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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.
Keep in Touch
If you need help, please email us. We answer questions about almost any subject matter/grade level. We feel that this is a very important part of Internet4Classrooms. Internet4Classrooms
is maintained and built for educators, parents, and students and this site is yours. Comments and suggestions are appreciated and welcomed. Don't be afraid to email and ask. Follow us on Twitter (internet4classr).
Stay up to date with offerings and new sources/links for great educational and technology information for you, your students, and children. We're now on Pinterest.(internet4classr) Check our page for pins on classroom, educational, teacher tips, and organizational ideas.
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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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In May, our blog Bring
the Maker Movement into Your Classroom introduced our audience to the Maker
Movement, its importance and how to get started "making" in your
classroom.
We believe strongly in the
educational, social and entrepreneurial aspects of the Maker Movement, so we
plan to have a number of blog articles encouraging its adaptation to the classroom
and education in general. So for this
month, we're following Make magazines lead and looking at how to make Summer
2016 the "Summer of Making."
Read more
in our blog here: The Summer of Making
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Things To Celebrate This Month |
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July brings National Ice Cream Month, National Picnic Month, Fourth of July, 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.
Find crafts, activities, and delicious ice cream recipes here.
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.
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 July is Space Images by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory ( iOS / ( Android ). NASA/JPL's Space Images V3 is now available, packing exciting new features, videos and stunning hi-res photos. Already a fan? Upgrade to start sharing images with friends on Facebook and Twitter, browse our new video collection and get even closer to the space you love. It's all free. Experience what millions have already downloaded.
Space Images is available for both Apple and Android devices.
Compatibility: Requires iOS 6.1 or later (Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch) and Android 2.1 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: 14 Ways to Speed Up Windows Boot Times
Every day millions of Windows machines are booted up and everyday millions of people sit idly by waiting for Windows to load onto the desktop. The amount of time wasted can probably be measured in weeks considering how slow most Windows PCs boot up. Thankfully, there are a lot of steps you can take to speed your computer's boot time. Read more in the article found HERE.
Tech Tip #2: How to View Saved WiFi Passwords
Are you still using the WiFi password that is written on the back of the router your ISP gave you? If so, it's probably some really long combination of letters, numbers and symbols that you can never remember. Most people try to write the password down somewhere or simply check on the router every time they need to give it to someone else. Luckily, if you already have a computer connected to your WiFi network, you can easily view the password there. Read more in the article found HERE.
Tech Tip #3: Cleaning Up Your Conversations
Apple's Messages app can turn into a space hog if you never delete old attachments and chats you no longer need. Read more in the article found 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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