You can use ipads and comics to encourage your reluctant young writers to express themselves. Here's a list of useful and engaging ipad apps for writing.

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Fluency is one of the foundations of a solid reading program. All of my students have fluency goals - most of which are met during guided reading groups or when reading independently - but some of the students do need more fluency practice. There are several iPad apps and activities for fluency practice that I recommend. Organizing the iPads for fluency practice First you will want to figure out how your students will be using the iPad apps and activities for fluency practice in your classroom. I would assign my students specific fluency activities that they needed to accomplish each

June 2, 2016 The popular app Poetics is free today and only for a limited period of time. Poetics provides students with a powerful tool to combine imagery and words to create expressive poems and engage in creative poetry writing activities. Similar to Poetics, we curated five more interesting iPad apps you can use with your students in class to enhance their poetry learning. Check them out and share with us your feedback. Enjoy 1- Poetics- create, write and share visual poetry ‘Poetics is a visual poetry app that combines moveable text with photographic imagery.Take a picture and write anything you feel, whether a poem, one word or a caption. Or start with text and add an image later. At the touch of a finger, words playfully collide and interact, giving a physical feeling and connection as you scale, rotate, lift and drop them.’ 2- POETRY from The Poetry Foundation ‘With the Poetry Foundation's universal iOS app, you can now take thousands of poems by classic and contemporary poets with you wherever you go. From William Shakespeare to César Vallejo to Heather McHugh, the Poetry Foundation's app turns your phone, iPod Touch or iPad into a mobile poetry library’ 3- Poetry Daily ‘Poetry Daily is an anthology of contemporary poetry. Each day, we bring you a new poem from new books, magazines, and journals, chosen from the work of a wide variety of poets to provide you with a window on the broad range of poetry offered annually by publishers large and small.’ 4- Poetry Everywhere ‘ Poetry Everywhere is a collection of short poetry videos featuring contemporary poets reading their own works, introduced by Garrison Keillor. It’s pure poetry! With easy navigation, this app is a sure way to provide reflection and inspiration.’ 5- Glossary of Poetry Terminology ‘Poetry Glossary provides you a comprehensive list of terms related to Poetic terminology with its short description/meaning which guides you in understanding the terminology better.’ 6- Poetry Creator | Verses - Poetry, Poems & Poets ‘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. We built this app to set your creativity ablaze with Verses's limitless word mixing possibilities that allow you to become a kind of dictionary DJ. After creating a poem out of your own personal mix of dictionaries, you can send your creation to friends via email or publish it in your Facebook photo album! (network connectivity required)’. Follow us on : Twitter, Facebook , Google plus, Pinterest This post originally appeared in Educational Technology and Mobile Learning ( www.educatorstechnology.com ).

If you're wondering how to write a book on an ipad or tablet, here are some tips to help you get started plus access to my recommended ipad apps for writers.

Do you ever call someone when you know they are not able to answer the phone, but you are so excited about something that you take the chance that for some crazy reason they will answer?! That was me today, calling my friend Dara while she was clearly still teaching. I NEEDED to tell someone about the app I discovered while I was getting materials ready for tutoring. I needed to tell someone who would appreciate how cool this app really is! Meet the Record of Reading app. Here's what you need to know about it: 1. It's free. So that's reason enough to at least download it on your iPhone or iPad. 2. It was created by Clemson University. 3. It can be used with any leveled reading text or running record assessment. 4. It's simple, straightforward and user-friendly. 5. It saves you time (more time for blogging and Pinterest!) 6. It encourages paperless, organized assessment data. 7. You can email the results instantly to yourself, parents, other teachers, etc. 8. It audio records the students as they read, making it easy to go back, listen and analyze errors. 9. It automatically calculates the words-per-minute score. 10. It automatically determines whether the text was frustrational, instructional or independent. The screens starts blank and you can fill in the student information and the information that you have about the passage- the running word count (RW), the lexile score and the running record or Fountas and Pinnell level (if that's what you are using). I use the Pearson Critical Reading Inventory so the only information I put in is the running word count and the lexile score. If you are unsure of how to convert your passages- this is a helpful conversion chart that includes most popular reading level correlations. Once the child begins to read, you hit the red record button. I keep tallies of the errors as they occur, and make note of anything I want to revisit. The nice thing about having the voice recording as they read is that if you miss an error or you want to analyze the errors, you can listen to it over and over again. After he or she is done and the recording has stopped, you click on the E or SC column to begin counting errors and self-corrections. If you are unfamiliar with running records, you can learn more about how to administer it and analyze errors here. The app automatically calculates the words-per-minute, the accuracy rate and the ratio of self-corrections to errors. There is an area where you can add notes and observations about the reading, and select a fluency score from 1-4. After you are finished, you can save the record and create a folder for that child. My favorite feature is that you can email the record as a .pdf or a .jpg! How cool is that?! I love the idea of going paperless and keeping .pdf versions of running records in folders for each of my students. I also love the possibility of playing the recording of a passage to a parent at a conference. Technology never ceases to amaze me and Apple really means it when they say "There's an app for that!" Marie Clay is probably rolling over in her grave!

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ChatterPix Kids is a great app for integrating technology and reading. In this tutorial I am going to show you the basics of what the ChatterPix Kids app looks like and provide 9 ideas for you to try with your students.

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News-2-You (N2Y) is something I use in my classroom regularly. If you haven't heard about it check out the website here. I like N2Y for a few different reasons but my favorite thing is that it available on the iPad. Yes!!! NO PRINTING :))))) Here is how I utilize this awesome feature in my classroom **Disclaimer-these pictures are horrible!!!. Download the app for free in the app store. Once it is downloaded make sure to enter in all of your N2Y account information in the settings tab to be able to access the articles for free. The other cool thing about the app is that all of the previous articles are available to read, unlike online which only gives you access to 2 weeks at a time. Once you are in you will have to download each article you want (once you download it, it's available forever). You click the cloud with the down arrow. Once the article is downloaded you are able to select which level your students will read. This makes it easy to modify for all of your students. After you have selected the level the article will open. This is the regular level. The students can read themselves, in a group or use the text to speech option by pushing the play button on the bottom (which will read the entire page). If you would prefer them to read but want to encourage them to continue going when they come to a tricky word they can select the word and it will read just that sentence. After they are done reading they can even do the comprehension section on the iPad. Students select their answers. Once they are finished they can check their work by pushing the check at the bottom. It gives immediate feedback. Now are you wondering how the heck you can get the tests off of the iPad? Hold you breath...you can export them. I personally haven't had luck with email BUT......I use SeeSaw in my class (check out more about that here) and these go directly to each students portfolio. AMAZING!!!! All the kids do is hit the export button. Select the pages you want to export. I only have them export their assessment pages but I am sure you could do the entire thing if it's easier for you. Click export..... Tell it where you want the pages to go. In my classroom we select SeeSaw. It then generates the file and sends it over to SeeSaw. The "turn in" screen pops up and the kids select their name to turn it in. Once it's turned in, the file is available for me to review in their personal portfolio. This makes collecting data and keeping evidence of work sooo easy!!! Do you use N2Y in your classroom? Have you tried the iPad version? Do you know anymore cool tricks? Follow my blog with Bloglovin

Creating poetry on the iPad is the perfect way to celebrate National Poetry Month and there are many engaging and useful apps for creating poetry available! Slip some technology integration into your poetry activities this month with these 10 iPad apps for creating and sharing poems. I've rounded up mostly free iPad apps to help with writing various types of poems as well as creating stand-out digital poetry images to print or share via QR codes. Scroll all the way to the bottom for a free download that will help students display their poems too! 1. Use Poetreat to write haiku

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I'm sharing how we used the free app Tellagami Edu to create short videos to go with our persuasive writing pieces. Students were able to plan, set up, record, save, and present their videos independently, making Tellagami one my favorite iPad apps in the classroom. What is Tellagami This week we used Tellagami to deliver our persuasive writing pieces. Tellagami is a free app that lets users create and share a short video called a 'Gami.' Gami's feature a user-created avatar with a backdrop that can be selected in the app or uploaded from the camera roll. Using Tellagami in

Index Card is a corkboard writing app for iPad that makes it easy to capture, organize, and compile your ideas.

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Reader's theater is an engaging way to practice fluency, but add an iPad to it and suddenly students are begging for the next rehearsal! I'm going to share with you 3 simple ways to upgrade a typical readers theater classroom performance using the iPad. Set up Reader's Theater First you need to decide how to set up and run your class reader's theater. You can have students stand in the front of the classroom facing the audience in a line and step forward when it is their turn to talk. Or for more informal practice, have students sit in a circle

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Handwriting. It’s one of those things that’s not always so much fun for kids. Often, it’s accompanied by pages and pages of workbooks. These types of handwriting exercises can make our kids want to throw in the towel. And if we’re honest, we might, too! But we can’t ignore handwriting. It’s one of the important foundations for ... Read More about Trace It, Try It Handwriting App

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Biography project on the iPad features QR codes for researching biographies of any famous figure in history, graphic organizers, and directions for using free apps to create a timeline and a talking biography video! Perfect for biography unit, Black History or Women's History month project or Presidents Day activity. Easily integrate free iPad® mobile digital device apps into your reading, writing, or social studies block. This packet includes a project to make a timeline as well as a video for any famous historical figure using the iPad. The perfect companion to a biography unit or also works a stand-alone multimedia project. Students will research on the web via one of the 4 research mats, then choose a historical figure. While reading about their person, students will use the timeline planning sheet and biography script graphic organizer to take notes & to take save photos using the Web Image direction page. Students will then write a short speech from their famous person’s point of view. An included project checklist helps students stay organized. After researching and note-taking, students will use the app Popplet and step-by-step visual direction sheets to create a timeline with text and images from the iPad. Next students will use either the apps Chatterpix and included visual direction sheets to create a video making the historical figure “talk!” Students can either decorate their own historical figure using the included body outline or use a picture from the web. The "Recording - Quiet Please" sign in the packet can be displayed when students record their videos. Both the timeline and video will be stored on the camera roll for students to upload and share how you see fit. Packet includes: ★ 4 Choices of QR research mat - each with 3 QR codes (and website URL) to direct students to student-friendly websites to gather information about the person they chose. Research mats are for general biographies, famous Black Americans, famous Women, and Presidents. ★ 1 full color step-by-step direction sheet with visuals to help students save images to their camera roll from the web. ★ Planning sheet for students to use to plan their timelines. ★ Graphic organizers for students to use to write down their research to use for their video script. ★ 2 versions of writing paper to write their scripts. One with “Fill-in-the-blank” sentences for writers that need more support. ★ Full color step-by-step direction sheets with visuals to help students independently use all of the included app choices from start to finish. ★ 2 rubrics that can be used to assess the finished project. ★ 1 recording sign for students to display ★ 1 Project Checklist for students to use to keep track of what they have completed and what they still need to do. You will need the free app TimeLine by Read Write Think and the free app TACU or Chatterpix. QR codes to get the apps from the App Store® online store is included in the packet. Mad Lips is currently unavailable from the app store so directions for Chatterpix and TACU have been added to the latest update as an alternative. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ More Seasonal Activities ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ iPad and App Store are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. Erintegration is not affiliated with and has not been authorized, sponsored, or otherwise approved by Apple Inc.

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Reader's theater is an engaging way to practice fluency, but add an iPad to it and suddenly students are begging for the next rehearsal! I'm going to share with you 3 simple ways to upgrade a typical readers theater classroom performance using the iPad. Set up Reader's Theater First you need to decide how to set up and run your class reader's theater. You can have students stand in the front of the classroom facing the audience in a line and step forward when it is their turn to talk. Or for more informal practice, have students sit in a circle