Literacy

To find these Apps tap on App Store and then Search, Type in the name of the App Tap the letters to exchange places and make words. Choice of 3x3, 4x4, 5x5 and 6x6 grids. Over a 1000 games ||< **Alice for the iPad Lite** (Free) Beautifully illustrated interactive 25 page book. At the end of the story there is a link that takes you to the App store where you can buy the full version for $12.99 NZ ||< **Wurdle** ($2.59 NZ) Unscramble the letters to make words puzzle. Tap and drag the letters to make a word. You have a time limit. Shake the board up to make new letters. ||< **Words for Friends** (Free or $4.19 NZ) An addictive word game, where you can play up to 20 different games at one time, has chat facility and push notifications to your iPod. || This app has all of Shakespeare's plays. Extras include his biography, change the size of the text for reading and a search feature where you can type in characters names or phrases and the app will search for all instances of the name or phrase. ||< ||< **New Zealand Herald** (Free) //__**There is an app for the iPad**__// but the iPhone and the iPod touch need the mobile version of the Herald, has the Top Stories, National, World, Business, Sport, Tech & Entertainment news Go to http://m.nzherald.co.nz on your iPhone, click on the **+** symbol, click on **Add to Home Screen**, and it will appear on your iPhone or iPod Touch Students can use this to look up news headlines and report back in groups or for class oral discussion ||< || Add speech bubbles or text boxes to your photos. Smudge, stretch, bulge, dent or add light effects to your photo. Email your comic (Lite version will have a watermark on it). Students could use this to publish their poetry, or make comics of their drawings (take photos of drawings). Publish their writing and then email it for printing. || || Great story starter game. Shake the die, tap and drag the die to form a story, start telling your story. || || Kindle (Free) Search for book titles via Amazon, tap on 'One Click' and you will have purchased the book (a lot cheaper than what you buy it for in the shops). Go back to Kindle and start reading your book, all in less than 2 minutes. You can adjust the type size, and swipe your finger on the screen to turn the pages. || || At the moment all you can get on iBook in New Zealand are the classics and a free version of Winnie the Pooh. One other feature is that you can save PDF documents to iBook and store them ||  ||   ||   || Reading
 * < [[image:word.PNG]]**Word Squares** ($1.29 NZ) Unscramble the Word puzzle.
 * < [[image:Shakes.PNG]]**Shakespeare** (Free)
 * [[image:book_search.png width="65" height="81"]]**Book Search** (Free) Search for books online (they may be cheaper than what you could buy them for in the shops). Or use this App to find those 'hard to find' books. Type in the Title and/or Author and/or ISBN etc to find the book. Tap on a result to be directed to the place where it can be ordered from. || [[image:storm.PNG width="192" height="288"]] || [[image:comic_touch.png]]**Comic Touch** ($4.19 NZ) or **Comic Touch Lite** (**Free**)
 * [[image:Screen_shot_2010-03-28_at_1.26.25_PM.png width="67" height="70"]]**Rory Story Cube ($4.19 NZ)**
 * **[[image:Screen_shot_2010-07-28_at_1.32.45_PM.png width="71" height="71"]]iBook** (Free)