Monthly Newsletter
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Black History Month,
Children's Dental Health Month,
American Heart Month,
Groundhog Day,
National Inventors' Day,
Valentine's Day,
Presidents' Day
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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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This month's blog is
Why Time Management Skills Are Essential for Students
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How many responsibilities do students have throughout the day?
First of all, they should attend classes and pay attention to the
teacher's instructions. After school, they deal with homework
assignments. The teacher also recommends them to do some reading
and learning beyond the coursework material. Parents also want to
inspire students to watch documentary shows, read something useful,
and develop their logical thinking skills through various
activities.
When does the student find time for all this?
If you look around the classroom, you'll realize that some students
are more effective than others when it comes to completing several
tasks throughout a day. What are they doing differently? In most
cases, their time management skills make the difference.
Guest Blogger James Dorian is a technical copywriter at Setapp.
He is a tech geek who knows a lot about modern apps that will make
your work more productive.
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Things To Celebrate This Month |
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February brings Black History Month, Children's Dental Health Month, Valentine's Day, President's Day, and much more. You never know what wonderful resources you can find to enrich your classroom experience. Let's get started:
Black History Month
Children's Dental Health Month
American Heart Month
Groundhog Day (2/2)
National Inventors' Day (2/11)
Valentine's Day (2/14)
Presidents' Day (2/17)
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Celebrate two presidents that have February birthdays- Abraham Lincoln (2/12) and George Washington (2/22). Find lesson plans, history, timelines, reading exercises, and quizzes on both Abraham Lincoln and George Washington. Celebrate Presidents' Day with these puzzles,
printable fact cards, printable biographies and prompts, coloring pages, web quests, and more. | |
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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 February is Astronomy Picture of the Day By Concentric Sky ( iOS / Android ).
Developed in partnership with NASA, Astronomy Picture of the Day
(APOD) brings the vastness of space right into your hand. Browse
through decades of high resolution NASA space photos hand selected
by NASA astronomers. Jump to photos by date, save them to your photo
roll, set as your device wallpaper, or share them with friends.
Select your favorites for easy viewing anytime. And, see previews and
descriptions for video APODs. Want that latest Hubble photo as a
background? Then APOD is for you.
Features:
A new astronomy photo every day, with an explanation written by a
professional astronomer.
View a gallery of previous APOD images (more than 7000 since 1995),
and jump quickly to any date.
Display video APODs with preview images in the gallery, just like
photo APODs.
Select an APOD from the gallery to see it in full-screen mode, then
swipe quickly between APODs -- no need to return to the gallery.
Double-tap to zoom in on a photo, or single-tap to hide the title
and status bar.
Save APOD photos to your photo roll.
Set an APOD photo as your device wallpaper.
Share APODs with your friends.
Add APODs to your list of favorites for easy access.
Configure to automatically download new APODs once a day, and to be
notified when a new APOD is available.
Astronomy Picture of the Day is available for Apple and Android devices.
Compatibility: Requires iOS 11.0 or later on Apple iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch and Android version 4.1 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.
Get all of your assessment assistance needs here sorted by grade and subject.
Need online interactive games and activities to reinforce the day's lessons? We have it.Kids can practice in the computer labs and at home.
School may be in full swing but teachers still need organizational help, worksheet ideas, bulletin board inspiration, and lesson plans throughout the year. Our Teacher tools page has it all.
February honors Black History Month. As we mentioned in the section above, I4C has a large page of resources dedicated to Black History month and African American History. Take our online Black History Quiz. Discover 500 Famous African American Mathematicians. Click on the many links to timelines, historical exhibits, and Black History teacher resources.
In need of project ideas for the second half of the school year? We have them: subject areas, inventors, biographies,
middle/high school level projects, and countries and continents.
Keep your students and yourself healthy this cold and flu season. Here are some great tips to share with your students and their parents.
Looking for lesson plans to bring in the new year? We have a whole page dedicated to lesson plans by grades and subjects.
Are you using our Site Map? Don't forget it's an easy and quick way to search alphabetically by topic.
We now have answer guides for our Common Core Math Printables. Request teacher access here.
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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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: Smartphone Astrophotography: How I photograph the Moon & planets with my phone
The quality of today's smartphone cameras makes it possible to take
very respectable images of the Moon and planets through a telescope
with your phone - but it takes some work.
While the end results may not match those taken with dedicated
astronomical CMOS or CCD cameras, smartphone astrophotography can be
a good starting point for budding astrophotographers. It can also be
a useful alternative for experienced astronomers who wish to capture
an image quickly with little equipment.
Learn more in the article found: HERE.
Tech Tip #2: 40$ USB Super Telescope, Easy to Make, Sees Craters on the Moon
You can easily turn an old telephoto lens and a webcam into a
powerfull telescope that is capable of seeing craters on the moon.
Next to the webcam and telephoto lens all you need are some
standard pvc plumbing materials (pipes, diameter adapters and
endcaps).
Learn more by visiting: HERE.
Tech Tip #3: Time and Date of Satellite Maps
One of the wonders of the Modern World is Google Maps and other online
mapping services. At your fingertips, with your computer or you phone,
you can instantly see a map of anywhere in the world, and find
directions to your favorite coffee shop or pizzeria. A common question
that arises in these explorations is, "when was this picture taken?"
As it turns out, you can answer that question -- this Instructable
shows you how. This activity is suitable for high school science
students who have a knowledge of geometry and trigonometry; in the
college setting, it is suitable for intro physics or astronomy
students.
You can find out more: HERE.
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email us and we will help you find resources to fit your needs.
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