Picture Packets vs Math Bash Start

Center for Innovation in Education Picture Packets - Vowels Dekodiphukan Description The fourteenth of the fourteen apps that comprise the Baratta-Lorton Reading Program. The Reading Program is a reading and writing curriculum for beginning readers and any child who has already experienced difficulty in learning to read. 99% unique – 100% effective - 100% free Background for the fourteen apps The Baratta-Lorton Reading Program also known as Dekodiphukan (pronounced decode if you can) was developed by the Center for Innovation in Education whose many other offerings include Mathematics Their Way, the first non-traditional math curriculum adopted in by the State of California. Dekodiphukan has been in use in classrooms across the United States and Canada since 1985. The Program has been used to teach thousands of children to read and to write regardless of background or supposed lack of reading readiness. To date, no child using the program in a classroom setting has ever failed to learn to read or to write. This Dekodiphukan reading and writing curriculum is now a series of fourteen apps plus a parent-guide for the iPad that, within a period of six months to a year (or occasionally a bit longer for some special needs children), will enable every child using it to read and to write. Reading with enjoyment. Writing creatively. Dekodiphukan is a full fledged curriculum. It is a set of specific learning activities, not a set of games. The curriculum’s fourteen apps are all free with no ads - popup or otherwise - included. While the apps may be downloaded all at once and stored in a folder on the iPad, no more than two or three of the apps are used at any one time by the child. Picture Packets - Vowels The fourteenth and last of the Fourteen Apps, but not the last of the learning taking place The Picture Packets-Vowels are the next to last step in transitioning the child from reading with sounds to reading with letters.  At the Picture Packets-Transition level, all the sounds that make up a word are shown above the word they represent.  At the Vowels level, only the vowel sounds are included as hints for the letters. The last step takes place in the creative writing that evolves from the child’s work with the Stamping app, and is described in the third phase of the Creative Writing instructions included in The Guide. The goal of the Baratta-Lorton Reading Program is to allow children to learn to read and to write with confidence. Once this goal has been achieved, it is the parent's willing responsibility to insure this reading and writing ability is given opportunity for endless use. The last step is not an app at all. The last step is parents encouraging their child to use the reading and writing skills they now possess. Picture Packets - Vowels Introduced after the child can read Picture Packet-Transition words with ease

Math Bash Start is a range of applications that offers students a chance to engage and practice their maths skills on the go and in a fun way. Maths Bash is written specifically for iPhone and iPad. It was written by a working maths teacher and is based on software that has been tried and tested on pupils over several years. Upgrade options are offered for: * Middle School Math Bash – for students ages 11-14 in the US * KS3 Maths Bash – for Secondary students ages 11-14 in the UK * International Maths Bash – for Secondary students ages 11-14 in International Education (e.g. MYP) What do you get? The Math Bash applications offer pupils opportunity to: -engage quickly in random questions -choose questions based around topics (e.g. Algebra, Number, Data, Shape) -choose specific topics to practice -choose length of play -engage in topics by the conventional multiple choice mode -engage in topics in a pairs game -high scores tables There are currently about 80 sets of questions available. All questions are randomized in order and use random numbers, so you will never get the same game twice. The questions cover around 80% of the topics found on the full curricula. The full range of topics only become apparent when you delve in the software. They can be found under the main areas below: Any in topic: Algebra; Algebra - brackets; Collecting like terms; Equations; Missing number; Sequences - Formula; Sequences - Next Term; Sequences - Rule; Sometimes, always, never; Straight Lines; Substitution; Any in topic: Data; Averages; Interpreting Charts; Mean; Probabilities; Any in topic: Number; Approximations; Decimals; Directed numbers; Factors and multiples; Frac, Dec, %; Fractions: simplify and equivalent; HCF and LCM; Money Problems; Multiply/divide powers of 10; Multiply fractions; Order of Operations; Ordering decimals; Percentages; Primes, Squares and Cubes; Ratio; Rounding; Rounding and Sig figs; Significant figures; Times/Divide Tables; Upper and Lower Bounds; Word Problems; Any in topic: Shape; 2D or 3D Shapes; 2D Shapes; 3D Shapes; Angle Facts; Angle Sums; Angles in Shapes; Area and Perimeter; Areas; Circles; Coordinates; Fractions of Shapes; Measures; Symmetry; Time Problems; Translations; Languages; Maths Jokes. What do I get when I upgrade to the full version? -More question sets. -The free version has only around 25% of the question sets available. -More options. E.g. you can change the game length. -More points for questions. You can rocket up the charts in Game Center. -Access to achievements in Game Centre. -No more annoying messages prompting you to upgrade. -Full access to all the upgrades and enhancements.