Monday, December 17, 2012

Speech: Decoding Comprehension - More Apps

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  A good way to work on "wh" questions with your kids is to ask questions about the stories you read with them. There are many reading comprehension apps out there. Here are some to try. The apps are the usual .99 to 4.99 unless otherwise noted. Many of these apps are available at the higher elementary grade levels. I am using these as they fit with Sensi's levels right now.
These apps conform to the "wh" question protocol discussed in decoding-comprehension-info-and-apps or can be used to make sentences of your own. Remember to drop the reading level below decoding level to get the most out of this method.

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Reading Comprehension Grades K-1 by Basic Skills Interactive: Seven reading groups to choose from with 100 stories in all.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/reading-comprehension-grades


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Reading Comprehension Animals: Grades K-1 by Interactive Learning Success: This one is a favorite since Sensi has been all about Animal Atlas on Netflix and Qubo lately.  40 stories with 4 multiple choice questions for each story.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/reading-comprehension-animals-grades-k


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Kindergarten Reading Comprehension Practice: Starting level with 5 sentences and has up to 4 questions per short story. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/kindergarten-reading-comprehension



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Kids Reading Comprehension Level 1 Passages for iPad by Angela Reed: This app is organized so the stories are displayed on a book shelf from which your kids can choose.  Very short stories with 4 comprehension questions per story. 
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/kids-reading-comprehension


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Kids Learning Photo Touch Concepts: Another way to ask "wh" questions is to review simple concepts such as opposites and prepositions like the ones in this app:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/kids-learning-photo-touch


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Abitalk Sentence Builder: Unlimited ability to create your own sentences to ask  "wh" questions, or use their more than 200 built in sentences. Can use built in images to help create your own sentences, and has a record function.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sentence-builder-app 



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Super Duper's "Wh" Question Cards: "WHO" is free, WHAT WHERE WHEN WHY are available for 2.99 each as in app purchases. Has several games to ask questions, multiple choice, match, decoder and drag'n'match.
 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wh-question-cards



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Kindergarten Reading Comprehension by Aaron Levy:
More reading comprehension using "wh" questions.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/kindergarten-reading-comprehension 


As you can see, there are plenty of "wh" question apps out there, you just have to find the reading comprehension apps and the questions are provided, or just ask your own questions. Remember you can add  any of the missing "wh" questions yourself with the apps with only 4 questions per story. Have some fun eplay with these apps. 


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