ELA+Apps

StoryRobe ($.99) is a digital storytelling App - Create a story in 3 simple steps - upload to YouTube and post on the blog (photos, videos and voice)

CC1.1) Compose and create a range of visual, **multimedia**, oral, and written texts that explore and present thoughts onidentity (e.g., Feelings) community (e.g., Neighbourhood) social responsibility (e.g., Plants and Trees).
 * Take pictures of landmarks in the community and tell the narrative & share your story
 * Take picture of the environment and explain why trees, birds and/or bugs are important
 * Draw pictures of different feelings - ie. Surprised Face and explain what type of event or experience you had when you were surprised

PuppetPals App (Free) Voice Recording App (Voice) (CC1.3) Speak clearly and audibly about ideas, experiences, preferences, questions, and conclusions in a logical sequence, using expression and dramatization when appropriate.
 * Work in pairs to record a short poem or song
 * Work in pairs to retell an important event - ie. what they recall from the field trip

BookCreator $4.99 Photos, voice & text)

(CR1.3) Listen to texts and retell the most important information (e.g., who, what, when, where, why, and how).


 * Ask student to recall what they learned earlier - students can type what they learned on one side and insert a picture of them on the other side. Take a screen shot of the page and post on blog.

Drawandtell App $1.99

(CC1.4) Attempt to choose interesting words in independent writing. (AR1.2) Self-check for meaning.


 * Write a sentence read it listen to it and attempt to add more/different words to make it more interesting
 * Use lined paper to write down rhyming words and then record your voice reading them

(CC1.2) Explore electronic technology to represent ideas and events.
 * Write, draw and record your ideas & share with others

Screenchomp (Free) Draw, record, insert photos, and share a link (CR1.3) Retell stories (including oral traditions shared by Elders and Knowledge Keepers) by relating the sequence of story events by answering who, what, when, where, why, and how questions.
 * Draw your own picture cues and record voice to retell a story

Quick Voice (Free)

(AR1.2) Self-check for meaning.


 * Use Quick voice with students when they read aloud, have them listen back and follow along with the text
 * Practice reciting a poem or song

Echo Reading on the iPad

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