August 2010 Features

Our Picks for August 2010 include a variety of topical areas of interest to teachers, parents and students, but our main focus in on Back to School preparation for students, teachers and parents. To suggest a topic for September 2010, be sure to email us at the address below.

It's time for Back to School!

Internet4Classrooms has put together an expanded Back to School section loaded with new materials and resources to help you prepare.

• For Teachers and Homeschooling Parents: Our Teacher's Back to School Resource Area has ideas for setting up and organizing your classroom, a huge variety of lesson plans for all subjects and grades, all sorts of planning tools and information on classroom management, including discipline. We've also organized all of our instructional materials, teacher tools and resources in a special Resources for Teaching Section.
• For Students/Parents/Families: Our Parenting Back to School Area features articles on a variety of topics, including "Getting Ready for School in a Tight Economy". We've also launched our newly expanded Parent Zone, which covers a range of topics from Homework Help to Family Life.

Make us a part of your Classroom and Home for the 2010-2011 School Year.

Our Free Summer Learning Program is still available!

• 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.

Click here for information on our Free Summer Learning Program, which is customized by Grade as an aid to minimize your child's learning loss over the summer and will continue through Labor Day.

Fun Activities from our Daily Dose of the Web Section:

1. Brain Teasers - Quizzes, Puzzles, Games and printables to keep your mind working
2. Interesting Trivia - Organized by Subject. Test your knowledge!

Topical / Subject / Grade Level Resources:

1. ADD / ADHD Resources

   Resources for families and teachers. Information includes reading help, handwriting help, behavioral resources, classroom strategies and much more!

2. Grades 7-12 Resource Starter Page

   While many use our site for elementary resources, we also have a wealth of information for Secondary/High School teachers and students. From ACT/SAT preparation help, Released High School Subject Area Assessment Tests to Lesson Plans and classroom resources for all subject areas, this section is a great starting point or bookmark for the upper grade levels as a quick reference for resources.

3. Early Childhood and Pre-Kindergarten Resources

   - We've developed a robust section of PreK and Early Childhood resources for teachers and parents that include links to sites that teach mouse and keyboard skills, alphabet & pre-reading, sight words, math activities, art and crafts, teacher resources, lesson plans, and printables.
4. We've got all sorts of activities for learning about TIME to fit every grade level. Our Interactive Activities and Worksheets for Telling Time (PreK - 4th Grade) will help your students practice and learn this critical skill. Learn All About World Time Zones (4th Grade through High School), which includes world timezone maps, clocks from all over the world and more! A favorite of many teachers is our Customizable Online Timer.
5. Did you know that Internet4Classrooms has online technology tutorials? If you need some instruction in Microsoft Office, including Word 2007, Excel 2007, Powerpoint 2007, you've come to the right place. We also have developed extensive resources for Macintosh and Windows troubleshooting and keyboard shortcuts (Mac) (Windows). Browse this section to find resources, such as Creating Graphic Organizers in Excel, Making a Game Template in Powerpoint and much more!