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Set up an alarm to reminds you about early morning and official attendance. - iPod Touch allows you to set up multiple alarms for various occasions. - Use the stop watch during reading groups to check a students words per minute. - Set up a timer to let you know when center time is up. || -Check what the weather will be like today. Use The Weather Channel,Weather Bug or Outside app. to get up to the minute weather updates. Use outside application to look out the window and check the weather. -Keep track of the weather in other cities by clicking on the i in the lower right hand corner. -Compare the weather in Killeen to the weather in Iraq by adding both places to your weather application on the iPod touch || -Upload your Morning Circle songs to your iTunes library and use your iPod Touch to play them every morning. || -Check your calendar for important events and activities for the day -Did you know that your iPod touch calendar allows you to repeat events by day, week, months or years? - Track the weather on your calendar and identify weather patterns -Add a reoccurring event like library time in a calendar. || Check your lesson plans by using some of the applications available. If you work in collaboration with another team member you can upload your lesson plans to Google Docs. Later you can view and edit them using your iPod Touch. - A new student has joined your classroom!! Have the students watch the Podcast your class has created about the rules and procedures of the classroom. - Creating a recording of rules and procedures without taking away from your valuable instruction time. || Reinforce correct spelling by having some students working on these apps. Use these Storyteller apps to get your students creative juices flowing! Using a thumbtack mic record a student reading journal writing to the class. Keep this audio file for reference to show parents progress in their reading fluency. || Build your students' vocabulary by having them work on these apps
 * = === **Time** === ||= === **App** === || === **Description** === ||
 * = 7:00 AM ||= Alarm || ===** Good Morning! **===
 * = 7:15 AM ||= Weather || === What's the Weather? ===
 * 7:40 AM || Morning Circle || === Morning Circle Melodies ===
 * = 7:45 AM ||= Calendar || === View your calendar ===
 * = 7:20 AM ||= Lesson Plans || === View and Edit your lesson plans ===
 * [|Documents to Go] ($7.99)
 * [|Files to Go] ($1.99)
 * [|GoDocs($1.99)]
 * [|iGoogDocs L] (Free!) This app. only allows you to view the document
 * [|Google Mobile] (Free!) This app. only allows you to view the document ||
 * 7:50 AM || New Student || === New Student ===
 * = 8:00 AM ||= Writing || === Writing ===
 * [|Spelling Bubble Lite] (Free!)
 * [|Spelling Magic] (Free)
 * [|Spell it] (Free )
 * [|Shake Spell] (Free)
 * [|ABCTracer Lite] (Free)
 * [|iWriteWords Lite] (Free)
 * [|Storyteller] ($1.99)
 * [|100 Words to make you sound smart] ($2.99)
 * [|Pocket Rhymer] (Free)
 * [|Sentence spin] ($2.99)
 * = 9:00 AM ||= Language Arts || === Language Arts ===
 * [|Vocabulary Cartoons Lite] (free)
 * [|Word Cafe] ($.99)
 * [|Word Clouder] ($.99)
 * [|Word of the Day Lite] (Free)
 * [|Super Why] ($2.99)
 * [|Toddler Teasers] (Free)
 * [|ABC's] (Free)
 * [|Little Bella] - When I close my eyes (Free and paid version)
 * [|Reading A-Z]
 * [|ABC Phonics]
 * [|Sight Words Kindergarten]
 * [|Sight Words First Grade]
 * [|Alphabet Flash Cards]
 * [|Madera and Figaro Save the Day]

Use the Recorder option on the iPod touch to record a student reading a familiar story. Playback the recording and conference with the student about their fluency.

Have students read a Reading A-Z Application Download free stories from iTunesU for students to listen to. After your initial search you might want to filter the media by Podcast or iTunesU. Record your lesson on the silent E using your Photobooth video application. Once you have finished, open the video in iTunes. The iTunes program will automatically prompt you to convert the file and add it to your iTunes Video Library. This will allow those students who were absent to view this lesson individually when they return. || Check out the world clock. Set up multiple clocks to know what time it is all over the world. Clock also has a stop watch and a timer. It could be used to take running records or time students' responses || Some great apps to reinforce Science concepts are: Check out some cool Science Podcasts by searching for the following in your iTunes store: [|Ask an Astronomer] After teaching your lesson on the solar system check your students knowledge of the material by playing a teacher created quiz or game using the iPod touch. Here are some apps that allows you to enter your own questions and multiple choice answers. You can pre-load the application on the iPod Touch and group your students to work together as a team. Here are some other apps that will allow you to interact with your students without spending a lot of money. Help your students remember important historical facts by using these apps:
 * [|Lit 2 Go]
 * [|Storynory]
 * [|The Story Home]
 * [|Stories for Kids]
 * [|Sesame Street Podcasts] ||
 * = 9:30 AM ||= Record A Podcast || === Record A lesson ===
 * = 10:15 AM ||= Check the clock || === It's 3:00 p.m. somewhere! ===
 * = 11:00 PM ||= Science || === Science ===
 * [|3D Brain]
 * [|@ Thermometer]
 * [|Chemical Touch, The] ($.99)
 * [|Carbon Calc]
 * [|Discovery Channel]
 * [|iSeismometer]
 * [|Mitosis]
 * [|Molecules]
 * [|Sid the Science Kid]
 * [|Outside]
 * [|Video Science]
 * [|Ecogeeks]
 * [|Why? The Science Show for Kids]
 * [|Science Experiments for Kids]
 * [|Dr. Carlson's Science Theater]
 * [|Mr. Science Show] ||
 * = 11:45 AM ||= Play a game ||< === Play a game ===
 * [|eClicker] (free)
 * [|eClicker Host] ($24.99)
 * [|vClicker Mobile Edition]
 * [|Red:Green] ||
 * = 12:30 PM ||= Social Studies || === Social Studies ===
 * [|America Lite]
 * [|Daily History]
 * [|Constitution](Free version and .99)
 * [|Zoodles]
 * [|USA Factbook Free]
 * [|World Fact Book] ($.99)
 * [|Hear Planet Lite]

Here are some Podcasts to tie into your CScope curriculum: Download the free Coin Toss app and decide which group or person goes first in Around the World Math! Use these apps to reinforce objectives and differentiate instruction Use the calculator to show simple addition and subtraction problems || Not much time for art? Check these apps out: Not musically inclined? Use these apps to help: With the flashcard apps. you could write your students names and emergency contact numbers so you do not have to carry around 22 dismissal cards. Flashcards make for easy changes in contact numbers and emergency contacts. Download the BUMP application and share your information and pictures with a co-worker at your meeting. This app makes sharing your contact information quick and easy! Find cool free/ reduced price apps using this nifty app!
 * [|Caillou] - My favorite episodes
 * [|The Polite Song] - Choo Choo Soul (.99)
 * [|Polite Princess]
 * [|Global Wonders] ||
 * = 1:00 PM ||= Math || === Math ===
 * [|CoinToss] (Free)
 * [|iChoose] (Free) If you do not like coins, you can use dice! Or paper, rock, scissors
 * [|Clock Master]
 * [|Coin Math] ($1.99)
 * [|Shape Builder Lite]
 * [|Fraction Factory]
 * [|Happy Math]
 * [|Kids Math Ace Lite]
 * [|Math Quizzer]
 * [|Tangrams Lite]
 * [|My First Tangram]
 * [|Arithmaroo] ($1.99)
 * [|Toddler Teasers] (Free version and $1.99)
 * [|Number Sense]
 * [|Guess the Number]
 * [|Numbering] (.99)
 * = 1:30 PM ||= Art || === Art ===
 * [|Art Gallery Free]
 * [|Art Lite]
 * [|Brooklyn Museum Mobile Collection]
 * [|Comic Touch Lite]
 * [|FaceGoo Lite]
 * [|Fine Art - The Great Masters] - 11 volumes (Free version and $.99) ||
 * = 1:45 PM ||= Music || === Music ===
 * [|Classical Music Lite]
 * [|FingerPiano Lite]
 * [|EasyTAP]
 * [|DigiDrummer Lite]
 * [|Metronome]
 * [|Mini Piano]
 * [|Pandora]
 * [|iheartradio]
 * [|Tap the beat] ||
 * = 2:40 PM ||= Dismissal || === Dismissal ===
 * [|iflipr Flashcards lite]
 * [|Study Flash] ($1.99)
 * [|iFlashCard Pro] ($1.99) ||
 * = 3:30 PM ||= Network || === Network and Share information ===
 * [|BUMP] ||
 * = 4:00 PM ||= Check for Bargains || === Check for Bargains ===
 * [|BargainBin]
 * [|Yowza!! Mobile Coupons] ||