My fourth graders and I have recently updated our 1:1 iPad Menu in Guided Reading. We have discovered some amazing apps to use with our district curriculum and Daily Five, which we have actually changed to Daily Six. It is so important to give students a voice and choice to show what they know and what they are learning.
Click below for a copy of the 1:1 Menu that will allow you to copy and edit as you wish.
1:1 iPad Menu
Student accountability is also very important. Students keep track of the skill and strategy they focus on in the reading curriculum, and they also record how they show their learning. Of course, the evidence of learning they create and share is what is of utmost importance.
Word Work
Since I have different groups in Words Their Way,
I am able to create specific groups and assign their weekly words. You
are able to search for word lists already created to import to your
class. Another great feature is the vocabulary component that
reinforces and helps teach the meaning of each spelling word. It is a
great tool to use to differentiate spelling instruction and students are
100% engaged. You can get test results for each child, and it also has a writing component. You can also use it for the tested vocabulary words for the week. Students can also use it at home.
Stick Around
Reading Vocabulary for our story What Jo Did
Haiku Deck
Listening
Textbook Online Pearson eText for Schools
Our reading textbook is online. We really love the glossary, highlighting, and sticky note feature.
Epic! is a free app for educators. Students have instant access to 1,000 of books. I have created a list of favorites since it may be overwhelming with all the book choices. You can have groups of students you are working with read the same book. They have the books broken down on each shelf according to genres and recommendations.
Storyline Online
Reading to Someone
Popplet
Dream-X
3D Avatar
Kidblog
Wonderopolis
Explain Everything from MorrisCooke
Language Skill - Possessive Nouns
Words Their Way - Spelling Pattern
Read to Self
Recorder Plus HD
Newsela
Literably
Quizlet
Quizlet
is a great learning tool to use to practice and reinforce reading vocabulary. You can
create flashcards, tests, and study games for each word list of the
week. You have the option of having questions be a Written Response,
Matching, Multiple Choice, or True or False. Quizlet creates a scatter game that is
timed, so students can match each word with the correct definition.
Pages
Book Creator
My students are working on a year-long book project. A big emphasis in our reading curriculum is Greek and Latin Roots. Student are adding to the book weekly.
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| 4th Graders Working on our Guided Reading Choice Board |
1:1 iPad Menu for Guided Reading
1:1 iPad Menu
Student accountability is also very important. Students keep track of the skill and strategy they focus on in the reading curriculum, and they also record how they show their learning. Of course, the evidence of learning they create and share is what is of utmost importance.
Word Work
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| Lainey learning the meaning of her spelling words. |
Stick Around
Stick Around is one of our favorite apps. My fourth graders have been using it for Words their Way and their language skill of the week.
Tips for using Stick Around by iPad Educators
Shadow Puppet is a free app that my students love to use during guided reading. It is a digital story telling app. One way my fourth graders have been using it during guided reading is for their tested reading vocabulary. They also use it to show what they know about our reading comprehension skill of the week.
Reading Vocabulary for our story What Jo Did
Haiku Deck
Students can create presentations and slideshows using Haiku Deck. Brie wrote sentences for her reading vocabulary words focusing on our reading selection.
Listening
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| Reading Comprehension Skill - Main Idea and Details |
Our reading textbook is online. We really love the glossary, highlighting, and sticky note feature.
Epic! is a free app for educators. Students have instant access to 1,000 of books. I have created a list of favorites since it may be overwhelming with all the book choices. You can have groups of students you are working with read the same book. They have the books broken down on each shelf according to genres and recommendations. 
Storyline Online
A free online story telling site. Hollywood celebrities read books online.
Reading to Someone
Popplet can be used in so many ways during guided reading. Below my fourth graders are creating their Concept Map for the weekly reading selection. Students are able to show their learning in different and creative ways using Popplet.
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| Reading Skill-Prefixes and Suffixes |
Dream-X
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| Compound Words |
3D Avatar
3D Avatar Creator is very similar to Tellagami, but it has so many more choices for
students and it is a free app. Students have the ability to create one or two avatars.
Students use the avatars to create a recording and show the
understanding of the reading story or reading tradebook of the week with a partner. They practice reading with fluency and expression. Students then app smash
and send it to iMovie from their camera roll to edit. After the movies
are created they can send it to YouTube.
We have leveled readers that tie in with our curriculum. Angelique and
Jaxon summarized the selection Dogs on the Job after rereading the book together.
Jaxon summarized the selection Dogs on the Job after rereading the book together.
Writing
Students not only practice their writing skills, but they can reflect on
their learning, connect with other classrooms from all over the world,
and create a portfolio of their writing. Students use Kidblog weekly to share the final draft of the writing they completed that focused on our genre of the week. Our classroom kid site is Mrs. Evon's Fourth Grade Team.
Wonderopolis
Wonderopolis is a great a great site to get students to think outside the box. Students are able to go to Wonderopolis on their iPad and read the Wonder of the Day and reflect upon their thinking.
Doceri is a free interactive whiteboard for the iPad. There are so many possibilities in using this app during guided reading. Doceri is a great presentation tool.
Explain Everything from MorrisCooke
Explain Everything is an app we use in all curricular areas, but there are endless possibilities in using it with guided reading. My fourth graders have been using it with the Reading Comprehension and Word Analysis skill of the week. Students can send their
work directly to YouTube, or they can app smash it to iMovie and create a
movie video.
Tia's Cause and Effect Video
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| Angelique recording herself reading. |
Students record themselves reading a selected passage. After they save
the passage on Recorder Plus HD, students label what they read, take a picture of the selection, and include the
date. After students record their reading, it is saved and archived. Students
then listen to the audio recording and complete a self-evaluation on
their reading. My fourth graders then set goals for fluency, expression, and automaticity. Students are able to export their recordings. Two options we use are sending their reading to Google Drive and their Gmail accounts.
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| Students Self-Evaluating their Fluency |
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| Recorder Plus HD |
Newsela
This is a great site to tie in with our reading curriculum. This site contains current event and news articles that help enhance students' skills in nonfiction literacy.
I like how you can assign a specific reading level and National Reading Standard when selecting a current event article you want your students to read.
Raz Kids is a leveled reading program. Each of my students have their
own book room at their specific independent reading level. After each
selection they read, students complete a comprehension quiz. In
addition to using our district curriculum and Fountas and Pinnell, the
information gathered from Raz Kids helps plan future instruction and RTI
groups. Raz Kids not only ties in with common core, but gives
teachers access to each student's activity report, assignment progress,
assessments, and a skills report.
RAZ Kids and Common Core 
My student use this recording sheet when they read a new book from their book room. They
write the level of the book which correlates with the reading levels of
Fountas and Pinnell, the title of the selection, and the score they
earn on their quiz. The skills column lists what particular
questions they missed and the skill they need more guidance and
instruction on. It is easy to see patterns on missed questions.
Literably is used to help monitor students' reading progress. Students are given reading passages that tie in with their Fountas and Pinnell reading level. After students read they are asked a series of comprehension questions. Then they retell the story and record themselves.
Skills of the Week
ChatterPix can make anything talk. Students have been using it during reading to share what they learned about our Reading Skill of the week.
Working on inferring in reading and electricity in science. Ss created iMovies using the ChatterPix created since you can only record for 30 minutes.
30Hands is a great story telling app to use when students share what they are learning.
Comprehension Reading Skills - Main Idea/Details
Quizlet
Pages
Each week, students have a new writing genre. My fourth graders are writing their first draft. After they edit and proofread they put their final draft into Pages and are able to select a template of their choice. Each student then publishes his/her writing into Kidblog.
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| Writing Genre-Expository Composition |
Book Creator
My students are working on a year-long book project. A big emphasis in our reading curriculum is Greek and Latin Roots. Student are adding to the book weekly. 
Students go to the Pearson Realize site on their iPad. They complete their work that I assign them. All assignments have a due date, and I am able to track and gather data on skills and concepts they need additional help with.
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