Intermediate/Middle School ELA Apps
(Grades 3-8)
Pictello-$18.99
Students can create their own e-books rich in text, media, and audio and then share it with their classmates! This would be great in the writing workshop to teach narrative writing or even in a non-fiction unit!
Greek Gods-$.99
This app is the
ultimate Greek God pocket reference!
Word Magic-$.99
This apps allows the user to choose correct letter to complete word; from single letter to blends.
Grammar Jammers-Elementary Edition (Intermediate)-$2.99
This app covers all the areas of grammar skills including parts of speech, prepositions, capitalization, sentence structure, punctuation, contractions, and more!
Grammar Jammers-Middle School Edition-$2.99
This app covers all the areas of grammar skills including parts of speech, capitalization, sentence structure, punctuation, contractions, and more!
Reading A-Z Books-(FREE-$6.99)
Students at HCS love reading A-Z books, which teachers use for their assessments of student progress as well. Teachers can locate any level, from A-P. Individual books and entire libraries are available for each level, as well as numerous seasonal libraries. These books continue our goal to increase comprehension and fluency! To find these books, search "LAZ" in the iTunes store.
Sentence Builder-$5.99
With varied levels of difficulty, students will have a blast creating grammatically correct sentences. Students can even access images that will help them to build their sentences.
Notability-$.99
GREAT app for note-taking. Students can record lectures, type notes, and even click on a particlar word to bring up the audio from that particular part of the lecture. Students can also “draw” and add photos to represent diagrams for future reference. Photos can be put onto the iPad by the teacher or found online.
Pearson Grammar Prep-$3.99
There are numerous versions of this app which target specific grammar skills! These are all separate apps created by Pearson for grammar and word work.
Word Play for iPad-$1.99
Students can use the words given or add their own words to use in creating sentences. This is a fun way to have students work with words and sentence structure!
Madlibs-FREE!
This is an app that recreates the classic Madlib books.
Grammar Up-$4.99
App creates multiple choice questions based around grammar topics including parts of speech, conjunctions, and verb tenses.
Ultimate Word Search-FREE!
Word search using categories.
Word Search-FREE!
Helps kids build words and think about spelling.
Chicktionary-$1.99
Interactive way for students to work with words. Users are given a variety of letters based on level chosen and must create as many words as they can from letters given. Points are awarded based on the length of words and number of words created.
Classics-$.99
This application is full of “classic” books organized in a library for students to read and enjoy.
Confer-$14.99
This app was created by a teacher affiliated with Columbia Teacher's College and it is a great app to use to maintain records for conferring with students during reading and writing workshops.
Britannica Kids-$4.99
Britannica Kids offers many "apps" to choose from on many topics, include: Dinosaurs, Solar System, Volcanoes, Snakes, Ancient Egypt, and Rainforests!
Pages-$9.99
This app/program is incredible! Pages is part of the iWorks suit from Apple, and is loaded with features to be used on the iPod and iPad. Pages is a cross between Microsoft Word and Publisher. Essentially, it is an intuitive, user-friendly, fun way to publish any writing pieces including posters, brochures, and much more!
