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iTooch 4th Grade Language Arts

Subject area: English Language Arts: Reading
App price: $9.99
Language(s): English, French

Rationale: This app provides a fun way of practicing Language Arts that is very cost-
effective.This app offers comprehensive learning solutions which help parents, teachers and
students to identify and address learning needs in a fun and motivating way. This is an
excellent tool that will help students struggling with phonics, word meaning, point of view,
describing characters in a story, text structure narrative, summarization, breaking down text to
understand it as well as comparing and contrasting.

Standards:

ISTE Standards for Students

★ Empowered Learners 1a: Students develop personal goals and define strategies in
which to achieve them through the use of technology.
★ Digital Citizen 2b: Engaging in appropriate behaviors when using technologies for
online work.

ISTE Standards for Educators

★ Learner 1a: Set professional learning goals to explore and apply pedagogical
approaches made possible by technology and reflect on their effectiveness
★ Facilitator 6: Model collaborative knowledge construction by engaging in learning with
students, colleagues, and others in face-to-face and virtual environments

New York State P-12 Common Core Standards

★ Standard strand: Reading Standards for Foundational Skills
★ Grade: 4
★ Topic: Phonics and Narrative
★ Item number and statement: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.2. Determine a theme of a
story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the text.
★ CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.6. Compare and contrast the point of view from which
different stories are narrated, including the difference between first- and third-person
narrations.

Ontario Curriculum Expectations

★ Standard strand: Reading Standards for Foundational Skills
★ Grade: 4
★ Topic: Analyzing Text
★ Item number and statement: 1.7. Analyze texts and explain how specific elements in
them contribute to meaning.
★ 1.9. Identify the point of view presented in a text, citing supporting evidence from the
text, and suggest some possible alternative perspectives.
 2. Edublogs
Subject area: English Language Arts: Writing
App price: Free
Language(s): English

Rationale: This app is a great way for students to receive assignments from teachers. It is
also great in helping students respond to blog/posts and discuss topics through comments,
thus giving them more opportunities for practicing their writing skills. It is perfect for students
to create their own or participate in class publications. Helps with developing and organizing
ideas and form.

Standards:

ISTE Standards for Students

★ Empowered Learners 1a: Students develop personal goals and define strategies in
which to achieve them through the use of technology.
★ Digital Citizen 2b: Engaging in appropriate behaviors when using technologies for
online work.

ISTE Standards for Educators

★ Designer 5b: Design authentic learning activities that align with content area
standards and use digital tools and resources to maximize active, deep learning.
★ Facilitator 6a: Foster a culture where students take ownership of their learning goals
and outcomes in both independent and group settings.

New York State P-12 Common Core Standards

★ Standard strand: Writing Standards
★ Grade: 4
★ Topic: Writing For Success
★ Item number and statement:CCSS.ELA-LITERACY W. 4.4. Produce clear and
coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task,
purpose, and audience.

Ontario Curriculum Expectations

★ Standard strand: Writing Standards
★ Grade: 4
★ Topic: Developing/Organizing and forming Ideas.
★ Item number and statement: 1.2. Generate ideas about a potential topic using a
variety of strategies and resources
★ 1.5. Identify and order main ideas and supporting details and group them into units
that could be used to develop a summary
★ 2.1. Write more complex texts using a variety of forms
 3. Grammaropolis
Subject area: English as New Language Learners
App price: FREE, full app $12.99
Language(s): English

Rationale: This app teaches kids about the 8 parts of speech through original songs, videos,
books, and quizzes. As they move through the app, kids select one part of speech and then
follow a map of different learning stages, each explaining the part of speech. When kids work
their way to mastery, they earn a certificate. Rather than following the maps, kids also can
navigate directly to categories and view videos, books, or quizzes for any part of speech.
The free version includes only nouns, but the other parts of speech can be purchased in-app.

Standards:

ISTE Standards for Students

★ 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.

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

★ Grade: 4
★ Topic: Language
★ Item number and statement: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.4.1: . Demonstrate command
of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.

Ontario Curriculum Expectations

★ Standard strand: Writing
★ Grade: 4
★ Topic: Grammar
★ Item number and statement: Applying Knowledge of Language Conventions and
Presenting Written Work Effectively 3.5: use parts of speech appropriately to
communicate their meaning clearly, with a focus on the use of: common and proper
nouns; verbs in the simple present, past, and future tenses; adjectives and adverbs;
subject/verb agreement; prepositions; and conjunctions.
 4. MyTalkTools Mobile
Subject area: Students with Disabilities
App price: Free
Language(s): English

Rationale: This app is designed to help students with communication difficulties say what
they want with sequences of words, sounds and images.You are able to choose the content
(simple grids or boards with bold images) and play recorded sounds when you touch a cell.
The sequences can form complete sentences. This tool is very important with making the
lines of communication smooth between teacher and student.

Standards:

ISTE Standards for Students

★ Empowered Learners 1c: Student uses assistive device to enable them to effectively
communicate and collaborate with teacher and peers.

ISTE Standards for Educators

★ Designer 5a: Use technology to create, adapt and personalize learning experiences
that foster independent learning and accommodate learner differences and needs.
★ 5b: Design authentic learning activities that align with content area standards and use
digital tools and resources to maximize active, deep learning.
★ 5c: 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: Assistive Device
★ Grade: 4
★ Topic: Language/Math
★ Item number and statement: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.4 Report on a topic or text,
tell a story, or recount an experience in an organized manner, using appropriate facts
and relevant, descriptive details to support main ideas or themes; speak clearly at an
understandable pace.

Ontario Curriculum Expectations

★ Standard strand: Assistive Device
★ Grade: 4
★ Topic: Language/Math
★ Item number and statement: 2.6 identify some non-verbal cues, including facial
expression, gestures, and eye contact, and use them in oral communications
○ 2.7 use a variety of appropriate visual aids
 5. 4th Grade Splash Math
Subject area: Mathematics
App price: FREE
Language(s): English, Spanish

Rationale: This app is packed with worksheets that cover all the skills a fourth-grader needs
to master and be successful in math, including place value, addition, subtraction,
multiplication, division, geometry, and more. Earning points and rewards to unlock games is
motivating, and the brightly designed worksheets are engaging.

Standards:

ISTE Standards for Students

★ 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

ISTE Standards for Educators

★ Facilitator 6b: Manage the use of technology and student learning strategies in digital
platforms, virtual environments, hands-on makerspaces or in the field.

New York State P-12 Common Core Standards

★ Standard strand: Mathematics
★ Grade: 4
★ Topic: Operations and Algebraic thinking
★ Item number and statement: CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.4.OA.C.2: Multiply or divide to
solve word problems involving multiplicative comparison

Ontario Curriculum Expectations

★ Standard strand: Mathematics
★ Grade: 4
★ Topic: Number sense and numeration
★ Item number and statement: Operational sense: Add and subtract two-digit numbers,
using a variety of mental strategies; multiply to 9 x 9 and divide to 81 ÷ 9, using a
variety of mental strategies (e.g., doubles, doubles plus another set, skip counting).
 6. Monster Physics
Subject area: Science
App price: $2.79
Language(s): English

Rationale: This app is a fun, engaging tool that kids can use to explore principles of physics.
Kids can let their imaginations run wild by building their own contraptions from materials like
metal, wood, and plastic. The app also has 50 missions for kids to solve, which will make
them feel empowered as they use critical-thinking and problem-solving skills to complete each
mission.

Standards:

ISTE Standards for Students

★ Innovative designer 4a: Students know and use a deliberate design process for
generating ideas, testing theories, creating innovative artifacts or solving authentic
problems.

ISTE Standards for Educators

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

New York State P-12 Common Core Standards

★ Standard strand: Science
★ Grade: 4
★ Topic: Technology
★ Item number and statement: 5.1. Engineering design is an iterative process
involving modeling and optimization used to develop technological solutions to
problems within given constraints. Students describe objects, imaginary or real, that
might be modeled or made differently and suggest ways in which the objects can be
changed, fixed, or improved.

Ontario Curriculum Expectations

★ Standard strand: Science and Technology
★ Grade: 3
★ Topic: Understanding structures and mechanisms
★ Item number and statement: 2.2. Investigate, through experimentation, how various
materials (e.g., paper and wood) and construction techniques (e.g., folding, adding
layers, twisting/braiding, changing shapes) can be used to add strength to structures.
 7. Move the Turtle: Learn to Code
Subject area: Technology: Coding
App price: $5.49
Language(s): English, Polish, Spanish

Rationale: This app sets out to teach kids the basics of computer programming (coding)
concepts built within a colorful game starring a cute turtle. Kids can create their own programs
from scratch and view examples of pre-written programs.

Standards:

ISTE Standards for Students

★ Innovative designer 4c: Students develop, test and refine prototypes as part of a
cyclical design process.

ISTE Standards for Educators

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

New York State P-12 Common Core Standards

★ Standard strand: Mathematics
★ Grade: 4
★ Topic: Operations and Algebraic thinking
★ Item number and statement: CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.4.OA.C.5: Generate a
number or shape pattern that follows a given rule. Identify apparent features of the
pattern that were not explicit in the rule itself.

Ontario Curriculum Expectations

★ Standard strand: Mathematics
★ Grade: 4
★ Topic: Patterning and Algebra (to support coding Scratch patterning)
★ Item number and statement: Students will describe, extend, and create a variety of
numeric and geometric patterns, make predictions related to the patterns, and
investigate repeating patterns involving reflections.
 8. Monster Math
Subject area: Math
App price: Free, full app $2.99
Language(s): English

Rationale: This app provides students with a fun way of learning mathematics. It is divided
into multiple levels, each of which focuses on a specific math skill; eg, adding or subtracting
fractions and decimals notations. This app places a notable emphasis on student tailored
paths through the game, which allows teachers to focus on areas that students are struggling
with. This provides great practice to students in class or outside. A great tool for students
struggling with doing math the regular, as this allows them to incorporate play while still
learning the content.

Standards:

ISTE Standards for Students

★ Digital Citizen 2b: Engaging in appropriate behaviors when using technologies for
online work.

ISTE Standards for Educators

★ Designer 5c: 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: Mathematics
★ Grade: 4
★ Topic: Adding and Subtracting fractions and Decimal notations
★ Item number and statement: CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.4.NF.B.3 Understand a
fraction a/b with a > 1 as a sum of fractions 1/b.
★ CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.4.NF.C.5: Express a fraction with denominator 10 as an
equivalent fraction with denominator 100, and use this technique to add two fractions
with respective denominators 10 and 100.

Ontario Curriculum Expectations

★ Standard strand: Mathematics
★ Grade: 4
★ Topic: Number Sense and Numeration
★ Item number and statement: Quantity Relationship: compare and order fractions
(i.e., halves, thirds, fourths, fifths, tenths) by considering the size and the number of
fractional – compare fractions to the benchmarks of 0, is more than parts.