There’s an App for That!

Google Maps App Price: Free  Subject Area: Geography – search landforms, continents, countries, cities and places.  Rationale for Curriculum Use: Part of the elementary curriculum includes social studies of which geography of the world and their community is a part of.  NYS P-12 NYS Standard and/or Ontario Curriculum Expectations  This app would fit in with the New York State grade 2/3 world geography curriculum where students are expected to know how to identify continents, land forms, and how to navigate around maps such as north, east south, west.  This app would fit with the Ontario grade 2 social studies curriculum where students are expected to study the climates and physical features of a region affecting how people in that region by exploring maps about location, climate, and physical characteristics of a region

Planets App Price: Free  Subject Area: Earth Science  Rationale for Curriculum Use: Part of the elementary curriculum is Science and Technology which includes the study of the planet’s names, characteristics and location with relation to the earth.  NYS P-12 NYS Standard and/or Ontario Curriculum Expectations  This app would fit in with the New York State grade 2/3 world geography curriculum where students are expected to know how to identify continents, land forms, and how to navigate around maps such as north, east south, west.  This app would fit with the Ontario grade 6 curriculum where students identify components of the solar system, including the sun, the earth, and other planets, natural satellites, comets, asteroids, and meteoroids, and describe their physical characteristics in qualitative terms.

Fractions Kitchen App Price: Free  Subject Area: Mathematics  Rationale for Curriculum Use: Part of the elementary curriculum for Mathematics includes learning the concept of fractions.  NYS P-12 NYS Standard and/or Ontario Curriculum Expectations  This app would fit in with the New York State common core mathematics for grade 3 to develop an understanding of fractions as part of a whole unit and as parts of a collection. Use manipulatives, visual models, and illustrations to name and represent unit fractions.  This app would fit with the Ontario grade 3 curriculum for math where students are expected to divide whole and sets of objects into equal parts and identify the parts using fractional names.

History Line App Price: Free  Subject Area: US History  Rationale for Curriculum Use: The elementary curriculum for Social Studies is History where the study of US history is explored on a timeline.  NYS P-12 NYS Standard and/or Ontario Curriculum Expectations  This app would fit in with the New York State standards where US history about the major social, political, economic, cultural, and religious developments in New York State and United States history is studied as early as grade 2.  This app would fit with the Ontario grade 6 curriculum where Canada’s interaction with the global community is studied.

Nutrition Tips App Price: Free  Subject Area: Health  Rationale for Curriculum Use: Part of the elementary curriculum includes physical and health education where students learn nutrition information and, the four food groups, and how to make good food choices.  NYS P-12 NYS Standard and/or Ontario Curriculum Expectations  This app would fit in with the New York State standards for grades 4/5 where students will learn the necessary knowledge and skills to maintain personal health.  This app would fit with the Ontario grade 4, health and physical education curriculum where students are expected to taught to identify ways of promoting healthier food choices in a variety of settings and learn about nutrition and serving sizes.

ABC Cursive Handwriting App Price: 0.99  Subject Area: English Language Arts  Rationale for Curriculum Use: Part of the elementary curriculum includes English language arts of which cursive handwriting is a part of.  NYS P-12 NYS Standard and/or Ontario Curriculum Expectations  This app would fit in with the New York State grade 4 English language arts common core for handwriting where the skill of cursive handwriting is introduced.  This app would fit with the Ontario grade 2 social studies curriculum where students are expected to study the climates and physical features of a region affecting how people in that region by exploring maps about location, climate, and physical characteristics of a region

Doodle Buddy App Price: Free  Subject Area: Visual Arts  Rationale for Curriculum Use: Part of the elementary curriculum for the Arts where Visual Arts includes a broad range of forms, genres, and styles such as the traditional arts of drawing, painting  NYS P-12 NYS Standard and/or Ontario Curriculum Expectations  This app would fit in with the New York State grade 1/2/3 visual arts curriculum where students are expected to actively engage in the processes that constitute creation and performance in all arts including visual arts.  This app would fit with the Ontario grade 1 visual arts curriculum will understand the all elements of design including lines, space, form and colour.

Music Theory for Beginners App Price $ 4.99  Subject Area: The Arts, Music  Rationale for Curriculum Use: Part of the elementary curriculum for the Arts where Music includes achievement in the content standards  NYS P-12 NYS Standard and/or Ontario Curriculum Expectations  This app would fit in with the New York State grade 3 Music curriculum where students are expected to actively engage in the processes that constitute creation and performance in all arts including Music.  This app would fit with the Ontario grade 3 Music curriculum where students are expected demonstrate an understanding of a variety of musical genres and styles from the past and present, and their social and/or community contexts.

Word Wonderland Primary App Price: $1.99  Subject Area: English Language Arts – Reading  Rationale for Curriculum Use: Part of the elementary curriculum includes English Language Arts of which recognizing the different sounds that make up words and that words consist of a combination of sounds are a part of.  P-12 NYS Standard and/or Ontario Curriculum Expectations  This app would fit in with the New York State English Language Arts common core for kindergarten and grade 1 where students are expected to Listen to and identify spoken language sounds in the environment, Identify and produce spoken words that rhyme, Blend beginning sound (onset) with ending sound (rime) to form known words in rhyming word families and many other aspects of phonological and phonemic awareness  This app would fit with the Ontario kindergarten to grade 1 English Language Arts curriculum where students are expected to begin looking for 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 relationships for initial, final, and medial sounds; onset and rime; common spelling patterns; words within words)

See. Touch. Learn. App Price: Free  Subject Area: English Language Arts – Special Needs  Rationale for Curriculum Use: Part of the elementary curriculum includes English Language Arts for all learning styles including children with special needs. This app is a picture card learning system to replace flash cards which is specifically designed for autistic children and special needs students.  P-12 NYS Standard and/or Ontario Curriculum Expectations  This app would fit in with the New York State English Language Arts common core for a number of grades where skill level, expectations and accommodations are dependent on student’s IEPs. This app is especially helpful for instruction accommodations due to various learning styles. Flash cards are a great way for kids to learn the basic elements and memorize them through short repeat sessions and can be used for reading, and writing skills.  This app would fit with the Ontario English Language Arts for a number of grades where skill level, expectations and accommodations are dependent on student’s IEPs. This app is especially helpful for instruction accommodations due to various learning styles. Flash card are a great way for kids to learn the basic elements and memorize them through short repeat sessions and can be used for reading and writing skills.