1.

ELA Reading App

Subject Area: Reading
App Title: Kids A-Z
App Price: Free
Languages: English

Rationale: Kids A-Z is an app affiliated with Raz Kids reading program. The Kids A-Z app is a
vehicle from which interactive content from the Raz Kids program is delivered (as well as other
affiliated websites should you so choose). Students using this app will be able to access eBooks,
eQuizzes and other eResources that are developmentally appropriate and geared to further their
learning. The assessment tools within this app include evaluation of comprehension and tools
that support close reading 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 Educators

7b: use technology to design and implement a variety of formative and summative
assessments that accommodate learner needs, provide timely feedback to students and
inform instruction.

New York State P-12 Common Core Standards

Standard Strand: Reading Standards for Literature K-5 (RL)
Grade: 1
Topic: Key Ideas and Details
Item number and statement: 2. Retell stories, including key details, and
demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson.

Ontario Curriculum Expectations

Standard Strand: Reading
Grade: 1
Topic: Reading for Meaning
Item number and statement: Demonstrate Understanding 1.4-
demonstrate understanding of a text by retelling the story or restating
informaiton from the text, including the main idea.
 2. ELA Writing App
Subject Area: Creative Writing
App Title: My Story Book Creator School Edition
App Price: $4.99
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean and Simplified Chinese

Rationale: This app provides a means to promote literacy, comprehension, creative thinking and
self-driven learning. With this app, students are able to create their own eBook by developing
their own story line and by adding pictures/drawings. Students are even able to record their
voices telling their story over the eBook. This app is user friendly and provides opportunity to
share on social media sites for 3rd party viewing.

Standards:

ISTE Standards for Students

6c: Students communicate complex ideas clearly and effectively by creating or using a
variety of digital objects such as visualizations, models or simulations.

ISTE Standards for Educators

5a: Use technology to create, adapt and personalize learning experiences that foster
independent learning and accommodate learner differences and needs.

New York State P-12 Common Core Standards

Standard Strand: Writing Standards K5 [W]
Grade: 1
Topic: Text types and Purposes
Item number and statement: 3- Write narratives in which they recount two
or more appropriately sequenced events, include some details regarding what
happened, use temporal words to signal event order and provide some sense of
closure.

Ontario Curriculum Expectations

Standard Strand: Writing Standards 1-8
Grade: 1
Topic: Devloping and Organizing Content
Item number and statement: Organizing Ideas- identify and order amin
ideas and supporting details initially with support and direction, using
simple graphic organizers.
 3. ELL/ENL App
Subject Area:
App Title: Duolingo
App Price: Free
Languages: English, Arabic, Czech, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Hindi,
Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian,
Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish,
Ukrainian and Vietnamese.

Rationale: This app acts as a study tool or reinforcement when learning a new language. The
app will work with the student to create an achievable schedule and goal for practicing/learning a
new language. Daily reminders are sent and content (verbs, pronouns, nouns, etc.) are reviewed
during each session based on the students ability to recall the information covered in the previous
lesson. The app performs a series of assessments that are indicative of the students current ability
and strength with the language. From there, the app will help the student progress through the
lessons at a pace that is individualized to them.

Standards:

ISTE Standards for Students

5c: Students break problems into component parts, extract key informaiton, and develop
descriptive models to understand complex systems or facilitate problem-solving.

ISTE Standards for Educators

6a: Foster a culture where students take ownership of their learning goals and outcomes
in both idependent and group settings.

New York State P-12 Common Core Standards

Standard Strand: Langague Standards K-5
Grade: 1
Topic: Conventions of Standard English
Item number and statement: 1. Demonstrate command of the conventions
of standard English grammer and usage when writing or speaking: d. use
personal, possessive, and indefinate pronouns.

Ontario Curriculum Expectations

Standard Strand: Oral Communication
Grade: 1
Topic: Speaking to Communicate
Item number and statement: 2.4 Appropriate Language- choose
appropriate words to communicate their meaning accuratley and engage
the interest of their audience.
 4. SWD App
Subject Area: Social Studies
App Title: Social Detective
App Price: $24.99
Languages: English

Rationale: This app provides multiple social scenarios in which students with a disability are
unable to recognize. This app allows students to act in the role of a detective in order to solve
how the problem should be dealt with. It enhances a students ability to be a social thinker. It
guides students to make smart social guesses and investigates how others emotions and
responses are connected to behaviors.

Standards:

ISTE Standards for Students

1a: Students articulate and set personal learning goals, develop strategies leveraging
technology to acieve them and reflect on the learning process itself to improve learning
outcomes.

ISTE Standards for Educators

6b: Manage the use of tehcnology 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: Social Studies Framework K-8
Grade: 1
Topic: Civic Participation
Item number and statement: 5. Show respect in issues involving differences and
conflict; particpate in the resolution of differences and conflict

Ontario Curriculum Expectations

Standard Strand: Social Studies 1-6
Grade: 1
Topic: Stand A- Heritage and Identity: Our changing roles and
responsibilities
Item number and statement: A1- describe some of the ways in which
peoples roles, relationships and responsibilities realte to who they are and
wha their situation is and how and why changes in circumstances might
affect peoples roles, relationships and responsibilities as well as their
sense of self.
 5. Mathematics App
Subject Area: Mathematics
App Title: Todo Math
App Price: Free (in-app purchases)
Languages: English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Simplified
Chinese and Spanish

Rationale: This app provides an interactive experience in the form of a math adventure.
Students are presented with games, tasks and adventures that are rooted in providing the learning
opportunities needed to advance when practicing early math skills. Todo Math helps to build
student confidence in early math concept areas including counting and cardinality, number
operations, mathematical reasoning, time and money and geometry.
Standards:

ISTE Standards for Students

5b- Students collect data or identify relevent data sets, use digital tools to analyze them,
and represent data in various ways to facilitate problem-solving and decision-making.

ISTE Standards for Educators

2a- Shape, advance and accelerate a shared vision for empowered learning with
technology by enagging with education skateholders.

New York State P-12 Common Core Standards

Standard Strand: Number & Operations in Base Ten
Grade: 1
Topic: Extend the counting sequence
Item number and statement: 1. Count to 120, starting at any number less
than 120. In this range, read and write numerals and represent a number of
objects with a written numeral.

Ontario Curriculum Expectations

Standard Strand: Number Sense and Numeration
Grade: 1
Topic: Quantity Relationships
Item number and statement: represent money amounts to 20, through
investigation using coin manipulatives.
 6. Science App
Subject Area: Science (Living Things)
App Title: National Geographic Kids
App Price: Free
Languages: English

Rationale: This app can be used as a research tool and allows students to take ownership of their
learning. Students are able to use this app to do their own research. The app provides reviewed
articles and has the option to assess students on article content. The interactive way in which
students direct their learning allows for engagement and student lead learning.

Standards:

ISTE Standards for Students

7d: Students explore local and global issues and use collaborative technologies to work
with others to investigate solutions.

ISTE Standards for Educators

Establish a learning culture that promotes curiosity and critical examination of online
resourbcsces and fosters digital literacy and media fluency

New York State P-12 Common Core Standards

Standard Strand: Science
Grade: 1
Topic: Standard 4: The Living Environment
Item number and statement: 1.1a- animals need air, water, and food in order
to live and thrive.

Ontario Curriculum Expectations

Standard Strand: Science: : Understanding Life Systems: Needs and
characteristics of living things
Grade: 1
Topic: Developing Investigation and Communication Skills
Item number and statement: 2.2 investigate and compare the basic
needs of humans and other living things, including the need for air, water,
food, warmth and space using a variety of methods and resources.
 7. App of Choice
Subject Area: Physical Education
App Title: GoNoodle Kids
App Price: Free
Languages: English

Rationale: This app provides opportunity for large group participation. Students are able to
actively participate and engage in this app. It offers instructional physical movement and
mindfulness videos. This app can be used as a brain break, to keep student engagement and
interest levels up. The app is full of high energy songs that promote active lifestyles, step-by-step
dance routines and yoga videos that promote mindfulness. Students are able to create profiles
and continue to work toward goals at home with their families.

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 Educators

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: Physical Education Learning Standards
Grade: 1
Topic: Personal Heath and Fitness Standard 1
Item number and statement: develop physical fitness skills through regular
practice, effort, and perseverance

Ontario Curriculum Expectations

Standard Strand: Physical Education- Active Living
Grade: 1
Topic: Active Participation
Item number and statement: A1.1 actively participate in a wide variety
of program activities, according to their capabilities, while applying
behaviours that enhance their readiness and ability to take part
 8. App of Choice
Subject Area: Social Science, ELA, Math, Science
App Title: Kahoot!
App Price: Free
Languages: English

Rationale: This app allows educators to do large group or small group assessment on a specific
content area. Each student that is logged on to the app will receive the same questions, created by
the educator. Not only does the app keep record of individual students correct and incorrect
answers, it also keeps a log of the time taken to respond to each question.

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 Educators

7b: use technology to design and implement a variety of formative and summative
assessments that accommodate learner needs, provide timely feedback to students and
inform instruction.

New York State P-12 Common Core Standards

Standard Strand: Math Standads 1-8
Grade: 1
Topic: Geometry
Item number and statement: 1. Distinguish between defining attributes;
build and draw shapes to possess defining attributes

Ontario Curriculum Expectations

Standard Strand: Math Standards 1-8
Grade: 1
Topic: Geometry and Spatial Sense
Item number and statement: Geometric Properties- identify and
describe common two-dimentional shapes and sort and classify them by
their attributes, using concrete materials and pictorial representations