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Appendix A: Core Application Rating Summary

iPad Applications
Early Reading/Spelling
ICON NAME DESCRIPTION COST COMMENTS
Y/N
RATING
1-5

ABC Pocket
Phonics
Teaches letter sounds
and letter formation.
Practice writing 170
first words.

free Y 4

See Read Say Develops the ability to
read the first 220 Dolch
words.
Tracks progress

1.99 Y
Good for progress
monitoring

Higher levels
needed
4


Logic Matching game for
letters, numbers,
pictures, colors and
figures.

1.99 Y 4

ABC
Shakedown
Plus
Learn the letters, by
seeing it, saying it,
finding it, and matching
beginning sounds.

1.99 Y 4

Read and
write letters,
sounds and
combinations
Recognize letters, and
produce letter sounds.
Practice blends and
digraph combinations
(sh,ch)

1.99 Y 4

Rocket
Speller
Correctly place letters
to spell words and
move through the
game
Free Y 4

ABC Spelling
Magic 1
-Short vowel
words
Teaches the sounds of
the letters and how to
build words
Free Y 4

Read on Sight First a sentence is read
aloud, then the word
tiles scatter, and the
player rebuilds the
sentence.
$2.99 Y 4+

Sight Words
for Reading
This app helps students
learn sight words, the
most common words in
children's literature.
Free Y 4+

2
iPad Applications
Early Writing

ICON NAME DESCRIPTION COST Comments
Y/N
RATING
1-5

ABC Pocket
Phonics
Basic reading and
writing activities.
Provides letter
sounds, writing
practice, and a
word game.


free Y 4

Alpha Writer Movable alphabet
to help children
start writing.
There is an
emphasis on
phonetic sounds.



4.99 Y 3

SoundLiteracy An instructional
tool for teaching
phonemic
awareness,
phonological
processing,
alphabet principals
and word study
focusing on
morphology.
$24.99 Y 5

LetterReflex -
Overcoming
Letter
Reversals &
Backwards
Writing in
Early
Childhood
Development
& Dyslexic
Children

Using arcade game
action, Flip It
challenges kids to
visually
discriminate and
manipulate letters
and words to
match the correct
orientation. The
activity will help
hone their visual
discrimination
skills and further
cement their
knowledge of
correct letter and
word formation.
2.99 Y 5


3
iPad Applications
Art/Drawing

ICON NAME DESCRIPTION COST COMMENTS
Y/N
RATING
1-5

Whiteboard Same as above






free Y 3
































4
iPad Applications
Math

ICON NAME DESCRIPTIO
N
COST COMMNE
TS
Y/N
RATIN
G
1-5

Math
Magic
English
&
Spanish
For ages 3-8.
Supports the
basic skills of
subtraction,
addition, division
and
multiplication.

$.99 Y 4

First
Calculator
A talking
calculator that
provides an
introduction to
using the basic
features on a
calculator.

$.99 Y 3

Numerate For young ages
up to 7. Supports
basic skill work
in the areas of
counting,
addition and
subtraction.

$.99 Y 4


Making
Change
Teaches students
how to make
change.

$.99 Y
Challenging for
beginners
4

Its
Learning
Time
Provides 4
different levels to
support children
in telling time to
the hour, half
hour, quarter
hour and minute.

$.99 Y 4

Rocket
Math
Reinforces the
concepts of
Numbers, Time,
money,
shapes/patterns
Multiplication
and division
$.99 Y 4+
5






Every Day
Math
Name that
number

-Fun and easy
way to practice
computation and
order of
operations.
$1.99

Y 4+

Everyday
Math
Addition
Top-It
-A quick and easy
way to practice
and reinforce
basic addition
facts (010) and
number
comparisons.
$1.99 Y 4+

Everyday
Math
Subtractio
n Top-It
-A quick and easy
way to practice
and reinforce 2-
digit subtraction
computation and
number
comparisons
$1.99 Y 4+

Everyday
Math
Equivalent
Fractions
-A quick and easy
way to practice
and reinforce
fraction concepts
and relationships.
$1.99 Y 4+

Everyday
Math
Divisibility
Dash
-A quick and easy
way to practice
recognizing
multiples of a
number and
applying
divisibility tests.
$1.99 Y 4+

Splash
Math Lite
Monitors and
collects data as
student works on
a variety of skills.
Good for grades
1-5

$9.99/grade
level
(K-5
available)
Y 5

Oh No
Fractions

Reinforces
understanding of
Fraction
quantities

Free Y 4+






6
iPad Applications
Articulation and Phonology
ICON NAME DESCRIPTION COST COMMENTS
Y/N
RATING
1-5

Toontastic This App. is an animated
tool that empowers kids to
draw, animate and tell
about their own cartoons.
A bonus is that children
can work on sound
production in a structured
conversation or in a re-
telling format.

$.99 Y 5


















7
iPad Applications
Language

ICON NAME DESCRIPTION COST COMMENTS
Y/N
RATING
1-5

Language
Builder
Helps students
improve their
sentence ideation
and formulation, as
well as receptive,
expressive and
auditory
processing skills.
Up to 3 levels of
support to ensure
success.
$3.99 Y
Need additional
libraries
4



Story Builder Supports a
students ability to
formulate oral
paragraphs,
improve ideation,
and addresses
higher level
thinking skills. Up
to 3 levels f play
exist for 50 distinct
story lines.
$3.99 Y
Need additional
libraries
5

See Touch
Learn
Supports a
students ability to
follow simple
commands and
categorize. Lessons
can be designed,
and progress can
be tracked.
Starter
Library
Free
$2.99
For each
additional
library
Y
Need additional
libraries
3









8
iPad Applications
Feelings/Social Stories

ICON NAME DESCRIPTION COST COMMENTS
Y/N
RATING
1-5

The
Grouchies
Children
understand how
their mood and
negativity can
affect their family
and friends
through this
engaging story.

free Y 4

Zanny Born
To Run
Book
A story about a
little boy who
simply cant stop
moving.
*Bonus Game: The
Extra Special
Feeling Game
Helps young
children to
recognize feelings
and facial
expressions.

$2.99 Y
Would like to
have more apps
like this one.
4



















9
iPad Applications
Calming Reinforcers

ICON NAME DESCRIPTION COST COMMENTS
Y/N
RATING
1-5

Koi Pond Touch fish, while
soothing music
plays in the
background.


free Y 4

I love
Fireworks
Tap the screen to
create a fireworks
display.


free Y
Good visual cue
for teaching
articulation and
fluency.
4

Bubble tap Yes! Its bubble
wrap on the iPad.



free Y 4

Midnight HD
lite
Touch screen to
create fireflies.


free Y
Good visual cue
for teaching
articulation and
fluency.
5

Glow Piano Play a piano or
listen to music.


free Y 4

aXylophone A colorful
interactive
xylophone.



free Y 4