Wright Elementary
Primary Talent Pool and Enrichment
February 2016
Referred 3rd Graders Were TAG Tested in the Month of February
- Art on demand pieces on students we were referred for TAG Art will work on their portfolio in early March and then assessed during the month of March.
- Test results for TAG testing should be reported to you hopefully by the time we get back from Spring Break.
Welcome To The Monthly Newsletter for PTP/Enrichment
How Are K-3 Students Served in Primary Talent Pool?
Focus During Pull Out Services for Primary Talent Pool in the Month of February
K/First Grade
Reading:
- RI.9: Identify basic similarities in and differences between two texts on the same topic (illustrations, descriptions, procedures)
http://tweentribune.com/topic/animals/tween56/
Topic: Animals
Ski dogs provide safety on slopes
and
- Focus in HR class
Over the next few lessons, work through the questions, rereading the text if necessary and thinking aloud about how the questions can be answered. We will ask questions before, during, and after. Code the answers with T for found in text, I for those questions that you have to infer the answer, and OS for those questions that you know can be answered from an outside source.
So in enrichment we will do the same but use text from tweentribune
Have students pick the article at:
Math:
Students have been working on 2nd grade level mathematical modules (Mr. Wolfe's Interactive Whiteboard Math Games and Calculation Nation from NCTM) dealing with numbers and operations, geometry, telling time, and measurement.
Second Grade
Reading:
Students have been working on reading plays and reading the Misadventures of Maude March while connecting activities to the MAP RIT level such as:
ELA Workshop
Directions: Please complete all of the activities in column 1 first, then column 2, then column 3. When finished turn into Ms. Berlin with your work. RIT Band 211-220 Reading
Get a dictionary and write the definitions and draw a picture of each of the words in the 211-220 vocabulary words
What is dialogue?
What is plot?
From the book you are reading this week write down 10 different dialogues
Write all parts of the plot.
Write the characters and how they are feeling and why they are feeling that way.
From the book you are reading this week write the chronological order in which the major events happen.
Sketch a story of each of the words in the 211-220 vocabulary words.
Draw a story in pictures using 10 of the vocabulary words. You may choose one big picture or several scenes in squares. Explain your picture to your partner. You will make 3 of these pictures
What does conflict mean?
What is a the conflict in the story?
Why is that a conflict?
What is a conflict you think the character has but did not tell anyone? Why do you think they didn’t tell anyone?
What is a metaphor? Simile? Write 15 examples of each
What is an idiom? Synonym? Homograph? Write down 15 examples in a sentence. What is a fact? Opinion? Write 15 examples of each in a sentence. What is mood? Write down 15 examples
Write a short story using 15 of the words in the 211-220 vocabulary words. Draw a picture to illustrate your story.
What is a main character?
Read the story and answer who is the main character?
How do you know?
How does the main character act?
Why do you think he acts that way?
Would you want to be friends with the main character? Why?
What is an irregular verb? Adverb? Preposition? Conjunction? Linking verb? Auxiliary verb? Compound Noun? Possessive noun? Singular noun? Reflexive pronoun? Adjective? Give 10 examples of each in a sentence.
RIT Score Range: 211–220
allusion
appendix
cause
characterization
characterize
chronological
classified ad
connotation
coupon
Reading a-iv
debate
diagram
exposition
falling action
flashback
foreshadowing
guide letters
headline
hyperbole
idiom
imagery
instruction
irony
memo
memorandum
metaphor
narrate
onomatopoeia
parable
personification
persuasive
picture book
prediction
present tense
primary source
primary source historical
document
pun
quote
research paper
resolve
revision
subject
suspense
thesis paper
word play
RIT Score Range: 211–220
abstract
active voice
alphabetical order
analyze
application
appositive
capitalization
characteristics
cluster
comma splice
common noun
comparison
complex sentence
compound-complex
sentence
conjunction
contrast
documentation
editorial
exposition
expository essay
figure of speech
fragment
generalization
how-to essay
hyperbole
idiom
imagery
independent clause
infinitive phrase
instructions
interjection
Language Usage a-viii
journalistic
language
limerick
main clause
main point
metaphor
modifier
noun clause
noun phrase
onomatopoeia
organization
parallelism
part of speech
participial phrase
participle
persona
personification
plural possessive
preposition
present participle
prewrite
prewriting
primary source
problem and solution
process essay
purpose
resumé
rhetorical question
rough draft
simple sentence
source
summarize
summary
synonym
theme
to explain
tone
verse
visualize
voice
Math:
Students have been working on 3rd grade level mathematical modules dealing with numbers and operations.
Third Grade
Reading:
Students have been working on reading plays and reading All Four Stars while connecting activities to the MAP RIT level such as:
ELA Workshop
Directions: Please complete all of the activities in column 1 first, then column 2, then column 3. When finished turn into Ms. Berlin with your work. RIT Band 211-220 Reading
Get a dictionary and write the definitions and draw a picture of each of the words in the 211-220 vocabulary words
What is dialogue?
What is plot?
From the book you are reading this week write down 10 different dialogues
Write all parts of the plot.
Write the characters and how they are feeling and why they are feeling that way.
From the book you are reading this week write the chronological order in which the major events happen.
Sketch a story of each of the words in the 211-220 vocabulary words.
Draw a story in pictures using 10 of the vocabulary words. You may choose one big picture or several scenes in squares. Explain your picture to your partner. You will make 3 of these pictures
What does conflict mean?
What is a the conflict in the story?
Why is that a conflict?
What is a conflict you think the character has but did not tell anyone? Why do you think they didn’t tell anyone?
What is a metaphor? Simile? Write 15 examples of each
What is an idiom? Synonym? Homograph? Write down 15 examples in a sentence. What is a fact? Opinion? Write 15 examples of each in a sentence. What is mood? Write down 15 examples
Write a short story using 15 of the words in the 211-220 vocabulary words. Draw a picture to illustrate your story.
What is a main character?
Read the story and answer who is the main character?
How do you know?
How does the main character act?
Why do you think he acts that way?
Would you want to be friends with the main character? Why?
What is an irregular verb? Adverb? Preposition? Conjunction? Linking verb? Auxiliary verb? Compound Noun? Possessive noun? Singular noun? Reflexive pronoun? Adjective? Give 10 examples of each in a sentence.
RIT Score Range: 211–220
allusion
appendix
cause
characterization
characterize
chronological
classified ad
connotation
coupon
Reading a-iv
debate
diagram
exposition
falling action
flashback
foreshadowing
guide letters
headline
hyperbole
idiom
imagery
instruction
irony
memo
memorandum
metaphor
narrate
onomatopoeia
parable
personification
persuasive
picture book
prediction
present tense
primary source
primary source historical
document
pun
quote
research paper
resolve
revision
subject
suspense
thesis paper
word play
RIT Score Range: 211–220
abstract
active voice
alphabetical order
analyze
application
appositive
capitalization
characteristics
cluster
comma splice
common noun
comparison
complex sentence
compound-complex
sentence
conjunction
contrast
documentation
editorial
exposition
expository essay
figure of speech
fragment
generalization
how-to essay
hyperbole
idiom
imagery
independent clause
infinitive phrase
instructions
interjection
Language Usage a-viii
journalistic
language
limerick
main clause
main point
metaphor
modifier
noun clause
noun phrase
onomatopoeia
organization
parallelism
part of speech
participial phrase
participle
persona
personification
plural possessive
preposition
present participle
prewrite
prewriting
primary source
problem and solution
process essay
purpose
resumé
rhetorical question
rough draft
simple sentence
source
summarize
summary
synonym
theme
to explain
tone
verse
visualize
voice
Math:
Students have been working on numbers and operation activities and projects that are above grade level. These activities and projects (problem based learning) typically come from Problem of The Week (POW) at Drexel University, the National Council of Teacher for Mathematics (NCTM), and NextLesson.
We have been working with multiplication, division, fractions, perimeter, and area.
The students have Math notebooks that have their projects in them this will allow you to see their work and thinking.
Articles For Enriching Your Child
Math Article:
Goldilocks An Engineer?
February 2016, Vol. 22, Issue 6
Goldilocks an engineer?
Lukas J. Hefty
How do you teach engineering to kindergartners? This is a fair question, given the stereotype of STEM workers as lab scientists and number crunchers; however, when approached from a wider perspective, even the youngest of children can be engineers. A framework for K–grade 12 science education defines engineering “in a very broad sense to mean any engagement in a systematic practice of design to achieve solutions to particular human problems” (NRC 2012, pp. 11–12). This aligns closely with the first of the Common Core’s Standards for Mathematical Practice (SMP 1): Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them (CCSSI 2010, p. 6). Children as young as kindergarten are capable of identifying problems and designing solutions in science and mathematics, and it turns out that many fairy tales provide a rich problem-solution context.
The engineering design challenge described in this article is part of a broader unit of study developed around the story Goldilocks and the Three Bears (see fig. 1).
During the course of four weeks, a kindergarten class examined the story from different perspectives. For example, in one lesson, students considered the attributes of bears and their habitats; in another lesson, they considered the consequences of making safe or unsafe choices. The teacher purposefully “sandwiched” content between the introduction and execution of the design challenge. In this manner, the challenge provided context for understanding mathematics and science content. Use of a familiar story as a basis for identifying and solving a problem increased students’ motivation throughout the unit.
The following is a description of students’ experiences in one kindergarten class during the final two weeks of the Goldilocks unit. We pick up during the introduction to the problem and follow the class as students develop the mathematics skills necessary for success with the challenge.
Before rereading the story to the class, Mrs. Carter announced, “You have heard the story Goldilocks and the Three Bears before, but today we are reading it a little differently. Today we are reading like engineers!” After rereading the story, Carter continued, “Goldilocks has a problem, and she needs our help. What is Goldilocks’s problem? Talk with your neighbor.”
The class decided that one of Goldilocks’s problems was that she broke the chair, which led to the design challenge: Design a just-right chair for Goldilocks. The students buzzed with excitement and wanted to know more, so Carter guided them through the design criteria:
• Work in an engineering team to design a chair with a seat, a back, and four legs.
• The chair should balance when different forces are applied.
• Select from a variety of materials (e.g., Legos®, blocks, Lincoln Logs®, Tinker Toys®).
• Plan the design and draw a diagram of the chair before building it.
• Test the chair using the Less Mass and More Mass Goldilocks dolls.
• Revise the design and test again as needed.
Carter realized that her students needed to understand some important mathematics and science concepts before approaching the challenge. She introduced the challenge in advance to assist her students with making connections between the content and application. The class began by sorting attribute blocks, and Carter explained that the color, shape, thickness, and size of the blocks are called their properties (CCSS.K.MD.B.3). She continued to explain that the properties of a material are what make it more or less useful and that in design, some properties are more important than others. The class discussed the various building blocks available for the chair design and the properties that might be important to consider (e.g., color is a less important property to consider than strength for this challenge).
In a subsequent lesson, the class produced a general definition of mass: the amount of stuff (matter) in an object. They “massed” themselves using a large double-beam balance, like those used in doctors’ offices. The students used balance scales to compare the mass of various objects and to label them as less mass or more mass(CCSS.K.MD.A.2). Carter reminded students that they would be testing the strength of their chairs using Less Mass Goldilocks and More Mass Goldilocks. The two dolls are the same size, but by holding them and using balance scales to compare, students could feel and see that one is light and the other, heavy.
Exploring materials for the chair design
Next, Carter read Homes Everywhere (Ring 2002) and identified the materials that are used to build homes in the story. Students learned that design choices are often made on the basis of environmental factors: Which materials are readily available? How will weather impact the design? Who will be using the house or chair? Students were tasked with building a model home using some of the materials available in the classroom. While building, they were asked to compare materials and consider the best choices for the chair design. Materials varied in size, shape, color, and ability to fit together. The concept of force was introduced using Push and Pull (Freeman 1997), and students practiced pushing and pulling on their model homes to observe the effects. The Goldilocks dolls apply a force on the chairs—a chair that withstands the force does not move or fall apart—so students had to carefully consider material choices and design structure.
After reading Design It! Build It! (Ring 2007), Carter addressed the class: “Today we get to work as engineers to solve Goldilocks’ problem! We are going to use our engineering design process and all we have learned about forces and materials to create a plan.”
The engineering teams began right away by talking about their ideas for the chair (materials, shape, size, etc.). “I think we should use the big Legos, because they fit together and will be strong,” one student suggested.
Another child noted, “We need to make the seat wide enough so Goldilocks doesn’t knock it over.”
After coming to an agreement, the class drew a blueprint (see fig. 2). Once the blueprint received teacher approval, students gathered materials and constructed the chair according to their drawing.
Teams used the dolls to check their chairs at multiple times during construction. They used the results of each test to inform their design: Where are the weaknesses? How can we make it stronger? Some teams even decided to abort their plan and start again with a fresh blueprint or different materials. During the design phase, the teacher acted as an observer, allowing students to struggle and persevere through any frustration, while providing just enough scaffolding to keep the teams from breaking down. The final check provided the opportunity for each team to present its chair to the class, discussing materials selection and aspects that made it especially strong or unique. Chair strength was tested against Less Mass Goldilocks, then against More Mass Goldilocks, and the results were recorded on a class chart. The class discussed strengths and weaknesses of each chair, and the teams considered ways to improve their designs.
When implementing engineering design tasks with young children for the first time, here are some important aspects to consider:
• Team-oriented tasks and discussions require a good deal of up-front preparation. Children should be guided through multiple experiences in working with teammates, with teachers highlighting the elements of effective teams and the positive examples they observe.
• The engineering design process should be introduced before the design challenge, using minichallenges to guide students through the process. This is particularly important for keeping primary grade students focused and structured.
• The development of related mathematics and science content before the challenge enables all students to engage, not just those with prior knowledge.
• The teacher should be a constant observer, facilitating appropriate discussion and teamwork but allowing enough space for children to resolve conflicts independently.
The benefits of the activity were well worth the preparation time. Carter noted a significant increase in student motivation not only during the design challenge but also throughout the unit. In addition to developing a beginning understanding of the relationship between science and mathematics, students developed collaboration and problem-solving skills that persisted throughout the school year.
Integrating simple design tasks
STEM education should be accessible for everyone, regardless of gender, ethnicity, ability, or age. One way this can happen is through the integration of simple design tasks into broader units of study. The Goldilocks example described above, like many fairy tales, provides a motivating problem-solution context accessible to kindergartners. Young children have a natural ability to solve problems that—when harnessed—will help them—
• see the connectedness among mathematics, science, literature, and the real world;
• communicate as part of an effective team; and
• over time, develop into the creative problem solvers that our society needs.
Common Core State Standards Initiative (CCSSI). 2010. Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (CCSSM). Washington, DC: National Governors Association Center for Best Practices and the Council of Chief State School Officers. http://www.corestandards.org/wp-content/uploads/Math_Standards.pdf
Freeman, Marcia. Push and Pull. 1997. New York: Newbridge Educational Publishing.
National Research Council (NRC). 2012. A Framework for K–12 Science Education: Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and Core Ideas. Committee on a Conceptual Framework for New K–12 Science Education Standards. Board on Science Education, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
NGSS Lead States. 2013. Next Generation Science Standards: For States, by States. Washington, DC: National Academies Press. http://www.nextgenscience.org/next-generation-science-standards
Ring, Susan. Homes Everywhere Teacher Shared Reading Big Book. 2002. Orlando, FL: Steck-Vaughn.
———. Design It! Build It! Big Book & Teacher’s Guide. 2007. Marlborough, MA: Sundance/Newbridge.
Lukas Hefty, heftyl@pcsb.org, is the Engineering Magnet Coordinator at Douglas L. Jamerson Jr. Elementary Center for Mathematics and Engineering, in Pinellas County, Florida. He is interested in the benefits of integrated mathematics and science instruction. Edited by Terri L. Kurz, terri.kurz@asu.edu, who teaches mathematics and mathematics methodology at Arizona State University at the Polytechnic campus in Mesa; and by Bahadir Yanik,hbyanik@yahoo.com, who teaches at Anadolu University in Eskisehir, Turkey.
READING ARTICLE:
Gifted Challenges in Reading:
http://giftedchallenges.blogspot.com/2014/07/are-all-gifted-children-early-readers.html
Parenting For High Potential
Parenting for High Potential is the magazine designed for parents who want to make a difference in their children's lives, who want to develop their children's gifts and talents, and who want to help them develop their potential to the fullest.
February 2016 edition
http://www.nagc.org/sites/default/files/NAGC_PHP_Winter2016_Screen_km.pdf
Websites or Apps For Enrichment
http://calculationnation.nctm.org/
http://www.education.com/games/reading/
Apps for Gifted Kids
When my kids were young, folks started getting Personal Computers. A few had Macs, most had PCs. Now this sounds like "the dark ages," but my kids are still in school! More and more of us have smart phones or tablets, mostly based on either Apple or Android operating systems. And whatever we want to do, "There's an app for that!"
Here's a quick list of popular apps for gifted kids. The apps are arranged by ages... preschoolers, young school-age kids, and older kids and teens. There are also apps for parents: apps for tracking your homeschooling efforts, and even apps for tracking your knitting! Enjoy! And if you find an app your kids, or you, just adore, please tell us about it! carolyn@hoagiesgifted.org
Apple apps are sold through the Apple Apps store. Android apps are available either through the Android Market, or through the Amazon App Store. Remember to check the Amazon App Store for their daily free app, often a regularly-priced app available only briefly for free.
Aqueduct (iPad/iPhone)Aqueduct – a world of jumbled waterways and mixed-up pipelines. It's up to you to rearrange the tracks and restore the flow. Locked gates, shifty conveyor belts, puzzling warp portals, and more stand between you and order. Over 200 unique puzzles... ($2.99) Also Aqueduct 101 (iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch) with 48 different challenges (free)
BananaGrams (iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch)Award winning game that will drive you bananas! Just like the board game, Scrabble without a board, played against yourself in a race against your opponents or the clock... (paid $0.99)
BrainPop Featured Movie (iPad)Watch a different animated movie every day, then test your new knowledge with an interactive quiz... (free)
Chicktionary Lite (iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch)Unscramble a roost full of letters and create as many words as possible. Each hen bears a letter. Touch the hens and spell out a word, then watch as the word appears below them. Press Enter to submit the word (free for Lite version, $1.99 forChicktionary for the iPad)
CargoBot (iPad)A puzzle game where users teach a robot how to move crates; create this game programmed entirely on iPad using Codea
Code Academy: Hour of Code (iPhone/iPad)learn to use JavaScript to create an animation, in an hour! Available for the iPhone/iPad or PC
DC Comics (iPad/iPhone and Android)Download and enjoy great comic books from DC Comics current weekly offerings plus their vast, legendary classics library.Check out Tiny Titans... (free)
Daisy the Dinosaur (iPad)Free, fun app with simple drag and drop interface that kids of all ages can use to animate Daisy to dance across the screen
DragonBox (Android and iPad)Become an algebra star in no time! It doesn't matter if you hate maths or love it; you'll enjoy this game. In just one hour of playing, you will master difficult algebraic equations. Impress your friends, parents or even your teacher. Or simply prove to yourself that you are smart. The fast track to understanding algebra... $2.99 for theiPad. Review from Wired: GeekDad
DragonBox Algebra 5+ (Android and iPad)
DragonBox Algebra 12+ (Android and iPad)
DragonBox Elements (Android and iPad)
Evernote (Android and iPad)Easy-to-use app that helps you remember everything across all of the devices you use. Stay organized, save your ideas and improve productivity. Take notes, capture photos, create to-do lists, record voice reminders--and makes these notes completely searchable, whether you are at home, at work, or on the go... (free)Fractals (iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch)Move and pinch and fractals in real-time! Explore Mandelbrot and Julia sets, select between multiple equations and enter your own values for Julia sets. Save fractals to your photos and share with friends or save them to your Fractals album... ($2.99)
Frog Dissection (iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch and Android)Move and pinch and fractals in real-time! Explore Mandelbrot and Julia sets, select between multiple equations and enter your own values for Julia sets. Save fractals to your photos and share with friends or save them to your Fractals album... ($2.99)
Game About Squares (iPad/iPhone and Android and PC/Mac) (free)
GeoBee Challenge (iPad and Android) by National GeographicIn the multiple-choice round, answers come from a library of more than 1300 National Geographic Bee questions. In the map challenge round, zoom, pinch and tap your way to find spots on an interactive map from a catalog of 1000+ locations. For an added challenge, bonus rounds include National Geographic photographs; you have to locate what's in the photo on the interactive map...but you don't know where the photo was taken or what is in the picture! The faster you answer, the more points you get... For grades 4-8 ($1.99)
Glogster (PC only, see Rover for iPad)create GLOGS - online multimedia posters - with text, photos, videos, graphics, sounds, drawings (PC version uses Flash editor). (free)
Google Earth (Android and iPad)Explore the world from the palm of your hand... (free)
Google Goggles (Android and iPad)Search the real world by taking a picture. Image recognition technology to recognize objects and return relevant search results... (free)
Hakitzu Elite: Robot Hackers (iPad and Android)Learn JavaScript. No programming knowledge is required. Go from beginner, to coder, to hacker in both the single player mode and on the battlefield. The more students code by hand, the more points they receive to unlock ultimate weapons for a “battle royale” in the gaming arena. In-game leaderboards rank users against their friends, taking rivalry to a new level...
Hopscotch (iPad)Teaches kids to code using simple, intuitive building blocks. Create games, animations and other programs in this colorful, interactive environment. Program characters to move, draw and collide with each other, and use shaking, tilting, or even shouting at the iPad to control them. Inspired by MIT’s Scratch...
Khan Academy (iPad)A convenient way to watch Khan Academy videos.... not the full Khan Academy experience (free)
KidCalc 7-in-1 Math Fun (iPad/iPhone)Teaches number recognition, counting and math to pre-schoolers, kindergarteners and elementary school aged children using flash cards and puzzle games... (free)
LightBot (iPad and Android) Also LightBot Jr 4+, LightBot - One Hour Coding (free)Get kids hooked on coding in minutes! Lightbot is a programming puzzle game; a game whose game mechanics require using programming logic to solve levels. Guide a robot to light up tiles and solve levels using commands, Lightbot cultivates a real understanding of procedures, loops, and conditionals for players...
Minds of Modern Mathematics (iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch)Takes you on an interactive journey that spans nearly 1,000 years. It tells the story of mathematics and how it has impacted almost every aspect of human progress, from science to music, art, architecture, and culture (from IBM)... (free)
Minim (iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch)Obliterate molecules by combining connected atoms, reducing the subatomic matter to a single particle. Become a minimalist in no time... ($1.99)
Move the Turtle (iPad) Teaches children the basics of creating computer programs, using intuitive graphic commands, using the Logo programming language. A friendly Turtle will introduce your child step by step to the basic concepts of programming in a colourful graphic environment...
NASA (Android and iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch)The Official NASA App. Includes a collection of stunning images, videos, mission information, news, NASA TV, mission status and more... (free)
Numbers League (iPad)Clever use of basic math skills will save the day. The more you play the sharper these skills will become until no villain is safe from your numerical onslaught... ($3.99)
Oregon Trail (Android and iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch)The Official NASA App. Includes a collection of stunning images, videos, mission information, news, NASA TV, mission status and more... ($0.99) Also available, Oregon Trail American Settler (Android andiPad/iPhone/iPod Touch)
PDANet (Android)Shares your phone's Internet connection with your computer and does not require rooting your phone! (free for 30 days, creates but does NOT require tethering)
Pixelogic Daily (iPad)Puzzle game using hints and logic to reveal a hidden picture made of colored tiles. Numeric hints are used to uncover a pixelated surprise... (free)
Planets (iPad)3D guide to the solar system for aspiring astronomers, including Sky 2D: locate planets with flat view of sky, Sky 3D: planetarium style view of the sky, Visibility: find out when planet will be visible, and Globe: rotating 3D globe of planets and moon (free)
Presidents vs. Aliens Lite (iPad)Learn presidential facts, quotes, nicknames and historical events, and use your knowledge to help the presidents defeat the aliens. Fling the presidents at the aliens to knock them all down. Use the many special objects and "Executive Powers" to increase the fun! Collect all 44... (free for Lite version, $0.99 for Presidents vs. Aliens)
Presidents! (iPad/iPhone)Learn about presidents from Washington to Obama through visual recognition. Multiple choice quiz to track your progress, keeps you challenged by remembering what you got right and wrong. Browse the presidents to become more familiar; each president has a full biography... ($0.99)
Rover (iPad)Enhances the K-12 education experience, bringing the best online learning content to your iPad, including access to content ordinarily available on the Apple tablet (e.g. Flash content) (free)
Scramble With Friends (Android and iPad/iPod/iPhone)It's like Boggle at home, now for your handheld devices. Play against friends via e-mail, Facebook or Twitter (terribly addictive). It is possible for kids to play against random opponents and those opponents to contact your child via the game chat.
SET Game (iPad/iPod/iPhone) (Android)SET, the classic card game of visual perception. Match or don't match three shapes, colors, shading and number of items on each card. For multi-touch, multi-player action, try SET Pro HD (iPad/iPod/iPhone).
SimplePhysics (iPad/iPhone and soon, Android)Design complex structures for everything from tree houses to ferris wheels and then simulate your design with a sophisticated physics engine... (free)
SketchBook Pro (iPad and Android)Professional-grade paint and drawing application... ($4.99 iPad or Android)
Sky Map (Android)Turn your Android device into a window on the night sky... previously called Google Sky, now open source (free)
Smithsonian Channel App (iPad or Android)Smithsonian Channel’s original series, documentaries and fun facts, full episodes and hundreds of video clips... (free)
Space Physics Lite (Android)Puzzle classic with over 2800 levels, ranging in difficulty from 'kids' to 'impossible.' Solve levels for fun, or try for the par score... play for years! (free for Lite version, $1.99 for Space Physics)
Stack the Countries Lite (iPad)Learn country capitals, landmarks, geographic locations and more, you can actually touch, move and drop the animated countries anywhere on the screen. Carefully build a stack of countries that reaches the checkered line to win each level... (free for Lite version, $0.99 for Stack the Countries)
Stack the States Lite (iPad)Learn state capitals, shapes, geographic locations and more, you can actually touch, move and drop the animated states anywhere on the screen. Carefully build a stack of states that reaches the checkered line to win each level... (free for Lite version, $0.99 for Stack the States)
Story Dice by ThinkamingoAnother pair of story-creation apps, for Android and iTunes devices.
Tetravex (Android)Classic puzzle game where pieces must be positioned so that the same numbers are touching each other... (free for Tetravex, $1.49 for Tetravex Pro)
Touch Physics (iPad)Draw shapes with a crayon that come to life. These shapes interact with the wheel, causing it to move according to physical laws. When it reaches the star, the level is complete. Beware, this is not as simple as it sounds! ($1.99)
Trainyard (iPad/iPhone)Easy to learn but very tough to master. Your job is to get each train to a goal station. Red trains go to red stations, blue trains go to blue stations, etc. You control the trains by drawing track for them to follow. There isn't a time limit or even a score; the only thing you need to do is figure out a solution for each puzzle. ($2.99)
Unblock Me (Android and iPad/iPod/iPhone)Ssimple and addictive puzzle game. Get the red block out of the board by sliding the other blocks out of the way, 4200 puzzles in four difficulty levels...
Vexed Pro (Android)Puzzle classic with over 2800 levels, ranging in difficulty from 'kids' to 'impossible.' Solve levels for fun, or try for the par score... play for years! (free)
Ultimate Dinopedia (iPad) by National GeographicDig into more than 700 dinos with National Geographic’s interactive Dinopedia! ($4.99)
Where's My Water? Free (iPad and Android)Swampy the Alligator lives in the sewers under the city. He is a little different from the other alligators — he’s curious, friendly, and loves taking a shower after a hard day at work. The other alligators have damaged his plumbing and disrupted the water flow. Help Swampy by guiding water to his shower! (free version, $0.99 for Where's My Water?, iPad andAndroid)
WolframAlpha (iPad and Android)Remember the Star Trek computer? It's finally happening--with Wolfram|Alpha. Building on 25 years of development led by Stephen Wolfram, Wolfram|Alpha has rapidly become the world's definitive source for instant expert knowledge and computation! ($2.99)
Words With Friends (Android and iPad/iPod/iPhone)Your favorite crossword game, now for your handheld devices. Play against friends via e-mail, Facebook or Twitter (terribly addictive). It is possible for kids to play against random opponents and those opponents to contact your child via the game chat.
X Construction (Android)Build a bridge with the given amount of materials to let the train safely cross the valley. Great physics game. (Lite version is free, and I haven't gotten through it yet...)
How to get in touch with Mrs. Berlin
Email: ashley.berlin@shelby.kyschools.us
Website: http://www.shelby.kyschools.us/Content2/56
Location: 8300 Frankfort Road, Waddy, KY, United States
Phone: 859-806-1724
Twitter: @aberlintag