Monthly Newsletter
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National Ice Cream Month,
National Picnic Month,
Canada Day - 7/1,
Battle of Gettysburg - 7/1-7/3,
Independence Day - 7/4,
E.B. White's Birthday - 7/11/1899,
Moon Landing - 7/20
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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
Five Creative Ways to Keep Children Learning over the Summer Break
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Summer breaks are the children's favorite part of the year. After
school is over, they are ecstatic to go outside and play, and they
can't wait to see their friends in a relaxed, duty-free environment.
Numerous studies have shown that play is one of the most important
factors for a child's development. This is why it's crucial to allow
them to spend some time learning and exploring through play, both on
their own, and as a part of a group. However, the way children spend
their summer breaks can easily get out of control.
Sensible and thought-out parents' involvement can help make a summer
break the time when kids will have plenty of time to both play and
learning. This blog post cover some of the best practices to include
to help a child learn in a fun, unobtrusive way during summer
holidays.
Tiffany Harper began her career as a journalist and now works as a
subject matter expert with EssayGeek, My-Assignment.Help and Bestessay
mostly in the education and self-growth area.
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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
National Picnic Month
Canada Day (7/1)
Battle of Gettysburg (7/1-7/3)
Independence Day (7/4)
E.B. White's Birthday (7/11/1899)
Moon Landing (7/20)
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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 July is Expeditions By Google LLC ( iOS / Android ).
Google Expeditions is an immersive learning and teaching tool that
lets you go on VR trips or explore AR objects. Explore historical
landmarks, go down to the atomic level, get up close with sharks,
even visit outer space.
In the classroom or with groups, Google Expeditions allows a teacher
acting as a 'guide' to lead classroom-sized groups of 'explorers'
through VR tours or show them AR objects. Guides can use a set of
tools to point out interesting things along the way.
Users who aren't in groups can also explore on their own, either in
VR or AR.
Features:
- Explore a world of places and things on your own with your phone,
tablet or VR device.
- Guide classroom-sized groups of locally connected users from your
phone or tablet.
- Join a guide in immersive AR or VR and let them walk you through
one of our hundreds of VR or AR Expeditions. VR mode can be used with
a Google Cardboard or Daydream viewer.
- Connect devices over the same Wi-Fi network - if the Guide has
downloaded some of the Expeditions, no Internet connectivity is
required to run the Expedition.
- Choose from a growing list of over 800 Expeditions - each one is a
curated set of VR imagery or AR objects, along with integrated
descriptions, talking points and questions.
Expeditions is available for Apple and Android devices.
Compatibility: Requires iOS 9.0 or later on Apple iPad 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.
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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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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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: How to Use Your Own VR Tours in Google Expeditions
Richard Byrne uses three short YouTube videos to show how easy it is
to create virtual reality tours and share them with others using
Google's VR Tour Creator and Google Expeditions. He shows how easy
it is to create your own VR tour then play it back and share it in
Google Expeditions. You can even lead other people on your tour
through Google Expeditions.
Learn more in the article found: HERE.
Tech Tip #2: 12 Ways to use Google Cardboard in Your Class
Virtual reality used to be the thing of science fiction books and
movies. Now, it's inexpensive, works with the technology we carry
in our pockets, and can transform us to real and imaginary places.
Google Cardboard delivers vivid real and imaginary experiences in
full 3D. See how you can get AND implement Google Cardboard in
your classroom.
Learn more by visiting: HERE.
Tech Tip #3: 20 Locations to Tour Virtually with Google Maps Street View
Ever wish you could take your class to impressive landmarks around
the country or world? Google Maps Street View makes many of those
visits possible virtually - and for free. Take virtual field trips
all over the world from the comfort of
your classroom. Use Google Maps Street View to tour these places
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.
Sincerely,
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