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National Back to School Month,
National Immunization Awareness Month,
Francis Scott Key's Birthday - 8/1/1779,
Dollar Day - 8/8,
International Left-Hander's Day - 8/13,
19th Amendment - Women's Right to Vote - 8-18-1920,
National Aviation Day - 8/19,
Dream Day - 8/28
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Greetings. Thanks so much for using Internet4Classrooms with your students and children. Our mission is to help you find the best educational online resources available to meet your individual needs. Our monthly newsletter focuses on sharing information, tips, and ideas on everything related to schooling inside the classroom and at home. Each month we will feature resources and information on a variety of topics. We are constantly updating
information on our site and urge you to visit often.
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Did you know that......
- All students experience learning losses when they do not engage in educational activities during the summer.
- On average, students lose approximately 2.6 months of grade level equivalency in mathematical computation skills during the summer months.
- Research shows that teachers typically spend between 4 to 6 weeks re-teaching material that students have forgotten over the summer.
Daily/Weekly Summer Learning Fun for Pre-K through 12th Grade
Become a member and log in each day to find Math, Science, Language Arts, History and more. Our Summer Learning Program began in June.
How To Directions for signing up to either Summer
Learning or/and SAT / ACT test prep.
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This month's blog is
9 Key Benefits of Early Childhood Education
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There's an old saying that little children's minds are like blank
pages. Everything they experience, both good and bad, shapes the way
they behave later in life. Early childhood education, which can be
defined as the practical education of 8-year kids and below, is,
without doubt, a key aspect of a child's development process that's
unfortunately often overlooked. This is mainly because most people
are not aware of its benefits to holistic child growth. In case you
weren't aware, here are nine major advantages of early childhood
education.
Guest blogger Charles Ebert is a career mentor, motivational
speaker and human resources consultant with over 10 years of
experience in the HR sector.
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Things To Celebrate This Month |
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August brings National Back to School Month, National Immunization Awareness Month, National Aviation Day, Dream Day, and much more. You never know what wonderful resources you can find to enrich your classroom experience. Let's get started:
National Back to School Month
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The summer has flown by, and it's time to head back to school. Whether you're a teacher getting ready to meet your new students, or a parent preparing to send your child(ren) back to school we have resources to help transition back into the swing of the school year. Check out our Teacher resource page and our Parent resource page.
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Natural Immunization Awareness Month
Francis Scott Key's Birthday (8/1/1779)
Dollar Day (8/8)
International Left-Hander's Day (8/13)
The 19th Amendment was Ratified, Granting Women the Right to Vote (8-18-1920)
National Aviation Day (8/19)
Dream Day (8/28)
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Internet4Classrooms now offers Online Practice Tests and Interactives, covering Kindergarten to Sixth Grade Common Core Mathematics. Look for a rapidly growing variety of thousands of practice quizzes tied to the Common Core State Standards, School Subjects, Activities, and Holidays.
New Online Practice Quizzes Made Available in AUGUSTWe have released many new online quizzes during the last months supporting the Common Core Standards.
Try them out, and then use them with your students as: - Bell Ringers,
- In Class Assignments,
- Homework or
- Extra Credit.
Here is a list of the newest quizzes by grade.
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Internet4Classrooms now offers printables, covering Kindergarten to Sixth Grade Mathematics. Look for a rapidly growing variety of thousands of practice worksheets tied to the Common Core State Standards, School Subjects, Activities, and Holidays.
New Printables Worksheets Made Available in AUGUSTWe have released thousands of new printables worksheets during the last months supporting the Common Core Standards.
Try them out, and then use them with your students as: - Bell Ringers,
- In Class Assignments,
- Homework or
- Extra Credit.
Here is a list of the newest worksheet sets by grade:
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New Worksheet Answer Keys Made Available in AUGUST
We have released thousands of new answer keys for our printables worksheets during the last months supporting the Common Core Standards.
Remember that you can sign up for answer key access here: https://i4c.xyz/n89msyv.
Here is a list of the newest answer key sets by grade:
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Every month we are going to feature a different iPad/iPod/iPhone educational application.
Visit our ever-changing app page. (www.internet4classrooms.com/links_grades_kindergarten_12/apps_web2_tools.htm)
The App of the Month for August is SimplePhysics By Jundroo, LLC ( iOS / Android ).
SimplePhysics lets you design complex structures for everything from
tree houses to ferris wheels and then simulates your design with a
sophisticated physics engine.
A wise person once said: "An engineer is someone who can do for a dime
what any fool can do for a dollar." In SimplePhysics, your design must
not only be strong enough, it must be cheap enough to win.
Create your design in seconds with the blueprints editor. If you make
a mistake, simply tap the Undo button. Zoom in and out by pinching the
screen and pan the view using a two finger drag.
While testing, you can see how the strain is distributed across your
design. Areas that are under immense strain are colored bright red,
while other areas are colored green. This allows you to find and fix
problem areas in your design.
The finger test lets you use your finger to push and pull on your
design. You can use this with pinpoint accuracy, or you can just smash
your design to smithereens. The finger test has an explosive new
twist. You can now create explosions by tapping the screen for
ultimate annihilation.
The newly added Bomb Shack level includes a dummy with full support
for ragdoll physics. Throw him around, blow him up, and smash him
against your design.
The slow motion feature lets you slow things down so you can see how
your design is failing, and it is also incredibly fun to watch
explosions destroying your design in slow motion.
Features<
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Realistic physics simulation
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Ragdoll physics
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Slow motion mode
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Stress display shows problem areas in your design
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Wide variety of levels
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Finger Test - smash your design to pieces, or blow it up with realistic explosions
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Save/Load designs
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E-mail your blueprints to your friends
SimplePhysics is available for Apple and Android devices.
Compatibility: Requires iOS 8.0 or later (Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch) and Android version 2.2 and up on your Android device.
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Focus On: Teacher Resources |
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Internet4Classrooms offers a wide variety of informative online resources, tips, tools, and tutorials regarding your classroom needs. There is always something you can utilize with your students. Each month we'll feature a few links to useful topics.
Many historical events happened this month which you can cover in your classroom. Check out I4C's History page for lesson plans, videos, activities, and other resources to supplement your lessons.
Remember to visit our Teacher Tools section. This homepage contains all the topics you may need to use during the school year.
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Common Core State Standards
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Check out our Common Core English Language Arts Standards. Each Grade Level is full of resources for every individual standard. Students can take control of their own learning by clicking on the page with the standard number, and choosing their own resource to practice that skill. Click on your Grade Level to find English Language Arts Standard Resources and learning tools. Also, check out our Common Core Math Standards. It's hard to find sites that have math standards examples that follow the specific criteria, but they're here. Click on your Grade Level to find Math Standard Resources and learning tools.
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| Focus On: Parent Resources |
In addition to our teachers, parents can take advantage of our online resources as well.
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I4C already has Vocabulary Quizzes and Math Quizzes in our ACT/SAT Test Preparation Guide.
We're looking for new ideas for quizzes and informational resources that you'd feel are useful to you and your students. Please email us and let us know what you could use to make your teaching experience better.
Write to: susan.brooks@internet4classrooms.com
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Tech Tip #1: Top 20 Tech Tips for Teachers
for Technology Teachers
Kasey Bell and Shake Up Learning have developed a list of twenty tips
for implementing technology in the classroom. Instead of being
specific tech hints or a list of recommended tools, this unique list
is made up of guiding thoughts on how to maximize the use of classroom
technology to improve student learning.
Learn more in the website found: HERE.
Tech Tip #2: Stop Motion Animation in the Classroom
Stop-Motion Animation – sounds scary, doesn't it? Sounds like
something that kids {or their teachers} could never do. Molly Lynch
brings good news: "It is SO easy and you totally need to start using
it in your classroom."
Learn more by visiting: HERE.
Tech Tip #3: Using Google Drawings for Infographics
Everyone (students and teachers alike) love infographics. They are a
fantastic way to display a set of related information to tell a story
or prove a point. Infographics make complex information eye catching,
shareable and easily digestible. So why not create your own for your
next lesson? Or have students create an infographic as homework or an
in class activity? It's easy once you watch this great YouTube
tutorial on using Google Drawings to create infographics.
You can find out more: HERE.
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Internet4classrooms.com is an educational portal for teachers, parents, homeschoolers and students. Visitors come from around the world to find Internet resources for their educational needs. One can find resources ranging from lesson plans to worksheets, individual grade level resources to templates, and even interactive learning games. We were very honored when one teacher called the site a "Walmart for Teachers". If you cannot find what you need for instruction on any topic, please
email us and we will help you find resources to fit your needs.
Sincerely,
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