Monthly Newsletter Issue 102 |
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National Bullying Prevention Month,
National Dyslexia Awareness Month,
Child Health Day - 10/2,
World Space Week - 10/4-10,
Fire Prevention Week - 10/8-14,
Columbus Day - 10/9,
Dictionary Day - 10/16,
Character Counts Week - 10/15-21,
National Chemistry Week - 10/22-28,
Halloween - 10/31
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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
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This month's blog is
Top Reading Mistakes to Correct During Childhood
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Research shows that up to 33% of the first fifty words learnt by
children can be occasionally misused. What is interesting to note
is that they do not realise many times when they mispronounce a
word and in fact were surprised that they mispronounced the word
they knew well. The most important thing here to make a child
aware of the error, and bring his attention to it.
This blog provides some steps that literacy experts, teachers
and student counselors follow to correct reading mistakes during
childhood.
Guest blogger Garima is a freelancer and has interest in writing,
photography, and cooking. She has been writing articles for the
last couple of years and has a keen interest in exploring how
the internet works. She wants to make the internet better for
everyone through her writing.
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Things To Celebrate This Month |
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October brings National Bullying Prevention Month, Child Health Day, Columbus Day, Halloween, and much more. You never know what wonderful resources you can find to enrich your classroom experience. Let's get started:
National Bullying Prevention Month - Help create a positive environment in your school by STOMPing Out Bullying. Find anti-bullying activities, lesson plans, and other resources in the
Bullying and Cyberbullying section of our website.
National Dyslexia Awareness Month - Did you know that 1 in 10 people have symptoms of dyslexia, including slow or inaccurate reading, poor spelling, poor writing, and mixing up similar words? Visit our Dyslexia Teacher Resource page
for strategies and tools to assist in working with students that may have dyslexia and our Dyslexia Classroom Resource page for activities, worksheets, and a variety of tools and techniques to use in the classroom. Parents can look at
our Dyslexia Parent Resource page for tips and learning aids to help their child. Online audio phonics help, Dyslexia testing information, and audio textbooks can be found in our Other Resources section. Be sure to check out our Exceptional Children section
to find more resources for other learning disorders, ADHD, and autism.
Child Health Day (10/2) - Check out I4C's Nutrition and Health pages to find classroom resources covering heart health, food pyramids, brush charts, adolescent health, drugs and alcohol education, and first aid.
World Space Week (10/4-10/10) - The theme of this year's World Space Week is "Remote Sensing - Enabling Our Future". Find a teacher activity guide with activities for grades K-12 and a collection of science and language arts activities for grades 5-9 based on the book Have Spacesuit - Will Travel by Robert A. Heinlein. Explore our elementary school space page for more space themed activities and be sure to check out our Astronomy pages to learn more about our solar system, stars, and our universe.
Fire Prevention Week (10/8-10/14) - Did you know that Fire Prevention Week was established to commemorate the Great Chicago Fire? The National Fire Prevention Association has lesson plans and activities for teachers and
a website for kids and parents with safety checklists, escape plan worksheets, and other activities. The NFPA also provides a free storybook app and eBook. Be sure to also check out I4C's fire safety page
for more lesson plans, games, and activities to help kids learn about the importance of fire safety.
Columbus Day (10/9) - Commemorate the landing of Christopher Columbus in the New World today. He is credited for jump starting exploration, settlement, as well as exploitation of America. Learn about Christopher Columbus and celebrate Columbus Day with fun printables, activities, and crafts on I4C's Columbus Day page.
Dictionary Day (10/16) - Although most dictionaries we use are now online, the methodologies of how to use reference materials are still the same. Reinforce good research habits with our links on how to use reference materials like dictionaries and thesauruses.
Character Counts Week (10/16-22) - Help create a positive school environment and promote kindness, respect, and integrity in your school. Go to I4C's Character Education page to find resources for character building, anger management, bullying, and conflict resolution.
National Chemistry Week (10/16-10/22) - National Chemistry Week celebrates its 30th anniversary in 2017 with the theme is "Chemistry Rocks." Here are some great resources about the chemistry of salts, rocks and mud. Check out
I4C's Chemistry page to find activities, experiment simulations, lesson plans, and other resources to use this week.
Happy Halloween (10/31) - Check out I4C's Halloween page to learn about the history of Halloween and to find spooky activities, crafts, recipies, and games to do today.
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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 SEPTEMBERWe have released many new online quizzes during the last 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 Made Available in SEPTEMBERWe have released many new printables worksheets during the last 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 Made Available in SEPTEMBER
We have released many new answer keys for our printables worksheets during the last 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 October is BioDigital Human: 3D Anatomy By BioDigital, Inc. ( iOS / Android ).
BioDigital Human: 3D Anatomy and Disease Visualization
*** "Think: Google Earth meets the human body" - ABC News ***
The BioDigital Human is the most comprehensive set of 3D anatomy
and health condition models ever assembled. Choose from thousands
of interactive 3D visualizations to build your own custom library
of models. Perfect for studying anatomy, teaching or using with
patients.
The free app provides access to basic anatomy systems and regions.
An in-app purchase provides access to the complete 3D male and
female, as well as disease models.
Features include:
- 6,000+ fully selectable and labeled 3D human anatomy structures
- Anatomy system models include: muscle, skeletal, nervous,
cardiovascular, lymphatic, digestive, reproductive and more
- Regional anatomy models include: head, neck, thorax, upper
limb, lower limb and more
- Professional grade complete male and female 3D anatomy models
(requires in-app purchase)
- Atlas of health condition models such as cancer, injuries,
diabetes, heart disease and more (requires in-app purchase)
- True 3D interaction, to understand anatomy relationships from
any view
- Tools to dissect, draw and share models
- Interactive quizzing
- Simulations of key body functions
- Sync and download custom content created from the award-winning
web version
- The Human Platform constantly evolves with new models added
monthly.
Students/Educators - Your virtual cadaver. Leveraging our BioDigital
Human Platform, this app gives students and educators a powerful new
tool to teach and learn anatomy using the latest in 3D technology.
See why students from over 3,000 schools use the BioDigital Human.
BioDigital Human: 3D Anatomy is available for Apple and Android devices.
Compatibility: Requires iOS 8.0 or later (Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch) and Android version 4.4 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.
This month is National Dyslexia Awareness Month. Internet4Classrooms provides resources specifically geared towards Dyslexia. Visit our Dyslexia Teacher Resource page for strategies and tools to assist in working with students that may have dyslexia and our
Dyslexia Classroom Resource page for activities, worksheets, and a variety of tools and techniques to use in the classroom. Also check out our Exceptional Children section to find more resources for other learning disorders, ADHD, and autism.
Help create positive bullying-free environment in your school. Find lesson plans, classroom activities, and other resources in the Bullying and Cyberbullying section of our website.
Plan out your lessons throughout the school year with Common Core pacing guides. Find English Language Arts pacing guides here and Math pacing guides here. These guides from Shelby County, Tennessee can probably be mapped to the pacing of your school system if your system doesn't have something similar.
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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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: Manage Your Computer Lab Like A Boss: Classroom Management
for Technology Teachers
Whether you're a technology teacher, or a classroom teacher whose
class spends time in the computer lab, your strategies for computer
lab management can make or break time spent teaching and learning.
Managing instruction, student logins, device checkouts, additional
procedures, and behavior can be a lot. Without some forethought and
planning, it's easy to find yourself competing with computers and
other devices for your students' attention. These 10 tips will help
you make the most of your lab time while keeping things organized
and running smoothly.
Learn more in the article found: HERE.
Tech Tip #2: Green Screen in the Classroom: Getting Started
Green Screen can be used in any classroom. All you need is a few
simple things to get started. Anita Goodwin has been using Green
Screen in her elementary classroom with her students for more than
six years. Her students use iPads and they do everything themselves
to make videos using green screen. In four steps, this post will
tell you everything you need to know about getting started using
Green Screen on iPads in the classroom.
Learn more in the article found: HERE.
Tech Tip #3: How to Use a Split Screen to Increase Productivity in the Classroom
This blog post discusses browser extensions and keyboard shortcuts
across multiple devices and platforms which control window and
screen alignment. It then gets covers a couple of examples/scenarios
for using splits screens in the classroom..
You can find out more: 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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