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App Assignment
Carlyn Walser
EDU 571: Technology for the Elementary Classroom
Mary Beth Scumaci
August 5th, 2017
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1. ELA Reading App

App Title: Monkey Junior

App Price: Free

Subject Area: ELA

Rationale for Curriculum Use: This app is presented in a structured lesson form where
the students can work throughout 7-10min lessons in multiple languages as an additional
resource to practice their reading.

Standards:
ISTE Standards for Students
1a. Students articulate and set personal learning goals, develop strategies
leveraging technology to achieve them and reflect on the learning process
itself to improve learning outcomes.
ISTE Standards for Teacher
1a. Set professional learning goals to explore and apply pedagogical
approaches made possible by technology and reflect on their
effectiveness.
New York State P-12 Common Core Standards
Standard Strand: Reading Standards: Foundational Skills (K-5) [RF]
Grade: 2
Topic: Phonics and Word Recognition
Item number and statement. 3. Know and apply grade-level
phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words. F. recognize
and read grade-level appropriate irregularly spelled words.
Ontario Curriculum Expectations
Standard Strand: Reading Standards 1-8
Grade: 2
Topic: Reading for Fluency
Item number and statement:1.9. identify, initially with support
and direction, the speaker and the point view presented in a text
and suggest one or two possible alternative perspectives.
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2. Content Area #1
App Title: Mathboard

App Price: $6.99

Subject Area: Math

Rationale for Curriculum Use: This app is designed to allow students to creatively
learn and practice their math skills. This app is appropriate for all ages and can continue
with the student while they go from grade to grade. Beginning with simple
addition/subtraction for kindergarten all the way up to Grade 8 skills.

Standards:
ISTE Standards for Students
1c. Students use technology to seek feedback that informs and improves
their practice and to demonstrate their learning in a variety of ways.
ISTE Standards for Teacher
1c. Stay current with research that supports improved student learning
outcomes, including findings from the learning sciences.
New York State P-12 Common Core Standards
Standard Strand: Operations and Algebaic Thinking
Grade: 2
Topic: Add and subtract within 20
Item number and statement: 2.. Fluently add and subtract within
20 using mental strategies. By end of Grade 2, know from memory
all sums of two one-digit numbers.

Ontario Curriculum Expectations

Standard Strand: Number Sense and Numeration
Grade: 2
Topic: Operational Sense
Item number and statement: Solve problems involving the
addition and subtraction of whole numbers to 18, using a variety of
whole numbers.
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3. ELA Writing

App Title: Story Patch

App Price: $2.99

Subject Area: Language, English

Rationale : Story Patch is designed to bring the students stories to life. This application
allows the student to create their own picture book adding in images, text, and fun
characters. It includes a wide variety of illustrations and customizable characters to really
create the students story. Story Patch allows the students to easy practice their story
telling skills and creativity with plenty of independency, as a results furthering their
creative mind.

Standards:
ISTE Standards for Students
1b. Students build networks and customize their learning environments
in ways that support the learning process.
ISTE Standards for Teacher
6a. Foster a culture where students take ownership of their own goals
and outcomes in both independent and group settings.
New York State P-12 Common Core Standards
Standard Strand: Writing Standards K-5 [W]
Grade: 2
Topic : Text Types and Purposes
Item number and statement: 3. Write narratives in which they
recount a well-elaborated event or short sequence of events,
include detaisl to describe actions, thoughout, and feelings, use
temporal words to signal event order, and provide a sense of
closure.

Ontario Curriculum Expectations

Standard Strand: Writing Standards 1-8
Grade: 2
Topic: Creating Media Texts
Item number and statement:3.2. identify the topic, purpose, and
audience for media texts they plan to create.
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4. ENL App
App Title: Duolingo

App Price: Free (In-App Purchases)

Subject Area: Languages

Rationale: This app is designed to introduce students to a new language or to improve on

their existing language. The app includes a variety of tests and quizzes that the students
can work through and complete levels. Earning points and badges along the way as a
form of feeling successful.

Standards:
ISTE Standards for Students
6a. Students chooose the appropriate platforms and tools for meeting the
desired objectives of their creation or communication.
ISTE Standards for Teacher
6c. Create learning opportunities that challenge students to use a design
process and computional thinking to innovate and solve problems.
New York State P-12 Common Core Standards
Standard Strand: Writing Standards [WS]
Grade: 2
Topic: Research to Build and Present Knowledge
Item number and statement: 8. Recall information from
experiences or gather information from provided sources to
answer a question.

Ontario Curriculum Expectations

Standard Strand: Writing Standards 1-8
Grade: 2
Topic: Reflecting on Media Literacy Skills and Strategies
Item number and statement: 4.1. Metacognition. Identify,
initially with support and direction, what strategies they found
most helpful in making sense of and creating media texts.
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5. SWD App
App Title: First Then Visual Schedule

App Price: $13.99

Subject Area: English, Organization

Rationale: This app, however $13.99, is a great tool for students with disabilities. It
allows the student to independently or with help to design a First Then schedule in
the classroom. It includes a schedule with pictures and all customizeable. It is a great
visualization tool and easy to access/create for the student.

Standards:
ISTE Standards for Students
2a. Students cultivate and manage their digital identity and reputation
and are aware of the performance of their actions in the digital world.
ISTE Standards for Teacher
2b. Advocate for equitable access to educational technology, digital
content, and learning opportunities to meet the diverse needs of all
students.
New York State P-12 Common Core Standards
Standard Strand: Social Studies
Grade: 2
Topic: Chronological Reasoning and Causation
Item number and statement: 1. Identify causes and effect using
examples from his/her family life or from the community.

Ontario Curriculum Expectations

Standard Strand: Social Studies
Grade: 2
Topic: Inquiry: Natural Environments and Ways of Life
Item number and statement:B2.4. Interpret and analyse
information relevant to their investigations, using a variety of
tools.
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6. Content Area #2
App Title: Mathseeds Grade 2

App Price: $4.99

Subject Area: Math

Rationale: This app, followed along with an app for each grade, allows the students to
work through grade appropriate math work. This is a perfect tool for additional help and
extra practice. It could be done during spare time or if the student has completed their
work early. It is also a great tool for differentiating learning.

Standards:
ISTE Standards for Students
1d. Students understand the fundamental concepts of technology
operations, demonstrate the ability to choose, use and troubleshoot
current technologies and are able to transfer their knowledge to explore
emerging technologies.
ISTE Standards for Teacher
3b. Establish a learning culture that promotes curiosity and critical
examination of online resources and fosters digital literacy and media
fleuncy.
New York State P-12 Common Core Standards
Standard Strand: Number & Operations in Base Ten
Grade: 2
Topic: Understand place value.
Item number and statement: 1. Understand that three digits of a
three-digit number represent amounts of hundreds, tens, and ones,
e.g. 706 equals 7 hundreds, 0 tens, and 6 ones.

Ontario Curriculum Expectations

Standard Strand: Reading Standards 1-8
Grade: 1
Topic: Reading for Meaning
Item number and statement:1.1 Variety of Texts Read a few
different types of literary texts, graphic texts, and informational
texts.
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7. Your Choice #1

App Title: Grade 2 Learning Activities & Educational

Activites

App Price: Free

Subject Area: Math/ Reading/ Science/ Spelling

Rationale: For Grade 2, the students can use this app to play activities that
correlate with the curriculum standards in each subject. It has math, reading,
spelling, and science. There are in-app purchases but it is a great start, escpecially if
students are using it during afternoon inquiry time.
Standards:
ISTE Standards for Students
6a. Students choose the appropriate platforms and tools for meeting the
desired objectives of their creation or communication.
ISTE Standards for Teacher
6b. Manage the use of technology and student learning strategies in
digital platforms, virtual environments, hands-on makerspaces or in the
field.
New York State P-12 Common Core Standards
Standard Strand: Language Standards k-5 [LS]
Grade: 2
Topic : Conventions of Standard English
Item number and statement: 1. Demonstrate command of the
conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing
or speaking. F. Produce, expand, and rearrange complete simple
and compound sentences.

Ontario Curriculum Expectations

Standard Strand: Reading Standards 1-8
Grade: 1
Topic: Reading for Meaning
Item number and statement:1.1 Variety of Texts Read a few
different types of literary texts, graphic texts, and informational
texts.
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8. Your Choice #2

App Title: Brain Quest

App Price: $3.99

Subject Area: ELA

Rationale: Brain Quest is an app to reinforce skills in topics such as ELA, Math,
Science, Social Studies, and other topics (holidays, sports, instruments, religion, food,
culture, etc.).

Standards:
ISTE Standards for Students
1c. Students use technology to seek feedback that informs and improve
their practice and to demonstrate their learning in a variety of ways.
ISTE Standards for Teacher
6d. Model and nurture creativity and creative expression to communicate
ideas, knowledge or connections.
New York State P-12 Common Core Standards
Standard Strand: Writing Standards K-5 [WS]
Grade: 2
Topic: Text Types and Purposes
Item number and statement: 3. Write narratives in which they
recount a well-elaborated event or short sequences of events,
include details to describe actions, thoughts, and feelings, use
temporal words to signal even order, and provide a sense of
closure.

Ontario Curriculum Expectations

Standard Strand: Reading Standards 1-8
Grade: 1
Topic: Reading for Meaning
Item number and statement:1.1 Variety of Texts Read a few
different types of literary texts, graphic texts, and informational
texts.