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Time Test App Many elementary teachers have been talking about this app recently because it is a great one to have in your arsenal. Actually, there are two apps available. There is a free addition app and then there is one that has the other three operations for 99 cents. Well worth it. This app lets you add different students, set up time tests for individual students including the operation, range of problems, number of problems, a timer, and instant feedback. After the student takes the test, they are able to email or print their results, or a record of their results will be stored in the app. Mental math facts are a very important skill to have mastered, and this app lets you differentiate to each student with minimal setup. | PBS Kids "You Choose" The Presidential Election is a little over a month away and this may be a topic that you want to cover in your classroom. PBS Kids released a kid-friendly site that is dedicated to informing students about the candidates and learning more about being President. This site has videos about voting, trading cards about Presidents and their First Lady, as well as campaign posters. The trading cards and campaign posters can be downloaded and printed off for your students. To check out this site, click here. | Quizlet Live Quizlet has been a favorite vocabulary app for a long time, and their newest feature is pretty slick. Quizlet Live takes a set of flashcards and turns it into a team competition. There are many formative assessment options out there that have team building exercises, but this one is very unique and requires your students to talk and work together. To launch Quizlet Live, choose any of your flashcard sets, select "Live" and it will walk you through from there. The game will randomly assign teams and teams may or may not sit by each other. It is best if they do rearrange to sit by each other to practice communication. *In order to play Live, you must have 6 students, each with their own device. You may have many more than that, but 6 is the least amount needed to play. |
Time Test App
Many elementary teachers have been talking about this app recently because it is a great one to have in your arsenal. Actually, there are two apps available. There is a free addition app and then there is one that has the other three operations for 99 cents. Well worth it. This app lets you add different students, set up time tests for individual students including the operation, range of problems, number of problems, a timer, and instant feedback. After the student takes the test, they are able to email or print their results, or a record of their results will be stored in the app. Mental math facts are a very important skill to have mastered, and this app lets you differentiate to each student with minimal setup.
PBS Kids "You Choose"
The Presidential Election is a little over a month away and this may be a topic that you want to cover in your classroom. PBS Kids released a kid-friendly site that is dedicated to informing students about the candidates and learning more about being President. This site has videos about voting, trading cards about Presidents and their First Lady, as well as campaign posters. The trading cards and campaign posters can be downloaded and printed off for your students. To check out this site, click here.
Quizlet Live
Quizlet has been a favorite vocabulary app for a long time, and their newest feature is pretty slick. Quizlet Live takes a set of flashcards and turns it into a team competition. There are many formative assessment options out there that have team building exercises, but this one is very unique and requires your students to talk and work together. To launch Quizlet Live, choose any of your flashcard sets, select "Live" and it will walk you through from there. The game will randomly assign teams and teams may or may not sit by each other. It is best if they do rearrange to sit by each other to practice communication.
*In order to play Live, you must have 6 students, each with their own device. You may have many more than that, but 6 is the least amount needed to play.
ESGI
While I was spending some time with the Harbor Beach Kindergarten and 1st grade teachers, they enlightened me to a program called ESGI (Educations Software for Guiding Instruction). It is amazing! "ESGI is the simplest, easiest to use assessment platform for conducting one-on-one assessments for emergent and non-readers," states their website. The website claims that teachers will save over 400 hours using this program. Here are some more features about ESGI:
- ESGI has a 60-day free trial and then costs $199 a year
- 200+ pre-made assessments including CCSS, CCGPS, TK, Pre-K, and more
- Individual and group graphing
- Automated parent letters including low areas such as non-mastered sight words
- Simple sharing of assessments
Learn more about ESGI here.