This is a supplement to “Appy Hours 4 You” Blog Talk Radio Show: Episode 10 – “HOT Apps 4 Literacy“. In this episode we featured multiple game-like apps that supported English Language Arts content for both elementary and secondary students. Our focus was on how these game apps could be used to create purposeful instructional apptivities (e.g. what a task card and recording sheet might look like and what examples of extensions and follow-up apptivities would be.)

This week we discussed the following free apps:

HOT Apps 4 Literacy

Elementary:

1. Bluster!
2. Chicktionary Lite
3. Futaba Word Games for Kids
4. Word-Blocks
5. Grammer Jammers
6. Grammar Fun Free
7. Story Wheel
8. Grammar Dragon
9. K12 Timed Reading Practice Lite

Secondary

1. Same Meaning Magic (Synonyms)
2. Word Bubble Free
3. Vocabulary Bubble Free
4. Poetry Magnets
5. iAssociate 2 HD Lite

iModel with Explain Everything: I have used Explain Everything to model how an iLesson using Chicktionary Lite (or any ELA game app) could be delivered utilizing resources such as task cards, recording sheets, and follow-up activities. (Check out Laura Moore’s task card (Apptivity-Task-Card_Chicktionary) and recording sheet (Student-Recording-Sheet_Chicktionary) on her blog).

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