There’s An App

For ThatBy: Kathryn Linch

Contessa Shew

4th Grade Learning Games

● Teaches math and

language arts

● Uses games to

teach subjects

● Designed using 4th

grade curriculums

and Common Core

standards.

Why we recommend it

● Provides feedback to

students by giving

scores after games

● Easy to navigate

through games

● Provides higher

learning thinking skills

by teaching subjects

through playing

games.

● Addresses fractions,

word problems, angles

and geometry, graphs

and grids, patterns

missing vowels,

spelling, punctuation

and grammar,

synonyms and

antonyms,

homophones

Stack the States

● Geography for ages

9-11

● Encourages learning

state shapes, capital

abbreviation, flag,

and location

● Uses unique

questions for

problem solving

Why we recommend it

● Problem solving by

hundred of unique

questions in order to

learn the states, learn a

state for every

successfully completed

level.

● Applies to common core

standards

● Privacy: does not

include 3rd party links or

advertisement

● Privacy: does not

include 3rd party links or

advertisement

● Easy to use and

navigate

● Fast-paced games and

engaging visuals hold

kids' interest on a topic

that can get repetitious.

4th Grade: Common Core

● Math, language arts,

and reading

● Fun and educational

games

● Allows students to

keep track and

manage progress

● Fun and easy for

students to navagate

Why we recommend it

● Has immediate feedback to let a student know if

they answered questions correctly or incorrectly.

● Parents, teachers, or students can review all study

sessions and see which questions students missed.

● School mode allows you to track up to 25 students.

● Promotes higher level thinking by having high quality

question content built specifically to Common Core

standards.

Science Quest- 4th Grade

● Provides higher

learning skills by

having 300 high

quality science

quizzes

● Students earn

marine animals by

passing quizzes

● Quizzes are used to

track performance

Why we recommend it

● Designed by

educators to allow

young learners to be

motivated in learning

and enjoy solving

science problems

● Themes, interactivity

and animation of the

quizzes aim to provide

a fun and engaging

learning environment

● Easy to follow and the

quizzes are fun and

engaging

● Level of difficulty can

be adjusted by the

adult or teacher to

cater to the varying

needs of students.

Mathmateer

● Math app for ages

9-11

● Answer questions

to keep rocket in

the air

● Easy to follow with

clear direction

Why we recommend it

● Missions cover such

topics as odd and even

numbers, money,

shapes, telling time, the

four operations,

fractions, decimals, and

square roots, at six

levels of difficulty, from

novice to genius.

● Applies to Common

Core standards

● In a shared-device

classroom, teachers

could offer Mathmateer

as a station activity for

math practice.

● The level of precision

students or teachers can

select from within each

level makes it really

customizable

BrainPOP

● Geared for all grades

● Covers numerous

subjects including

math, science, and

arts.

● Quizzes for students

and updates for

teachers.

Why we recommend it

● Easy to use and

navigate by anyone

● It provides quizzes for

students and updates

teacher with score.

● Content is carefully

mapped to the Common

Core, aligned to

academic standards,

and searchable with our

online Standards Tool.

● Privacy: does not

include 3rd party links or

advertisement

● The diversity of the app

covers a broad scope of

education including

subjects such as math,

science, social studies,

English, engineering,

Arts, health and music.

Toontastic

● Writer, actor, director:

Kids play all parts in

riveting storytelling too

● Students animate and

record their voices

while learning key

story elements

● Share video privately

or publish online

Why we recommend it

● It employs a "Story Arc"

that contains five

sequential scenes to

guide story structure

(Setup, Conflict,

Challenge, Climax, and

Resolution)

● Can be applied to other

story arts like writing,

moviemaking,

songwriting,

storyboarding, and

more.

● Creative learning

aligned with Common

Core

● There's excellent in-app

support for kids,

teachers, and parents.

● Teacher feedback is the

animation video itself.

Provides a way to

directly monitor

student’s progress.

World Atlas By National Geographic

● All ages can spin, pan,

and zoom in on the

world with our

interactive 3-D globe

● Get up-to-date

information on every

country and capital city

in the world, including

socio-economic data,

demographics, weather,

and currency.

Why we recommend it

● Impressive resolution and level of detail

captures student’s attention.

● Navigation is a breeze; simply pinch and

swipe to zoom and find places of interest, or

tap the home button to return the full globe

screen.

● Teachers with interactive whiteboards or

projectors in the classroom will find this atlas

particularly useful as part of a whole-class

discussion.

Rainbow Sentences

● An individualized sentence-

building app to help kids

with their grammar,

expressive language,

reading, and

comprehension.

● Students learn to

recognize the parts of

speech such as nouns,

verbs, and adjectives.

● Multisensory approach to

learning writing skills

Why we recommend it

● Sentences are saved

and emailed for

progress

● Impressive

accommodations

support kids with

learning difficulties.

● Teacher chooses levels

and the ability to record

audio and to color-code

sentences, among other

things.

● Can be used individually

or as a group through a

projector

● An extensive tutorial

guides for users

● Connect and aligns with

Common Core

Standards for multiple

grade levels

instaGrok

● Interactive search

engine for learners

● Kids can learn research

skills as well as detailed

information about the

subject of their choice.

● Teacher dashboard lets

you track students,

create assignments, and

add quizzes all within

the site.

Why we recommend it

● Auto-generated quizzes offer stimulating

active recall practice that reinforces

learning

● Built-in journals help develop research and

synthesis skills, and allow teachers to track

students' progress.

● Students can personalize the graph by

pinning artifacts to it

What about my personal

information?

● Some apps may collect phone information

● Used to report bugs, send updates

● Will never share or sell information to 3rd

parties

● Some may link to external sites (for

example, app developer’s homepage)