Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Techy Teacher Tuesday! Free App and Literacy Activity!

I am excited to link up with the adorable Katie King for a "tech tip"! 

As you may know from my previous post, we are studying penguins right now.   I found this app called Spelling with Cimo at the itunes store and it has been a HUGE HIT! 

The goal is to spell a word correctly to get Cimo across the ice to his fish. 
Students choose a snowflake level
Next, they are given a word to spell and some letters to use.  (There are wrong ones in there too)
 They move the icebergs up to build a bridge for the penguin
 As they penguin walks it spells the word.  If a letter is wrong the penguin will fall through into the water!
If it is right, the penguin with eat a fish on the other side while the student hears and sees the word again.
 Then the next word is called out to spell for the penguin.



I made some letters on icebergs to play this whole group around the rug!  Once we have played it a few times and they understand, I will allow this to be a literacy choice for word work! 
Click the cover to grab it for free! 

 Check out more ideas at Katie's Technology Tuesday Link Up!
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9 comments:

  1. Thanks for the freebie! That app looks cute and addicting! Need to check it out for my kiddos!

    Halle
    Across the Hall in 2nd Grade

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  2. Thanks for the freebie!! Once again I wish I had an iPad in my classroom. Looks like an awesome app.
    Jessica

    Apples and Papers

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  3. That looks like a cute game! Being surrounded by iPads in the class the last 2 days makes me amazed about how easy it is to integrate it in to the class and now I can't see teaching without it lol.

    Journey of a Substitute Teacher

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  4. We LOVE the Cimo app in our classroom! I love that the app advances them to the next level once they have gotten so many correct. Simple and FUN!
    Colleen :-)
    Fun and Fearless in First

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  5. Thank you for sharing! That app looks fun!
    Kim

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  6. What a cute spelling freebie! My students love the Cimo Spelling app and this looks like a fun group game for them! My husband bought a new iPad and let me have his old one to use at school. This has really motivated my students to work and behave to earn iPad time!
    Kathy I.

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  7. thanks for sharing.. app is being downloaded right now!

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  8. OK how perfect is that! Goes along beautifully with the polar unit we do! Thanks so much for the freebie and the hot tip on the app!

    ~Christy & Tammy
    Fluttering Through First Grade

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  9. I know my students will love the Cimo apps! I just downloaded the sounds and sight words versions. They are simple and fun! Thank you!

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