Showing posts with label Apps to support PreK through Kindergarten. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Apps to support PreK through Kindergarten. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 8, 2016

Epic!

The first all-you-can-read eBook app for kids 12 and under.



www.getepic.com

Free educator account
@EpicKidsBooks

To register:
Go to www.getepic.com
Click on Educators - if you want the free account
Click Get Started - next screen click Get Started
Complete information and click Let's Read

Once you login you are under a guest profile - if you want to create profile - switch profile
Choose Teacher - you see Teacher profile
Students login thru my epic! Account.  Teacher logs in - and then click on student profile - unlimited student profiles.
Setup name - optional PIN number - Enable Home Access - gives free month/no credit card required access w email address

Resources

Webinar
https://fccdl.in/sgEKQ85jr - Basics Webinar

Our social media pages

Supported Devices


Epic! Reading Club
1. Your classroom earns Epic! Points for every family subscription connected to your class.

2. Your Epic! Points can be redeemed to purchase books and other supplies for your classroom from leading retailers such as Amazon and Target.

Epic! will now donate 20% of every parent's subscription back into your classroom. Once a parent account connects to your class, you will automatically earn points from their subscription.



Monday, March 9, 2015

Apps to support Pre-K through Kindergarten



Screentime for toddlers - 2016

How Toddlers Thrive - Good Morning America - 2015


Fred Rogers Institute Article


How do you find quality apps?

Apps - Blooms Taxonomy
Interactive Ladder to assign apps to Bloom's Taxonomy:
Kathy Schrock Bloomin Apps http://www.schrockguide.net/bloomin-apps.html
edtechteacher.org (Where do I begin?) - http://edtechteacher.org/apps/

Search for App by Content Area, Grade Level
Apps evaluated by Educators – http://www.graphite.org/
Common Sense Media - https://www.commonsensemedia.org/
Children's Technology Review - https://childrenstech.com/
Education Apps Store - https://www.educationalappstore.com/

Pinterest - search for Reading Apps, Reading Apps Lesson Plans

20 iPad Apps to Teach Reading
15 Apps to Improve Reading Comprehension
50 Popular Apps for Struggling Readers

Reading Comprehension Strategies Chart

Ideas for Integrating into Classroom
eBooks
Whole group instruction - connect mobile device to projector, students take turns reading and discuss scene
Pairs - students read story together, take turns reading narration and dialogue
Reenact story
Ideas for integrating app on graphite.org - (check under How Can Teachers Use it)

Learn with Homer App

Bluster! (builds vocab skills)
Students select activities based on grade level
Pair students - play in Versus mode to see who can make the most matches first.