1.

ELA Reading App

Subject Area: English Language Arts: Reading
App Title: Reading Rainbow
App Price: Free
Languages: English
Rationale for Curriculum use: This app is hosted by LeVar Burton within the reimagined
Skybrary by Reading Rainbow App that includes an unlimited library of books and video field
trips to encourage your childs love of reading. Children are guided through seven islands of
reading that will excite and inspire their love for reading. Children are also able to participate in
adventures through virtual field trips that are exciting and educational.
Standards:
ISTE Standards for teachers:
1. Facilitate and inspire student learning and creativity
c. promote student reflection using collaborative tools to reveal and clarify students conceptual
understanding and thinking, planning, and creative processes
2. Design and develop digital age learning experiences and assessments
b. develop technology enriched learning environments that enable all students to pursue their
individual curiosities and become active participants in setting their own educational goals,
managing their own learning, and assessing their own progress
d. provide students with multiple and varied formative and summative assessments aligned with
content and technology standards, and use resulting data to inform learning and teaching
ISTE Standards for students:
4. Critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making
d. use multiple processes and diverse perspectives to explore alternative solutions
5. Digital citizenship

b. exhibit a positive attitude toward using technology that supports collaboration, learning and
productivity
New York State P-12 Common Core Standards:

Standard Strand: 11. Respond to literature by employing knowledge of literacy

language, textual features, and forms to read and comprehend, reflect upon, and interrupt
literary texts from a variety of genres and a wide spectrum of American and world
cultures.
Grade: 2
Topic: Reading comprehension
Item number and statement: 10. By the end of the year, read and comprehend
literature, including stories and poetry, in the grades 2-3 text complexity band
proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.
Standard Strand: 10. Read and comprehend complex literary and informational texts
independently and proficiently.
Grade: 2
Topic: Comprehension
Item number and statement: 5. Describe the overall structure of a story, including
describing how the beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the
action.

Ontario Curriculum Expectations:

Standard Strand: Reading Standards 1-8

Grade: 2
Topic: Reading for Meaning
Item number and statement: 1.1 Variety of Texts: read some different literary texts,
graphic texts, and informational texts
Standard Strand: Reading Standards 1-8
Grade: 2
Topic: 1.3 Comprehension Strategies: identify several reading comprehension strategies
and use them before, during, and after reading to understand texts. 1.4 Demonstrating
Understanding: demonstrate understanding of a text by retelling the story or restating
information from the text, with the inclusion of a few interesting details.

2. ELA Writing App

Subject Area: English Language Arts: Writing
App Title: Grammaropolis
App Price: Free, plus purchases for other grammar
Languages: English
Rationale for Curriculum use: Grammaropolis is where grammar lives! Hailed as a
schoolhouse rock for the 21st century, Grammaropolis uses the parts of speech as animated
characters whose personalities are based on the roles they play in the sentence. Grammaropolis
achieves the seemingly impossible and make grammar fun!
Standards:
ISTE Standards for teachers:
2. Facilitate and inspire student learning and creativity
c. promote student reflection using collaborative tools to reveal and clarify students conceptual
understanding and thinking, planning, and creative processes
2. Design and develop digital age learning experiences and assessments
b. develop technology enriched learning environments that enable all students to pursue their
individual curiosities and become active participants in setting their own educational goals,
managing their own learning, and assessing their own progress
d. provide students with multiple and varied formative and summative assessments aligned with
content and technology standards, and use resulting data to inform learning and teaching
ISTE Standards for students:
4. Critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making
d. use multiple processes and diverse perspectives to explore alternative solutions
5. Digital citizenship
b. exhibit a positive attitude toward using technology that supports collaboration, learning and
productivity
New York State P-12 Common Core Standards:

Standard Strand: Language Standards K-5

Grade: 2
Topic: Grammar

Item number and statement: 1. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard

English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. A. Use collective nouns. E. Use
adjectives and adverbs, and choose between them depending on what is to be modified.
Standard Strand: Language Standards K-5
Grade: 2
Topic: Grammar
Item number and statement: 6. Use words and phrases acquired through conversations,
reading and being read to, and responding to texts, including using adjectives and adverbs
to describe.

Ontario Curriculum Expectations:

Standard Strand: Writing Standards 1-8

Grade: 2
Topic: Applying knowledge of language conventions and presenting written work
effectively
Item number and statement: 3.5 Grammar: 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; simple prepositions of place and time.
Standard Strand: Writing Standards 1-8
Grade: 2
Topic: Applying knowledge of language conventions and presenting written work
effectively
Item number and statement: 3.4 Punctuation: use punctuation to help communicate
their intended meaning, with a focus on the use of: question marks, periods, or
exclamation marks at the end of a sentence, commas to mark pauses, and some uses of
quotation marks.

3. ELL/ENL App:
Subject Area: English as a Second Language
App Title: Babbel

App Price: One month free trial, paid subscriptions

Languages: English, Spanish, French, Italian, German and many more
Rationale for Curriculum use: Discover the new way to learn languages. Its easy and fun for
beginners and advanced learners. Just a few minutes a day strengthens your language skills.
Standards:
ISTE Standards for teachers:
3. Facilitate and inspire student learning and creativity
c. promote student reflection using collaborative tools to reveal and clarify students conceptual
understanding and thinking, planning, and creative processes
2. Design and develop digital age learning experiences and assessments
b. develop technology enriched learning environments that enable all students to pursue their
individual curiosities and become active participants in setting their own educational goals,
managing their own learning, and assessing their own progress
d. provide students with multiple and varied formative and summative assessments aligned with
content and technology standards, and use resulting data to inform learning and teaching
ISTE Standards for students:
4. Critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making
d. use multiple processes and diverse perspectives to explore alternative solutions
5. Digital citizenship
b. exhibit a positive attitude toward using technology that supports collaboration, learning and
productivity
New York State P-12 Common Core Standards:

Standard Strand: Students will listen, speak, read, and write in English for information
and understanding
Grade: 2
Topic: Performance Indicators
Item number and statement: 2. Read, gather, view, listen to, organize, discuss, and
interpret information related to academic content areas from various sources. Such
sources include reference books, magazines, textbooks, the internet audio and media
presentations, oral interviews, charts graphs, maps, and diagrams. (L, S, R, W)

Standard strand: Students will listen, speak, read, and write in English for classroom
and social interaction.
Grade: 2
Topic: Performance Indicators
Item number and statement: 1. Use a variety of oral, print, and electronic forms for
social communication and for writing to or for self, applying the conventions of social
writing. Such forms include friendly notes, invitations, and electronic messages, diary
entries, and notes to self.

Ontario Curriculum Expectations:

Standard Strand: English as a Second Language

Grade: 2
Topic: 2.2 Reception and Orientation of English Language Learners and their Families
Item number and statement: 2.5.1 School boards will implement programs and services
that will enable English Language Learners to continue their education while learning
English.

4. SWD App:
Subject Area: Students with Disabilities/Communication
App Title: Verbally
App Price: Free
Languages: English
Rationale for Curriculum use: Verbally is an easy to use, comprehensive Augmentative and
Alternative Communication (AAC) app for the iPad. Verbally brings speech to those without and

enables real conversation with its simple, intuitive design. It enhances students ability to be able
to communicate with their peers and educators.
Standards:
ISTE Standards for teachers:
4. Facilitate and inspire student learning and creativity
c. promote student reflection using collaborative tools to reveal and clarify students conceptual
understanding and thinking, planning, and creative processes
2. Design and develop digital age learning experiences and assessments
b. develop technology enriched learning environments that enable all students to pursue their
individual curiosities and become active participants in setting their own educational goals,
managing their own learning, and assessing their own progress
d. provide students with multiple and varied formative and summative assessments aligned with
content and technology standards, and use resulting data to inform learning and teaching
ISTE Standards for students:
4. Critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making
d. use multiple processes and diverse perspectives to explore alternative solutions
5. Digital citizenship
b. exhibit a positive attitude toward using technology that supports collaboration, learning and
productivity
New York State P-12 Common Core Standards:

Standard Strand: Speaking and Listening Standards K-5

Grade: 2
Topic: Comprehension and Collaboration
Item number and statement: 1. Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse
partners about grade 2 topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
B. Build on others talk in conversations by linking their comments to the remarks of
others.
Standard Strand: Speaking and Listening Standards K-5
Grade: 2
Topic: Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas
Item number and statement: Produce complete sentences when appropriate to task and
situation in order to provide requested detail or clarification.

Ontario Curriculum Expectations:

Standard Strand: Oral Communication

Grade: 2
Topic: 1. Listening to Understand
Item number and statement: Active Listening Strategies 1.2. Demonstrate an
understanding of appropriate listening behavior by using active listening strategies in a
variety of situations
Standard Strand: Oral Communication
Grade: 2
Topic: 1. Listening to Understand
Item number and statement: 2.2 demonstrate an understanding of appropriate speaking
behavior in a variety of situations, including paired sharing and small and large group
discussions

5. Math App:
Subject Area: Mathematics
App Title: myBlee Math
App Price: Free
Languages: English
Rationale for Curriculum use: Designed by teachers, myBlee Math offers over 1000 step by
step and in depth lessons on k-6 math topics. It is aligned with the Common Core State Standards
for elementary school mathematics and is already used by one million children at home and in
schools around the world.
Standards:
ISTE Standards for teachers:
5. Facilitate and inspire student learning and creativity

c. promote student reflection using collaborative tools to reveal and clarify students conceptual
understanding and thinking, planning, and creative processes
2. Design and develop digital age learning experiences and assessments
b. develop technology enriched learning environments that enable all students to pursue their
individual curiosities and become active participants in setting their own educational goals,
managing their own learning, and assessing their own progress
d. provide students with multiple and varied formative and summative assessments aligned with
content and technology standards, and use resulting data to inform learning and teaching
ISTE Standards for students:
4. Critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making
d. use multiple processes and diverse perspectives to explore alternative solutions
5. Digital citizenship
b. exhibit a positive attitude toward using technology that supports collaboration, learning and
productivity
New York State P-12 Common Core Standards:

Standard Strand: Mathematics Strands K-5

Grade: 2
Topic: Measurement & Data
Item number and statement: 1. Measure the length of an object by selecting and using
appropriate tools such as rulers, yardsticks, meter sticks, and tapes.
Standard Strand: Mathematics Strands K-5
Grade: 2
Topic: Number & Operations in Base Ten
Item number and statement: 1. Understand that the three digits of a three-digit number
represent amounts of hundreds, tens, and ones

Ontario Curriculum Expectations:

Standard Strand: Mathematics

Grade: 2
Topic: Attributes, Units, and Measurement Sense
Item number and statement: estimate and measure length, height, and distance, using
standard units and non-standard units
Standard Strand: Mathematics
Grade: 2
Topic: Data Management and Probability

Item number and statement: Collection and Organization of Data: gather data to
answer a question, using a simple survey with a limited number of responses

6. Science App:
Subject Area: Science
App Title: Brain Pop Jr.
App Price: Free
Languages: English
Rationale for Curriculum use: Ideal for kids in kindergarten through grade 3, this app spans
subjects within science, social studies, reading, writing, math, health, arts and technology. The
gentle, humorous, and relatable characters Annie and Moby serve as guides through each topic,
empowering kids to form their own ideas.
Standards:
ISTE Standards for teachers:
6. Facilitate and inspire student learning and creativity
c. promote student reflection using collaborative tools to reveal and clarify students conceptual
understanding and thinking, planning, and creative processes
2. Design and develop digital age learning experiences and assessments
b. develop technology enriched learning environments that enable all students to pursue their
individual curiosities and become active participants in setting their own educational goals,
managing their own learning, and assessing their own progress

d. provide students with multiple and varied formative and summative assessments aligned with
content and technology standards, and use resulting data to inform learning and teaching
ISTE Standards for students:
4. Critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making
d. use multiple processes and diverse perspectives to explore alternative solutions
5. Digital citizenship
b. exhibit a positive attitude toward using technology that supports collaboration, learning and
productivity
New York State P-12 Common Core Standards:

Standard Strand: Energy exists in many forms, and when these forms change energy is
conserved.
Grade: 2
Topic: Energy
Item number and statement: 4.1. Describe a variety of forms of energy and the changes
that occur in objects when they interact with those forms of energy. 4.1a Energy exists in
various forms: heat, electric, sound, chemical, mechanical, light.
Standard Strand: Living things are both similar to and different from each other and
from nonliving things.
Grade: 2
Topic: Living things
Item number and statement: 1.1 Describe the characteristics of and variations between
living and nonliving things. 1.1a Animal need air, water, and food in order to live and
thrive. 1.1c Nonliving tings do not live and thrive.

Ontario Curriculum Expectations:

Standard Strand: Science and Technology

Grade: 2
Topic: Developing Investigation and communication skills
Item number and statement: 2.6 use appropriate science and technology vocabulary,
including clear, opaque, runny, hard, greasy, and granular, in oral and written
communication.
Standard Strand: Science and Technology
Grade: 2
Topic: Developing Investigation and Communication Skills
Item number and statement: 2.3 investigate the life cycle of a variety of animals, using
a variety of methods and resources.

7. Choice App:
Subject Area: All apply
App Title: TED Talks
App Price: Free
Languages: English
Rationale for Curriculum Use: TEDs official app presents bold, new thought leadership from
education radicals, tech geniuses, medical mavericks, business gurus, music legends and other
remarkable minds. TED talks is a great source for parents to access because of the inspirational
and educational videos posted by successful speakers.
Standards:
ISTE Standards for teachers:
7. Facilitate and inspire student learning and creativity
c. promote student reflection using collaborative tools to reveal and clarify students conceptual
understanding and thinking, planning, and creative processes
2. Design and develop digital age learning experiences and assessments
b. develop technology enriched learning environments that enable all students to pursue their
individual curiosities and become active participants in setting their own educational goals,
managing their own learning, and assessing their own progress
d. provide students with multiple and varied formative and summative assessments aligned with
content and technology standards, and use resulting data to inform learning and teaching
ISTE Standards for students:
4. Critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making
d. use multiple processes and diverse perspectives to explore alternative solutions

5. Digital citizenship
b. exhibit a positive attitude toward using technology that supports collaboration, learning and
productivity
New York State P-12 Common Core Standards:

Standard Strand: My Community and other United States Communities

Grade: 2
Topic: Social Studies
Item number and statement: People depending on and modifying the physical
environment. Rural, urban, and suburban communities provide facilities and services to
help meet the needs and wants of the people who live there.
Standard Strand: My Community and other United States Communities
Grade: 2
Topic: Social Studies
Item number and statement: Challenge of meeting needs and wants. People in rural,
urban, and suburban communities are producers and consumers of goods and services.

Ontario Curriculum Expectations

Standard Strand: Inquiry: Natural Environments and ways of life

Grade: 2
Topic: Social Studies
Item number and statement: B2.1 formulate questions to guide investigations into
some aspects of the interrelationship between the natural environment of selected
communities and the ways in which people live.
Standard Strand: understanding context: Physical Features and Communities
Grade: 2
Topic: Social Studies
Item number and statement: B3.6 identify basic human needs and describe some ways
in which people in communities around the world meet these needs.

8. Choice App:
Subject Area: Students with Disabilities/De-escalation strategies
App Title: Breathe, Think, Do with Sesame
App Price: Free
Languages: English and Spanish
Rationale for curriculum use: This is a resource app for you to share with your child to help
teach skills such as problem solving, self-control, planning, and task persistence.
Standards:
ISTE Standards for teachers:
8. Facilitate and inspire student learning and creativity
c. promote student reflection using collaborative tools to reveal and clarify students conceptual
understanding and thinking, planning, and creative processes
2. Design and develop digital age learning experiences and assessments
b. develop technology enriched learning environments that enable all students to pursue their
individual curiosities and become active participants in setting their own educational goals,
managing their own learning, and assessing their own progress
d. provide students with multiple and varied formative and summative assessments aligned with
content and technology standards, and use resulting data to inform learning and teaching
ISTE Standards for students:
4. Critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making
d. use multiple processes and diverse perspectives to explore alternative solutions
5. Digital citizenship
b. exhibit a positive attitude toward using technology that supports collaboration, learning and
productivity

New York State P-12 Common Core Standards:

Standard Strand: Speaking and Listening Standards K-5

Grade: 2
Topic: Comprehension and Collaboration
Item number and statement: 1. Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse
partners about grade 2 topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
B. Build on others talk in conversations by linking their comments to the remarks of
others.
Standard Strand: Speaking and Listening Standards K-5
Grade: 2
Topic: Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas
Item number and statement: Produce complete sentences when appropriate to task and
situation in order to provide requested detail or clarification.

Ontario Curriculum Expectations

Standard Strands: Oral Communication

Grade: 2
Topic: Listening to Understand
Item number and statement: 1.4 demonstrates an understanding of the information and
ideas in oral texts by retelling the story or restating the information, including the main
idea and several interesting details.