Awesome App
I use this app for 6 years in a first grade classroom as a volunteer. The kids are focused and enjoy the challenge of beating the levels. This past year I had a third grader tell his teacher, he leaned about Prefixes and suffixes way back in first grade. It great to be able to challenge them. It is also great to tell them they are learning 2nd grade materials. My kids
Especially love the honors board where they challenge themselves to be faster! Thank you for keeping this app updated for tablets!! A definite 5 star app!
Especially love the honors board where they challenge themselves to be faster! Thank you for keeping this app updated for tablets!! A definite 5 star app!
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Super Literacy App!
This is a well thought out, well designed App that I will be recommending to colleagues!
Prefix Problems
Great concept and kids would love! It does have issues with prefix game ie: includes project and progress. "Ject" and "gress" are not root words. Look forward to the improved vocabulary.
Awesome
This app is awesome! I use it often in my class and the students love it!
Bluster Review
This app Bluster is a game for students to learn more about rhyming, adjectives, prefixes and suffixes. So this is a language art app. The creators of Bluster is McGraw-Hill School Education Group. In order for this app to work properly you iPhone/iPad/iPod must have an update of iOS 5.0 or later.
Once you've opened the app there is the sound of the pouring rain with crashing thunder. It will show a city with a rain cloud over it. The dark colored cloud with have rain and accessional lightening. Three orange buttons with white lettering will be on the screen. The top one will say play. Then the one bellow it will read honors. The very last one says how to play. If you tap the button that reads play then you should see three sky blue slides. The first one is how many players you want to play with. If you slide the first sky blue slide there will be three options; single, team and versus. The next slide down has another three options for the levels ; level two, level 3 and level 4. The last slide has options for what subject you want to play with; prefixes and suffixes, adjectives, and rhyming words. Once you choose your options there is a orange circle that says ok in white lettering. You tap that after all your choices. There is going to be different rules for different options. Let's say that you chose single, level 2 and rhyming. You would get a list of words ( You get a list of words for all the options ) and you would have to slide through the words to find three rhyming words. There will be three dark blue spaces above so you are able out the rhyming words. So you would drag one of the words from the list and drop it into one of the three blue spaces. You have a limited amount of time to get it done.
Personally I think this app should be used for elementary school students. It's perfect for all ages. But during this app I got easily bored and didn't want to use it. So if you chose to get this app try using it on younger children instead if junior high students. If there was to be any improvement on this app I would recommend that it should have more levels and more options to chose from. Like the creators should put nouns and verbs in there.
Once you've opened the app there is the sound of the pouring rain with crashing thunder. It will show a city with a rain cloud over it. The dark colored cloud with have rain and accessional lightening. Three orange buttons with white lettering will be on the screen. The top one will say play. Then the one bellow it will read honors. The very last one says how to play. If you tap the button that reads play then you should see three sky blue slides. The first one is how many players you want to play with. If you slide the first sky blue slide there will be three options; single, team and versus. The next slide down has another three options for the levels ; level two, level 3 and level 4. The last slide has options for what subject you want to play with; prefixes and suffixes, adjectives, and rhyming words. Once you choose your options there is a orange circle that says ok in white lettering. You tap that after all your choices. There is going to be different rules for different options. Let's say that you chose single, level 2 and rhyming. You would get a list of words ( You get a list of words for all the options ) and you would have to slide through the words to find three rhyming words. There will be three dark blue spaces above so you are able out the rhyming words. So you would drag one of the words from the list and drop it into one of the three blue spaces. You have a limited amount of time to get it done.
Personally I think this app should be used for elementary school students. It's perfect for all ages. But during this app I got easily bored and didn't want to use it. So if you chose to get this app try using it on younger children instead if junior high students. If there was to be any improvement on this app I would recommend that it should have more levels and more options to chose from. Like the creators should put nouns and verbs in there.
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Say the words
This would be better if the word was said when it was touched. Also, where is Level 1?
Great!
My 2nd through 5th grade students are loving this app. I was excited to find an app that multiple students could utilize at once since I have a 50 minute class and 15-25 students wanting to use the iPad in that time.
Great educational fun!
This app is wonderful for ESL students!
Thank you!
Thank you!
Great
The game bluster that I just played was in a way very challenging I men you have unlimited time
Love
Great app should get !(:
Great for learning!
Bluster! is a great app which I will use in my classroom all the time. It has the option to play single player or dual-player mode. Dual-player mode is awesome. Each person has half of the iPad and they duel it out against the other person on vocabulary and word items (prepositions, rhyming words, etc) for different difficulty levels. Players have to match the words in the bar above and if they are too slow they get a tornado across their boards from the other player. I recommend this to anyone who wants to increase knowledge and understanding of vocabulary.
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Love it
Educational and fun
Cannot track progress for different users
This is a cute app, and my wordy 10 year old will probably enjoy it, but my second grader, not so much. I think there are too many words presented in each game to sort through for second graders. It has a great concept, but could use some more to it. I dislike that I cannot have different users to enter, track progress, and such. So many games have this, but the two games by this maker that I have tried, neither have this ability. I know kids should not have to be rewarded for everything they do, but in playing a game, they really need something more than a "good job" on the screen.
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Love this app!
I am a Speech/Language Pathologist in an Elementary School setting. I really love this app but would love to see you add the ability to add or choose developmentally appropriate vocabulary and ability to take and share data. Keep up the great work.
Please add more content!
I adore this app. The kids love it. The three choices of play are great for different kids' needs and personality.
I would be very happy to pay for additional levels and additional content areas.
Please create more. My kids ask for Bluster often, but we've gotten through the content and need more.
Also- there are some initial sound images in the screen shots that are not in the game?? Where are these?
I would be very happy to pay for additional levels and additional content areas.
Please create more. My kids ask for Bluster often, but we've gotten through the content and need more.
Also- there are some initial sound images in the screen shots that are not in the game?? Where are these?
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Missing a few things
It's a good start. I'd like to see audio of the words. I can't find first grade!!! Is there a way to add it?
SLP
Nice rhyming app, although its disappointing when all three rhyming choices are made and there is an incorrect answer, it does not indicate which word is incorrect.....a hint for the student would be nice so they know what to look for in their mistake. Also, the word list is a much overwhelming for the younger grades...choices of three or four would be better.
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School SLP
This app has great potential for keeping kids motivated to learn more vocabulary that they will find in their McGraw treasures reading series. We need 5th and 6th grade too, please!
GREAT APP!
Very well designed. Simple, fun, colorful, easy to learn.
Bluster
The examples in this game show lower grade levels than second grade and working with skills like initial sounds and other basic stuff...didn't see that on mine and like that idea...how can I get it?
