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ELA Writing App

Subject Area: English Language Arts: Writing
App Title: Write About This
App Price: $2.99 – 3.99
Languages: English Writing

Rationale: This app serves as a tool to support and inspire student writing. It is a writing prompt
app that helps students come up with ideas of topics to write about. By giving students 125
images and 375 different writing topics to choose from, it assists students to start the writing
process, which is often the most difficult part. Introducing a topic is part of the Ontario
curriculum and meets NYS Common Core Learning Standards.

Standards:
ISTE Standards for Students
 Knowledge Constructor 3.a. Students plan and employ effective research strategies to
locate information and other resources for their intellectual or creative pursuits.

ISTE Standards for Educators

 Designer 5.a 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 K-5
 Grade: 1
 Topic: Text Types and Purposes
 Item Number and statement: 1. Write opinion pieces in which they introduce
the topic or name the book they are writing about, state an opinion, supply a
reason for the opinion, and provide some sense of closure.

Ontario Curriculum Expectations

 Standard Strand: Writing Standards 1-8
 Grade: 1
 Topic: Developing and Organizing – Developing Ideas
 Item number and statement: 1.2 generate ideas about a potential topic, using a
variety of strategies and resources
4. SWD APP
Subject Area: Writing
App Title: Dragon Anywhere Dictation
App Price: Free with in-app purchases (monthly subscription)
Languages: English **

Rationale: This app was designed for students with disabilities that have problems writing. It
uses voice recognition technology that allows students to translate their speech to text. This is
extremely important to allow students, who would otherwise have difficulty, partake in the
writing process. By being able to dictate into the app and having the app create text, students are
able to fulfill the writing requirements that are part of the Ontario curriculum and meets NYS
Common Core Learning Standards.

Standards:
ISTE Standards for Students
 Empowered Learner 1.d. Students understand the fundamental concepts of technology
operations, demonstrate the ability to choose, use and troubleshoot current
technologies and are able to transfer their knowledge to explore emerging technologies.

ISTE Standards for Educators

 Leader 2b. Advocate for equitable access to educational technology, digital content and
learning opportunities to meet the diverse needs of all students.

New York State P-12 Common Core Standards

 Standard Strand: Writing Standards K-5
 Grade: 1
 Topic: Text Types and Purposes
 Item Number and statement: 3. Write narratives in which they recount two or
more appropriately sequences 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: Using Knowledge of Form and Style in Writing
 Item number and statement: 2.1 Form Write short texts using a few simple
forms. 2.5 Sentence Fluency Write simple but complete sentences that make
sense.
6. Content Area App #2 – Science
Subject Area: Science
App Title: Kid Weather
App Price: $1.99
Languages: English

Rationale: This app is designed to teach kids basic weather elements. It was actually designed
by a 6-year-old boy and his father, who is a meteorologist. The app consists of various activities
that allows kids to change the weather conditions to determine how they should dress. It also
allows kids to calculate Fahrenheit and Celsius. There is a charting feature that allows a child to
choose the day of the week and describe the weather and refer to it later. This is all part of both
the Ontario curriculum and the NYS Common Core Learning Standards.

Standards:
ISTE Standards for Students
 Knowledge Constructor 3.c. Students curate information from digital resources using a
variety of tools and methods to create collections of artifacts that demonstrate
meaningful connections or conclusions.

ISTE Standards for Educators

 Designer 5.c. Explore and apply instructional design principles to create innovative
digital learning environments that engage and support learning.

New York State P-12 Common Core Standards

 Standard Strand: Science
 Grade: 1
 Topic: Earth’s Systems
 Item Number and statement: K-ESS2-1 Use and share observations of local
weather conditions to describe patterns over time.
Ontario Curriculum Expectations
 Standard Strand: Science Standards 1-8
 Grade: 1
 Topic: Understanding Earth and Space Systems - Daily and Seasonal Changes
 Item number and statement: 2.4 use scientific inquiry/research skills including
generating questions and knowledge acquired from previous investigations, to
identify daily and/or seasonal changes and their effects. 3.6 describe how
humans prepare for and/or respond to daily and seasonal changes
8. Choice App #2
Subject Area: Math
App Title: Wonder Bunny Math Race: 1st Grade
App Price: Free with in-app purchases
Languages: English

Rationale: This colourful app is filled with games that involve addition and subtraction at a first-
grade level. It enables kids to learn how to add quickly as many of the games are in a “race”
format. The gist of the game is that a mean bunnisher has stolen all of the carrots and vehicles
from the Wonder Village and a little bunny needs your help to get them back on a race track.

Standards:
ISTE Standards for Students
 Digital Citizen 2.b. Students engage in positive, safe, legal and ethical behavior when
using technology, including social interactions online or when using networked devices.

ISTE Standards for Educators

 Designer 5.c. Explore and apply instructional design principles to create innovative
digital learning environments that engage and support learning.

New York State P-12 Common Core Standards

 Standard Strand: Math
 Grade: 1
 Topic: Operations and Algebraic Thinking – Represent and solve problems in
addition and subtraction
 Item Number and statement: 1. Use addition and subtraction within 20 to solve
word problems involving situations of adding to, taking from, putting together,
taking apart, and comparing, with unknown in all positions
Ontario Curriculum Expectations
 Standard Strand: Mathematics
 Grade: 1
 Topic: Operational Sense
 Item number and statement: Solve a variety of problems involving the addition
and subtraction of whole numbers to 20, using concrete materials and drawings