APP RECOMMENDATIONS

1. Word a Day

Price - $2.29
Subject Area ELA Reading
RATIONALE
This app will assist students in expanding their vocabulary knowledge which will in turn
increase fluency and word analysis. With an expanded vocabulary students will be able
to read books of a higher lexile level. This app provides a new vocabulary word to learn
each day and provides the definition along with a descriptive cartoon picture depicting
the meaning as well. You can also click on the speaker and a voice will pronounce the
word and read the definition to you. This is extremely helpful if you have no idea how to
properly pronounce the word.
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Connection #1
Reading Standards for Literature K-5
Craft and Structure
4.

Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text,
including figurative language such as metaphors and similes.

Connection #2
Reading Standards for Informational Text K-5
Craft and Structure
4.

Determine the meaning of general academic and domain specific words and
phrases in a text relevant to a grade 5 topic or subject area.

Connection #3

Reading Standards Foundational Skills K-5

Phonics and Word Recognition
3.

Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
a. Use combined knowledge of all letter-sound correspondences, syllabication
patterns and morphology (eg. Roots and affixes) to read accurately unfamiliar
multisyllabic words in context and out of context.

Connection #4
Reading Standards Foundational Skills K-5
Fluency
4.

Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension

a. Read grade-level text with purpose and understanding.

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3.

Reading with Fluency

Reading Unfamiliar Words
3.2

By the end of Grade 5 students will be able to predict the meaning of and
rapidly solve unfamiliar words using different types of cues including:
- semantic (meaning) cues;
- syntactic (language structure) cues; and
- graphophonic cues.

Reading Fluently
3.3

2. Scribble Press

Price - $4.59

By the end of Grade 5 students will be able to read appropriate texts with
expression and confidence, adjusting reading strategies and reading rate
to match the form and purpose.

Subject Area ELA Writing

RATIONALE
This app allows students to be inventive while creating and sharing their own stories with
hundreds of great drawing and writing tools. You can then upload the books you create
to your iBooks library. There are template there as well for those of us who arent quite
as imaginative! It is a great way to encourage and improve your childrens writing skills.
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Writing Standards K-5
Production and Distribution of Writing
6.

With some guidance and support from adults, use technology, including the
internet, to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with
others; demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding skills to type a minimum
of two pages in a single sitting.

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3.

Applying Knowledge of Language Conventions and Presenting Written Work

Effectively
Publishing
3.7

Use a range of appropriate elements of effective presentation in the

finished product, including print, script, different fonts, graphics and layout
(e.g., use legible printing and cursive writing; include a labelled diagram,
photographs, and a beginning glossary of terms in a read-aloud
information book for younger children; use a formal letter layout for a
letter to a public official).

3. MindSnacks

Price - $4.99
Subject Area English Language Learners

RATIONALE
MindSnacks is a fun app that will aid English Language Learners in their quest to learn
the oral and written English Language. This app contains fun games to learn new
English words with. There is a balloon game that has blue and red balloons in equal
number. You have to read the word on the red balloon and find the synonym on the blue
balloon. It will help English language learners expand their vocabulary which is an
important part of the English Language.
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Language Standards
Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
5. Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances
in word meanings.
a. Interpret figurative language, including similes and metaphors, in context;
b. Recognize and explain the meaning of common idioms, adages and
proverbs; and
c. Use the relationship between particular words (e.g. synonyms, antonyms,
homographs) to better understand each of the words.
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Oral Communication
2. Speaking to Communicate
Appropriate Language
2.4

By the end of Grade 5 students will use appropriate words and phrases from the
full range of their vocabulary including inclusive and non-discriminatory language,
and stylistic devices suited to the purpose, to communicate their meaning
accurately and engage the interest of their audience (e.g., use evocative images,
personal anecdotes, quotations, vocabulary from curriculum subject areas, and
appropriate technical terminology to achieve particular effects).

4. Picture the Sentence

Price - $9.99
Subject Area ELA Language and Listening Skills
RATIONALE
This app is useful for autistic children because it dissects the structure of a basic
sentence so that students can visualize the sentence in picture form. There are three
different levels of difficulty to choose from and there are voice commands which can be
turned on or off to assist students. It helps strengthen students language and listening
skills.
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Language Standards K-5
Knowledge of Language
3. Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or
listening.
a. Expand, combine and reduce sentences for meaning, reader/listener interest and
style.
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Oral Communication
1. Listening to Understand
Active Listening Strategies
1.2

By the end of Grade 5 students will demonstrate an understanding of appropriate

listening behaviour by adapting active listening strategies to suit a range of
situations, including work in groups.

5. D. Bones

Price - $2.29
Subject Area Science
RATIONALE
This app is useful for learning the skeletal system in an engaging and motivating way.
The app has three sections, the first is a puzzle so students can practice placing the
bones in the correct location on the skeleton. The second section of the app is a quiz to
test the students knowledge and is offered at two different levels. The third section
provides text with basic descriptions of the bones. This app offers a more interesting
way to learn the skeletal system than the traditional lecture and notes format and as a
result it will hold the students interest and encourage learning.
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Standard 4: The Living Environment
Explain the functioning of the major human organ systems and their interaction
1.2g

Locomotion, necessary to escape danger, obtain food and shelter, and

reproduce, is accomplished by the interaction of the skeletal and muscular
systems, and coordinated by the nervous system.

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Understanding Life Systems Human Organ Systems
3.

Understanding Basic Concepts

3.1

By the end of Grade 5, students will be able to identify major systems in the

human
body (e.g. musculoskeletal system, digestive system, nervous system,
circulatory system) and describe their roles and interrelationships.
6.

Heart and Lungs Lab

Price - $3.49
Subject Area Science
RATIONALE
There are six labs on this app that let students experiment with the structure and
functioning of the human bodys cardiovascular and respiratory systems. Students can
view blood under a microscope, examine the circulation of the blood, find out how air
moves in and out of their lungs, learn about gas exchange in the pulmonary alveoli, find
out what cells do with the air we breathe and explore the heart. This is an interesting
and interactive way to learn the human body systems which will capture and retain
students interest.
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Standard 4: The Living Environment
Explain the functioning of the major human organ systems and their interactions.
1.2d

During respiration, cells use oxygen to release the energy stored in food. The
respiratory system supplies oxygen and removes carbon dioxide (gas exchange).

1.2f

The circulatory system moves substances to and from cells, where they are
needed or produced, responding to changing demands.

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Understanding Life Systems Human Organ Systems
3.

Understanding Basic Concepts

3.2

By the end of Grade 5, students will describe the basic structure and function of
major organs in the respiratory, circulatory and digestive systems.

7. The Amazing Digestive Journey

Price - $2.29
Subject Area Science
RATIONALE
This app is a journey through the human digestive tract to get to know component
organs and how they work together to form this system. Students are taken on a journey
from the top to the bottom of the digestive tract making progress as they solve puzzles
relating to the section of the tract they are in. They go through the esophagus, stomach,
liver, pancreas and small and large intestines. There is a quiz available as well to test
students knowledge.
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Standard 4: The Living Environment
1.2c

The digestive system consists of organs that are responsible for the mechanical
and chemical breakdown of food. The breakdown process results in molecules
that can be absorbed and transported to cells.

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Understanding Life Systems Human Organ Systems
3.

Understanding Basic Concepts

3.2

By the end of Grade 5, students will describe the basic structure and function of
major organs in the respiratory, circulatory and digestive systems.

8. Splash Math Grade 5

Price - $11.99
Subject Area Math
RATIONALE
This app provides 9 chapters of problems for students to practice with. Students are able
to drag and drop shapes, pop bubbles, rotate clock hands and lots more to solve
problems. There is an adaptive learning algorithm to determine the level of the student
and this app will gradually increase the difficulty level of the questions. There is also a
weekly email reporting feature that parents can use to track students progress. This app
covers place value, number sense, algebra expressions, multiplication, division, fractions,
decimals, measurement and geometry.
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Geometry Strand
Students will use visualization and spatial reasoning to analyze characteristics and
properties of geometric shapes.
Shapes
5.G.1

Calculate the perimeter of regular and irregular polygons

Students will identify and justify geometric relationships, formally and informally.
Geometric Relationships
5.G.2
Identify pairs of similar triangles
5.G.3 Identify the ratio of corresponding sides of similar
triangles
5.G.4 Classify quadrilaterals by properties of their angles and
sides
5.G.5 Know that the sum of the interior angles of a quadrilateral
is 360 degrees

5.G.6 Classify triangles by properties of their angles and sides

5.G.7 Know that the sum of the interior angles of a triangle is
180 degrees
5.G.8 Find a missing angle when given two angles of a triangle
5.G.9 Identify pairs of congruent triangles
5.G.1 Identify corresponding parts of congruent triangles
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Math
Geometry and Spatial Sense
By the end of Grade 5, students will:
distinguish among polygons, regular polygons,
and other two-dimensional shapes;
distinguish among prisms, right prisms,
pyramids, and other three-dimensional
figures;
identify and classify acute, right, obtuse,
and straight angles;
measure and construct angles up to 90,
using a protractor;
identify triangles (i.e., acute, right, obtuse,
scalene, isosceles, equilateral), and classify
them according to angle and side
properties;
Geometric Relationships
By the end of Grade 5, students will:
identify prisms and pyramids from their
nets;
Overall Expectations
By the end of Grade 5, students will:
identify and classify two-dimensional shapes by side and angle properties, and
compare and sort three-dimensional figures;
identify and construct nets of prisms and pyramids;
identify and describe the location of an object, using the cardinal directions, and
translate two-dimensional shapes.