Monthly Newsletter
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Black History Month,
Children's Dental Health Month,
American Heart Month,
Groundhog Day,
Winter Olympics,
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
Enrichment Activities for Kids
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Kids learn at a faster pace than adults and pay more attention to
details. They are really good at picking things quite often and an
enriched learning experience can be effective for them. These
activities are not associated with cramming Math and Science concepts
and involve well-planned efforts to enhance the skills of children.
This blog has a list of a few of such activities that bring a great
outcome in kids' learning.
Guest Blogger Gillian Ward has dedicated many years to the writing
profession and remained associated with different organizations to
write informative and meaningful essays.
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Things To Celebrate This Month |
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February brings Black History Month, Children's Dental Health Month, Winter Olympics, 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)
Winter Olympics (2/4-20/2022)
National Inventors' Day (2/11)
Valentine's Day (2/14)
Presidents' Day (2/21)
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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 YouTube Kids By Google LLC ( iOS / Android ).
A video app made just for kids
YouTube Kids was created to give kids a more contained environment
filled with family-friendly videos on all different topics, igniting
your kids' inner creativity and playfulness. Parents and caregivers
can guide the journey as your kids discover new and exciting interests
along the way. Learn more at youtube.com/kids
A safer online experience for kids
We work hard to keep the videos on YouTube Kids family-friendly and
use a mix of automated filters built by our engineering teams, human
review, and feedback from parents to protect our youngest users
online. But no system is perfect and inappropriate videos can slip
through, so we're constantly working to improve our safeguards and
offer more features to help parents create the right experience for
their families.
Customize your child's experience with Parental Controls
Limit screen time: Set a time limit for how long your kids can watch
and help encourage their transition from watching to doing.
Keep up with what they watch: Simply check the watch it again page and
you'll always know what they've watched and the newest interests
they're exploring.
Blocking: Don't like a video? Block the video or whole channel, and
never see it again.
Flagging: You can always alert us to inappropriate content by
flagging a video for review. Flagged videos are reviewed 24 hours a
day, seven days a week.
Create individual experiences as unique as your kids
Create up to eight kid profiles, each with their own viewing
preferences, video recommendations, and settings. Choose from
"Approved Content Only" mode or select an age category that fits your
child, "Preschool", "Younger", or "Older".
Select the "Approved Content Only" mode if you want to handpick the
videos, channels and/or collections that you've approved your child
to watch. In this mode, kids won't be able to search for videos. The
"Preschool" Mode designed for kids 4 and under curates videos that
promote creativity, playfulness, learning, and exploration. The
"Younger" Mode allows kids 5-8 to explore their interests in a wide
variety of topics including songs, cartoons, and crafts. While our
"Older" Mode gives kids 9 and up the chance to search and explore
additional content such as popular music and gaming videos for kids.
All kinds of videos for all kinds of kids
Our library is filled with family-friendly videos on all different
topics, igniting your kids' inner creativity and playfulness. It's
everything from their favorite shows and music to learning how to
build a model volcano (or make slime ;-), and everything in between.
Other important information:
Parental setup is needed to ensure the best experience possible for
your kid.
YouTube Kids contains paid ads in order to offer the app for free.
Your kid may also see videos with commercial content from YouTube
creators that are not paid ads.The Privacy Notice for Google Accounts
managed with Family Link describes our privacy practices when your
kid uses YouTube Kids with their Google Account. When your kid uses
YouTube Kids without signing into their Google Account, the YouTube
Kids Privacy Notice applies.
YouTube Kids is available for Apple and Android devices.
Compatibility: Requires iOS 12.0 or later on Apple iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch and Android version varies with 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: Parents' Ultimate Guide to YouTube Kids
So many kids love watching videos on YouTube, it seemed like a slam
dunk for Google to create a special app specifically for the online
video service's youngest fans. And while YouTube Kids offers a
colorful, easy-to-navigate environment, a wide range of high-quality
videos, parental controls, and fun features for kids, it's been dogged
by concerns over its advertising, branded content, and inappropriate
clips slipping through the curation process. So is YouTube Kids right
for kids -- or not?
Learn more in the article found: HERE.
Tech Tip #2: How to Block YouTube Channels: A Quick Guide for Parents
YouTube is one of the most popular apps in the world, and kids
especially love it. Part of the app's draw is that it's always
suggesting new videos - but sometimes this can spell trouble. Not all
content is for children, so it's important to know how to block
YouTube channels when needed.
Learn more by visiting: HERE.
Tech Tip #3: Learn About American Presidents with These 5 Apps
Have you ever seen people who can't name former U.S. presidents?
Videos of these people are all over YouTube. Just because you don't
know something does not mean you can't learn it. These 5 apps can
teach you a thing or two about U.S. Presidents.
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.
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