
Fuel the Brain- Fuelthe brain.com is a great math website that has some of the common core math standards and games to go along with them.
IXL- This is a great math website that helps the children practice first grade math skills.
Greg Tang Math - These are math games that teaches students sensible strategies while working on fluency.
Reading Websites:
Florida Center for Reading Research This site has many great interventions to use with students who are struggling in reading.
Earobics! This is a great sight for building phonemic awareness and phonics skills. There are many fun, interactive games for children to play and learn at the same time!
Star Fall This site is great for students who are struggling with phonemic awareness. It promotes students to read with phonics by allowing them to play games and read online interactive books.
Spelling Websites:
Spelling City Please use this site for help with weekly spelling words. Each week their spelling list can be used at this site. Students can play games and practice spelling their words. This will help them ace their tests!
Discovery Education This is a great sight to make spelling word searches, crossword puzzles and more!
**This is the website used on Spelling Tic-Tac-Toe.
Wordle - This is a great tool that we have used for all sorts of things, like spelling words - have a blast creating these beautiful word clouds!
Multiple Subject Areas:
Freerice.com Go to this site and help feed the world! With a knowledge of
vocabulary words, art, chemistry, geography or math you can help the World Food
Program end hunger.
Brain Pop Jr. This is a fun site with many, many fun videos to watch on so many different subjects. You will learn a lot from Annie and Moby!
About Different Books:
Leveled Book List This site will help you choose from hundreds of books on your (or your child's reading level. There are so many to choose from!
Multicultural Children's Literature This website is a resource for many works of multicultural children's literature. There is a wealth of knowledge that can be found in literature from across the globe!