App Title: Newsela

App Price: Free

Subject Area: ELA Reading

Rationale for Curriculum Use: This application provides students with non-fiction news articles
daily, that are engaging and high-quality stories which allows students learn about current
events and the world. Each text is available in different Lexile levels to provide differentiation
within the classroom and reach all levels of readers. Customizable quizzes and writing prompts
are also included with each text. This application provides students with a way to practice close
reading skills and demonstrate what they have learned in the process.

Standards:

ISTE Standards for Educators:

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

ISTE Standards for Students:

Standard #3- Knowledge Constructor- 3d- Students build knowledge by actively exploring real-
world issues and problems, developing ideas and theories and pursuing answers and solutions

New York State P-12 Common Core Standards:

CCLS-ELA:RF4.4a- Read on-level text with purpose and understanding.

Ontario Curriculum Standards:

Grade 4- Standard Strand: Reading for Meaning
1.3- Identify a variety of reading comprehension strategies and use them appropriately before,
during, and after reading to understand texts.
App Title: Write
App Price: Free
Subject Area: ELA Writing

Rationale for Curriculum Use: This app offers paperless writing for students who prefer to
handwrite or cursive write, instead of typing. Students will be able to send their work by email or
save their work on the app as PDF. This app has a split screen allowing teachers to
demonstrate on the SMART board, using the ELMO project, to model effective note taking for
students.

Standards:

ISTE Standards for Educators:

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

ISTE Standards for Students:

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

New York State P-12 Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.4.2.a
Introduce a topic clearly and group related information in paragraphs and sections; include
formatting (e.g., headings), illustrations, and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension.

Ontario Curriculum Standards:

Grade 4: Purpose and Audience 1.1 identify the topic, purpose, and audience for a variety of
writing forms (e.g., a cinquain or shape poem modelled on the structures and style of poems
read, to contribute to a student poetry anthology for the school library; a set of directions to
complete a science experiment on pulleys and gears, for a class presentation; a timeline of
significant events in the writer’s life, to accompany a biography for a class collection)
App Title: MIT App Inventor 2
App Price: Free
Subject Area: Students with Disabilities

Rationale for Curriculum Use: This app allows students with disabilities to discreetly create an
app that will promote success academically, socially, and behaviorally depending on their
learning goals. Students can create a daily routine, strategies, and curricular learning goals to
assist them throughout their school day. Teachers can use this app to create and print concept
cards and maker card to support students learning.

Standards:

ISTE Standards for Educators:

Standard #1 - Learner -1a- Set professional learning goals to explore and apply pedagogical
approaches made possible by technology and reflect on their effectiveness.

ISTE Standards for Students:

Standard # 1- Empowered Learner- 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

New York State P-12 Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.4.1
Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when
drawing inferences from the text.

Ontario Curriculum Standards:

Grade 4: Variety of Texts 1.1 read a variety of texts from diverse cultures, including literary texts
App Title: Duolingo
App Price: Free
Subject Area: ENL/ELL

Rationale for Curriculum Use: This application provides students with a user-friendly, fun and
engaging way to learn a new language. There are different ways that students complete
activities; through typing or selecting translations, selecting a picture to match a word, and
listening and typing translations. This application is a great way for ENL/ELL students to
practice what they learn in school and reinforce their skills.

Standards:

ISTE Standards for Educators:

Standard #6- Facilitator- 6a- Foster a culture where students take ownership of their learning
goals and outcomes in both independent and group settings.

ISTE Standards for Students:

Standard #1- Empowered Learner- 1c- Students use technology to seek feedback that informs
and improve their practice and to demonstrate their learning in a variety of ways.

New York State P-12 Common Core Standards:

CCLS-ELA:L.4.1- Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and
usage when writing or speaking.

Ontario Curriculum Standards:

Grade 4- Standard Strand: Applying Knowledge of Language Conventions
3.5- Use parts of speech appropriately to communicate their meaning clearly, with a focus on
the common use of: common and proper nouns, verbs in the simple present, past, and future
tenses; adjectives and adverbs; subject/verb agreement; prepositions; and conjunctions.
App Title: Sumdog
App Price: Free
Subject Area: Math

Rationale for Curriculum Use: This application provides students with a way to practice their
math skills in fun and engaging math-related games. The games are differentiated based on
the student’s ability level. Students will be motivated to compete against their classmates or
other students around the world.

Standards:

ISTE Standards for Educators:

Standard #6- Facilitator- 6c- Create learning opportunities that challenge students to use a
design process and computational thinking to innovate and solve problems.

ISTE Standards for Students:

Standard #1- Empowered Learner- 1c- Students use technology to seek feedback that informs
and improve their practice and to demonstrate their learning in a variety of ways.

New York State P-12 Common Core Standards:

CCLS-Math: 4.NBT.2- Read and write multi-digit whole numbers using base-ten numerals,
number names, and expanded form. Compare two multi-digit numbers based on meanings of
the digits in each place, using >, =, and < symbols to record the results of comparisons.

Ontario Curriculum Standards:

Grade 4- Standard Strand: Number Sense and Numeration
Students will be able to read and print in words whole numbers to one thousand, using
meaningful contexts.
App Title: Mussila
App Price: Free
Subject Area: Music

Rationale for Curriculum Use: This application provides a framework for students to learn
about basic music theory, various instruments and recognize the sounds that they
make. Students play fun games where they identify rhythms, recognize note patterns, and play
tunes on a keyboard.

Standards:

ISTE Standards for Educators:

Standard #6- Facilitator- 6d- Model and nurture creativity and creative expression to
communicate ideas, knowledge, or connections.

ISTE Standards for Students:

Standard #1- Empowered Learner- 1c- Students use technology to seek feedback that informs
and improve their practice and to demonstrate their learning in a variety of ways.

New York State P-12 Common Core Standards:

MU:Cr1.1.4- A: Generate rhythmic and melodic ideas and explain connection to specific
purpose and context. B: Generate musical ideas within tonalities and meters.

Ontario Curriculum Standards:

Grade 4- Standard Strand: Music
C1.5- Demonstrate an understanding of musical signs and standard notation on the five-line
staff, and use devised notation to record the sequence of sounds in a composition of their own.
App Title: Artsonia Kids Art Museum
App Price: Free
Subject Area: Art

Rationale for Curriculum Use: This app lets students create their own online art portfolio as a
museum. After getting parent approval this app invites parents to join their child’s website and
contribute with comments, as well as, maintaining the site. Students can connect their art cross
-curricular to math, language arts, and science. Additionally, students can incorporate creative
written expression to describe their art.

Standards:

ISTE Standards for Educators:

Standard #5 - 5b- Design authentic learning activities that align with content area
standards and use digital tools and resources to maximize active, deep learning.

ISTE Standards for Students:

Standard #6- Creative Communicator -6b- Students create original works or responsibly
repurpose or remix digital resources into new creations.

New York State P-12 Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.4.2.d
Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.

Ontario Curriculum Standards:

Grade 4: Purpose and Audience 1.1 identify the topic, purpose, and audience for a variety of
writing forms
App Title: Lawrence Hall of Science: 27/7 Science
App Price: Free
Subject Area: Science

Rationale for Curriculum Use: This app allows teachers an additional tool to allow students to
demonstrate their learning and applied knowledge through technology, games, activities, and
experiments during the school day. This game based learning can be implemented through
whole group lessons, small group lessons, partners, and individually.

Standards:

ISTE Standards for Educators:

Standard #5- 5c -Explore and apply instructional design principles to create innovative digital
learning environments that engage and support learning.

ISTE Standards for Students:

Standard #1- Empowered Learner -1c-Students use technology to seek feedback that informs
and improves their practice and to demonstrate their learning in a variety of ways.

New York State P-12 Common Core Standards:

4- Identify evidence
ESS1- Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions
1.
Constructing explanations and designing solutions in 3–5 builds on K–2 experiences
and progresses to the use of evidence in constructing explanations that specify
variables that describe and predict phenomena and in designing multiple solutions to
design problems.

Ontario Curriculum Standards:

Grade 4: 2.6 use a variety of forms (e.g., oral, written, graphic, multimedia) to communicate with
different audiences and for a variety of purposes.