REMIND 101 

A safe way for teachers to text message parents.  It's 100% free!  Fast, Safe & Easy!  Creates a contact number for your parents to use to communicate with you through the app and your phone number remains private.

Aesop's Quest (click to view in iTunes)

Price: $0.99 Grade Level: 2-6  Skill: Reading for detail Device: iPad, iPhone, iPod TouchAesop's Quest, based on Aesop's Fables, is a learning game where the student must remember elements of a story to complete a level. At the end of each story segment or level, the student is rewarded with puzzle pieces. After solving the puzzle, the story is complete and the child can continue to the next story.
 

iPod App of the Week

                         

Description:  This is a Math facts app.  The free version gives you access to the early levels of addition.  Mathtopia +, the full version, costs $3.99 and includes levels for all operations (+, -, x, and ÷), multi-player challenges in the Game Center, and the ability to unlock secret levels.  Trust me when I say it's wickedly addictive! 

Common Core and Grade Levels Alignments 

Addition and Subtraction: Kindergarten, First, and Second Grade 

CCSS.Math.Content.2.OA.B.2 Add and subtract within 20. By end of Grade 2, know from memory all sums of two one-digit numbers. 
Multiplication and Division: Third Grade 
CCSS.Math.Content.3.OA.C.7 Fluently multiply and divide within 100. By end of Grade 3, know from memory all products of two one-digit numbers. Multiplication and Division Modules. 

Training Blog

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