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Monday, October 19, 2015

3rd Grade Apps & Online Tools for Every READING/WRITING TEKS!



3rd Grade Apps that Cover Miscellaneous Reading/Writing Skills:

Apps & Online Tools by 3rd Grade Standard:

3.1  Reading/Beginning Reading Skills/Phonics.

Students use the relationships between letters and sounds, spelling patterns, and morphological analysis to decode written English.
    Abby Phonics – Third Grade
   (FREE/$2.99)










    Spell Mania
   (FREE)










   Spell Grid
   (FREE)










    SpellingCity
   (FREE)











   Spellosaur
   (FREE/$3.99)










   Hooked on Words
   (FREE)











3.2  Reading/Beginning Reading/Strategies.

Students comprehend a variety of texts drawing on useful strategies as needed.

    Inference Ace
   (FREE/$5.99)










   Inference Clues
   (FREE/$4.99)










    If … Then … Fun Deck
    ($3.99)










    Robot Rescue Grades 2-3
    ($4.99)










    Brainy Skills Inferencing Game
(   $0.99











3.3  Reading/Fluency.

Students read grade-level text with fluency and comprehension. Students are expected to read aloud grade-level appropriate text with fluency (rate, accuracy, expression, appropriate phrasing) and comprehension.

    Fluency Grade 3
    ($1.99)










    Reading Speed/Fluency Builder - Grades 2-5
    (FREE)










    Fluency Timer Pro
    ($0.99)
   One Minute Reader Level 3
   ($19.99)










    Audio Memos
    (FREE/$0.99)










    Sock Puppets
   (FREE/$3.99)










    ChatterPix Kids
    (FREE)










    Tellagami
    (FREE/$4.99)










   30 Hands
   (FREE/$6.99)











3.4  Reading/Vocabulary Development.

Students understand new vocabulary and use it when reading and writing.

    Trading Cards
    (FREE)










    Bluster!
    (FREE/$4.99)










    Vocabulary Builder Grades 3-4 HD
    ($1.99)










    3rd Grade Vocabulary Prep
    ($3.99)










    Synonyms Photo Fun Deck
   ($3.99)










    Antonyms
    ($0.99)










    Antonyms Match
    (FREE)










    Homophones
    (FREE/$3.99)










    Homophones Photo Fun Deck
    ($3.99)










    Homophones Match
    (FREE)










    Teaching Homophones
    ($0.99)










    Brainy Skills Homophones
    ($0.99)











3.5  Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Theme and Genre.

Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about theme and genre in different cultural, historical, and contemporary contexts and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding.

     Folk Tales & Fables
    ($3.99)










    Venn Diagram
    (FREE)










    Kidspiration Maps
    (FREE/$9.99)










    Compare Contrast Fun Deck
    ($3.99)











3.6  Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Poetry.

Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the structure and elements of poetry and provide evidence from text to support their understanding. Students are expected to describe the characteristics of various forms of poetry and how they create imagery (e.g., narrative poetry, lyrical poetry, humorous poetry, free verse).

    Bluster!
    (FREE/$4.99)











3.7  Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Drama.

Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the structure and elements of drama and provide evidence from text to support their understanding. Students are expected to explain the elements of plot and character as presented through dialogue in scripts that are read, viewed, written, or performed.

·         Inference Ace
·         Inference Clues
·         Understanding Inferences Fun Deck
·         If … Then … Fun Deck
·         Robot Rescue Grades 2-3
·         Write About This
·         Educreations
·         ShowMe

3.8  Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Fiction.

Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the structure and elements of fiction and provide evidence from text to support their understanding.

·         Third Reading Comprehension – English Fiction
·         3rd Grade Fiction & Non-fiction Reading Comprehension
·         Inference Ace
·         Inference Clues
·         Understanding Inferences Fun Deck
·         If … Then … Fun Deck
·         Robot Rescue Grades 2-3
·         Popplet
·         Trading Cards

3.9  Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Literary Nonfiction.

Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the varied structural patterns and features of literary nonfiction and respond by providing evidence from text to support their understanding. Students are expected to explain the difference in point of view between a biography and autobiography.

·         Trading Cards
·         3rd Grade Fiction & Non-fiction Reading Comprehension
·         Who Was? Adventure
·         Biography Comics – who? Great Figures
·         Gameface
·         Frida’s World
·         http://mrnussbaum.com/bio2/

3.10  Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Sensory Language.

Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about how an author's sensory language creates imagery in literary text and provide evidence from text to support their understanding. Students are expected to identify language that creates a graphic visual experience and appeals to the senses.

·         Inference Ace
·         Inference Clues
·         Understanding Inferences Fun Deck
·         Robot Rescue Grades 2-3
·         If --- Then --- Fun Deck

3.11  Reading/Comprehension of Text/Independent Reading.

Students read independently for sustained periods of time and produce evidence of their reading. Students are expected to read independently for a sustained period of time and paraphrase what the reading was about, maintaining meaning and logical order (e.g., generate a reading log or journal; participate in book talks).

·         Storia
·         Books on Wheels
·         Epic
·         Tumblebooks.com

3.12  Reading/Comprehension of Informational Text/Culture and History.

Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about the author's purpose in cultural, historical, and contemporary contexts and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding. Students are expected to identify the topic and locate the author's stated purposes in writing the text.

·         Aesop’s Quest
·         Inference Ace
·         Inference Clues
·         Understanding Inferences Fun Deck
·         Robot Rescue Grades 2-3
·         If --- Then --- Fun Deck
·         One Globe Kids: children’s stories from around the world
·         Brain Quest Grades 2&3: Wisdom Islands & Mountain Trek

3.13  Reading/Comprehension of Informational Text/Expository Text.

Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about expository text and provide evidence from text to support their understanding.

·         3rd Grade Non-fiction Reading Comprehension
·         Reading Comprehension: Animals, Grades 2-3
·         3rd Grade Fiction & Non-fiction Reading Comprehension
·         Main Idea
·         News-O-Matic
·         Weird But True
·         Main Idea – Sentences
·         Main Idea – Short Texts
·         Main Idea by Keith Gardner
·         Space Voyage Grades 2-3
·         Reading Grade 3, Main Idea
·         National Geographic Kids
·         Sports Illustrated Kids
·         Time for Kids

3.14  Reading/Comprehension of Informational Text/Persuasive Text.

Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about persuasive text and provide evidence from text to support their analysis. Students are expected to identify what the author is trying to persuade the reader to think or do.

·         Inference Ace
·         Inference Clues
·         Understanding Inferences Fun Deck
·         Robot Rescue Grades 2-3
·         If --- Then --- Fun Deck

3.15  Reading/Comprehension of Informational Text/Procedural Texts.

Students understand how to glean and use information in procedural texts and documents.

·         School of Multi-Step Directions
·         Following Directions from I Can Do Apps
·         Fun Deck Following Directions
·         Hearbuilder Following Directions
·         Food Frenzy: Following Directions
·         News-O-Matic
·         Weird But True
·         National Geographic Kids
·         Sports Illustrated Kids
·         Time for Kids

3.16  Reading/Media Literacy.

Students use comprehension skills to analyze how words, images, graphics, and sounds work together in various forms to impact meaning. Students will continue to apply earlier standards with greater depth in increasingly more complex texts.

·         Professor Garfield Forms of Media
·         Venn Diagram

3.17  Writing/Writing Process.

Students use elements of the writing process (planning, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing) to compose text.

·         Write about This
·         PhotoCard
·         Popplet
·         ShowMe
·         Educreations

3.18  Writing/Literary Texts.

Students write literary texts to express their ideas and feelings about real or imagined people, events, and ideas.

·         Puppet Pals
·         Strip Designer
·         Toontastic Jr.
·         StoryKit
·         Felt Board
·         Write About This
·         Shadow Puppet Edu
·         Videolicious
·         iMovie
·         30 Hands
·         Theme Poem
·         Acrostic Poem
·         Haiku Poem
·         Diamante Poem

3.19  Writing.

Students write about their own experiences. Students are expected to write about important personal experiences.

·         Write about This
·         PhotoCard
·         Popplet
·         ShowMe
·         Educreations

3.20  Writing/Expository and Procedural Texts.

Students write expository and procedural or work-related texts to communicate ideas and information to specific audiences for specific purposes.

·         Write about This
·         PhotoCard
·         Popplet
·         ShowMe
·         Educreations
·         Snap Guide

3.21  Writing/Persuasive Texts.

Students write persuasive texts to influence the attitudes or actions of a specific audience on specific issues. Students are expected to write persuasive essays for appropriate audiences that establish a position and use supporting details.

·         Write about This
·         PhotoCard
·         Popplet
·         ShowMe
·         Educreations

3.22  Oral and Written Conventions/Conventions.

Students understand the function of and use the conventions of academic language when speaking and writing. Students continue to apply earlier standards with greater complexity.

·         Daily Sentence Editing Grade 3
·         Bluster!
·         Grammaropolis Complete Edition
·         Grammar for Kids – Parts of Speech (Full Version)
·         Parts of Speech Machine
·         Regular Past Tense Verbs Fun Deck
·         Irregular Verbs Fun Deck
·         iPractice Verbs
·         Sparklefish
·         Punctuation – End Marks
·         Grammar Wonderland (Elementary)
·         Grammar Jammers Elementary Edition
·         Birds on a Wire: Nouns
·         Adjectives Fun Deck
·         Birds on a Wire: Adjectives
·         Adverbs Fun Deck
·         PrepositionBuilder
·         Prepositions Grammar Quiz Free
·         Sentence Builder
·         Sentence Maker
·         Mad Libs

3.23  Oral and Written Conventions/Handwriting, Capitalization, and Punctuation.

Students write legibly and use appropriate capitalization and punctuation conventions in their compositions.

·         Daily Sentence Editing Grade
·         Bluster!
·         Grammaropolis Complete Edition
·         Grammar for Kids – Parts of Speech (Full Version)
·         Parts of Speech Machine
·         Sparklefish
·         Grammar Wonderland (Elementary)
·         Grammar Jammers Elementary Edition
·         Write About This
·         ShowMe
·         Educreations

3.24  Oral and Written Conventions/Spelling.

Students spell correctly.

·         SpellingCity
·         Spell Mania
·         Spell Grid
·         Hooked on Words
·         Chicktionary
·         Dictionary.com Dictionary & Thesaurus for iPad
·         https://www.spellingcity.com/
·         http://www.wordcentral.com/

3.25  Research/Research Plan.

Students ask open-ended research questions and develop a plan for answering them.

·         Popplet
·         PebbleGo.com by Capstone
·         Write About This

3.26  Research/Gathering Sources.

Students determine, locate, and explore the full range of relevant sources addressing a research question and systematically record the information they gather.

·         PebbleGo.com
·         National Geographic Kids
·         Write About This
·         ShowMe
·         Educreations
·         TimelineBuilder
·         inBound Kids
·         Graphing for Kids (Chart Maker for children

3.28  Research/Organizing and Presenting Ideas.

Students organize and present their ideas and information according to the purpose of the research and their audience. Students are expected to draw conclusions through a brief written explanation and create a works-cited page from notes, including the author, title, publisher, and publication year for each source used.

·         ShowMe
·         Educreations
·         Shadow Puppet Edu
·         Videolicous
·         iMovie
·         ChatterPix Kids
·         3o Hands
·         Tellagami
·         Sock Puppets

3.29  Listening and Speaking/Listening.

Students use comprehension skills to listen attentively to others in formal and informal settings. Students continue to apply earlier standards with greater complexity.

·         School of Multi-Step Directions
·         Following Directions from I Can Do Apps
·         Fun Deck Following Directions
·         Popplet
·         Write About This

3.30  Listening and Speaking/Speaking. Students speak clearly and to the point, using the conventions of language. Students continue to apply earlier standards with greater complexity. Students are expected to speak coherently about the topic under discussion, employing eye contact, speaking rate, volume, enunciation, and the conventions of language to communicate ideas effectively.

·         ShowMe
·         Educreations
·         Shadow Puppet Edu
·         Videolicous
·         iMovie
·         ChatterPix Kids
·         Tellagami
·         30 Hands
·         Sock Puppets
·         Audio Memos

3.31  Listening and Speaking/Teamwork.

Students work productively with others in teams. Students continue to apply earlier standards with greater complexity. Students are expected to participate in teacher- and student-led discussions by posing and answering questions with appropriate detail and by providing suggestions that build upon the ideas of others.

·         Teamwork E-Book


Heather Watson
Watson Works, LLC


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