Toolkit | Seed Read Succeed

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Here is a collection of apps which might be useful. Hover to see descriptions or images and try them out! Feel free to send me some more recommendations so I can add them to the list.

Most of the links are iOS-related rather than Google Play, but there should be Google Play version of the same apps. Enjoy!

Administration

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Classroom Tools

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Lessons and Tasks

A Girl in a Classroom

Quick Assessment

Raising Hands

Planbook

A year planner, easy to change lessons around and add lesson content. iPad compatible

Google Calendar

Easy to create calendars and sync with others.

Planboard

A schedule/timetable app which is easy to create, although for NETs, Planbook is superior

Classroom Timer

Easy to set and with a detonated bomb at the end - it keeps students on their toes!

Edmodo

A coaching, communication and collaboration platform - can assign tasks and get reports.

ClassDojo

A class and behaviour management tool where student activity, progress and reports can be shared between parents and teachers

Nearpod

A student engagement platform with ready-to-run interactive lessons capable of running both shared class and independent student-led activities.

Google Classroom

You need G-Suite set up by your school first before you can access this. Can collaborate, assign tasks to students and see assessment reports.

Socrative

Students share their understanding by answering formative assessment questions in a variety of formats

Kahoot!

A game-based learning platform featuring quizzes, polls and jumbled sentences. Can be used for formative assessment

Quizlet

Can create and use study sets of flashcards then play games to test knowledge.

Magnetic Alphabet

A fantastic app for 'Show Me' activities for quick at-a-glance assessment, particularly when teaching phonics. Letters can be moved and resized.

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Sharing

Storage

Reading

Phonics, Vocabulary and Reading

Padlet

A student collaborative tool where boards can be created, shared and showcased.

Seesaw

A student journal-type tool where students can show and share their work and progress. Teachers can set tasks and activities for them to accomplish.

Shadow Puppet Edu

Students can create videos to tell stories, explain ideas, or document their learning. Can share on Seesaw too.

Google Drive

Links to the whole Google suite to sync seamlessly.

Dropbox

My personal favourite as I like the interface more than Google Drive's and OneDrive.

OneDrive

Microsoft cloud storage linked to Office 365

Epic

Access to 35,000 books, learning videos, quizzes and more. Teachers can create collections which help with lesson planning.

News-O-Matic

First daily online newspaper just for kids. Provides non-fiction articles with literacy tools. Needs paid subscription though, but worth checking out.

Teach Your Monster To Read

Learn to read with an award-winning reading and phonics game experience. Go on a Reading Adventure with your monster.

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Bitsboard

Various mini-games capable of replacing worksheets. Flashcards can be used for lesson delivery and there's a new report tracking function.

Knudge

Interactive English bite-sized courses, good as self-learning activities/

Word Chef

From the Making English Fun collection of apps (creator: fellow NET teacher Marc Ford). This is an English word game that tests high level learners.

Starfall Learn To Read

Students can touch, read, and eventually master letter/sound relationships through a variety of engaging activities, movies, and songs.

Kids A-Z

Interactive learning content where students can choose from a library of eBooks, eQuizzes, and other eResources.

Starfall ABCs

Students can see, hear, and interact with letters and sounds in words, sentences, games, and songs.

Sight Words by 22Learn

A variety of fun and colourful games for students to try. Very engaging, requires a paid subscription though to access best content.

Sight Words by eFlashapps

Simple flashcard sets of sight words.

Sight Words by Photo Touch

Students can build up their sight word knowledge through listening and touching the correct word on screen.

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Words & Flashcards

Words & Flashcards

KS2 Group Games

KS2 Individual Grammar Games

Augmented Reality

Others

Pocket Charts!

Very engaging pocket charts concept, although it needs a paid subscription. This is the compound words version.

MES English

A host of printable flashcards and resources in a distinctive and engaging cartoon style. These flashcards can be used for displays too.

Compound Words

Very good resource for teaching compound words to students. Students can also use as a revision tool.

Futaba

Word games from categories with up to 4 players. Teachers can create their own categories. Very engaging and competitive!

Charades! Kids

Students can play in groups (to minimise the noise!) and choose categories of words to describe.

Bingo Card Generator

Create, make and print your own bingo cards from this generator.

Grammar Smash

A smashing sound which students love making. Students have to fill in the gaps. There's a good variety of sentence tense work.

Bluster!

Have to match three related words out of a scrolling list of horizontal words. Can be difficult, so for more able students only.

Verb Smash

Same concept as Grammar Smash but with verbs instead. A smashing game which is very popular with students.

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Quiver

A 3D colouring app. Download and print one of the images from the associated website, colour in and use the app to scan the image. Test images first before using with students as some don't work.

Quiver Fashion

Same concept as Quiver, again print and test the images before using. Look out for Quiver Education packs too.

Quiver Masks

A 3D mask-colouring activity. Good for lessons where having fun is the name of the game! Again print and test the pages before colouring in.

Little Finder

Vocabulary development in the student-friendly 1 and 2 player game. Great for self-learning or as a filler activity.

ISL Collective

My go-to for PPT lessons and games as well as worksheets and other resources. I've provided the link to Herber, the member with the best resources.

Plickers

Teachers can poll students without the need for student devices. Each student holds up a card and the teacher's Smartphone can scan and check for understanding. Data for reports can be logged too.

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Bluster!

Have to match three related words out of a scrolling list of horizontal words. Can be difficult, so for more able students only.