Subject Area: ELA Reading

App Title: Super Why!

App Price: $3.49
Languages: English
Rationale: Helps students achieve reading goals, with interactive literacy games.
Developed from a childrens television show, students can pick their favourite character.
Students practice the alphabet, rhyming, spelling, writing, and reading.
Standards:
New York State P-12 Common Core Standards
Standard Strand: Reading Standards for Foundational Skills K-5 (RF)
Grade: Kindergarten
Topic: Print concepts and phonological awareness
Item number and statement: 2. Demonstrate understanding of spoken
words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes).
New York State Learning Standards Reading Standard RF
RF.2.a Recognize and produce rhyming words.
RF.2.b Count, pronounce, blend and segment syllables in spoken words.
RF.2.c Blend and segment onsets and rimes of single-syllable spoken words.
RF.2.d Isolate and pronounce the initial, medial vowel, and final sounds (phonemes) in
three-phoneme (consonant-vowel-consonant) words.
RF.2.e Add or substitute individual sounds (phonemes) in simple, one-syllable words to
make new words.
Performance Indicator CCSS.ELA.Literacy.RF.K.2:Demonstrateunderstandingof
spokenwords,syllables,andsounds(phonemes).
Ontario Curriculum Expectations
Overall Expectation: 1. Communicate by talking and by listening and speaking to
others for a variety of purposes and in a variety of contexts.
Specific Expectation: 1.1. Explore sounds, rhythms, and language structures, with
guidance and on their own.

Subject Area: ELA Writing

App Title: Rainbow Sentences
App Price: $8.99
Languages: English
Rationale: Designed to help students improve their ability to construct grammatically
correct sentences, by using coloured visual clues. Students will also learn the who, what,
when, where, and why. As well as learn how sentences and combinations are formed, as
well as basic sentence structure. They will recognize verbs, nouns, prepositions and
acquire and improve basic expression and receptive skills.
Standards:
New York State P-12 Common Core Standards
Standard Strand: Writing Standards K-5
Grade: 1
Topic: Production details and structure
Item number and statement: 1. Respond to questions using grammatically
correct sentence structure and vocabulary.
New York State Learning Standards for English Language Arts
Writing Standard
W5: With guidance and support from adults, focus on a topic, respond to questions and
suggestions from peers, and add details to strengthen writing as needed.
Performance Indicator CCSS.ELA.Literacy.W.1.5: Students read variety of texts
and write opinions and answers using full sentences and correct sentence structure.
Ontario Curriculum Expectations
Overall Expectation: 1. Generate, gather, and organize ideas and information to
write for an intended purpose and audience.
Specific Expectation: 1.2. Generate ideas about a potential topic, using a variety of
strategies and resources.

Subject Area: English Language Learners (ELL)

App Title: Duolingo
App Price: Free
Languages: English, Czech, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Hindi,
Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese,
Romanian, Russian, Chinese, Spanish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese.
Rationale: Lessons to learn languages such as English, Spanish, French, Italian German
etc. Students learn basics and more advanced fundamentals of the given language, as they
progress through the levels. Students learn vocabulary and sentences through visuals,
audio and type exercises.
Standards:
New York State P-12 Common Core Standards
Standard Strand: Language Standards K-5 (L)
Grade: 3
Topic: Identify conventions of the English language and their uses.
Item number and statement: 1. Demonstrate command of the conventions of
standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
New York State Learning Standards English Language Learners Language
Standard (L):
L.3.1.d Form and use regular and irregular verbs
L.3.1.e Form and use the simple verb tenses
L.3.1.f Ensure subject-verb and pronoun-antecedent agreement
Performance Indicator CCSS.ELA.Literacy.L.3.1.i Produce simple, compound,
and complex sentences.
Ontario Curriculum Expectations
Overall Expectation: 2. Use speaking skills and strategies appropriately to
communicate with different audiences for a variety of purposes.
Specific Expectation: 2.3. Communicate orally in a clear, coherent manner,
presenting ideas, opinions, and information in a logical sequence.

Subject Area: Students With Disabilities (SWD)

App Title: SoundMatch by Ed Ninja
App Price: $2.29
Languages: English and Spanish
Rationale: An audio-memory games that helps students learn and distinguish sounds.
Helps develop memory skills, the ability to recognize and distinguish sounds, and
improvement on concentration and attention skills. This will also help students
communicate effectively since they will be recognizing sounds and formulating auditory
skills by making the connection between sounds.
Standards:
New York State P-12 Common Core Standards
Standard Strand: Speaking and Listening Standards K-5 (SL)
Grade: 2
Topic: Understand and communicate effectively in an oral or written manner
Item number and statement: 1. Prepare for and participate effectively in a
range of conversations and collaborations with diverse partners, building on
others ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.
New York State Learning Standards Students with Disabilities
SL.2.1.b Build on others talk in conversations by linking their comments to remarks of
others.
SL.2.1.c Ask for clarification and further explanations as needed about the topics and
texts under discussion.
SL.2.1.d Seek to understand and communicate with individuals from different cultural
backgrounds.
Performance Indicator CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.2.1 Participate in collaborative
conversations with diverse partners about grade 2 topics and texts with peers and adults
in small and larger groups.
Ontario Curriculum Expectations
Overall Expectation: 2. Use speaking skills and strategies appropriately to
communicate with different audiences for a variety of purposes.
Specific Expectation: 2.2. Demonstrate an understanding of appropriate speaking
behaviour in a variety of situations, including small and large-group discussions.

Subject Area: Mathematics

App Title: Splash Math
App Price: Free
Languages: English, Norwegian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish,
Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese,
Korean, Malay, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Chinese, Slovak,
Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
Rationale: Interactive math problems, lets students practice at any time and activities are
self-paced. There are also explanations for wrong answers, a scratchpad for rough work,
and a dashboard to measure the students progress, throughout the games and activities.
Standards:
New York State P-12 Common Core Standards
Standard Strand: Mathematics - Geometry
Grade: 4
Topic: Draw geometrical shapes and classify correctly based on their
properties
Item number and statement: 1. Draw and identify lines and angles, and
classify shapes by properties of their lines and angles.
New York State Learning Standards Mathematics (Geometry)
4.G.A.2 Classify two-dimensional figures based on the presence or absence of parallel
or perpendicular lines, or the presence or absence of angles of a specified size. Recognize
right triangles as a category, and identify right triangles.
Performance Indicator CCSS.Math.Content.4.G.A.1 Draw points, lines, line
segments, rays, angles (right, acute, obtuse), andn perpendicular and parallel lines.
Identify these in two-dimensional figures.
Ontario Curriculum Expectations
Overall Expectation: 1. Identify quadrilaterals and three-dimensional figures and
classify them by their geometric properties, and compare various angles to
benchmarks.
Specific Expectation: 1.2. Identify and compare different types of quadrilaterals and
sort and classify them by their geometric properties.

Subject Area: Social Sciences

App Title: Whole Wide World 2
App Price: Free
Languages: English
Rationale: Students can play through games all around the world. Students can journey
around the world with characters from different countries. There are activities that help to
teach students about customs and cultures. For example, mountains and rocks in Iceland,
and flora and fauna of Mexico. There are also hidden object games and postcards, with
fun facts about culture and geography from each country.
Standards:
New York State P-12 Common Core Standards
Standard Strand: Reading Standards for Informational Text K-5 (RI)
Grade: 2
Topic: Key ideas and details
Item number and statement: 1. Understand differences between countries,
cultures, and people while making connections to differences and/or
similarities in each country studied.
New York State Learning Standards Social Studies Standard
RI.2.3 Students will describe the connection between a series of historical events,
scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text.
Performance Indicator CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.2.1 Ask and answer such questions
as who, what, where, when, why and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in
a text.
Ontario Curriculum Expectations
Overall Expectation: B1. Describe some similarities and differences in the ways in
which people in two or more communities in different parts of the world meet their
needs and have adapted to the location, climate and physical features of their regions.
Specific Expectation: B1.1 Compare selected communities from around the world,
including their own community in terms of lifestyles of people in those communities
and some ways in which the people meet their needs.

Subject Area: Science

App Title: Cell and Cell Structure
App Price: $3.49
Languages: English
Rationale: Teaches students about cells, their structure and parts, as well as their specific
functions. There are 2D and 3D visuals and graphics, for an engaging learning
experience. There are also interactive videos and activities.
Standards:
New York State P-12 Common Core Standards
Standard Strand: Science and Technical Subjects
Grade: 6
Topic: Key Ideas and Details
Item number and statement: 1. Understanding key ideas and details of a text
to cite specific textual evidence to support analysis, investigation and
classification of cells and organism habitats.
New York State Learning Standards Science and Technical Subjects Standard
RST.6-8.2 Determine the central ideas or conclusions of a text; provide an accurate
summary o the text distinct from prior knowledge or opinions.
Performance Indicator CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.6-8.3 Follow precisely a
multistep procedure when carrying out experiments, taking measurements, or performing
technical tasks.
Ontario Curriculum Expectations
Overall Expectation: 2. Investigate the characteristics of living things, and classify
diverse organisms according to specific characteristics.
Specific Expectation: 2.2 Investigate the organisms found in a specific habitat and
classify them according to a classification system

Subject Area: Health

App Title: The Human Body
App Price: $4.99
Languages: English, Afrikaans, Albanian, Arabic, Basque, Bengali,
Norwegian, Bulgarian, Cambodian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish,
Finnish, French, German, Greek, Haitian, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian,
Italian, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian,
Russian, Serbian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog, Tamil,
Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Welsh.
Rationale: Teaches students how the body and its organs function, and provides
information about them. An inside look through pictures and graphics of the organs and
inside the human body. Students learn what organs are in their bodies, their functions and
how important it is to be healthy and what they need in order to maintain a healthy
lifestyle to themselves and others.
Standards:
New York State P-12 Common Core Standards
Standard Strand: Reading Standards for Informational Text K-5 (RI)
Grade: 2
Topic: Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
Item number and statement: 1. Explain and know how basic body systems
work and interrelate normals patterns of growth and development, and health
systems through a variety of texts.
New York State Learning Standards Health, Phyiscal Education, and Family and
Consumer Services
RI.2.7 Explain how specific images contribute to and clarify a text.
Performance Indicator CCSS. ELA-Literacy.RI.2.8 Describe how reasons support
specific point the author makes in a text.
Ontario Curriculum Expectations
Overall Expectation: C2. Demonstrate the ability to apply health knowledge and
living skills to make reasoned decisions and take appropriate actions relating to their
personal health and well-being.
Specific Expectation: C2.2. Demonstrate an understanding of how to make healthy
food choices for meals, and snacks, considering factors they can and cannot control.