KPBSD App Directory

Provided below is a list of KPBSD essential and other recommended learning apps for elementary students categorized by subject.  To add a free app to your iTunes library, simply click the app icon while iTunes is running.

Essential Learning Apps

Reading

	iBooks (iPod/iPad) FREE – iBooks is an amazing way to download and read books. iBooks includes the iBookstore, where you can download the latest bestselling books or your favorite classics – day or night. Browse your library on a beautiful bookshelf, tap a book to open it, flip through pages with a swipe or a tap, and bookmark or add notes to your favorite passages.
	VoiceMemos (iPod) INCLUDED – Record voice for fluency practice, and assessment. Sync with iTunes to create play lists called voice memos. Here you can create digital portfolios for each student. Even paste text, and an image for easy identification. (See Canby Wiki article called: Using Voice Memos and Smart Playlists for Reading Fluency and Assessment)
	VoiceMemo (Alternative to Voice Memos) (iPod/iPad) $0.99 – Unlike the iPod, the iPad does not include the VoiceMemos utility.  VoiceMemo is a third party alternative for iPod/iPad that has the same functionality as the VoiceMemos utility that is included on iPods by default.
	Lit2Go (iPod/iPad) FREE – a free online collection of stories and poems in Mp3 (audiobook) format. You can download collections directly into an iTunes library; view the text to read along as you listen; print out stories and poems; browse by author, title, reading level or subject matter; search by title, author or keywords; included are an abstract, citation, playing time, word count and in many cases a reading strategy.

Language Arts

Word Wizard(iPod/iPad) $2.99 – Talking Movable Alphabet, pronounce and spell any word using phonics or letter name, customize pronunciation of any word, includes 1,400 questions and answers, spelling quizzes with 184 built in word lists or create your own, statistics for each list, and reports.

Math

	RocketMath (iPod/iPad) $0.99 – Numbers, fractions, decimals, counting, telling time, U.S. Money, shapes (2D & 3D), patterns, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, square roots and more. 56 different math missions with floating objects including stars, coins, clocks, 3D shapes, pizzas, etc.  Earn bronze, silver and gold medals.  Difficulty ranges from even/odd numbers to square roots.
	iTooch MATH Grade 5 (iPad) $5.99 (FREE lite version available) – iTooch 5th GRADE MATH is, by far, the largest collection of the App Store of educational activities based on US national standards.  iTooch was developed by passionate teachers, educational professionals, and video-game designers, many of whom are parents as well. The collaboration of these specialists has resulted in a wonderful learning tool that motivates children to learn.
	Weigh Fun (iPad) $0.99 (FREE lite version available) – Teach children how to use weights and measures in a fun game. This game is aimed at children 6 – 12 years old. WeighFun uses a shopping trip to a farmer’s market as a setting to present the child with a weighing scale and weights with which they have to purchase fruits and vegetables.
	Distance Game (iPod/iPad) $0.99 – Do you would know how to draw 1.5 inches? And 17 mm? Dare to test your skills with this funny game. You must draw two lines separated by a distance, and try to make it as accurate as possible. In rounds of 10, 20 or 30, who makes fewer mistakes wins!

Other Recommended Apps

Reading

	RhymeNow Free (iPod/iPad) FREE – Writing a poem? Crafting a song? Creating a rap? Need to find exactly the right word? Then RhymeNow Free Edition is the tool for you.
	Web Reader (iPod/iPad) $1.99-$4.99 – Web Reader 2.2 for iPhone uses text to speech technology along with web page content recognition to read web pages to you.
	Question Builder (iPod/iPad)$5.99 – Question Builder is designed to help elementary aged children learn to answer abstract questions and create responses based on inference.
	ABA Problem Solving Game – What Rhymes? (iPod) $0.99 – A national report in the Journal of Pediatrics reveals that 1 percent of US children ages 3 – 17 have an Autism Spectrum Disorder, an estimated prevalence of one in every 91 children.
	Read Demon Speed (iPod) $4.99 – Read Demon is a speed reading training application for the iPhone and iPod Touch that teaches you how to increase your reading speed!

Language Arts

	Storykit (iPod) Free – Create an electronic storybook. Make use of the little gaps in life – on the sofa after dinner, in the back seat of the car, or on a train – to do something creative together.
	Toontastic (iPad) FREE – Lights, Camera, Play! Toontastic is a Creative Learning tool that empowers kids to draw, animate, and share their own cartoons through imaginative play.
	Grammar Dragon (iPod) FREE – The grammar dragon has captured all of your friends from the castle. You must rescue a different person on each level by correctly identifying various parts of speech.
	Grammar Contractions (iPod) $0.99 – Grammar – Contractions is an interactive app that focuses on contractions.This app helps you practice, gain self confidence, and pronunciation of the top 50 contractions in the English language.
	Irregular Verbs (iPod) $0.99 – “Irregular verbs & noun plurals” iphone application helps users learn the irregular words.
	Wooords (iPod/iPad) $1.99 – With 250,000+ downloads, this game won’t disappoint!
	Lifecards – Postcards (iPod/iPad) $1.99 – With Lifecards you can use up to 4 of your photos to design your own imaginative postcard directly on your phone.
	ABA Flash Cards & Games (iPod/iPad) FREE – Endorsed by tens of thousands of satisfied parents, teachers, and kids the world over.
	Idioms (iPod/iPad) $2.99 – Free lite version also available – 700 English Idioms Questions with Explanation.
	Poetry Creator / Verses (iPod/iPad) FREE – Ever wonder what it would be like to mash-up a Shakespeare poem with a Hip Hop Song? Verses is a new iPhone and iPad app that puts a fresh spin on a cherished classic: refrigerator magnet poetry.
	THF Haiku (iPod) FREE – Explore the world of haiku with this app from The Haiku Foundation.
	Flipboard (iPod/iPad) FREE – Named Apple’s iPad App of the year and one of TIME’s Top 50 Innovations, Flipboard creates a personalized magazine out of everything being shared with you.
	Scrabble (iPod/iPad) $0.99 – Free lite version also available – Don’t settle for imitations. Get the official SCRABBLE game!
	Same Sound Spell Bound (iPod) FREE – Help! Luna and Leo are working from a spell book to try to bring animal statues to life. Use your spell book to select the correct word and use it correctly in the sentence. Good Luck!
	Mad Libs (iPod) FREE – Mad Libs is now available in a fun, new interactive AND digital platform! In this sample version of Vacation Mad Libs you can test your fill-in the-blank skills for FREE on your iPhone or iPod touch.
	Chicktionary (iPod/iPad) $1.99 – FREE for iPad – Chicktionary is one of the most popular word games on the Internet and now you can hatch up some fun on your iPhone! Each hen bears a letter.
	Word Seek HD (iPod/iPad) FREE – Word Shaker HD Free, the word searching game with a twist. Play solo or invite up to 3 friends online and play the same boards against each other on iPad, iPhone or iPod.

Math

	Math Kingdom (iPod) Free – Come forward, Math Hero! The Kingdom needs your skills to save the kidnapped Princess and recover the stolen royal treasures!
	Flash Racer (iPod) $0.99 – Think you can beat your kids at math flash cards??
	Math Drills (iPod) FREE – Graphically rich and fun environment allows up to 50 students to learn basic math skills in addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
	Math Bingo (iPod/iPad) $0.99 – The critically acclaimed educational website http://www.ABCya.com is proud to present the popular Math BINGO game for iphone, ipad and ipod touch! Now you can practice your math skills anytime and anyplace.
	Motion Math (iPod) $1.99-$2.99 – Developed at the Stanford School of Education, Motion Math HD follows a star that has fallen from space, and must bound back up, up, up to its home in the stars.
	Math Fact Master (iPod/iPad) $0.99 – This app’s core concept was to create a flexible solution that a grade school child can easily navigate and that is robust enough to grow with your child as they grow their math knowledge.
	Coin Math (iPod/iPad) $1.99 – This fun matching game involving money helps kids become familiar with U.S. coins and their values.
	Cash Cow (iPod) $0.99 – Deluxe version available for iPad – In this hyper-addictive cash-clinking game, control Buck as he combines coins, power-ups and special pieces to make moolah!
	Brain Pop (iPod/iPad) FREE – For more than a decade, BrainPOP has been a trusted, go-to source of animated, educational content, in homes and in thousands of subscribing schools around the globe.
	Pizza Fractions (iPod/iPad) FREE – Ranked a top 100 iPad education app in the United States, May 2011, Pizza Fractions offers a simple, visually-based introduction to fractions for elementary school kids.

Science/Social Studies

	Star Walk (iPod/iPad) $2.99-$4.99 – Star Walk enables you to point your iPhone at the sky and see what stars, constellations, and satellites you are looking at in real-time.
	SkyView – Explore the Universe (iPod) $1.99 – Where will the Sun rise and set today? Is there a Full Moon tonight? Where is the constellation Orion? Am I looking at a bright star or a planet? What are some fun facts about these objects?
	NASA App (iPod/iPad) FREE – The first official NASA App invites you to discover a wealth of NASA information right on your iPhone or iPod Touch.
	Stack the States (iPod/iPad) $0.99 – Stack the States makes learning about the 50 states fun! Watch the states actually come to life in this colorful and dynamic game!

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