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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 Teach Your Kids How To Codediscusses reasons and resources for teaching children coding skills. We stress the benefits to learning to think computationally - a way of thinking that combines "mathematics, logic and algorithms, and teaches you a new way to think about the world." Not understanding software and knowing the language of computers in the future may be as challenging as being illiterate or innumerate are today.
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October brings National Bullying Prevention Month, Child Health Day, Columbus Day, and much more. You never know what wonderful resources you can find to enrich your classroom experience. Let's get started.
National Aviation Month - Celebrate aviation this month in your classroom. Learn about the history of aviation, famous firsts in aviation, and visit the Aviation History Online Museum. Check out lesson plans and resource guides from the National Museum of the US Air Force and some fun airplane crafts.
Good Nutrition Month - Eating healthy nutritious meals is such an important part of living a healthy lifestyle. The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics has educational resources and interactive games and quizzes to help kids learn about nutrition. Also check out I4C's Nutrition Page for more resources to help children learn about healthy diets.
Native American Heritage Month - Celebrate the significant contributions Native Americans have made to the United States this month. Find lesson plans, classroom activities, and other teacher resources from the Smithsonian Institute, the Library of Congress, and the National Education Association
Child Safety and Protection Month - It's always important to keep the safety of children in mind. Take a quiz about childhood safety and learn about food safety with lesson plans, activites, and other resources. Safe Kids Worldwide has a variety of tips for different risks for various ages. I4C also has resources and activities on our safety page for Kindergartners, fire safety page, internet safety page, and personal safety page
National Author's Day (11/1) - Celebrate and learn about children's authors. Your students can be authors today too. Learn about author's purpose with worksheets and interactive websites. Find story writing resources and check out our elementary writing resources. We also have Essay Writing: Narrative, Persuasive, and Expository lessons, interactives, and prompts.
Daylight Savings Fall Forward (11/1) - Did you remember to set your clocks back an hour today? Learn about why we set our clocks back and other interesting facts about Daylight Savings Time.
Election Day (11/3) While it is an "off-year election," we want to recognize the value of being able to vote in the U.S. Here are some great sites that explain the election process - including how someone gets appointed to become the president, what it means to register to vote, and the campaigning process. Visit our I4C site to get information on past presidents, explore presidential libraries, and even view historic campaign commercials.
Veterans Day (11/11) - Honor our veterans today. Learn about Veterans Day, find Veterans Day themed activities and projects, and send a thank you letter to our troops on I4C's Veterans Day page.
Young Readers Day (11/10) - Promote the importance of reading. I4C has a collection of stories for elementary students, library resources, information on physical and virtual libraries, grade level help with reading and literature, and reading assessment practice.
Gettysburg Address (11/19) - Read President Lincoln's speech, test your knowledge on the Gettysburg Address, learn more about the Battle of Gettysburg, and find Civil War activities, printables, and interactive maps here.
Thanksgiving (11/26) - What are you thankful for this Thanksgiving? Find fun crafts, the history of the holiday, and Thanksgiving themed activities on I4C's Thanksgiving page.
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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 AvailableWe have released many new online quizzes this month 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 new 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 AvailableWe have released thousands of new printables worksheets this month 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 new worksheet sets by grade:
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New Worksheet Answer Keys Available
We have released thousands of new answer keys for our printables worksheets this month 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 new answer key sets by grade:
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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 November is ScratchJr. ScratchJr is a coding app designed with young children (ages 5-7) in mind and aims to help them learn important new skills as they program their own interactive stories and games. With ScratchJr, children don’t just learn to code, they code to learn. In the game kids can make characters move, jump, dance, and sing by snapping together graphical programming blocks. In the process, children learn to solve problems, design projects, and express themselves creatively on the computer.
ScratchJr is a collaboration between the Lifelong Kindergarten research group at the MIT Media Lab, the Developmental Technologies research group at Tufts University, and the Playful Invention Company
ScratchJr is available for both Apple and Android devices, and the original Scratch programming language (designed for ages 8 and up) is available on the web too.
Compatibility: Requires iOS 7.0 or later on Apple devices and Android 4.2 or later for Android devices.
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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 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 Quickly Add Accents
Tech Tip #2: Zoom In and Out on Webpages
Text too small on a website? Zoom in by pressing "CTRL" and "+" and zoom out with "CTRL" and "-". More internet tips here.
Tech Tip #3: Print Without Opening the Document
Did you know you can print a document without even opening it? Right click on the document's icon, and then click on print. Find more right click 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.
Sincerely,
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