Monthly Newsletter
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Black History Month,
Children's Dental Health Month,
American Heart Month,
Groundhog Day,
National Inventors' Day,
Valentine's Day,
Presidents' Day
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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 is
Spelling Bee Ninja
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Spelling Bee Ninja is a spelling bee training system that delivers
real spelling bee help and has been designed with the precise intent
of training students to master spelling bee words. This leads to all
of our students becoming serious and efficient competitors. The only
thing needed to use Spelling Bee Ninja is a PC or a tablet computer,
an Internet connection, and a web browser.
Guest blogger Joe Damato is Co-founder, CTO and developer at
Spelling Bee Ninja, San Francisco, creating the first self learning
spelling bee training system.
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Things To Celebrate This Month |
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February brings Black History Month, Children's Dental Health Month, Valentine's Day, President's Day, and much more. You never know what wonderful resources you can find to enrich your classroom experience. Let's get started:
Black History Month
Children's Dental Health Month
American Heart Month
Groundhog Day (2/2)
National Inventors' Day (2/11)
Valentine's Day (2/14)
Presidents' Day (2/18)
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Celebrate two presidents that have February birthdays- Abraham Lincoln (2/12) and George Washington (2/22). Find lesson plans, history, timelines, reading exercises, and quizzes on both Abraham Lincoln and George Washington. Celebrate Presidents' Day with these puzzles,
printable fact cards, printable biographies and prompts, coloring pages, web quests, and more. | |
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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 AUGUSTWe have released many new online quizzes during the last months 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 the newest 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 AUGUSTWe have released thousands of new printables worksheets during the last months 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 the newest worksheet sets by grade:
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New Worksheet Answer Keys Made Available in AUGUST
We have released thousands of new answer keys for our printables worksheets during the last months 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 the newest answer key sets by grade:
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Every month we are going to feature a different 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 February is Plickers By Plickers Inc. ( iOS / Android ).
Plickers lets you poll your class for free, without the need for
student devices. Just give each student a card (a "paper clicker"),
and use your iPhone/iPad to scan them to do instant
checks-for-understanding, exit tickets, and impromptu polls. Best of
all, your data is automatically saved, student-by-student, at
plickers.com.
New Version 4.0: Website and apps redesigned to save you time.
- Build beautiful questions in the new editor
- Prep your questions for class with Sets
- Play content directly from your Library
- Seamlessly control your presentation screen right from your phone
- And more...
Plickers is available for Apple and Android devices.
Compatibility: Requires iOS 10.0 or later on Apple iPad and Android version depends 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.
February honors Black History Month. As we mentioned in the section above, I4C has a large page of resources dedicated to Black History month and African American History. Take our online Black History Quiz. Discover 500 Famous African American Mathematicians. Click on the many links to timelines, historical exhibits, and Black History teacher resources.
In need of project ideas for the second half of the school year? We have them: subject areas, inventors, biographies,
middle/high school level projects, and countries and continents.
Keep your students and yourself healthy this cold and flu season. Here are some great tips to share with your students and their parents.
Looking for lesson plans to bring in the new year? We have a whole page dedicated to lesson plans by grades and subjects.
Are you using our Site Map? Don't forget it's an easy and quick way to search alphabetically by topic.
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 Vocabulary Quizzes and 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: 11 YouTube Channels Every Science Nerd Should Follow
HuffPost Science has assembled 11 of their favorite science-themed
YouTube channels. There's something here for everyone, whether
you're a student of science, a science teacher, or just a science
nerd.
Learn more in the article found: HERE.
Tech Tip #2: 6 Good Virtual Science Lab Apps for Students
Educators Techology developed this list to provide students with
virtual labs where they can learn more on a wide variety of scientific
phenomena. Using an inquiry-based learning approach, students will get
to access interactive simulations, collaborate on quizzes, explore
tables of elements and solve scientific puzzles all while having fun.
The list includes both Android and iPad apps, check them out and see
which ones work for you. Unfortunately, Thomas Edison's Secret Lab
is no longer supported, so there's really five apps and not six in
this list.
Learn more by visiting: HERE.
Tech Tip #3: 13 Must-Have Virtual Science Lab Apps, Tools & Resources
Scientific laboratory courses in most schools suffer from a lack of
space and funding needed to provide materials for each student. Even
in college level classes, most students experience labs as a viewing
only experience, which is crowded and does not allow for student
engagement. Various high schools and colleges are turning to virtual
science labs to help replace and improve this typical lab experience
Virtual science labs are the way of the future, as more and more
technology is brought into the classroom. They can be incredibly
supportive of the current teaching methodology if combined with proper
preparation and structure. This list of 13 tools, apps, and resources
allow students to conduct science experiments and investigations
virtually.
You can find out more: HERE.
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Internet4classrooms.com is an 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
email us and we will help you find resources to fit your needs.
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