Monthly Newsletter Issue 99 |
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National Ice Cream Month,
National Picnic Month,
Canada Day - 7/1,
Battle of Gettysburg - 7/1-7/3,
Independence Day - 7/4,
E.B. White's Birthday - 7/11/1899,
Moon Landing - 7/20
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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.
Free Daily/Weekly Summer Learning Fun for Pre-K through 12th Grade
Become a free 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
How to Use Active Voice to Strengthen Your Writing
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Out of all different tips we implement when trying to strengthen
our writing, there's one recommendation we often neglect: avoid
passive voice. It's not grammatically incorrect. Still, passive
voice makes us look less confident. It dilutes the clear message
and leads to excessive wording.
Guest blogger Susan Saurel is a teacher and writer from Texas.
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Things To Celebrate This Month |
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June brings Black Music Month, Child Vision Awareness Month, Flag Day, Father's Day, the First Day of Summer, and much more. You never know what wonderful resources you can find to enrich your classroom experience. Let's get started:
National Ice Cream Month - Stay cool this month with some ice cream. Learn about the history of ice cream and how ice cream is made.
National Picnic Month - July is National Picnic Month. Go out and have a picnic with your family. Find creative recipes for breakfast or lunch picnics, picnic-themed songs, books, and games for preschoolers, and fun picnic-themed activities.
Find tips for planning a picnic here.
Canada Day (7/1)- Happy Canada Day. Today is the anniversary of Canada's creation in 1867. Learn about Canada's history, geography, and people. Celebrate Canada Day with fun crafts, games, printables, and recipes.
Battle of Gettysburg (7/1-7/3) - Today, learn about the battle that was the turning point of the American Civil War. Learn more about Gettysburg and find Civil War activities, printables, and interactive maps here.
Independence Day (7/4) - Did you know that the Declaration of Independence was approved by the Continental Congress on this day in 1776? Read the Declaration of Independence this Fourth of July and
learn about the American Revolution.Find useful resources about the American Revolution here. Check out I4C's Fourth of July page for crafts, activities, and printables to help you celebrate.
E.B. White's Birthday (7/11/1899) - Happy Birthday to children's author E.B. White. Learn about his life and his works. Find tons of teacher resources, activities, and printables for one of his most popular books, Charlotte's Web. Be sure to check out our page on Elementary School Stories for more story resources that you can use in your classroom or at home.
Moon Landing (7/20) - "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." Apollo 11 landed on the moon on this day in 1969. Watch a video of the moon landing and
learn about this historical space mission through biographies, fun activities, and books. Don't forget to download the App of the Month for July 2015 for all things NASA related, as well as the App of the Month for July 2016 for Space Images from JPL.
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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 July is Artkive By The Kive Company ( iOS / Android ).
As featured on THE TODAY SHOW, GOOD MORNING AMERICA, and
countless other parenting resources, Artkive is the leading and
original app to chronologically store, share and print your
child's artwork or schoolwork.
Never again feel guilty about throwing away artwork your kids
bring home. Get rid of the clutter and start to enjoy your
child's work. Turn your Artkive into a high quality, hard cover
book or other great products (like phone cases, blankets, coasters,
pillows and more) with little more than the touch of a button.
Your kids will love flipping through their Artkives to see their
creations and they make great gifts for grandparents and other
loved ones.
Artkive is available for Apple and Android devices.
Compatibility: Requires iOS 8.0 or later (Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch) and the Android 5.0 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.
SIGN UP FOR OUR FREE SUMMER LEARNING PROGRAM. Get free summer learning activities, summer reading lists, summer lesson reviews, and more. Teachers spend on average 4-6 weeks of the new school year getting students back on track. We must keep our students thinking and challenged all year long.
Did you sign up for a CPR class in June after reading our newsletter? Make sure you do if you haven't already, this skill could be extremely important during an emergency in your classroom. Take a course online or find a class in your local area through the American Heart Association or
the American Red Cross.
During your downtime this summer, explore our social media pages. Our Pinterest (internet4classr) has tons of boards filled with teacher tips, Common Core help, and classroom activities and stay up to date on new features, articles, and links you can use in your classroom on
our Twitter (@internet4classr).
Stay safe this summer when visiting the pool, beach, or spending a day at the park. Check out these sun and water safety tips, as well as these safety tips for outdoor activities.
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: How To Dictate Text In MS Office With Dictate By Microsoft
You can use speech recognition in Windows and dictate a document in
MS Word, or an email in Outlook. Windows' dictation feature isn't
the greatest tool for this purpose. MS Office apps don't have a
built-in dictation feature so that's really all you can use. If
you're not averse to using add-ons though, give Dictate by Microsoft
a try. Dictate by Microsoft is an experimental project just released
by the tech giant. It lets you dictate text in MS Office. The speech
recognition is pretty good even if you have an accent.
Learn more in the article found: HERE.
Tech Tip #2: 13 Microsoft Word Tips You Need to Learn Now
Think you know everything about Microsoft Office and the ubiquitous
Word? Think again. Old veteran Word users like yourself probably
think there's nothing left to learn. Oh, but there's always room for
more knowledge. Here we present 13 functions that aren't hidden, but
aren't exactly spelled out either. Click through to uncover little
semi-hidden treats that only power user super ninjas know.
Learn more in the article found: HERE.
Tech Tip #3: Word Keyboard Shortcuts: 15+ Tips to Select Text
Besides entering text, selecting text is probably the most common
task for most Word documents. Almost every editing and
formatting task begins by selecting something. The most common way
to select or highlight text is to click and drag your mouse across
the text. But what other keyboard shortcuts and techniques can you
use in Word to select text, graphics, tables, and other parts of
a Word document?
You can find out more: HERE.
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