The Daily Five: Digital

Teachers in kindergarten through grade two will find that their newest digital tool, their iPad, can be put to use immediately to reinforce The Daily Five areas; Read to Others, Read to Self, Listen to Reading, Word Work and Work on Writing. In fact, they may soon come to wonder how they met student needs in each of these areas without it! The iPad or iTouch alone or coupled with the Belkin RockStar or another multiple splitter device  provides an immediate listening center, and delivers apps which reinforce skills in all areas. In fact, a quick search on the Internet returns several sites devoted to just this purpose, using mobile devices and their applications to support instruction in ELA during The Daily Five. When we first looked at this option a few years ago for the iTouch the app selection was limited. Today there are so many apps available that we struggle with which app to recommend, but here we go...


Read to Self
Read Me Stories
K12 Timed Reading Practice
Timed Reading
Scholastic Reading Timer
MeeGenius
Wild Fables
Storia
Learning A-Z
Tumblebooks
BOB Books

Read to Others
Book Creator
Storykit
VoiceThread
Bookster

Listen to Reading
Reading Rainbow
Tumblebooks
Reading Rainbow
Rocket Reads
The Cat in the Hat Lite
Toy Story Read-Along

Work on Writing
Popplet
Shake a Phrase
StoryKit
Pixie
Wixie

Word Work
Little Speller Sight Words
Spelling City
Sight Words by Photo Touch
Sight Words List-Learn to Read Flash Cards & Games
Sight Words: Kids Learn
ABC Sight Words Writing
ABC Love to Read

Which app do you use? Do you have any success stories to share?