Elementary school's iPads are loaded with these Apple Store apps. After three years, these are the main apps that we use. The "Photos," "Arts," and other other apps aren't used as much.

1. iPad Apps 2014 (1/14/14)
Grade
Kindergarten
st
1 Grade
Main Folders
(Page #)
Kinder (4)
Kinder Lit (5-6)
K-2 Math (13-14)
Words K-2 (7-8)
K-2 Math (13-14)
Main Apps
Other Folders
Sight Words
Words K-2 (7-8)
K-2 Math (13-14)
Words 2-4 (9-10)
Words 2-4 (9-10)
3-6 Math (15-16)
Sight Words
Sentences
Math Drills Tools (19-20)
Sentences
Math Drills
5th Grade
Words 2-4 (9-10)
Literacy 4-6 (11)
3-6 Math (15-16)
Literacy 4-6 (11)
3-6 Math (15-16)
Math Drills
Spelling
City
Math Drills
Spelling
City
6th Grade
Literacy 4-6 (11)
3-6 Math (15-16)
Hands on
Equ
nd
2 Grade
3rd Grade
4th Grade
Create (2324)
Spelling
City
Other: The Sciences (17-18), Art & Music (21), Photo & Video (22)
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2. List of Apps (Name, Seller, Genre & Size): Pages 25 – 29
[ Great for finding the exact app if the name below doesn’t work ]
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3. A Teacher’s Favorite Apps
Literacy: K-3
Letter tracing apps: any in the guide
Cimo Sight Words/Sounds: Free Version ($3 Full)
Hungry Howie (3 different apps): Free Version ($3 Full)
Grammar Jammers: Primary Edition (songs)
Jumbled Sentences (any), Opposities, Verb Mayhem
Spelling City: (teacher creates a spelling list, Premium allowed)
Math K-2:
Math Drills Lite: Free ($1 Full)
MathTappers: Find Sums (iPhone section)
Sushi Monster, Pearl Diver, Math Tour Lite
Hungry Fish, any money math app
Todo Math: Amazing new app
Thinking Blocks (Addition & Subtraction): Manipulatives
Math 3-6:
Math Drills Lite: Free ($1 Full; math facts)
Pearl Diver/Lobster Diver (Number line)
Khan Academy (Videos)
Mathmateer (formerly Rocket Math): Free ($1 Full)
Hands on Equations: 6th grade
Thinking Blocks (x3): Multi/Division, Ratios, Fractions
Other:
Stack the States/Countries Lite: Free ($1 Full)
Nearpod, Socrative: Student-teacher interaction apps
QR Reader for iPad: QR reader and creator – sends to websites
Main Screen
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4. Folders: Sort apps into categories – Great for finding what you need.
Move Mode: Move Apps/Folders: Hold down on it until it shakes
Home button: Clears the move mode
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5. Kindergarten Apps
Tangrams Lite: Shapes, tangrams
Phone for Kids: Random fun games for kids
PBS Kids: Videos from PBS Kids
Shape Puzzle HD Free: Interactive puzzle
ToyStory 3 Memory Match: Memory game
Puzzleland: Interactive puzzles
iTooch Recess: Color identification
Underwater Memory Match: Memory games.
Squiggles: Interactive game making objects move
Play123: Interactive game making shapes
Simon Says: Color matching game – Simon Says
Mr Potato Head: Making a potato head
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6. Kindergarten Literacy Apps
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7. Kindergarten Literacy Apps
ABA Flash Cards Alphabet: Tracing letters
Alphabet Tracing: Tracing letters
Alphabet Animals HD: Tracing letters
I Write Words: Tracing letters
Dora ABC’s: Tracing letters ($3.99)
First Words Sampler: Short words with pictures
Sight Words – Dolch Primer and pre-primer: Sight words
Use Your Handwriting: Write and save your handwriting
Bob’s Books Reading Magic Lite: Interactive book, making words
ABC Alphabet Phonics: Sound-letter recognition
Thomas & Friends, Engine Activities: Interactive activities
Word Games for Kids - Futaba: Sound-Word matching
Toy Story Read-Along: A read-along with activities
Manulife Word Hunter: Find basic words
Articulation: Phonics - sounds
Miss Spider’s Tea Party: Interactive eBook
Sight Words by Little Speller: Sight words
Literacy Preschool (Ice Land!): Short spelling
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8. Words K-2 Apps (Grades K – 2)
Sight Words, Phonics, Blending, and Sentences
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9. Words K-2 Apps (Grades K – 2)
1000 Sight Words Free: Sight words
Sight Words - Dolch 1st Grade: Sight words
Sight Words List – Learn to Read: Sight words
Sight Words Flashcard Lite Free: Sight words
Phonics Genius: Phonics
ABC Phonics Word Families Free: Word families
ABC Phonics Animated Free: Phonics and spelling
Phonics Vowels: Phonics
Phonics Tic Tac Toe: (Lakeshore) Phonics
Phonics Awareness: Phonics, segmenting and blending
Storia: eBook stories
Hungry Howie Monster Build Lite: Word building
Howie Finding Vowel Lite: Vowels – find the right vowel
Howie Word Family Lite: Words – Word families
Grammar Jammers Primary Ed. (iPhone): Grammar
Sparkle Fish: Verbal madlibs
Golpher Finding Sight Words Lite: Sight Words
Endless ABC: Sounds and spelling words
Cimo Can Spell Lite: Spelling
Cimo Spelling Sight Words Lite: Sight words
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11. Words 2-4 Apps (Grades 2 – 4)
Bluster!: Academic word practice
SpellingCity: Spelling games
K12 Timed Reading Practice Lite: Reading – fluency
Grammar Wonderland (Elementary) Lite: Parts of speech
Verb Mayhem HD Free Level 1 Free: Verbs
Verb Mayhem HD Free Level 2 Free: Verbs
Verb Mayhem HD Free Level 3 Free: Verbs
The Opposites: Game for finding opposites
Mad Libs: Madlibs
Word Shaker HD Free: Finding words game
Fishtropolis: Finding words game
Textropolis: Finding words game
Word Search Star Free: Word search
Word Search Unlimited Free: Word search
RhymeNow Free: Rhyming help
WordFamilies Free: Word families
Grammaropolis: Grammar practice
Sentences Apps (Grades 1 – 3)
Jumbled Sentences 1, 2, 4, 5, 6: Making complete sentences
Phonics Silly Sentences 2 Free: Lower grades, word matching
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12. Literacy 4-6 Apps (Grades 4 – 6)
Wordventure!: Madlibs
55,000 Amazing Quotes: Famous quotes
Word Search PuzzleMania: Word search
Audiobooks Free/Paid books to listen to
iBooks: Free/Paid books to read
Word Mover: Word game
Vocabulary Buddy: Word game
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15. Math Apps (Grades K – 2)
Hen House: Counting
Number Scale: Finding #’s on a scale
Sushi Monster: Adding or multiplying two numbers
Everyday Mathematics Monster Squeeze: Number line
Math Zoom: Number line
Everyday Mathematics Top It: Adding numbers
MathTappers: Find Sums (iPhone): Adding two numbers up to 10
MathTappers: ClockMaster (iPhone): Clock practice
Tell Time Lite: Clock and time app
Number Cruncher: Finding numbers in sequence
Brain Tuner Free: Math facts
Pearl Diver HD: Number line
Math Motion: Hungry Fish: Adding two numbers
Math Motion: Wings: Choose the largest number
Math Dojo Free: Math facts, adding two numbers
Math Challenge 1 Lite: Math facts
Scribble Math: Math facts with writing and circling
Meerkat Math: Addtion facts
Mathmateer Free: Math facts with fun games
Thinking Blocks Addition & Subtraction: Great manipulative app
Money:
Counting Money: Counting money
Count Money!: Counting money
Sticker Shop: Buy stickers and count out money
Splash Money: Basic money skills and games
Money--: Counting money with coins and bills
Amazing Coin USD: Sequencing with money
Make Change: Make change with bills and coins
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16. Math Apps (Grades 3 – 6)
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17. Math Apps (Grades 3 – 6)
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18. Math Apps (Grades 3 – 6)
Khan Academy: Famous video learning
Lobster Diver HD: Number line
Virtual Manipulatives: ABC Ya.com, Fraction/Decimals/%’s
MathTappers: Fractions: Number line fractions
Freddy Fraction: Fraction & decimal game
Fraction Factory: Fractions on a number line
Pizza Fractions: Visual pizza fractions
MathTappers: Equivalents: (iPhone) Fractions & percents
Everyday Mathematics: Divisibility: Divisible by
Khan Academy Arithmetic: Videos need for Elementary
Everyday Mathematics: Beat the Computer: Math facts
MathTappers: Multiples: (iPhone) Math facts
Math Evolve Lite: Math facts
Geoboard: Geometric board, using rubber bands for shapes
Save the Sushi Free: Multiples
Hands on Equations Lite: Level 1 ($): Grade 6, math lessons
Hands on Equations Lite: Level 2 ($): Occasionally free
Marble Math Lite Multiplication: Maze math facts
Everyday Mathematics: Fractions: Cards with fractions
Math Tour Lite: Travel around using math facts
Math Drills Lite: Most popular math facts game
(Saved process with the full version, $1)
Fraction Circles, Meteor Math, VersaMate: New math apps
Thinking Blocks Multiplication & Division: Math manipulatives
Thinking Blocks Ratios: Math manipulatives
Thinking Blocks Fractions: Math manipulatives
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19. The Sciences Apps (Grades K – 6)
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20. The Sciences Apps (Grades K – 6)
BrainPop Jr. Movie of the Week: Daily cartoon video
Geomaster US States: US geography game
Stack the States Lite: Fun US state quiz game
Stack the Countries Lite: Fun country quiz game
BrainPop Featured Movie: Daily cartoon video
Tiny Countries: Game about countries
Kids World Map: World map for kids
iAmerica: Wiki about America
The Presidency: Info about all of the presidents
World Wiki: A wiki on every country
World Explorer: Map with info on nearby locations
Globe for iPad: A 3d interactive map of the world
Google Earth: Interactive realistic map
Weather Bug for iPad: Current weather info
How Stuff Works HD (HSW): Videos
Simple Physics: Physics game
Eat-and-Move-O-Matic: Calculate food and energy
Quakes: Current earthquake information
Recycle Hero for Kids: Game about recycling
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21. Tools (Grades K – 6)
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22. Tools (Grades K – 6)
Dictionary.com: Solid dictionary
FreeSaurus: Solid thesaurus
Gooru Collections: Collection of photos & articles
iTooch Elementary: Quiz, Grades 3-5
Rover: Browser using video
Wikipanion: Wikipedia app
Dictionary!: Solid dictionary
Calculator HD: Calculator app
Diigo: (account needed) Bookmarking
Dragon Dictation: Voice-to-text app
Professor Garfield Online Safety: Informational comic
Professor Garfield Cyberbullying: Informational
DropBox: (account needed) Share files
Qwiki: Wiki using Wikipedia and photos
Stop Go!: Timer app
Kidblog: App for Kidblog.org, safe blogging
Too Noisy: Noise detection app
ScootPad: Literacy & math practice
Doodle Buddy: Solid whiteboard app
Safari: Web Browser
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23. Art & Music & Speech Apps (Grades K – 6)
Yahoo Music: Solid player with all music genres
Piano (w/note): Play a simple piano
Tap Drums: Simple drum app
Instruments 360: Learn about all types of instruments
Beatwave: Create a beat with a colorful beatpad
Glow Draw: A black whiteboard, glowing!
TappyTunes Lite: Tap to the beat (only a few songs)
Tap to Talk: Tap pictures to hear sounds
Touch Trainer Lite: Practice tapping the screen
See.Touch.Learn: Picture recognition
Model Me Going Places 2: Stories on common places to go
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24. Photo & Video Apps (Grades K – 6)
Camera: (built in) Camera and video app
Photoshop Express: Solid photo editor
InstaPicFrame: Decorate your photos
Photo Booth: (built in) Take pictures with designs and effects
Flare: Cool photo editor
Splice Video Editor Free: Easy-to-use video editor
Photosynth: Stitch together a panoramic photo
Pic Joiner: Make a collage out of photos
Snapseed: Image editing
Photos: (built in) Photos on your device
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25. Creation Apps (Grades K – 6)
Create using pictures, Tell a story, Make a cartoon, Annotate a
photo (camera to take the picture, then add notes)
Voice recording is effective for students reading aloud and
fluency.
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26. Creation Apps (Grades K – 6)
Screen Chomp: Whiteboard + sound recording
Toontastic: Create a cartoon
Skitch for iPad: Mark-up photos
StoryWheel: Using prompts, create a story
Popplet lite: Create informational boxes
Puppet Pals HD: Create a story with characters
QuickVoice Recorder: Record audio
Audio Memos Free: Record audio
My Story: Create a story using a whiteboard
Animoto: (account needed) create visual presentations
Voice Thread: (account needed) Photo + Audio presentation
Coolibah: Photo collage art
Harmonious: Art program with cool effects
Fotobabble: Comment on photos
Sock Puppets: Create using sock puppets as characters
Scribble Press: “Imagine Create Publish”
Whiteboard: Another whiteboard app
Show Me: Interactive whiteboard
Nearpod: Teacher-student interactive presentations
Socrative: Clicker app with tests, polls
Hopscotch: Programming
Rover: Web browser app that can use Starfall & More Starfall
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