Tiny Tap in our 1st grade classroom

The following video shows how I use Tiny Tap in my 1st grade classroom.

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Make sure you check out the links below the video.

my Tiny Tap profile

student game

student-teacher game

Tiny Tap tutorials (YouTube channel)

Allie's 3D game

Jadyn's ABC order game

Epic - An activity we did with this wonderful app.

If you are unfamiliar with EPIC, you really need to check it out!  It is completely free for educators.  It is a library FULL of children's books, some are even AR books.   Check it out at getepic.com.   There is also an app-search EPIC. Encouraging parents to subscribe will help EPIC to remain free for teachers.  It is very reasonably priced.  

Cale explains how we did our book reports (paragraphs) using EPIC and the 4-square method.  

Hunter chose a book about Sloths.

Tiny Tap QR Codes

Check it out, it's FREE!

Popplet Lite and Primary Writer-hand in hand apps

Use Popplet 1st-  have kiddos choose a topic and create a 4 square.

Click the picture below to go to the app-Popplet Lite by Notion.

Using their 4 square they can write a rough draft.

Click the picture below to go to app-Primary Writer by Grassroots Technologies


Then they can use Primary Writer for their final draft.

Daily iPad Center Rules

QR Codes + Sound Files + learning centers = AWESOME!

Here's my latest project: I am taking one of my old word work centers and I'm adding a QR Code Card. The codes are connected to sound files I have stored in my dropbox. Click here to download a pdf that explains  how I did this.

here is a link to some game files that you can create;

Kelly's Kindergarten-Games to make

QR Codes to Tiny Tap Language games

This is a link to a pdf that has QR Codes to 3 of my Language Tiny Tap games.  Feel free to download this for your own use in your classroom  QR Codes make it so easy for your students to access these games.  I usually paste a link to the games I want the kiddos to practice in SHOWBIE, but I think having this in centers or stations would be very handy.  I will be creating more of these, check back later…Click the pic to download or print the pdf.

iPads in Our 1st Grade Classroom

In this video you will see that the kids did most of the interviewing with their own iPads.  I simply pulled all of the material together to create our iMovie.  This video is one of the  featured videos in our school's iBook that that we entered to be named an Apple Distinguished school.

Here are some of the things you observe in the video:

~iPads used in center time with manipulatives such as word tiles for the app Word Wizard.
~RAZ Kids, a Learning A-Z app-kids read on their own level and at their own pace.
~Spelling City- Kids practice their weekly spelling words
~Book Creator-kids and teacher create class books on their own and together
~Showbie-students complete worksheet type work on their iPad…beginners take a little time to
   learn how to manipulate the screen and using a stylus…I LOVE it when the kids figure it out, it
   saves time and a TON of paper.
~Kidblog-we dabbled very little with this, hopefully I can give it another go next year.
~Scrappad-kids create digital scrapbook pages-they love this!
~QR Code Reader like iNigma-there are many others