Splash Math

Cost: Free

Pros: This app has many different levels for different grades. It also has the different math concepts that each grade will be learning. The students earn points to put critters in their aquarium.

Cons: The free app only gives you a couple to preview and you can only do 20 per day.  The full app is 9.99

Application: I could have students who need extra help or just have a little bit of free time to play on this app because it is also a game.

Stack the States

Read Me Stories

Read Me Stories

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/read-me-stories-childrens/id362042422?mt=8

Cost: Free

Pros: This app contains 8 different free books. Students can read the book on their own or have it read to them through the character's voices. There is also a feature that highlights one word at a time to help readers be able to stay on track. Throughout the story, there are many different interactive "buttons" for students to touch to continue reading and feel involved in the experience. 

Cons: After reading the first book in a supposed series of five books, the app then tells the reader that they have to buy the next 4 books for $2. I checked to see if the next 7 series were the same and they were. Although the initial app is free, the total cost if one were to buy all the books would come to $14, which is too expensive for the quality of this app

How I Would Use It In The Classroom: This app, if all the books were bought on it, could be used by the student to help their reading fluency because the student can read each story as many times as they want.  It would be a great app to use in students' free time at home as well. 

Math Zombies

Math Zombies

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/math-vs-zombies-math-games/id470896560?mt=8

Cost: free

Pros: Entertaining and educational for students who would like to practice their addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division facts.  There are 4 different levels: level one consisting of addition, level two subtraction, level three multiplication, mad level four division.  Within each level, there are sub levels the player must pass with varying difficulty and speeds.

Cons: Some users commented on the app crashing, but overall, customer reviews were positive and many were satisfied with students using the app.

Related Apps: I have not used any apps that are similar to this one but it reminds me of a better version of times tables from back when I was in elementary school.

How I'd Use It In Education: I should have my students use this app for practicing their math facts. This game would be especially handy for the students who have difficulty remembering their addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division facts because it allows the player to repeat levels and acts more like a game than a chore for students.

Stack the states lite

Cost: free

Pros: It is a fun engaging game for students to learn the state facts. It is a great way for the students to connect information and state names with the shape of the state.

Cons: it repeats the same questions over in the free version so it is suggested to get the one that costs .99 cents

Application: I would use this app for students to play games when they have free time. I would also include this game into my geography lessons.

Math Zombies

Name: Math Zombies

Cost: Free

Pros:  The game is addictive and can be very fun for students trying to learn math facts under pressure.  The app does have addition, subtraction, division and Multiplication.  It's very easy to change the difficulty as well for the equations.  

Cons:  The main con I see to it is that it could become to exhilarating for younger students.  The game makes you work under pressure because the zombies are coming at you, and then the boss battles, you have to go even faster to win.  This could overwhelm students who are just looking for a little bit of fun while learning.

How I would use this in education:  I would personally use it for time when they would be able to do their own thing after a test.  I would also really like to use this as a class activity.  For instance, put it up on a smart board and play as a class; Have them call out the answers quickly.