Category Archives: Core Learning Strands

The 8 Old Town Academy Core Learning Strands.

iPad Math Games for 4th-8th (Draft)

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Apps ◊ add rest of Math Apps!

  • Algebra Touch: Great program for creating automaticity. YouTube Video on Latest version: Factoring Out. Topics Covered: Simplification, Like Terms, Commutativity, Order of Operations, Factorization, Prime Numbers, Elimination, Isolation, Variables, Basic Equations, Distribution, Factoring Out, Substitution.

iBooks ◊ add rest of Math iBooks!

  • iShortcut Geometry, Vol 1: Lines and Angles  (free): teach essential geometry, lines and angles, in the simplest way possible through interactive diagrams. The aim is for the reader to have an intuitive feel for geometry. If a picture is worth a thousand words, then an interactive is worth a thousand pictures. The review at the end of each section should be attempted, as this will solidify the learning process. See full specs below
  • iShortcut Geometry, Vol 2: Triangles (1.99) (poor reviews, check for update: pythagorean, etc.)

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Full Specs, Tables of Contents, Glossaries, for App & iBooks:

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iPad Language Arts Games

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Alphabet-Phonics-Writing

  • Intro to Letters – Montessorium: Learn to trace, read, write and record letter sounds, names, and phonograms.
  • Children Learn:
  • ✔ To read, write and understand letters
    ✔ Lowercase letter symbols & sounds
    ✔ Phonograms – writing & pronunciation
    ✔ Capital names – writing & pronunciation
    ✔ Consonants and Vowels
    ✔ Fine motor skills
  • Alpha Writer Revised ◊Update it! (writing to read) Montessorium: Alpha Writer, for the iPad & iPhone, is based on the famous Montessori moveable alphabet. Learn to compose and read words, and also practice writing stories. Continue reading →

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    Music posts go here...

    GarageBand recordings, Performance Videos, Music History Timelines;
    Song Lyrics, music, or arrangements;
    Combined Science-Math-Music Projects (Coke Bottle/Wine Glass orchestra; Build your own guitar, etc.)

    *Science* Category

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    Science posts go here…

    Lab Projects (photos, diagrams, slideshows, & videos of your completed Projects or Project Exams);
    Theory Slideshows and Animated Simulations (Use Keynote to make animations!): Explanations of: How Human’s Hear, How Speaker’s Work, etc;
    Science Posters (scan or create digitally);
    Combined Science-History Projects (e.g., Inventions Timeline; e.g. History of The: Automobile, Cell Phone, etc.); Combined Science-Math Projects (SONAR math challenges, etc.).

    *Math* Category

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    Math posts go here…

    Book of Real Problem Problems (Create your own illustrated math tutorial in Pages or Keynote or with Show Me);
    Completed Math Progress Trackers (Saxon, Computer TargetScores, TAPS);
    Combined Math-Language Arts Projects (Math Poems or Songs, etc.); Combined Math-Science Projects (SONAR Math Challenges, etc.)

    *Language Arts* Category

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    Language Arts posts go here…

    Essays, Narratives, Poems, Speeches, Recitations (videos or recordings), Grammar Projects, Foreign Language Study, etc.
    Combined Language Arts-Math Projects (Math poems or songs); Combined Language-Arts History Projects (Biographical Narrative, Poltical Speech, etc.)

    *Seminar* Category

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    Seminar posts go here….

    5Ws Charts (Who wrote/painted/composed the reading/artwork/musical piece? What was the title/genre? Where & When was it created? Why was it created? Identify two crucial sentences, elements, or melodies);
    Combined History-Seminar Projects (Timelines: Great Ideas, Great Authors; Essays, Mock-Trial Readings: Fact Patterns, MindMap of Foundation Documents: Declaration of Independence, Bill of Rights, etc.).

    *Art* Category

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    Studio-Art History posts go here…

    Paintings, drawings, sculptures (scan or photograph);
    Art history Slide shows & timelines; Combined Art-History Projects (Timeline linking art genres with political and religious events, etc.)
    Digital art, animation (illustrator, keynote, etc.).

    *History* Category

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    History, Geography, and Civics/Mock Trial posts go here…

    Real-World History (research and write your own history); Biographies;
    History Timelines; Great Cities-Great Ideas: Maps, Models of Cities/Buildings (SketchUp), MindMaps (Inspiration) of Ideas That Last.
    Combined History-Science Projects (Great Inventions Diagrams/Reports, Interviews: Effect of Technology on 3 Generations, History of San Diego, etc.),
    Mock Trial Presentations (video or text): Opening Statement, Cross Examination Closing Statement, etc.