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When we received the assignment utilize the iPads with students to assist in meeting their needs, I immediately knew who I needed to work with!  In my first grade class, I have one very sweet, yet very special little boy lacking necessary Kindergarten skills to succeed in first grade. This sweet little one only has sight recognition with the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 10.  He can not count 1-10, but can count 14-40 majority of the time.  This lack of numerical knowledge and skill creates a great deficit in the classroom.  The language skills of this child also bear a great deficit.  He does not know any basic sight words, recognizes the alphabet but cannot reproduce his letters, especially in order without visual model.  To aid this sweet student in addressing the deficit, I utilized the Apps for Common Core app.

The first app I used to address the numerical deficits of my student was 123 Lite. Within this app, the student was able to click on a numeral, see that quantity of various objects, and hear the number read.  This app provided the student great aid with his number recognition.






On this particular day, the student also worked on the app entitled, 123 Trace Free. The student's challenge is not only with number recognition but written ability as well.  The student was able to continue with the characteristics of the previous app (a quantity representative, spoken number) but also allows the student to trace the written numeral which proved particularly beneficial.