Software in Your Pocket: teacher key

How Apps Work, grade 3 edition, written for 3rd grade. An app is a software program. Apps can cost money and have age ratings, and a child asks a grown-up before getting one.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. When did Apple open its App Store?
   • 2008 (answer)
   • 1908
   • 1808
2. What can you do on a touchscreen phone to make a picture smaller?
   • Shake it
   • Pinch with your fingers (answer)
   • Sing to it
3. What do some apps and some things inside apps cost?
   • A nap
   • Nothing at all
   • Real money (answer)
4. What can a parent do with certain apps on a child's phone?
   • Block or allow them (answer)
   • Make them taller
   • Hide them in a box
5. A child wants a new app. What can a parent set up on the phone?
   • A rule to ask first (answer)
   • A bigger screen
   • A free toy

Words

• software: programs
• rating: age label
• permission: asking first