Apps on a Phone: teacher key

How Apps Work, grade 2 edition, written for 2nd grade. Apps are programs on a phone. They can cost money and have age ratings, so a child asks a grown-up before getting one.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. What is an app short for?
   • Apple
   • Application (answer)
   • Apron
2. Where do people get apps?
   • A fish pond
   • A tree
   • An online app store (answer)
3. What do some apps cost?
   • Real money (answer)
   • A pet
   • A hat
4. What is an age rating?
   • A kind of game
   • An age label (answer)
   • A phone case
5. A child wants to get an app. What does the child do first?
   • Ask a grown-up (answer)
   • Ask a duck
   • Ask a rock

Words

• software: a program
• rating: age label
• app: software program