Using the iPads during literacy stations can sometimes be hard to incorporate in first grade. You probably put your students on a game app and they get bored with it quickly. Once the student is bored that’s when they start acting up and your stations fall apart. Mrs. Reese and I worked together for an engaging activity that keeps students accountable, during the reading block at Glen Lea Elementary.
One station activity is having the students read the word wall. Instead of having the students just read the wall and hope for the best, we introduced an app on the iPad to keep them on task. We had the students take a picture of the word wall and then using the app PuppetEDU they recorded themselves reading the words. The best part of this app is when they touch the word on screen it lights up. Check out an example!
Now Mrs. Reese can check on student progress and make sure everyone is on task. This can also be used to show student growth. It’s powerful to show a student where they started and where they ended.
This activity can be used beyond the word wall. Students can take pictures of a book page and record themselves reading. They will love to hear their fluency!
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