Subject Area: ELA Reading

App Title: Second Grade Reading Comprehens

App Price: $1.99
Languages: English
Rationale: This app has stories that second grade students can relate to in
everyday life. They will enjoy these stories while learning vocabulary, sentence structure,
comprehension and much more. Each story has 3 multiple choice questions to answer. There are
over 145 questions in this app. Second grade students will gain word fluency and reading
comprehension. This app will make students have a love for reading.
Standards:
New York State P-12 Common Core Standards
Standard Strand: Reading Standards: Foundational Skills (K5)
Grade: 2
Topic: Fluency
Key Idea: 4. Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension
Item number and statement: . a. Read grade-level text with purpose and
understanding.
Ontario Curriculum Expectations
CWC: Features of Communities Around the World
Overall Expectation: Reading 1. read and demonstrate understanding of a variety of
literary, graphic, and informational texts, using a range of strategies to construct meaning;
Specific Expectation: Comprehension Strategies 1.3 identify several reading
comprehension strategies and use them before, during, and after reading to understand texts
(e.g., activate prior knowledge to ask questions or make predictions about the topic or story;
use visualization to help clarify the sights and sounds referred to in the text; ask questions to
monitor understanding during reading; identify important ideas to remember
Subject Area: ELA Writing
App Title: The Loose Shark Tooth
App Price: Free
Languages: English

Rationale: Kids ages 8 and under dive into a fun learning adventure to solve the Case of the
Loose Shark Tooth.
Discovery Kids Puterbugs is an expert at creating educational products designed to get kids
school-ready as they learn to use technology as a tool to create a better world. Our lessons are
designed to teach young children today's important S.T.E.M skills (Science, Technology,
Engineering, and Math) in a fun and age appropriate way! All of our missions are literacy-based
and follow a creative, original story that gives kids a purpose for learning. Our lessons are also
designed to meet the Common Core State Standards for ELA (English Language Arts) and Math.
Kids join the Puterbugs on a fun filled mission, completing a series of activities that work on
different skill areas in order to solve "The Case of the Loose Shark Tooth". They build
keyboarding and technology skills along with letters, numbers, colors, and shapes! Full of
learning, fun, and creativity, this is a great educational app for kids Pre K - grade 2.
SKILLS ADDRESSED IN THIS MISSION:
**STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math)
**Early Literacy - Reading and Writing
**Keyboarding and Technology (GPS, Email, XRay, Webcam)
**Phonics and Letter Sounds
**Matching and Puzzle Games
**Color Words and Shapes
**Math Skills
**Creative Expression
New York State P-12 Common Core Standards
Standard Strand: Writing Standards K5
Grade: 2
Topic: Text Types and Purposes
Item number and statement: 1. Write opinion pieces in which they introduce the topic
or book they are writing about, state an opinion, supply reasons that support the
opinion, use linking words (e.g., because, and, also) to connect opinion and
reasons, and provide a concluding statement or section.
Ontario Curriculum Expectations
Overall Expectation: By the end of Grade 2, students will:
1. generate, gather, and organize ideas and information to write for an intended purpose and
audience;
Specific Expectation: Developing Ideas 1.2 generate ideas about a potential topic, using a
variety of strategies and resources (e.g., formulate and ask questions such as the five Ws
[who, what, when, where, why] to identify personal experiences, prior knowledge, and
information needs; brainstorm ideas with a partner)

Subject Area: ELL

App Title: Fun English: Language learning games for kids ages
3-10 to learn to read, speak & spell
App Price: Free
Languages: English
Rationale: English Learning Games for Kids. Educational activities to teach kids how to read,
speak & spell in English.
New York State P-12 Common Core Standards
Standard Strand: Speaking and Listening Standards K5
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 d. Seek to understand and communicate with individuals from different
cultural backgrounds.

Ontario Curriculum Expectations

Overall Expectation: By the end of Grade 2, students will:
1. listen in order to understand and respond appropriately in a variety of situations for a
variety of purposes
Specific Expectation: Speaking to communicate, Interactive Strategies 2.2 demonstrate an
understanding of appropriate speaking behaviour in a variety of situations, including paired
sharing and small- and large-group discussions (e.g., make connections to what other group
members have said; demonstrate an understanding of when to speak, when to listen, and how
much to say

Subject Area: Students with Disabilities

App Title: Pogg
App Price: $.99
Languages: English

Rationale: kids game to learn spelling, language and vocabulary such as verbs, especially in slp
and special education like autism and speech therapy
New York State P-12 Common Core Standards
Standard Strand: Reading Standards: Foundational Skills (K5

Grade: 2

Topic: Phonics and Word Recognition

Item number and statement: 3. Know and

apply grade-level phonics and word

analysis skills in decoding words. a. Distinguish long and short vowels when
reading regularly spelled one-syllable words. b. Know spelling-sound
correspondences for additional common vowel teams.

Ontario Curriculum Expectation

OVERALL EXPECTATIONS By the end of Grade 2, students will:
1. generate, gather, and organize ideas and information to write for an intended purpose
and audience; 2. draft and revise their writing, using a variety of informational, literary,
and graphic forms and stylistic elements appropriate for the purpose and audience; 3. use
editing, proofreading, and publishing skills and strategies, and knowledge of language
conventions, to correct errors, refine expression, and present their work effectively; 4.
reflect on and identify their strengths as writers, areas for improvement, and the strategies
they found most helpful at different stages in the writing process. Vocabulary 3.3 confirm
spellings and word meanings or word choice using a few different types of resources (e.g.,
locate words in alphabetical order by using first and second letters in a primary dictionary,
on a word wall, or in an online picture dictionary)

Subject Area: Math

App Title: 2nd Grade Splash Math
App Price: Free
Languages: English, Bokml, Norwegian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch,
Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay,
Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Thai,
Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese

Rationale: Splash Math makes math fun and engaging for kids. The app reinforces key math
skills with an interactive, self-paced and adaptive math program. With 30 minutes, 4 times a
week - you can sharpen your childs math skills at every grade and skill level.
Standards:

New York State P-12 Common Core Standards

Standard Strand: Mathematics
Grade: 2
Topic: Operations & Algebraic Thinking 2.OA
Item number and statement: Represent and solve problems involving addition and
subtraction. 1. Use addition and subtraction within 100 to solve one- and twostep word problems involving situations of adding to, taking from, putting
together, taking apart, and comparing, with unknowns in all positions, e.g., by
using drawings and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to
represent the problem.
Ontario Curriculum Expectations
Grade 2: Number Sense and Numeration
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; demonstrate an understanding of magnitude by counting forward to
200 and backwards from 50,using multiples of various numbers as starting points; solve
problems involving the addition and subtraction of one- and two-digit whole numbers,using
a variety of strategies,and investigate multiplication and division.
represent,compare,and order whole numbers to 100,including money amounts to
100,using a variety of tools (e.g.,ten frames,base ten materials,coin manipulatives,number
lines,hundreds charts and hundreds carpets)

Subject Area: Science

App Title: Star Walk Kids Explore Space & Planets
App Price: $2.99
Languages:
Rationale: Star Walk Kids offers a comprehensive and accessible introduction to
astronomy for users young and old. The app uses the users location and the
gyroscope to show the night sky above your location, names the objects in the night sky, and
gives information about them.
Features include:

Simple, intuitive controls

Video and audio explanations of stars, planets, constellations and more

Shows star chart matching location and season

Easy-to-understand explanations
Objects named when touched

Standards:
New York State P-12 Common Core Standards
Standard Strand: STANDARD 4: The Physical Settin
Grade: 2
Topic: The Earth and celestial phenomena can be described by principles of
relative motion and perspective.
Item number and statement: 1.1c The Sun and other stars appear to move in a
recognizable pattern both daily and seasonally.
Ontario Curriculum Expectations
UNDERSTANDING EARTH AND SPACE SYSTEMS AIR AND WATER IN THE
ENVIRONMENT
By the end of Grade 2, students will: 3.1 identify air as a gaseous substance that surrounds
us and whose movement we feel as wind

Subject Area: Mathematics

App Title: The Land of Venn Geometric Defense
App Price: $4.99
Languages: English
Rationale: Geometry to the rescue! The Land of Venn has come under attack and kids must use
their knowledge of geometry to help save it. Of course, they need to learn some geometry in
order to make that happen. Starting with points and lines, kids gradually build their geometry
skills to help them fight back against the Evil Bookkenriders. To keep the monsters from
drinking from the pools, kids must draw lines, triangles, and other geometric shapes to destroy
them. At the end of each level is a new skill to learn and a new group of Evil Bookkenriders to
defeat.
Features include:

Aligns with Common Core Math Standards

Builds geometry skills from the ground up

Continually increases level of difficulty


Offers engaging challenges
Standards:
New York State P-12 Common Core Standards
Standard Strand: Mathematics
Grade: 2
Topic: Geometry 2.G
Item number and statement: Reason with shapes and their attributes. 1. Recognize
and draw shapes having specified attributes, such as a given number of angles or
a given number of equal faces.1 Identify triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons,
hexagons, and cubes. 2. Partition a rectangle into rows and columns of same-size
squares and count to find the total number of them. 3. Partition circles and
rectangles into two, three, or four equal shares, describe the shares using the
words halves, thirds, half of, a third of, etc., and describe the whole as two
halves, three thirds, four fourths. Recognize that equal shares of identical wholes
need not have the same shape.

Ontario Curriculum Expectations

Grade 2: Geometry and Spatial Sense
Overall Expectations By the end of Grade 2,students will: identify two-dimensional
shapes and three-dimensional figures and sort and classify them by their geometric
properties; compose and decompose two-dimensional shapes and three-dimensional
figures; describe and represent the relative locations of objects,and represent objects
on a map.
By the end of Grade 2,students will: distinguish between the attributes of an object
that are geometric properties (e.g., number of sides,number of faces) and the attributes
that are not geometric properties (e.g.,colour,size,texture),using a variety of tools
(e.g.,attribute blocks, geometric solids,connecting cubes);
Subject Area: Phonics
App Title: Reading Eggs, Spelling 2
App Price: $1.99
Languages: English
Rationale: Your child can choose from 10 interactive spelling games each reinforcing a
different literacy skill, including proofreading, word endings and plurals, compound words,
syllables and much more.
Based on the key teaching principle that the most effective learning takes place whilst having
fun, Reading Eggs Spelling transports your child to a fascinating new setting with each game
captivating their attention with a vibrant, interactive sensory environment to keep them
motivated and engaged whilst learning.
Reading Eggs Spelling will boost your childs confidence with spelling, help expand their
vocabulary, and develop their key literacy skills as they progress through an extensive collection
of challenging words, activities, and contexts
Standards:

New York State P-12 Common Core Standards

Standard Strand: Reading Standards: Foundational Skills (K5)
Grade: 2
Topic: Phonics and Word Recognition
Item number and statement: 3. Know and apply grade-level phonics and word
analysis skills in decoding words. b. Know spelling-sound correspondences for
additional common vowel teams.
Ontario Curriculum Expectations
GRADE 2 | WRITING 3. Applying Knowledge of Language Conventions and Presenting
Written Work Effectively Spelling Unfamiliar Words 3.2 spell unfamiliar words using a
variety of strategies that involve understanding sound-symbol relationships, word
structures, word meanings, and generalizations about spelling (e.g., spell words out loud;
segment words into clusters of letters to hear onset and rime; sort words by common sound
patterns and/or letter sequences; link letters to words: You hear with your ear; follow rules
for adding endings to base words when the spelling doesnt change; use word meanings to
help spell simple contractions and homophones: bear/bare)