Monday, October 24, 2011

Technology Apps and Sites

IXL Math Site to Practice Math Facts
Math practice skills are aligned to state standards. Each grade level has its own themed game board, filled with awards and prizes, so practicing math is like one big treasure hunt.
Several students discovered that you can practice using a Kindle and the computer at home. Individual students shared that they practice IXL on the iPad.

Students are operating Notes.html

A student asked, "Can I use the iPad to write my story?" She is beginning her story, Last November Mom Dad  . . .




  • Space to do “scratch work”
  • Excellent problem generator
  • Saves their score of work completed.

Fill the Cup
  • Kids learn math concepts in an interesting way.
  • Rods in Addition/Subtraction
  • It shows how two numbers make up another one.
  • Balance is multiply 
A student shared, yesterday I figured out how to do multiplication on Fill the Cup. When I got to the home screen on Fill the Cup, I went to balance (Multiply) and I figured it out.


Voice Memo
  • Make a recording of your poem to build fluency

    The student reads text aloud by

    [3] 1.3.1 Reading orally with rhythm, flow and expression, showing understanding of punctuation and other conventions of print 

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