developing understanding of number sequences and patterns- Little Monkey Mystery Number iPad app

The First Grade Butterflies are developing their understanding of numbers and base ten as mathematicians!

Using the "Missing Numbers" activity in the Little Monkey Mystery Numbers iPad app- the Butterflies develop their understanding of number sequence to 20 (level 1), 50 (level 2), and to 100 (level 3).

The Butterfly Mathematicians develop and apply understanding of number sequence, 100 chart patterns, counting by ones, and number symbols to manipulate a set of number tiles that correlate to "missing number" tiles in a 20, 50, or 100 chart.

a first grader develops her understanding of number sequence
with the Little Monkey Mystery Number iPad app

a first grader applying her understanding of number sequence on a
50 chart-  using level 2 of "Missing Numbers" in the Little Monkey Mystery Numbers iPad app

a first grader interacts with a 100s chart-
using level 3 of "Missing Numbers" in the Little Monkey Mystery Numbers iPad app

using Notability to record learning as Scientists

The First Grade Butterflies are Scientists!

The Butterflies have been learning all about matter and have been exploring properties of matter!

As Scientists, the first graders worked cooperatively and collaboratively with a partner as "Science Properties Detectives"!

The partners accessed a recording sheet through the class shared Science Dropbox folder and imported the recording sheet into Notability.

The partners used the "take a photo" and annotation features of the Notability iPad app to document and record their learning as Scientists.

Partners "exported" (saved) the recording sheet to each of their individual "Science" Dropbox folders (providing parents and teacher access) and emailed the recording sheet to me (teacher).

first grade Scientists use the "take a photo" option
in the Notability iPad app
to photograph and document the object identified as matter with a specific property

a first grader photographs an object identified with the color property of blue
and inserts into the Notability iPad app

first graders use the Notability iPad app
to record their learning as Scientists

Reading Raven 2- supporting understanding and application of blends and digraphs

Supportive of students' learning and application of blends and digraphs, as readers and writers, the Reading Raven 2 iPad app is utilized by students within the blends and/or digraphs stage of spelling development.

The app is "customized" to provide the support the individual student needs for his/her greatest learning and development!

a first grader learns and applies the "cl" blend to write words
in the Reading Raven 2 iPad app

a first grader engages in activities that support her phonetic understanding and application
using the Reading Raven iPad app

a first grader identifies the initial digraph sound
in the Reading Raven 2 iPad app

Little Reader iPad apps- supporting decoding skills

The First Grade Butterflies are READERS!

Supporting the Butterflies use of phonetic word features to decode words... the Butterflies utilize the Little Reader iPad apps (the 3 Letter Words app and the 4 Letter Words app)!

Relative to their individual stage of development, the Butterflies utilize the Little Reader 3 Letter Words app or the Little Reader 4 Letter Words app.
The app is "customized" to the reader to provide scaffolding that promotes greatest learning!

first graders decode 4 letter words
in the Little Reader 4 Letter Words iPad app

Word Their Way word sorts on the iPad

Using the Corkulous Pro iPad app, I created word sorts to correlate with Words Their Way word sorts within each spelling stage of development.

I created a "corkboard" for each word sort focus (ex: short vowel word families) with 6 correlated word sorts.

I emailed each of the "corkboards" to the student iPads and imported the corkboards into the Corkulous Pro app on each of the 26 student iPads.

Using Bear's Primary Spelling Inventory, I identified the individual stage of spelling development of each student.

For word sorts supportive of their individual stage of spelling development, the students access the appropriate "corkboard" within the Corkulous Pro app and a specific word sort within the "corkboard".

...digital Words Their Way word sorts on the iPad!

the "initial sound sort" board
with six Words Their Way initial sound picture sorts

"initial sound sort #1" -initial sounds of B-M-R-S
created in Corkulous Pro and mirrored on the SMARTBoard

a first grader completes an initial sound word sort
on the iPad -using the Corkulous Pro iPad app

a first grader self-checks her sound sorts for accuracy
-using the Corkulous Pro iPad app

counting tubs... on the iPad

The First Grade Butterflies are developing number sense and counting skills.

Using the "options" in the Count Sort iPad app, the Butterflies have learned how to customize the "counting" option within the app to correlate to their individual stage of development in counting!

After counting (and double counting to verify accuracy) and identifying the corresponding number symbol for the total quantity counted- the Butterflies take a "screenshot" (by pressing the Home and Power iPad buttons simultaneously on the iPad.

The Butterflies access the "Count-Match-Write-Make-Show" recording sheet from the shared Butterfly iPad Math Dropbox folder and import the recording sheet into the Notability app.

The Butterflies insert the "screenshot" into the recording sheet (in the "Count-Match" box) and use a stylus to write the number symbol of the total quantity in the "Write" box on the recording sheet.

The Butterflies self-select a math manipulative and "make" the quantity (remembering to double count to verify accuracy).

Using the "take a photo" option within the Notability app, the Butterflies insert a photo of the quantity made with manipulatives in the "Make-Show" box on the recording sheet.

The Butterflies use a stylus to annotate the inserted photograph to "show" how the manipulatives represent the quantity.

...digital "counting tubs"!

The Butterflies export the "Count-Match-Write-Make-Show" recording sheet into their individual Dropbox Math folder... providing parent access, teacher access, and student access.

a screenshot of a first grader's "count-match-write-make-show" recording sheet

making shapes- iPad Geoboard

The First Grade Butterflies are learning about shapes!

The Butterfly Mathematicians have been exploring the attributes of shapes and learning to identify, compare, and contrast shapes by sides and points.

The Butterflies explored shapes on a geoboard using the Geoboard iPad app!
The first graders created shapes by name (ex: "rectangle"), created shapes by attributes (ex: "3 sides and 3 points"), and defined shapes by attributes (ex: "I made a trapezoid. It has 4 sides and 4 points with 1 short and 1 long side and 2 diagonal sides").

a first grader uses the Geoboard iPad app

a first grade mathematician creates shapes on a geoboard
-using the Geoboard iPad app

tangram puzzles- Lets Tanz Kids iPad app

The First Grade Butterflies are learning about shapes!

Tangram puzzles provide an opportunity to explore and manipulate shapes and to develop spatial intelligence.

The Butterfly Mathematicians use spatial reasoning, knowledge of shapes and attributes, and problem solving skills to solve tangram puzzles in the Lets Tanz Kids iPad app.

first graders manipulate shapes to find solutions to tangram puzzles
on the Lets Tanz Kids iPad app