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)
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
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