Theres An App for That Assignment

Zinovia Gina Ewles

EDU 571
Professor Scumaci
July 27, 2014











Subject Area: Language
App Title: Grammar Jammers Elementary Edition
App Price: $2.99
Languages: English
Rationale: Grammar Jammers focuses on essential grammatical rules and usage, providing a
framework for learning that supports students and offers rewards as they work through the
content. Each level presents direct instruction through innovative animations followed by
opportunities for students to apply their new knowledge and reinforce learning. The app allows
students to practice their adjectives, adverbs, capitalization, conjunctions, contractions, nouns,
prepositions, pronouns, punctuation, sentences and verbs. It includes catchy animated songs and
rhymes which make it exciting for children to learn. Students are able to demonstrate mastering
each skill by completing a quiz at the end of each level. It is a perfect tool to use in the classroom
or at home for extra practice. A reset feature allows for the data to be cleared and the game to be
re-set, ready for the next user.
Standards:
New York State P-12 Common Core Standards
Standard Strand: Language Standards K-5 [L]
Grade: 3
Topic: Conventions of Standard English
Item number and statement: 1. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English
capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
Ontario Curriculum Expectations:
CWC: Applying Knowledge of Language Conventions and Presenting Written Work Effectively
Overall Expectation:
Use editing, proofreading, and publishing skills and strategies, and knowledge of language
conventions, to correct errors, refine expression, and present their work effectively
Specific Expectation:
3.4 Use punctuation to help communicate their intended meaning, with a focus on the use of:
quotation marks to indicate direct speech; commas to mark grammatical boundaries
within sentences; capital letters and final punctuation to mark the beginning and end of
sentences

Subject Area: Language
App Title: Phonics: Fun on Farm
App Price: $1.99
Languages: English
Rationale: The essential reading sub-skills that are covered in this app include phoneme
recognition, letter sounds, letter writing, spelling and reading words in simple sentences,
encoding, decoding, sight words, and reading fluency development. In addition, profiles can be
created for multiple children with tracking of individual reading progress.
Standards:
New York State P-12 Common Core Standards
Standard Strand: Reading Standards: Foundational Skills K5 [RF]
Grade: 1
Topic: Phonics and Word Recognition
Item number and statement: 3. Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in
decoding words.
Ontario Curriculum Expectations
CWC: Reading with Fluency
Overall Expectation:
Use knowledge of words and cueing system to read fluently
Specific Expectation:
3.2 Predict the meaning of and solve unfamiliar words using different types of cues, including:
graphophonic (phonological and graphic) cues (e.g., blending and segmenting of
individual sounds in words; visual features of words such as shape and orientation;
sound-letter relation- ships for initial, final, and medial sounds; onset and rime; common
spelling patterns; words within words)

Subject: Language
App Title: ABC Pocket Phonics
App Price: 6.99
Languages: English & French
Rationale: Pocket Phonics teaches kids letter sounds, first words and handwriting. Pocket
Phonics shows children how to write letters using an arrow they can follow with their finger or
stylus. Pocket Phonics supports two different writing styles, and for each style, kids can write in
lowercase, uppercase and cursive. Pocket Phonics teaches the sounds for all the letters in the
alphabet plus over 30 letter sounds like sh and ch, because they are key to reading so many
frequently-used words. Using a unique, letter sounds make words spelling game, children learn
how to sound out and spell 160 frequently used words. Phonics (letter sounds) help children
learn to read by understanding the sounds that letters make. Letter sounds (how we say the letters
when we use them in words) are not the same as the letter names (what we call the letters).
Standards:
New York State P-12 Common Core Standards
Standard Strand: Reading Standards: Foundational Skills K5 [RF]
Grade: 1
Topic: Phonics and Word Recognition
Item number and statement: 3. Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in
decoding words.
Ontario Curriculum Expectations
CWC: Applying Knowledge of Language Conventions and Presenting Written Work Effectively
Overall Expectation:
Use editing, proofreading, and publishing skills and strategies, and knowledge of language
conventions, to correct errors, refine expression and present their work effectively
Specific Expectation:
3.1 Spell some high-frequency words correctly (e.g., words from their oral vocabulary, the
class word wall, and shared-, guided-, and independent-reading texts)

Subject: Language
App Title: Tap to Talk
App Price: Free
Languages: English, Spanish, French, German and Italian
Rationale: TapToTalk designer is a web site you use to easily build a collection of TapToTalk
pictures, arranged on pages. Each collection of pictures is called an album. TapToTalk designer
gives you access to a large library of pictures, sounds, and a "pre-built" starter album. You can
also add your own pictures and sounds. TapToTalk displays a page of pictures on the screen.
When you tap a picture, TapToTalk plays a word or sentence and displays another page of
pictures. Each of those pictures can lead to another page, and so on, up to ten levels deep. For
example, a picture representing food can lead to a page with pictures of fruit, vegetables,
sandwiches, snacks and other foods, up to twelve pictures per page. When a picture is tapped, its
sound plays. Optionally, text can also be displayed for each picture. The TapToTalk Web App
can print out all the pictures used in your TapToTalk.
New York State P-12 Common Core Standards
Standard Strand: Reading Standards for Literature K5 [RL]
Grade: 1
Topic: Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
Item number and statement: 7. Use illustrations and details in a story to describe its characters,
setting, or events.
Ontario Curriculum Expectations
CWC: Speaking to Communicate (will use Tap to Talk to answer questions, this will be the
accommodation for the student)
Overall Expectation:
Use speaking skills (Tap to Talk) and strategies appropriately to communicate with different
audiences (with teachers and students) for a variety of purposes;
Specific Expectation:
Use one or more appropriate visual aids (e.g., pictures, photographs, props, puppets, masks) to
support or enhance oral presentations (Tap to Talk used to present) (e.g., use a set of plastic
animals during an oral recount about a visit to a zoo)



Subject Area: Mathematics
App Title: Mathmateer
App Price: $0.99
Languages: English
Rationale: The app combines a students creativity and mathematical skills. To build a rocket
ship to launch into space, kids must earn money by completing basic math challenges while
recognizing patterns and shapes, telling time etc.
Standards:
New York State P-12 Common Core Standards
Standard Strand: Measurement & Data
Grade 1
Topic: Tell and Write Time and Money
Item number and statement: 1.MD 3: Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog
and digital clocks. Recognize and identify coins, their names, and their value.
Ontario Curriculum Expectations Mathematics Grades 1 8
CWC: Measurement
Overall Expectation:
Estimate, measure, and describe length, area, mass, capacity, time, and temperature, using non-
standard units of the same size.
Specific Expectation:
Read demonstration digital and analogue clocks, and use them to identify benchmark times
(e.g., times for breakfast, lunch, dinner; the start and end of school; bedtime) and to tell and write
time to the hour and half-hour in everyday settings.



Subject Area: Science
App Title: Parts of a Plant
App Price: $0.99
Languages: English, Czech, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish,
Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Swedish, Traditional Chinese, Turkish
Rationale: This app serves as a science lesson. Student will learn the parts of a plant and what
each part does. Students will be able to label each part and identify its use. Assessment and
worksheet also included.
Standards:
Elementary Science Core Curriculum Grades K 4
Standard 4: The Living Environment
Grade 1
Key Idea 1: Living things are both similar to and different from each other and from nonliving
things.
Item number and statement: 1.1 Describe the characteristics of and variations between living
and nonliving things.
Major Understandings: 1.1b Plants require air, water, nutrients, and light in order to live and
thrive.
Ontario Curriculum Expectations Science and Technology Grades 1 8
CWC: Understanding Life Systems Needs and Characteristics of Living Things
Overall Expectation:
1. Assess the role of humans in maintaining a healthy environment;
2. Investigate needs and characteristics of plants and animals, including humans;
3. Demonstrate an understanding of the basic needs and characteristics of plants and animals,
including humans.
Specific Expectation:
2.4 - Investigate the physical characteristics of plants (e.g., basic parts, size, shape, color) and
explain how they help the plant meet its basic needs (e.g., roots anchor the plant and help provide
the plant with food and water; some plants have brightly colored flowers to attract bees), using a
variety of methods and resources (e.g., direct observation of live plants in the classroom and in
the schoolyard, prior knowledge, personal experience, diagrams and/or charts).



Subject Area: Science
App Title: Water Cycles
App Price: $1.99
Languages: English, Spanish
Rationale: This app serves as a science lesson. The interactive module "What is the water cycle?"
is an easily grasped learning resource that helps you understand the basics of the water cycle in
all its phases, from evaporation through to the return to the oceans. Ease of use makes it a great
choice for home or classroom-based teaching.

Standards:
Elementary Science Core Curriculum Grades K 4
Standard 4: The Physical Setting
Grade 2
Key Idea 2: Many of the phenomena that we observe on Earth involve interactions among
components of air, water, and land.
Item number and statement: 2.1 Describe the relationship among air, water, and land on
Earth.
Major Understandings: 2.1c Water is recycled by natural processes on Earth.
- evaporation: changing of water (liquid) into water vapor (gas)
- condensation: changing of water vapor (gas) into water (liquid)
- precipitation: rain, sleet, snow, hail
- runoff: water flowing on Earths surface
- groundwater: water that moves downward into the ground
Ontario Curriculum Expectations Science and Technology Grades 1 8
CWC: Understanding Earth and Space Systems Air and Water in the Environment
Overall Expectation:
1. Assess ways in which the actions of humans have an impact on the quality of air and water,
and ways in which the quality of air and water has an impact on living things;
2. Investigate the characteristics of air and water and the visible/invisible effects of and changes
to air and/or water in the environment;
3. Demonstrate an understanding of the ways in which air and water are used by living things to
help them meet their basic needs.
Specific Expectation:
2.4 - Investigate the stages of the water cycle, including evaporation (e.g., heat water in a
kettle), Condensation (e.g., collect the water vapour from the kettle on an overturned mirror),
precipitation (e.g., allow the water vapour on the overturned mirror to collect, cool, and drop),
and collection (e.g., let the dripping water accumulate in a container)



Subject Area: Social Studies
App Title: USA Shake the States
App Price: $1.99
Languages: English
Rationale: This app serves as a social studies lesson. Shake the States will provide hours of fun
for everyone while kids and parents brush up on their geography. Shake the States makes
learning about geography easy.
Standards:
Social Studies Core Curriculum Grades K 6
Grade 1
Concepts / Themes: Places and Regions
Content Understandings Places can be located on maps and on a globe. Maps and diagrams
serve as representations of places, physical features, and objects. Cardinal directions can be used
to locate places and physical features. Symbols represent places and can be used to locate
geographic features and physical characteristics.
Ontario Curriculum Expectations Social Studies 1 6
Significance: Patterns and Trends
Overall Expectation:
Describe significant aspects of their community, with reference to different areas, services, and
natural and built features, demonstrating an understanding of some basic ways of describing
location and measuring distance.
Specific Expectation:
Demonstrate an understanding of the basic elements of a map (e.g., title, symbols in the legend,
direction, scale, and colour) when reading and constructing simple maps showing places that are
significant to them (e.g., their classroom, the school, their immediate neighbourhood).