Monthly Newsletter Issue 93 |
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National Staying Healthy Month,
Betsy Ross's Birthday,
Louis Braille's Birthday,
The iPhone Turns Ten,
Martin Luther King Jr. Day,
Benjamin Franklin's Birthday,
National Handwriting Day,
Jackson Pollock's Birthday,
National Puzzle Day,
FDR's Birthday
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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
Setting up a Makerspace at Your School
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Consider adding a Makerspace to your school or classroom as one of your New Year's Resolutions for 2017.
Makerspaces are powerful in that they engage students through practical and exploratory learning.
Adding elements of an age appropriate makerspace to any curriculum is easy.
Ask for donations from parents and local businesses.
Your makerspace activities will keep your students more engaged.
And when students are more engaged, the quality of their learning experience skyrockets.
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Things To Celebrate This Month |
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January brings National Staying Healthy Month, MLK Day, National Puzzle Day, and much more. You never know what wonderful resources you can find to enrich your classroom experience. Let's get started:
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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.
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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.
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We have thousands of answer keys for our printables worksheets supporting the Common Core Standards.
Remember that you can sign up for answer key access here: https://i4c.xyz/n89msyv.
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Every month we are going to feature a different, and hopefully FREE, 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 January is Periodic Table By Royal Society of Chemistry ( iOS / Android ). This fact-filled, image-rich app is the only periodic table you need.
Ideal if you're a student, teacher or just have an interest in the chemical sciences.
Did you know that neodymium is used in microphones? Or europium in Euro bank notes to help stop counterfeiting?
These are just two of the absorbing facts in our free, user-friendly and customisable app, based on our popular and well-respected Royal Society of Chemistry Periodic Table website.
- See elements in their natural state and real-life applications.
- Check out podcasts and videos.
- Use our interactive slider to see how elements change state as temperature increases, or explore the discovery of the elements through history.
- Customise your app to see only what interests you.
- Use our simple table for quick access to data - like sorting elements in order of increasing density.
Periodic Table is available for both Apple and Android devices.
Compatibility: Requires iOS 7.0 or later (Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch) and the Android 4.0 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.
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.
National Handwriting Day-I4C has tons of handwriting resources for you to use in your classroom. We have a page for kindergartners with tons of handwriting worksheets, help for uppercase and lowercase letters, resources for your students to practice manuscript and cursive,
and handwriting help for students with ADHD.
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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| 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 Free Vocabulary Quizzes and Free 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: Check iFixIt Before You Recycle
Getting ready to send that old phone, laptop or PC to the recycling center? You might want to check iFixIt before going any further. From their About Us page:
"iFixit is a wiki-based site that teaches people how to fix almost anything. Anyone can create a repair manual for a device, and anyone can also edit the existing set of manuals to improve them.
Our site empowers individuals to share their technical knowledge with the rest of the world."
Learn about iFixIt: HERE.
Tech Tip #2: Do You Know These 10 Tech Tips?
Tech columnist David Pogue shares 10 simple, clever tips for computer, web, smartphone and camera users.
And yes, you may know a few of these already - but there's probably at least one you don't.
Watch The Tips: HERE.
Tech Tip #3: Tips for Stunning Photos with a Smartphone
Smartphone cameras have seen dramatic improvements, but technology alone won't produce shots that grab attention.
That's where the human eye comes in. Here are eight tips to keep in mind when composing that shot, whether of family during the holidays or sights during a vacation.
You don't need to own a fancy camera or mess with manual controls.
Find the Photo Tips: HERE.
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Internet4classrooms.com is a free 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 feel free to
email us and we will help you find resources to fit your needs.
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