Subject Area: ELA Reading App

App Title: Starfall Learn to Read

App Price: $2.99
Languages: English

Rationale: After the summer break, many students need a reading refresher. This app will help students
entering Grade 2 distinguish between long and short vowels, learn vowel combinations such as oa and
ai, and explore the concept of y as a vowel.
Standards:
New York State P-12 Common Core Standards
Standard Strand: Reading Standards for Literature K-5
Grade: 2
Topic: Phonics & Word Recognition
Item number and statement: 3. Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in
decoding words
Ontario Curriculum Grades 1-8 Language
Grade 2 Reading
Overall Expectations: By the end of Grade 2, students will: 3. use knowledge of words and
cueing systems to read fluently.
Specific Expectations: By the end of Grade 2, students will: 3.2 predict the meaning of, and
quickly solve, unfamiliar words using different types of cues.


Subject Area: ELA Writing App
App Title: Vocabulary Spelling City
App Price: Free
Languages: English

Rationale: This app will allow students entering Grade 2 to practice their spelling skills with fun
activities such as HangMouse. It also contains a spelling TestMe feature that reads words aloud and uses
them in a sentence prior to the student being asked to spell the words.
Standards:
New York State P-12 Common Core Standards
Standard Strand: Language Standards K-5
Grade: 2
Topic: Conventions of Standard English
Item number and statement: 2. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English
capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
Ontario Curriculum Grades 1-8 Language
Grade 2 Writing
Overall Expectations: By the end of Grade 2, students will: 3. Use editing, proofing and
publishing skills and strategies, and knowledge of language conventions, to correct errors, refine
expression & present their work effectively.
Specific Expectations: By the end of Grade 2, students will: 3.2 spell unfamiliar words using a
variety of strategies that involve understanding sound/symbol relationships, word structures, word
meanings and generalizations about spelling.



Subject Area: English Language Learning
App Title: Plural Nouns
App Price: $0.99
Languages: English (with American or English accent)

Rationale: The topic of irregular plural nouns is one that many English Language Learners struggle with.
The Plural Nouns app provides learners with audio exercises as well as visual tables of nouns and their
plural forms. Students are also able to choose whether the app audio uses an American or English accent.
Standards:
New York State P-12 Common Core Standards
Standard Strand: Language Standards K-5
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.
Ontario Curriculum Grades 1-8 Language
Grade 2 Writing
Overall Expectations: By the end of Grade 2, students will: 3. Use editing, proofing and
publishing skills and strategies, and knowledge of language conventions, to correct errors, refine
expression & present their work effectively.
Specific Expectations: By the end of Grade 2, students will: 3.5. use parts of speech
appropriately to communicate their meaning clearly, with a focus on the use of: proper nouns for
local, provincial, and national place names and for holidays; the personal object pronouns me,
you, him her, us, them; adjectives to describe a noun; verbs in the simple present and past tenses;
joining words (e.g., and, but); simple prepositions of place and time (e.g., under, with, before,
after)


Subject Area: Students with Disabilities App
App Title: Dragon Dictation
App Price: Free
Languages: English, Arabic, Catalan, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch,
Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese,
Korean, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish,
Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese.

Rationale: This app will assist students who have reading disabilities or who are unable to write. Using
this technology, students unable to write will be able to submit assignments orally while practicing their
oral communication skills.
Standards:
New York State P-12 Common Core Standards
Standard Strand: Speaking and Listening Standards K-5
Grade: 2
Topic: Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas
Item number and statement: 4. Tell a story or recount an experience with appropriate facts and
relevant, descriptive details, speaking audibly in coherent sentences.
Ontario Curriculum Grades 1-8 Language
Grade 2 Oral Communication
Overall Expectations: By the end of Grade 2, students will: 2. use speaking skills and strategies
appropriately to communicate with different audiences for a variety of purposes.
Specific Expectations: By the end of Grade 2, students will: 2.3 communicate ideas, opinions,
and information orally in a clear, coherent manner using simple but appropriate organizational
patterns. 2.4 choose a variety of appropriate words and phrases to communicate their meaning
accurately and engage the interest of their audience.


Subject Area: Math
App Title: Amazing Coin
App Price: $2.99
Languages: English

Rationale: This app will support students as they learn to add and subtract coins. Students can play nine
interactive games to learn how to count and match coins, make change, etc! Students receive quarters as
rewards for correct answers that they can later use to buy food in the store.
Standards:
New York State P-12 Common Core Standards for Mathematics
Standard Strand: Measurements and Data
Grade: 2
Topic: Working with time and money
Item number and statement: 8 Solve word problems involving dollar bills, quarters, dimes,
nickels, and pennies, using $ and appropriately
Ontario Curriculum Grades 1-8 Mathematics
Overall Expectations: By the end of Grade 2, students will: Read, represent, compare, and order
whole numbers to 100, and use concrete materials to represent fractions and money amounts to
100

Specific Expectations: By the end of Grade 2, students will:
- Estimate, count and represent (using the symbol) the value of a collection of coins with a
max value of one dollar;
- count forward by 1s, 2s, 5s, 10s, and 25s to 200, using number lines and hundreds
charts, starting from multiples of 1, 2, 5, and 10 (e.g., count by 5s from 15; count by 25s
from 125);
- add and subtract money amounts to 100, using a variety of tools (e.g., concrete materials,
drawings) and strategies (e.g., counting on, estimating, representing using symbols).


Subject Area: Health
App Title: Habit Heros
App Price: Free
Languages: English

Rationale: Learning to make health choices is a topic close to my heart. I feel it is important for us to
teach children how to make healthy choices at a young age. This app features an interactive comic book
that will help student understand how to create healthy habits including physical activity, healthy food
choices and hydration.
Standards:
New York State P-12 Learning Standards for Health, Physical Education, and Family and
Consumer Sciences at Three Levels
Standard Strand: Family and Consumer Sciences
Grade: Elementary
Topic: Nutrition
Item number and statement: 1. Students will use an understanding of the elements of good
nutrition to plan appropriate diet for themselves and others. They will know and use the
appropriate tools and technologies for safe and healthy food preparation.
Ontario Curriculum Grades 1-8 Health and Physical Education
C. Healthy Living
Overall Expectations: By the end of Grade 2, students will: C2. Demonstrate an understanding
of factors that contribute to healthy development.
Specific Expectations: By the end of Grade 2, students will: C2.2 demonstrate an understanding
of how to make healthy food choices for meals and snacks, considering the factors they can and
cannot control.


Subject Area: Math
App Title: Time Teacher Lite
App Price: Free
Languages: English

Rationale: Learning to tell time is an important life skill. In Grade 2, students are expected to be able to
tell time using digital and analog clocks alike. This app will provide the students with tutorials as well as
activities where students set the time on the clock or match the time on digital and analog clocks.
Standards:
New York State P-12 Common Core Standards for Mathematics
Standard Strand: Measurements and Data
Grade: 2
Topic: Working with time and money
Item number and statement: 7 Tell and write time from analog and digital clocks to the
nearest five minutes, using a.m. and p.m.
Ontario Curriculum Grades 1-8 Mathematics
Overall Expectations: By the end of Grade 2, students will: estimate, measure, and record
length, perimeter, area, mass, capacity, time, and temperature, using non-standard units and
standard units.

Specific Expectations: By the end of Grade 2, students will: tell and write time to the quarter-
hour, using demonstration digital and analogue clocks


Subject Area: The Arts
App Title: Drawing Desk Draw, Paint, Doodle, Sketch
App Price: Free
Languages: English

Rationale: Not only is art a subject area, it is also a creative outlet for many of our students. With the
ability to either draw, paint, doodle or sketch, this app contains four desks in one. With this app,
students can let their creativity flow and create pieces of visual art using a non-traditional platform. The
myriad of tools available allow the students to create a broad range of visual expressions.
Standards:
New York State P-12 Learning Standards for The Arts
Standard Strand: Standard 2 Knowing and Using Arts Materials and Resources
Grade: Elementary
Topic: Visual Arts
Item number and statement: Visual Arts 2. Students will know and use a variety of visual arts
materials, techniques, and processes. Students will know about resources and opportunities for
participation in visual arts in the community and use appropriate materials. Students will be
aware of vocational options available in the visual arts
Ontario Curriculum Grades 1-8 The Arts
D. Visual Arts
Overall Expectations: By the end of Grade 2, students will: D1 Creating and Presenting: apply
the creative process to produce a variety of two- and three-dimensional art works, using elements,
principles, and techniques of visual arts to communicate feelings, ideas, and understandings
Specific Expectations: By the end of Grade 2, students will:
D1.1 create two- and three-dimensional works of art that express feelings and ideas inspired by
activities in their community or observations of nature.
D1.4 use a variety of materials, tools, and techniques to respond to design challenges